Bermuda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | BER |
CGA | Bermuda Olympic Association |
Website | olympics |
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018 | |
Competitors | 8 in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Tyler Smith (opening) |
Medals Ranked 26th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Bermuda competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. [1] Bermuda announced it will send a squad of 8 athletes. [2] It was Bermuda's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
Bermuda won its first gold medal for twenty-eight years and only its second ever gold medal overall when Flora Duffy won the women’s triathlon. [3]
Triathlete Tyler Smith was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. [4]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Flora Duffy | Triathlon | Women's triathlon | April 5 |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Squash | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 6* | 2* | 8 |
Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (4 men) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Harold Houston | 200 m | 21.67 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Kyle Webb | 21.73 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
Tyler Butterfield | Marathon | — | 2:26:29 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
Tyrone Smith | Long jump | 7.89 | 7 q | 7.79 | 10 |
Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 woman) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Flora Duffy | Women's cross-country | DNS |
Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 man) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Micah Franklin | Men's singles | James Fayia (SLE) W 3-0 | Joel Makin (WAL) L 0-3 | Did not advance |
Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (2 men, 2 women) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2]
Athlete | Event | Swim (750 m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total | Rank |
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Tyler Butterfield | Men's | 9:32 | 0:36 | 28:55 | 0:35 | 16:13 | 55:51 | 18 |
Tyler Smith | 9:07 | 0:35 | 29:22 | 0:29 | 17:08 | 56:41 | 21 | |
Flora Duffy | Women's [5] | 9:10 | 0:36 | 29:37 | 0:31 | 16:56 | 56:50 | |
Erica Hawley | 10:04 | 0:36 | 33:03 | 0:31 | 19:00 | 1:03:14 | 16 |
Athletes | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km, Run 1.5 km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
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Erica Hawley Tyler Smith Flora Duffy Tyler Butterfield | Mixed relay | 21:07 19:56 20:12 19.29 | 1:20:44 | 5 |
Dame Flora Jane Duffy is a Bermudian triathlete. She won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Bermuda's first gold medal. She also competed in Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro Olympics. In 2018, she won gold in the women's triathlon at the XXI Commonwealth Games in Australia. She also won gold in the same event at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.
Bermuda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Bermudian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, but did not attend the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.
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