title: Nigeria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: Nigeria competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
  
  Results by event
  
  Athletics
  Men's 100M
  Edward Ajado	 
   First Round —	11.25s	DNQ
  
  Titus Erinle
   First Round —	 11.12	DNQ
  
  Men's 200M
  Edward Ajado	 	
   First Round —	22.92s	DNQ
  
  Muslim Arogundade	
   First Round —	22.71	DNQ
  
  Rafiu Oluwa
   First Round —	22.89	(Q)
   Quarterfinals — 22.69	DNQ
  
  Men's 4x100 relay
   First Round —	(Muslim Arongudade, Titus Erinle, Karim Olowu, Rafiu Oluwa)	42.4s (Q)
   Semifinals —		41.9	5th	DNQ
  
  Long Jump
  Karim Olowu
   First Round —	6.96	DNQ
  
  Sylvanus Williams	 
   First Round —	6.98	DNQ
  High Jump
  Josiah Majekodunmi	 
   First Round —	1.87m	(Qualified)
   Final —	1.90m	9th
  
  Nafiu Osagie	 
   First Round —	1.87m	(Qualified)
   Final —	1.90m	18th
  
  Boniface Guobadia 
   First Round —	1.87m  (Qualified) 
   Final —	1.80m	20th
  
  References
  Official Olympic Reports
  
  1952
  Summer Olympics
  1952 Summer Olympics
  Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics