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Bahamas at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

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; however, they have qualified to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Bahamian athletes have won a total of ten medals, all in athletics and sailing.

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Knowles, DurwardDurward Knowles Sloane Farrington	1956 Melbourne	Sailing	Star class
1 Gold	Knowles, DurwardDurward Knowles Cecil Cooke	1964 Tokyo	Sailing	Star class
3 Bronze	Rutherford, FrankFrank Rutherford	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's triple jump
2 Silver	Ferguson, DebbieDebbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
1 Gold	Fynes, SavathedaSavatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
1 Gold	Davis-Thompson, PaulinePauline Davis-Thompson	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
1 Gold	Williams-Darling, ToniqueTonique Williams-Darling	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
3 Bronze	Ferguson, DebbieDebbie Ferguson	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
3 Bronze	Sands, LeevanLeevan Sands	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's triple jump
2 Silver	Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Christopher Brown	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 4x400 metre relay

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Medals by sport

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for the Bahamas

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-18.  
• "Bahamas Olympic Association". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=BAH. Retrieved 2007-12-18.