1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bahamas)
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The Bahamas took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of four athletes in four competitions in two sports.
After 1952 , it was the Bahamas' second participation in the Summer Olympics .
The youngest athlete was track and field athlete Tom Robinson at 18 years and 253 days , and the oldest athlete from sailors Durward Knowles (39 years and 25 days).
Medals
With a bronze medal won the team of the Bahamas was ranked 35 in the medal count .
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Sloane Farrington and Durward Knowles | sailing | star |
Participants by sport
athletics
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Tom Robinson
- 100 meter run
- 1st round: eliminated in run five (fourth place), 10.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.06 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- 1st round: eliminated in run five (fourth place), 21.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.76 seconds (automatically stopped)
sailing
star
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Results
- Final: 5,223 points, 3rd place
- 1st race: 879 points, 2:56:04 hours, 2nd place
- 2nd race: 879 points, 3:11:24 hours, 2nd place
- 3rd race: 481 points, 3:29:14 hours, 5th place
- 4th race: 879 points, 2:56:50 hours, 2nd place
- 5th race: 1180 points, 3:03:59 hours, 1st place
- 6th race: 703 points, 3:23:20 hours, 3rd place
- 7th race: 703 points, 3:02:15 hours, 3rd place
- Final: 5,223 points, 3rd place
- team
singles
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Kenneth Albury
- Finn dinghy
- Final: 3,182 points, Paltz 9
- 1st race: 226 points, 3:35:50 hours, 15th place
- 2nd race: 448 points, 3:40:25 hours, 9th place
- 3rd race: 198 points, 3:52:19 hours, 16th place
- 4th race: 703 points, 3:18:52 hours, 5th place
- 5th race: 800 points, 3:32:24 hours, 4th place
- 6th race: 557 points, 3:28:46 hours, 7th place
- 7th race: 448 points, 3:24:45 hours, 9th place
Web links
- Bahamian Olympic team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).