Bahamas at the Olympics

The Bahamas Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee of the Bahamas. It was founded in 1952 and recognized in the same year by the International Olympic Committee.

So far, the athletes of the Caribbean island participated in 15 summer games. A total of 147 athletes entered, including 24 women, at. The Olympic debut took place in 1952. Except for the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games was sent to all the other Summer Games sports. On winter games so far participated No athletes of the island nation.

So far, twelve medals were won. First medal winners were the sailor Durward Knowles and Sloan Farrington, who brought bronze in 1956 in the Star class. The first Olympic victory was celebrated in 1964. Durward Knowles and Cecil Cooke sailed again in the Star class, to victory. The most successful with two Olympic victories and a silver medal was the athlete Pauline Davis - Thompson.

The latest member of the team in 1984 was the boxer Andre Seymour, which took at the age of 16 years. The sailor Durward Knowles was in 1988 with 70 years of the oldest Olympic participant in its eighth playing of games.

Overview of participants

Summer Games

Winter Games

So far (as of 2012) no participation in the Olympic Winter Games.

List of medalists

Weblink

Bahamas in the database by Sports - Reference.com (English)
Bahamas on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)

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Olympic Games ( Bahamas)
Olympic history

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