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Bermuda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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 at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Bermuda
CGF codeBER
CGABermuda Olympic Association
Websiteolympics.bm
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors8 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Tyler Smith (opening)
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

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]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Flora Duffy Triathlon Women's triathlon April 5

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 0 4
Cycling 0 1 1
Squash 1 0 1
Triathlon 2 2 4
Total 6* 2* 8

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (4 men) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Tyrone Smith Long jump 7.89 7 q 7.79 10

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 woman) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Mountain Bike

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Flora Duffy Women's cross-country DNS

Squash

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Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 man) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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

Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (2 men, 2 women) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
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
Mixed Relay
Athletes Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km,
Run 1.5 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Erica Hawley
Tyler Smith
Flora Duffy
Tyler Butterfield 		Mixed relay 21:07
19:56
20:12
19.29 		1:20:44 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bermuda's Commonwealth Games Team Named". www.bernews.com/. Bernews. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Flora Duffy claims first gold medal". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Smith Bermuda's Commonwealth Games Flag Bearer". www.islandstats.com/. IslandStats. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Triathlon | Results Women's Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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