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 66th
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

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1952 Helsinki 7 0 0 0 0
1956 Melbourne 4 0 0 1 1 35
1960 Rome 13 0 0 0 0
1964 Tokyo 11 1 0 0 1 24
1968 Mexico City 16 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 20 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 11 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 22 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 16 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 14 0 0 1 1 54
1996 Atlanta 26 0 1 0 1 61
2000 Sydney 25 2 0 1 3 34
2004 Athens 22 1 0 1 2 52
2008 Beijing 25 0 1 1 2 64
2012 London 24 1 0 0 1 50
2016 Rio de Janeiro 28 1 0 1 2 50
2020 Tokyo 16 2 0 0 2 42
2024 Paris 18 0 0 0 0 -
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 8 2 6 16 66

Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics72514
  Sailing1012
Totals (2 entries)82616

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Bronze Durward Knowles
Sloane Farrington
1956 Melbourne   Sailing Star class
  Gold Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
1964 Tokyo   Sailing Star class
  Bronze Frank Rutherford 1992 Barcelona   Athletics Men's triple jump
  Silver Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis
Chandra Sturrup
Savatheda Fynes
Pauline Davis-Thompson
1996 Atlanta   Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
  Gold Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis
2000 Sydney   Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
  Gold Pauline Davis-Thompson 2000 Sydney   Athletics Women's 200 metres
  Bronze Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
Timothy Munnings
2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  Gold Tonique Williams-Darling 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's 400 metres
  Bronze Debbie Ferguson 2004 Athens   Athletics Women's 200 metres
  Silver Andretti Bain
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
2008 Beijing   Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  Bronze Leevan Sands 2008 Beijing   Athletics Men's triple jump
  Gold Michael Mathieu
Ramon Miller
Chris Brown
Demetrius Pinder
2012 London   Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  Gold Shaunae Miller 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Women's 400 metres
  Bronze Michael Mathieu
Alonzo Russell
Chris Brown
Steven Gardiner
Stephen Newbold
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  Gold Steven Gardiner 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Men's 400 metres
  Gold Shaunae Miller-Uibo 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Women's 400 metres

Flagbearers

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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

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