page_title: Nilima Ghose
hierarchical_section_title: Nilima Ghose
caption_attribution_description: 1952 Press Photo Nilma Ghosh India's 85 meter hurdler at Helsinki Olympics
context_page_description: Nilima Ghose was the first female track athlete from India to compete at the Summer Olympics, when she took part in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.
  Ghose was just 17 years old when she competed in her two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 100 metres she ran in the first heat, she ran a time of 13.80 seconds and came last in the heat and so did not qualify for the next round. A couple of days later Ghose was back on the track competing in the 80 metres hurdles, she finished fifth nearly two seconds behind the winner of her heat Fanny Blankers-Koen.
context_section_description: Nilima Ghose (born 15 June 1935) was the first female track athlete from India to compete at the Summer Olympics, when she took part in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.
  Ghose was just 17 years old when she competed in her two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 100 metres she ran in the first heat (teammate Mary D'Souza ran in heat 9, so Ghose was first Indian female track athlete at the Olympics), she ran a time of 13.80 seconds and came last in the heat and so did not qualify for the next round. A couple of days later Ghose was back on the track competing in the 80 metres hurdles, she finished fifth nearly two seconds behind the winner of her heat Fanny Blankers-Koen.
caption: Ghose at the 1952 Olympics
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