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| Bahamas at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BAH |
| NOC | Bahamas Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
| Competitors | 4 (4 men and 0 women) in 2 sports |
| Medals Ranked 35th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The Bahamas competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Sloane Farrington Durward Knowles | Sailing | Star |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Tom Robinson | 100 m | 11.06 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| 200 m | 21.76 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Kenneth Albury | Finn | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3182 | 9 | |
| Durward Knowles Sloan Farrington | Star | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5223 |  | |
The Bahamas were represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games by Bahamas Olympic Association (BOA) and abbreviated BAH.
The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The Bahamas competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The Bahamas competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The nation won its first ever Olympic gold medal.
The Bahamas competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
The Bahamas competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the first time it competed in the Olympics as an independent nation.
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The Bahamas competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.
The Bahamas competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Twenty competitors, nineteen men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in four sports.
The Bahamas competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Bahamas competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. 4 competitors from Bahamas won no medals and so did not place in the medal table.
Bahamas competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 2 competitors from Bahamas won 2 medals including 1 silver and 1 bronze and finished joint 41st in the medal table with Indonesia.
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