Bermuda at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Bermuda at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg
IOC code BER
NOC Bermuda Olympic Association
in Berlin
Competitors5 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Whitfield Fredrick Hayward
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bermuda competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. After gaining IOC recognition in February 1936, Bermuda were invited to take part in the 1936 Summer Olympics. With the financial backing of Sir Howard Trott, a team of swimmers would be sent. Whitfield Fredrick "Chummy" Hayward a successful businessman and an accomplished athlete, arranged for American coach William Brooks to come to Bermuda to train the swimmers and also persuaded Leonard Spence an ex-world breaststroke record holder [1] to move from British Guiana to Bermuda in order to compete for them. He traveled to Berlin as the team manager, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony. [2]

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Leonard Spence 100 m freestyle 1:01.94Did not advance
John Young 1:07.86Did not advance
Edmund Cooper 400 m freestyle 5:53.85Did not advance
Percy Belvin 200 m breaststroke 3:09.85Did not advance
Leonard Spence 2:52.01 QDSQDid not advance
Edmund Cooper
Leonard Spence
Dudley Spurling
John Young 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay —10:50.55Did not advance

References

  1. ↑ "World records". ISHOF. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bermuda Biography". Bermuda Biographies. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.


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