1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Barbados)
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Barbados took part in the Summer Olympics for the seventh time in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The team consisted of 13 athletes, of which eleven were men and two were women. They started in 21 competitions in seven sports. The youngest participant was swimmer Nicky Neckles at 17 years and 242 days, the oldest was sailor Rodney Reader at 35 years and 30 days. The Barbados flag was carriedinto the Olympic Stadiumby athlete Obadele Thompson during the opening ceremony on July 19, 1996.
Attendees
| Surname | Age | gender | sport | Result (s) |
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| Kirk Cummins | 23 | male | athletics | 8th place in the fourth intermediate run over 100 meters |
| Shane de Freitas | 18th | male | do gymnastics | 73rd place in the all-around qualification; 90th place in the floor qualification; 71st place in the horse jumping qualification; 85th place in bars qualification; 76th place in the horizontal bar qualification; 94th place in the rings qualification; 97th place in the pommel horse qualification |
| Victor Houston | 22nd | male | athletics | Decathlon |
| John Kelman | 27 | male | Boxing | 17th place in featherweight |
| O'Neal Marshall | 24 | male | sailing | 41st place in windsurfing |
| Leah Martindale | 28 | Female | swim | 5th place in the 50-meter freestyle; 12th place in the 100-meter freestyle |
| Michael Maskell | 29 | male | shoot | 49th place in the skeet |
| Nicky Neckles | 17th | male | swim | 35th place over 100 meter backs; 28th place on the 200-meter back |
| Andrew Payne | 18th | male | Judo | 21st place in the lightweight category |
| Rodney Reader | 35 | male | sailing | 52nd place in the laser |
| Melissa Straker-Taylor | 20th | Female | athletics | 6th place in the fifth heat over 400 meters |
| Marcus Thomas | 25th | male | Boxing | 17th place in the middleweight division |
| Obadele Thompson | 20th | male | athletics | 6th place in the first semi-final over 100 meters; 4th place over 200 meters |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
- Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )
Web links
- Barbados Olympic Team 1996 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
