Japan's first Olympics was the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm where they had two athletes competing. 1) Shizo Kanakuri competed in men's marathon. 2) Yahiko Mishima competed in men's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, and 400 meter dash. Neither athlete won a medal.
No Australian athlete competed in the men's or woman's 100 meter dash at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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The 2008 Games will be Somalia's 7th time competing. No Somalian athlete has won an Olympic medal. The 2008 team will have two athletes. Samiyo Yusuf will compete in the women's 400 meter and 800 meter runs and Abdinasir Sneed will compete in the men's 5000 and 10000 meter runs.
New Zealand first sent a woman athlete to the Olympics in the first Olympics it competed in as a separate nation, the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp. That was swimmer Violet Walrond who competed in the 100 meter freestyle, finishing 5th, and the 300 meter freestyle, finishing 7th.
2 ... Fathia Ali Bouraleh competed in women's 100 meter dash and Mahamoud Farah competed in men's 1500 meter run.
That was Rodney Wilkes who won a silver medal in men's featherweight weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Games in London. Wilkes also won a bronze at the 1952 Games in Helsinki in featherweight weightlifting.
There was no one by the name of Lillian Boardman that competed in the Olympics. There was a Lillian Board that competed for Great Britain that won silver in the women's 400 meter dash at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. She was a gold medalist at the 1969 European Championships in the 800 meter run and 4x400 meter relay. Tragically, two years after competing in the Olympics she passed away from stomach cancer at the age of 22.
India first participated in swimming at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Nalin Malik was the first Indian athlete to compete in swimming, competing in men's 400 meter freestyle and 1500 meter freestyle.
Liu Changchun was the Republic of China's first Olympic athlete, competing in the 100 meter dash at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Australia had one athlete at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. That was Teddy Flack who was born in London but spent most of his life in Victoria. Flack won gold in the 800 meter run and the 1500 meter run and also competed in tennis.
Australia had one athlete at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. That was Teddy Flack who was born in London but spent most of his life in Victoria. Flack won gold in the 800 meter run and the 1500 meter run and also competed in tennis.