Bahamas at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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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)

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

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
Sailing Star

Athletics[edit]

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[edit]

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

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