Bahamas at the Olympics

The Bahamas first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has never participated in any Winter Olympic Games.

Bahamas at the
Olympics
IOC codeBAH
NOCBahamas Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
Medals
Ranked 62nd
Gold
8
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
16
Summer appearances

Bahamian athletes have won a total of sixteen medals, all in athletics and sailing. The Bahamas has won more Olympic medals than any other country with a population under one million.

The National Olympic Committee for The Bahamas is the Bahamas Olympic Committee, and was created in 1952.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1952 Helsinki70000
1956 Melbourne4001135
1960 Rome130000
1964 Tokyo11100124
1968 Mexico City160000
1972 Munich200000
1976 Montreal110000
1980 Moscowdid not participate
1984 Los Angeles220000
1988 Seoul160000
1992 Barcelona14001154
1996 Atlanta26010161
2000 Sydney25201334
2004 Athens22101252
2008 Beijing25011264
2012 London24100150
2016 Rio de Janeiro28101250
2020 Tokyo16200242
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total8261662

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics72514
Sailing1012
Totals (2 entries)82616

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeDurward Knowles
Sloane Farrington
1956 Melbourne SailingStar class
 GoldDurward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
1964 Tokyo SailingStar class
 BronzeFrank Rutherford1992 Barcelona AthleticsMen's triple jump
 SilverDebbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis
Chandra Sturrup
Savatheda Fynes
Pauline Davis-Thompson
1996 Atlanta AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
 GoldSavatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis
2000 Sydney AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
 GoldPauline Davis-Thompson2000 Sydney AthleticsWomen's 200 metres
 BronzeAvard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
Timothy Munnings
2000 Sydney AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
 GoldTonique Williams-Darling2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's 400 metres
 BronzeDebbie Ferguson2004 Athens AthleticsWomen's 200 metres
 SilverAndretti Bain
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
 BronzeLeevan Sands2008 Beijing AthleticsMen's triple jump
 GoldMichael Mathieu
Ramon Miller
Chris Brown
Demetrius Pinder
2012 London AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
 GoldShaunae Miller2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's 400 metres
 BronzeMichael Mathieu
Alonzo Russell
Chris Brown
Steven Gardiner
Stephen Newbold
2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
 GoldSteven Gardiner2020 Tokyo AthleticsMen's 400 metres
 GoldShaunae Miller-Uibo2020 Tokyo AthleticsWomen's 400 metres

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics
Games Athlete Sport
1972 Munich Mike Sands Athletics
1976 Montreal Mike Sands Athletics
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles Bradley Cooper Athletics
1988 Seoul Durward Knowles Sailing
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta Frank Rutherford Athletics
2000 Sydney Pauline Davis-Thompson Athletics
2004 Athens Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Athletics
2008 Beijing Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Athletics
2012 London Chris Brown Athletics
2016 Rio de Janeiro Shaunae Miller Athletics
2020 Tokyo Joanna Evans

Donald Thomas

Swimming

Athletics

See also

  • "Bahamas". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • "Bahamas". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/BAH". olympanalyt.com.


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