Bahamas at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The Bahamas competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The nation won its first ever Olympic gold medal.

Bahamas at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBAH
NOCBahamas Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
in Tokyo
Competitors11 (11 men and 0 women) in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
Sailing Star

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tom Robinson 100 m 10.50 1 Q 10.38 1 Q 10.22 2 Q 10.57 8
George Collie 100 m 10.90 5 did not advance
200 m 21.91 5 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Hartley Saunders Triple jump 14.59 29 did not advance

Sailing

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Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
Star 1 5 DNF 6 1 1 7 5664  
Godfrey Kelly
Maurice Kelly
Robert Eardley
Dragon 16 13 13 4 5 9 1 4294 7
Robert Symonette
Roy Ramsay
Percy Knowles
5.5 Metre 9 13 11 3 3 10 10 2713 9

See also

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References

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