Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Bahamas
IOC code	BAH
NOC	Bahamas Olympic Committee
Website	www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
in Atlanta
Competitors	26 (19 men and 7 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Frank Rutherford
Medals Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Sevatheda Fynes Pauline Davis Debbie Ferguson (heats)	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	7	20
Sailing	3	0	3
Swimming	1	0	1
Tennis	2	0	2
Total	19	7	26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Troy McIntosh	400 m	46.42	4	Did not advance
Carl Oliver		47.41	6	Did not advance
Andrew Tynes	100 m	DNS		Did not advance
Renward Wells	100 m	10.48	4	Did not advance
Renward Wells Dwight Ferguson Iram Lewis Andrew Tynes Joe Styles	4×100 m relay	39.38	3 q	—		DSQ		Did not advance
Carl Oliver Troy McIntosh Dennis Darling Tim Munnings Theron Cooper	4×400 m relay	3:04.09	2 Q	—		3:02.17	4 Q	3:02.71	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Troy Kemp	High jump	2.28	3 Q	2.25	13
Allan Mortimer	Triple jump	16.73	12 q	16.38	11
Ian Thompson	High jump	2.26	20	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eldece Clarke-Lewis	100 m	11.33	4 Q	11.47	5	Did not advance
Pauline Davis-Thompson	400 m	51.00	1 Q	51.08	2 Q	49.85	3 Q	49.28	4
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	100 m	11.33	4 Q	11.26	3 Q	11.28	7	Did not advance
Savatheda Fynes	200 m	23.39	6 q	23.26	6	Did not advance
Chandra Sturrup	100 m	11.24	1 Q	11.21	2 Q	11.07	4 Q	11.00	4
	200 m	22.63	2 Q	22.81	2 Q	22.54	3 Q	22.54	6
Eldece Clarke-Lewis Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie*	4×100 m relay	43.14	2 Q	—				42.14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Laverne Eve	Javelin throw	58.48	17	Did not advance
Jackie Edwards	Long jump	6.55	15	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Robert Dunkley	Laser	48	41	46	41	45	46	43	43	41	42	37	379.0	47
Mark Holowesko Myles Pritchard	Star	20	11	15	20	21	18	12	23	20	12	—	128.0	19

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allan Murray	50 metre freestyle	22.75 (NR)	11	22.92	12	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mark Knowles	Men's singles	Carlsen (DEN) L 5-7, 3-6	Did not advance
Mark Knowles Roger Smith	Men's doubles	Couto / Mota (POR) W 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)	S Hiršzon / G Ivanišević (CRO) L 6-7 (4-7), 3-6	Did not advance

See also

• Bahamas at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Bahamas at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference