Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2003 Pan American Games | |
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IOC code | VIN |
NOC | The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Santo Domingo 1–17 August 2003 | |
Medals Ranked 32nd |
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Pan American Games appearances (overview) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participated at the 2003 Pan American Games , held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Fitz Allan Crick | Men's 400 m hurdles | 51.83 | 13 | — | 13 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Pamenos Ballantyne | Men's marathon | 2:29:37 | 7 |
Adelaide Carrington | Women's marathon | 3:35:02 | 13 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Stephenson Wallace | 50 m freestyle | 26.73 | 30 | Did not advance | |
Fidel Davis | 100 m freestyle | 1:02.25 | 35 | Did not advance |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, also frequently known simply as Saint Vincent, is an Anglo-Caribbean country of several islands in the Lesser Antilles island arc, in the southeast Windward Islands, which lies in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia with two track and field athletes and two swimmers.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States with eight track and field athletes.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has appeared in 8 Summer Olympic Games. The country has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. To date, no athlete from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has ever won an Olympic medal.
The monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, forming the core of the country's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. The Crown is thus is the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Vincentian government. While Royal Assent and the royal sign-manual are required to enact laws, letters patent, and orders in council, the authority for these acts stems from the Vincentian populace, and, within the conventional stipulations of constitutional monarchy, the sovereign's direct participation in any of these areas of governance is limited, with most related powers entrusted for exercise by the elected and appointed parliamentarians, the ministers of the Crown generally drawn from amongst them, and the judges and Justices of the Peace.
St Vincent & the Grenadines was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, by a fifteen-member contingent comprising nine sportspersons and six officials. The country's competitors were four competitors in athletics, one squash player, and four table tennis players, while the officials were one "Chef de Mission", one team attaché, one doctor, one team manager, and two head coaches.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The year's team included two athletes engaged in track and field events, and was accompanied by the team coach, manager, and chaperone. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' appearance in Beijing marked its sixth consecutive Olympic appearance since its 1988 debut in Seoul, South Korea, and its smallest delegation to date. Alexander bore the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the opening ceremony and neither athlete medaled in their events or advanced to later rounds.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has competed at every edition of the Pan American Games since the eleventh edition of the multi-sport event in 1991. To date, all of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's medals have been won in the sport of track and field. In 1995, Eswort Coombs won Saint Vincent and the Grenadines first medal, a bronze in the 400 metres track and field event. Kineke Alexander won the country's second medal, a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres in 2015. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines did not compete at the first and only Pan American Winter Games in 1990.
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