Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Robinson ya wakilci kasarsa ta asali a gasar Olympics ta bazara hudu a jere, farawa a 1956, inda a lokacin yana da shekaru 18, ya yi gasa a tseren mita 100 da mita 200 amma bai wuce zagaye na farko a kowane taron ba. Shekaru huɗu bayan haka a Rome a Wasannin Olympics na 1960, Robinson ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a duka mita 100 da mita 200; ya kai wasan karshe na mita 100 a Wasannin Olympics na 1964 kuma ya gama a matsayi na takwas. A Wasannin Olympics na 1968, Robinson na daga cikin tawagar da ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na tseren mita 4 × 100
, inda aka kore su kafin wasan karshe.