Olympic history of the Bahamas

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The Bahamas Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee of the Bahamas . It was founded in 1952 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year .

So far, the athletes from the Caribbean island have participated in 16 summer games. The Olympic debut took place in 1952. With the exception of the boycotted games in Moscow in 1980, athletes were sent to all other summer games. So far, no athletes from the island state have participated in the winter games.

Overview

Seven sailors formed the Bahamas' first Olympic team in Helsinki in 1952. Kenneth Albury in the Finn dinghy, Durward Knowles and Sloane Farrington in the star boat as well as Basil Kelly, Basil McKinney, Donald Pritchard and Godfrey Higgs in the 5.5 m class started their competitions on July 20, 1952, making them the first Olympians the Bahamas.

In Melbourne 1956 a Bahamian athlete took part for the first time. In Melbourne there was the first medal win for the Bahamas. Durward Knowles and Sloane Farrington won the bronze medal in the Star Boot class. Four years later in Rome they reached 6th place in the same class. Sailing athletes also won their first Olympic gold medal for the Bahamas. In Tokyo in 1964, Durward Knowles and Cecil Cooke won the Star Boot class. The athlete Tom Robinson reached the finals over 100 meters and finished eighth.

The first wrestlers from the Bahamas started in Mexico City in 1968. Durward Knowles and his stepbrother Percy Knowles took fifth place with the star boat. In Munich 1972, where boxers and cyclists started for the first time, the athlete Claudette Powell became the first woman in the Bahamas to take part in the Olympic Games. 1976 in Montreal swimmers took off for the first time part of the Bahamas. The athlete Fletcher Lewis reached the final in the long jump and was eleventh. The Bahamas responded to the US call for a boycott and stayed away from the 1980 Moscow Games.

In Los Angeles 1984 the long jumper Joseph Wells, the long jumper Shonel Ferguson and the 100-meter relay of women reached the finals in the athlete . Wells finished sixth, as did the season. Ferguson finished 8th in 1988 in Seoul, the sailor Durward Knowles at the age of 70 for the eighth time in the Olympic Games. The first of his participation was in London in 1948 when he started for the United Kingdom. From 1952 he started for the Bahamas. In Seoul, where a Bahamian diver took part for the first time, the athlete Norbert Elliott reached the triple jump final, in which he was tenth.

After 28 years, the Bahamas celebrated a medal win in Barcelona in 1992. The athlete Frank Rutherford won bronze in the triple jump. His teammate Troy Kemp finished seventh in the high jump. Bahamian tennis players took part for the first time. The athletes also achieved top placements in Atlanta in 1996. The 100-meter relay for women won the silver medal, the 400-meter relay for men came in 7th in the final. Chandra Sturrup took two fourth places over 100 meters and Pauline Davis-Thompson over 400 meters. Sturrup also took 6th place over 200 meters. Frank Rutherford came 11th in the triple jump and Troy Kemp 13th in the high jump.

The triple jumper Leevan Sands won bronze in 2008

The athletes of the Bahamas achieved two Olympic victories in Sydney 2000. Pauline Davis-Thompson triumphed in the 200-meter run and won another gold medal with her teammates in the 100-meter relay. The men's 400-meter relay won bronze. Three sprinters reached the finals over 100 meters. Chandra Sturrup was fifth, Savatheda Fynes sixth and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie seventh. Ferguson-McKenzie also qualified for the final in the 200-meter run, where she came fourth. Jackie Edwards finished 6th in the triple jump final.

In 2004 in Athens Tonique Williams-Darling became Olympic champion over 400 meters. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie won bronze in the 200-meter run. The women's 100-meter relay was fourth. Ferguson-McKanzie was seventh in the 100-meter run, and Christine Amertil achieved the same position over 400 meters. The javelin thrower Laverne Eve came in sixth. For the men, the 400-meter relay reached 6th place.

In Beijing in 2008, it was the men of the athletics team who won medals. The men's 400-meter relay won silver, Leevan Sands bronze in the triple jump. Chris Brown finished fourth over 400 meters. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie reached the finals over 100 and 200 meters. She finished seventh in both races.

In 2012 in London, the men's 400-meter relay was even able to improve the result in Athens with its Olympic victory. With Demetrius Pinder and Chris Brown, two of the season members had previously reached the 400 meter final. As in 2008, Brown finished fourth, Pinder seventh. Leevan Sands reached 5th place in the triple jump. For the first time, he also took part in the finals in swimming. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace was eighth in the 50 meter freestyle.

Two medals in athletics were the result of Rio de Janeiro 2016. Here Bahamian rowers appeared for the first time. Shaunae Miller-Uibo became Olympic champion over 400 meters. The men's 400-meter relay won bronze. In the men's high jump, Donald Thomas reached 7th place, Trevor Barry came eleventh. Pedrya Seymour was sixth in the 100 meter hurdles.

Overview of the participants

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports									Medals				rank
	total	Men	Women														Total
1896-1948	not participated
1952	7th	7th	0		7th
1956	4th	4th	0		3	1										1	1	35
1960	13	13	0		11	2
1964	11	11	0		8th	3								1			1	24
1968	16	16	0		6th	8th	2
1972	20th	19th	1	Michael Sands	8th	8th		2	2
1976	11	10	1	Michael Sands	1	8th				2
1980	not participated
1984	22nd	17th	5	Bradley Cooper	3	14th		3		2
1988	16	12	4th	Durward Knowles	2	11		1		1	1
1992	14th	12	2	Troy Kemp	2	8th				2		2				1	1	54
1996	26th	19th	7th	Frank Rutherford	3	20th				1		2			1		1	61
2000	25th	16	9	Pauline Davis-Thompson		19th				4th		2		2		1	3	34
2004	22nd	13	9	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		16				4th		2		1		1	2	52
2008	25th	16	9	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		18th		1		4th		2			1	1	2	64
2012	21st	12	9	Chris Brown		20th				1				1			1	50
2016	28	19th	9	Shaunae Miller-Uibo		24				3			1	1		1	2	50
total														6th	2	6th	14th	64

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	sports	Medals			rank
	total	Men	Women
1924-2018	not participated
total						0	0	0	-

Medalist

Gold medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline
Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke	1964 Tokyo	sailing	Star boat
Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Eldece Clarke-Lewis	2000 Sidney	athletics	4 x 100 meter relay
Pauline Davis-Thompson	2000 Sidney	athletics	200 metres
Tonique Williams-Darling	2004 Athens	athletics	400 meters
Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder	2012 London	athletics	4 x 400 meter relay
Shaunae Miller-Uibo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	athletics	400 meters

Silver medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson	1996 Atlanta	athletics	4 x 100 meter relay
Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown	2008 Beijing	athletics	4 x 400 meter relay

Bronze medals

Surname	Games	sport	discipline
Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington	1956 Melbourne	sailing	Star boat
Frank Rutherford	1992 Barcelona	athletics	Triple jump
Avard Moncur Troy McIntosh Carl Oliver Chris Brown Timothy Munnings	2000 Sidney	athletics	4 x 400 meter relay
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	2004 Athens	athletics	200 metres
Leevan Sands	2008 Beijing	athletics	Triple jump
Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Chris Brown Steven Gardiner Stephen Newbold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	athletics	4 x 400 meter relay

Medals by sport

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
athletics	5	2	5	12
sailing	1	0	1	2
total	6th	2	6th	14th

Web link

• Bahamas in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Bahamas on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)