Bahamas at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Bahamas at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
Flag of the Bahamas
IOC code BAH
NOC Bahamas Olympic Committee
Website www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors28 in 3 sports
Flag bearers Shaunae Miller (opening) [1]
Leevan Sands (closing)
Medals
Ranked 51st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The nation's participation at these Games marked its seventeenth appearance as an independent nation.

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The Bahamas Olympic Committee sent a total of 28 athletes, 19 men and 9 women, to the Games, participating in athletics, swimming, and rowing. Eleven of them had previously competed in London 2012, with Chris Brown leading the men's 4 × 400 m relay squad for the nation's title defense at his fifth consecutive Olympics. Other notable athletes from the Bahamian team featured triple jumper and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Leevan Sands, swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, who rounded out the top eight from London in the women's 50 m freestyle, and sprinter Shaunae Miller, who served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1]

Bahamas left Rio de Janeiro with two medals awarded to the nation's track and field athletes. Among the medalists were the men's 4 × 400 m relay squad, highlighted by Brown and his fellow sprinters Michael Mathieu and Demetrius Pinder, and Miller, who sprang an upset over American top sprinter Allyson Felix with a head-first dive to earn the first gold medal awarded to a Bahamian athlete since Tonique Williams-Darling topped the podium in 2004. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shaunae Miller Athletics Women's 400 m 15 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chris Brown
Steven Gardiner
Michael Mathieu
Stephen Newbold
Demetrius Pinder
Alonzo Russell 		Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay 20 August

Athletics (track and field)

Bahamian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [3] [4]

A total of 24 athletes (18 men and 6 women) were selected to the Bahamian track and field roster as part of the nation's official team announcement on 21 July 2016, with Chris Brown racing in the 400 metres and leading the men's relay squad at his fifth straight Olympics. [5]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Adrian Griffith 100 m Bye10.538Did not advance
Shavez Hart Bye10.285Did not advance
Jamial Rolle Bye10.688Did not advance
Shavez Hart 200 m 20.747—Did not advance
Demetrius Pinder DSQ—Did not advance
Teray Smith 20.666—Did not advance
Chris Brown 400 m 45.564—Did not advance
Steven Gardiner 45.242 Q—44.725Did not advance
Alonzo Russell 46.235—Did not advance
Jeffery Gibson 400 m hurdles 52.7745—Did not advance
Chris Brown
Steven Gardiner
Michael Mathieu
Stephen Newbold
Demetrius Pinder
Alonzo Russell 		4 × 400 m relay 2:59.642 Q—2:58.49Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Tynia Gaither 100 m Bye11.565Did not advance
Sheniqua Ferguson 200 m 23.628—Did not advance
Tynia Gaither 22.903 q—23.458Did not advance
Anthonique Strachan 22.963—Did not advance
Shaunae Miller 400 m 51.161 Q—49.912 Q49.44Gold medal icon.svg
Pedrya Seymour 100 m hurdles 12.853 Q—12.642 Q12.766
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Trevor Barry Men's high jump 2.2910 q2.2511
Donald Thomas 2.299 q2.29=7
Jamal Wilson 2.2225Did not advance
Latario Collie-Minns Men's triple jump NM—Did not advance
Leevan Sands 16.5318Did not advance
Bianca Stuart Women's long jump 6.459Did not advance

Rowing

For the first time in Olympic history, Bahamas has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaiso, Chile. [6]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Emily Morley Women's single sculls 9:22.126 R8:22.774 SE/FBye8:46.093 FE8:56.3630

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Bahamian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [7] [8]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dustin Tynes Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:03.7144Did not advance
Joanna Evans Women's 200 m freestyle 2:01.2737Did not advance
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:07.6013—Did not advance
Women's 800 m freestyle 8:42.9323—Did not advance
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Women's 50 m freestyle 24.77=13 Q24.609Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 54.5618Did not advance

See also

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