Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the
Olympics
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg
IOC code TTO
NOC Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Website www.ttoc.org
Medals
Ranked 83rd
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
11
Total
19
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies (1960 S)
Trinidad and Tobago won bronze in the Men's 4x400 relay at the 2012 London Olympics TeamRelay4x100Trinite-TobagoLondon2012.JPG
Trinidad and Tobago won bronze in the Men's 4x400 relay at the 2012 London Olympics

Trinidad and Tobago first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, before they attained their independence from Great Britain. Despite being a small nation in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has been able to place themselves firmly in international sports. In 1946, Sir Lennox O’Reilly organized the nation’s first Olympic committee. Trinidad and Tobago have participated in sixteen Summer Olympiads and three Winter Olympics (as well as two Summer Paralympics).

Contents

Participation

Timeline of participation

DateTeam
1948–1956Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)
1960Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies  (BWI)
1964Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)
1968–Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)

Medal tables

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 34815
Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 0123
Swimming pictogram.svg  Swimming 0011
Totals (3 entries)351119

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rodney Wilkes 1948 London Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's featherweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rodney Wilkes 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's featherweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lennox Kilgour 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting Men's middle-heavyweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Wendell Mottley 1964 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Edwin Roberts 1964 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wendell Mottley
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Edwin Skinner
1964 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hasely Crawford 1976 Montreal Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Bovell 2004 Athens Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Aaron Armstrong
2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Richard Thompson 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Keshorn Walcott 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's javelin throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marc Burns
Keston Bledman
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay [1]
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lalonde Gordon 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lalonde Gordon
Jarrin Solomon
Renny Quow
Deon Lendore
Machel Cedenio
Ade Alleyne-Forte
2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Keshorn Walcott 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's javelin throw

1948 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. This was the first time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent nine athletes and officials to represent the nation in three disciplines.

Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission

Athletics

Three athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline.

Cycling

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline.

Compton Gonsalves placed 17th in the kilometer time trial with a time of 1 minute and 32 seconds.

Weightlifting

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 0101

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

Rodney Wilkes won the first medal for Trinidad and Tobago lifting 317.5 kilograms in three lifts.

1952 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XV Olympiad were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. This was the second time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent four athletes and officials to represent the nation in one discipline.

Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission


Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Both athletes won medals for Trinidad & Tobago. Rodney Wilkes lift 322.5 kilograms and Lennox Kilgour lift 402.5 kilograms.

1956 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia. This was the third time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent eight athletes and officials to represent the nation in one discipline.

Dr. Roderick Marcano was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics

Three athletes represented this discipline.

Michael Agostini placed 6th in the 100 m and 4th in the 200 m.

Cycling

One athlete represented this discipline.

Weightlifting

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Lennox Kilgour placed 6th. Rodney Wilkes placed 4th lifting 330 kilograms.

1960 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy.

In 1958 the West Indies joined together to become a Confederation. Because of this, a West Indian Team was entered in the Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago however contributed four athletes to the team.

The British West Indies won two bronze medals, none of which were attributed to Trinidad & Tobago.

1964 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. This was the fourth time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent twenty athletes and officials to represent the nation in four disciplines.

Knolly Henderson was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 0123

Seven athletes and two official represented this discipline.

Edwin Roberts won bronze in the 200 m in 20.3 seconds. The men’s relay team also won bronze. Wendell Mottley won silver for the 400 m in 45.2 seconds.

Cycling

Three athletes and two official represented this discipline.

Sailing

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

The sailing team placed 20th.

Weightlifting

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Hugo Gittens placed 11th in the lightweight class with 367.5 kg (810 lb). Brandon Bailey placed 20th in the heavyweight division.

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References

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