1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bahamas)

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Bahamas took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 20 athletes (19 men and one woman) who competed in four sports in 14 competitions. The athlete Michael Sands was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Garry Davis

  Welterweight: 17th place

• Nat Knowles

  Middleweight: 9th place

athletics

Men's

• Michael Sands

  100 m: quarter-finals

  200 m: advance

  4 × 100 m: advance

• Walter Callander

  100 m: advance

  4 × 100 m: advance

• Kevin Johnson

  100 m: advance

  200 m: advance

• Franklin Rahming

  400 m: advance

• Danny Smith

  110 m hurdles: forward

  4 × 100 m: advance

• Harry Lockhart

  4 × 100 m: advance

• Tim Barrett

  Triple jump: 27th place in qualification

Women

• Claudette Powell

  Women, 100 m: forward

Cycling

train

• Geoffery Burnside

  Sprint: 1st lap (hope run)

• Laurence Burnside

  1000 m time trial: 30th place

sailing

• Durward Knowles

  Star: 13th place

• Montague Higgs

  Star: 13th place

• Godfrey Kelly

  Dragons: 19th place

• Christopher McKinney

  Dragons: 19th place

• David Kelly

  Dragons: 19th place

• Robert Symonette

  Soling: 25th place

• Craig Symonette

  Soling: 25th place

• Percy Knowles

  Soling: 25th place

Web links

1. ↑ Bahamian Olympic team from 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )