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 the Winter Olympic Games.

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

Total8261666
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
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 Paris180000-
2028 Los Angelesfuture event
2032 Brisbane

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics72514
Sailing1012
Totals (2 entries)82616

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
BronzeDurward Knowles Sloane Farrington1956 MelbourneSailingStar class
GoldDurward Knowles Cecil Cooke1964 TokyoSailingStar class
BronzeFrank Rutherford1992 BarcelonaAthleticsMen's triple jump
SilverDebbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson1996 AtlantaAthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
GoldSavatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis2000 SydneyAthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay
GoldPauline Davis-Thompson2000 SydneyAthleticsWomen's 200 metres
BronzeAvard Moncur Troy McIntosh Carl Oliver Chris Brown Timothy Munnings2000 SydneyAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
GoldTonique Williams-Darling2004 AthensAthleticsWomen's 400 metres
BronzeDebbie Ferguson2004 AthensAthleticsWomen's 200 metres
SilverAndretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
BronzeLeevan Sands2008 BeijingAthleticsMen's triple jump
GoldMichael Mathieu Ramon Miller Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder2012 LondonAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
GoldShaunae Miller2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsWomen's 400 metres
BronzeMichael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Chris Brown Steven Gardiner Stephen Newbold2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
GoldSteven Gardiner2020 TokyoAthleticsMen's 400 metres
GoldShaunae Miller-Uibo2020 TokyoAthleticsWomen's 400 metres

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics

GamesAthleteSport
1972 MunichMike SandsAthletics
1976 MontrealMike SandsAthletics
1980 Moscowdid not participate
1984 Los AngelesBradley CooperAthletics
1988 SeoulDurward KnowlesSailing
1992 Barcelona
1996 AtlantaFrank RutherfordAthletics
2000 SydneyPauline Davis-ThompsonAthletics
2004 AthensDebbie Ferguson-McKenzieAthletics
2008 BeijingDebbie Ferguson-McKenzieAthletics
2012 LondonChris BrownAthletics
2016 Rio de JaneiroShaunae MillerAthletics
2020 TokyoJoanna Evans Donald ThomasSwimming Athletics
2024 ParisDevynne Charlton Steven GardinerAthletics

See also

External links

  • . International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • . Olympedia.com.
  • . olympanalyt.com.