Bahamas at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bahamas at the Olympics
Flag of the Bahamas
IOC code	BAH
NOC	Bahamas Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 66th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 8 2 6 16
Summer appearances
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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.

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 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
Total		8	2	6	16	66

Medals by sport

List of 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 metres relay
1 Gold	Fynes, SavathedaSavatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
1 Gold	Davis-Thompson, PaulinePauline Davis-Thompson	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
3 Bronze	Moncur, AvardAvard Moncur Troy McIntosh Carl Oliver Chris Brown Timothy Munnings	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
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
2 Silver	Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Chris Brown	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
3 Bronze	Sands, LeevanLeevan Sands	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's triple jump
1 Gold	Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
1 Gold	Shaunae Miller	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
3 Bronze	Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Chris Brown Steven Gardiner Stephen Newbold	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
1 Gold	Steven Gardiner	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
1 Gold	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women'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

In Spanish: Bahamas en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• Bahamas at the Paralympics