1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Nigeria)

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Nigeria took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of twelve male athletes in twelve competitions in two sports.

The youngest athlete was the boxer Karimu Young (18 years and 158 days), the oldest athlete was the sprinter Jimmy Omagbemi (29 years and 286 days). It was the country’s third Summer Olympics participation .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Whitfield Moseley
  • Welterweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Vasile Neagu from Romania (0: 5 rounds, 287: 299 points - 58:60, 58:60, 58:59, 57:60, 56:60)

• Joseph Oboh Kalu
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Alfonso Carbajo from Spain (0: 5 rounds, 283: 300 points - 59:60, 55:60, 55:60, 57:60, 57:60)

• Joe Okezie
  • Featherweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: points defeat against Song Soon-chun from South Korea (2: 3 rounds, 295: 296 points - 59:60, 60:58, 58:60, 59:60, 59:58)

• Karimu Young
  • Flyweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Adam McLean from Ireland (3: 2 rounds, 296: 292 points - 59:58, 60:58, 59:59 (round lost), 58:59, 60:58)

  Round three: defeat on points against Kiyoshi Tanabe from Japan (1: 4 rounds, 286: 295 points - 56:60, 57:59, 57:59, 57:59, 59:58)

athletics

4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (rank two), 40.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 40.25 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: Eliminated in run one, 40.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 40.33 seconds (automatically stopped), disqualified

• Season

  Smart Akraka

  Abdul Amu

  Adebayo Oladapo

  Jimmy Omagbemi

singles

• Abdul Amu
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in run eight (first place), 46.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 46.93 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: qualified for the semifinals in run four (third place), 46.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 46.76 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (fourth place), 46.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 46.74 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Samuel Igun
  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: Group A, 14.74 meters, tenth place, 29th overall, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 14.74 meters

  Trial two: 14.52 meters

  Trial three: 14.26 meters

• • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.90 meters, 28th place, not qualified for the final

  1.90 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.95 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Owen Okundaye
  • Pole vault

  Qualifying round: eliminated without a valid attempt

  3.80 meters: omitted

  4.00 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• John Oladipo Oladitan
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 7.38 meters, fourth place, 15th overall, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 7.33 meters

  Try two: 7.29 meters

  Trial three: 7.38 meters

• Saka Oloko
  • 110 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 14.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.04 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Jimmy Omagbemi
  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in race one (third place), 26.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 26.40 seconds (automatically stopped)

Web links

• Nigerian Olympic Team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )