Bahamas at the Olympics Facts for Kids

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Bahamas at the
Olympics

BAH

Bahamas Olympic Committee

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
6	2	6	14

Summer appearances

The Bahamas were first at the Olympic Games in 1952.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the Bahamas is BAH.

History

Athletes from the Bahamas have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The nation has not been in any Winter Olympic Games.

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

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
1 Gold	Michael Mathieu Ramon Miller Chris Brown Demetrius Pinder	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay