Bahamas at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Bahamas at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Bahamas
IOC code	BAH
NOC	Bahamas Olympic Committee
Website	www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	18 (10 men and 8 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Steven Gardiner & Devynne Charlton
Flag bearer (closing)	Charisma Taylor
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared at every Summer Games since 1952 except for 1980, as part for US led boycott.

For the first time since 1988, Bahamas failed to win an Olympic medal, the nation's best performance at Paris 2024 was Devynne Charlton at the women's 100m hurdles, Charlton was placed sixth.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	7	16
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	10	8	18

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bahamian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ^{[1] [2]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Terrence Jones	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.31	6	—		Did not advance
Wanya McCoy		Bye		10.24	5	—		Did not advance
Wanya McCoy	Men's 200 m	—		20.35	2 Q	Bye		20.61	5	Did not advance
Ian Kerr		—		20.53	5 R	20.60	3	Did not advance
Steven Gardiner	Men's 400 m	—		DNS		Did not advance
Antoine Andrews	Men's 110 m hurdles	—		13.43	2 Q	Bye	13.43	8	Did not advance
Devynne Charlton	Women's 100 m hurdles	—		12.71	2 Q	Bye	12.50	2 Q	12.56	6
Denisha Cartwright		—		12.89	4	13.45	7	Did not advance
Charisma Taylor		—		12.78	4 q	Bye	12.63 PB	3	Did not advance
Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Women's 400 m	—		2:29.29	7 R	53.50	7	Did not advance
Wendell Miller Zion Miller Alonzo Russell Lacarthea Cooper Quincy Penn Javonya Valcourt	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:14.58	8	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Donald Thomas	Men's high jump	NM		Did not advance
Charisma Taylor	Women's triple jump	14.01	15	Did not advance
Rhema Otabor	Women's javelin throw	57.67	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Ken Mullings	Result	10.60	7.36	14.19	2.02	49.43 SB	13.70	46.07 PB	4.80	59.83 PB	4:55.84 SB	8226	13
	Points	952	900	740	822	841	1014	789	849	735	584

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bahamas sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lamar Taylor	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.84	26	Did not advance
Rhanishka Gibbs	Women's 50 m freestyle	26.27	31	Did not advance

See also

• Bahamas at the 2023 Pan American Games

References

1. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics . Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. "Olympic relay fields formed at WRE Bahamas 24". World Athletics. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.