Bahamas at the 2023 Pan American Games

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Bahamas at the
2023 Pan American Games
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
IOC code BAH
NOC Bahamas Olympic Committee
in Santiago, Chile
20 October 2023 (2023-10-20) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Competitors20 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Lamar Taylor & Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson
Flag bearer (closing) Joshua Higgins
Medals
Ranked =25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

The Bahamas is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This will be The Bahamas's 18th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since the second edition in 1955.

Contents

The Bahamian delegation consisted of 20 athletes competing in six sports. [1] [2] [3] Swimmers Lamar Taylor and Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. [4] Meanwhile, sailor Joshua Higgins was the country's flagbearer during the closing ceremony.

The Bahamas won three medals at the games, one silver and two bronze, to finish in a tie for 25th in the medal table (along with Haiti and Guyana). [5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics (track and field)415
Golf 101
Sailing 101
Swimming 549
Tennis 213
Wrestling 101
Total14620

Medallists

The following Bahamian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rhema Otabor Athletics Women's javelin throw November 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lamar Taylor Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle October 24
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Donald Thomas Athletics Men's high jump November 3

Athletics (track and field)

Key

Men
Track & road events

AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Samson Colebrooke 100 m 10.6219Did not advance

Field events

AthleteEventResultRank
Donald Thomas High jump 2.24Bronze medal icon.svg

Combined events – Decathlon

AthleteEvent100 mLJSPHJ400 m110HDTPVJT1500 mTotalRank
Ken Mullings Result10.896.9014.572.0150.6714.2741.64NMDNSDid not finish
Kendrick Thompson ResultDid not start
Women

Field events

AthleteEventResultRank
Rhema Otabor Javelin throw 60.54Silver medal icon.svg

Golf

Bahamas qualified a male golfer. [1] [6]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Richard Gibson Men's individual 77727375297+9=27

Sailing

Bahamas received one reallocated spot in the men's laser event. [7]

Men
AthleteEventOpening seriesFinals
12345678910111213141516PointsRankQFSFM / FPointsRank
Joshua Higgins Laser 171517191920(23)
DSQ
15171515417Did not advance

Swimming

The Bahamas qualified nine swimmers, five men and four women. [1] Lamar Taylor was the only swimmer to win a medal for the Bahamas, a bronze in the men's 50 metre freestyle. [8] Taylor broke the national record in the event on route to winning the medal. [9]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Jack Barr 800 m freestyle 9:03.5422
1500 m freestyle 17:38.1018
Emmanuel Gadson 100 m butterfly 56.3220Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:21.5618 FB2:21.3516
200 m individual medley 2:15.5624Did not advance
Lamar Taylor 50 m freestyle 22.487 FA22.13 NR Bronze medal icon.svg
100 m freestyle 50.9516DNS
100 m backstroke 56.39 NR =13DNS
Luke Thompson 200 m freestyle 1:58.7022Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:11.6121Did not advance
Mark-Anthony Thompson 100 m breaststroke 1:07.1824Did not advance
Jack Barr
Lamar Taylor
Luke Thompson
Mark-Anthony Thompson
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:34.129Did not advance
Emmanuel Gadson
Lamar Taylor
Luke Thompson
Mark-Anthony Thompson
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:53.9210Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Victoria Russell 50 m freestyle 27.5429Did not advance
Zaylie Thompson 100 m freestyle 59.3429Did not advance
200 m freestyle DNSDid not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:16.7521Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:30.5323Did not advance
Katelyn Cabral
Victoria Russell
Zaylie Thompson
Ariel Weech
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:08.8413Did not advance
Katelyn Cabral
Victoria Russell
Zaylie Thompson
Ariel Weech
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:34.0313Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Lamar Taylor
Luke Thompson
Katelyn Cabral
Zaylie Thompson
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:44.9411Did not advance
Emmanuel Gadson
Mark-Anthony Thompson
Katelyn Cabral
Ariel Weech
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:12.8011Did not advance

Tennis

The Bahamas qualified three tennis players (two men and one woman). [10]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kevin Major Jr. Men's singles Flag of Mexico.svg  Rubio  (MEX)
L 0–2
(3–6, 0–6)
Did not advance
Justin Roberts ByeFlag of Paraguay.svg  Vallejo  (PAR)
L 0–2
(1–6, 3–6)
Did not advance
Sydney Clarke Women's singles ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Loeb  (USA)
L 0–2
(3–6, 0–6)
Did not advance
Justin Roberts
Sydney Clarke
Mixed doubles Flag of Paraguay.svg  Vergara /
Britez  (PAR)
L 0–2
(4–6, 2–6)
Did not advance

Wrestling

The Bahamas received one wildcard for the men's freestyle 86 kg event. [11] Rashji Mackey lost both of his matches and did not advance to the medal round. [12]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rashji Mackey Freestyle 86 kg ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Torreblanca  (CUB)
L 0–10 (VSU)
Did not advanceFlag of Colombia.svg  Izquierdo  (COL)
L 0–4 (VFA)
Did not advance

See also

References

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  7. "STATUS of NOC QUALIFICATION: 2023 PAN AMERICAN GAMES - SAILING" (PDF). www.panamsailing.org/. Panam Sailing. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. Sweeting, Tenajh (25 October 2023). "Lamar Taylor wins bronze in 50 free". The Tribune. Nassau, Bahamas. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. Adderley, Taige (25 October 2023). "Taylor Gets Bronze, Breaks Record". Our News. Nassau, Bahamas. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. Sweeting, Tenajh (24 October 2023). "Tennis players get in swing at the Pan Am Games". The Tribune. Nassau, Bahamas. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  11. "Qualified for the 2023 Pan American Games Wrestling". www.scribd.com/. United World Wrestling Americas. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.[ permanent dead link ]
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