The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The nation's participation at these Games marked its seventeenth appearance as an independent nation.
The Bahamas Olympic Committee sent a total of 28 athletes, 19 men and 9 women, to the Games, participating in athletics, swimming, and rowing. Eleven of them had previously competed in London 2012, with Chris Brown leading the men's 4 × 400 m relay squad for the nation's title defense at his fifth consecutive Olympics. Other notable athletes from the Bahamian team featured triple jumper and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Leevan Sands, swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, who rounded out the top eight from London in the women's 50 m freestyle, and sprinter Shaunae Miller, who served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Bahamas left Rio de Janeiro with two medals awarded to the nation's track and field athletes. Among the medalists were the men's 4 × 400 m relay squad, highlighted by Brown and his fellow sprinters Michael Mathieu and Demetrius Pinder, and Miller, who sprang an upset over American top sprinter Allyson Felix with a head-first dive to earn the first gold medal awarded to a Bahamian athlete since Tonique Williams-Darling topped the podium in 2004.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Shaunae Miller Athletics Women's 400 m Chris BrownSteven GardinerMichael MathieuStephen NewboldDemetrius PinderAlonzo Russell Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Athletics (track and field)
Bahamian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
A total of 24 athletes (18 men and 6 women) were selected to the Bahamian track and field roster as part of the nation's official team announcement on 21 July 2016, with Chris Brown racing in the 400 metres and leading the men's relay squad at his fifth straight Olympics.
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAdrian Griffith100 mcolspan=2 10.538Did not advanceShavez Hartcolspan=2 10.285Did not advanceJamial Rollecolspan=2 10.688Did not advanceShavez Hart200 m20.747colspan=2 Did not advanceDemetrius Pindercolspan=2 Did not advanceTeray Smith20.666colspan=2 Did not advanceChris Brown400 m45.564colspan=2 Did not advanceSteven Gardiner45.242 Qcolspan=2 44.725Did not advanceAlonzo Russell46.235colspan=2 Did not advanceJeffery Gibson400 m hurdles52.7745colspan=2 Did not advanceChris BrownSteven GardinerMichael MathieuStephen NewboldDemetrius PinderAlonzo Russell4 × 400 m relay2:59.642 Qcolspan=4 2:58.49
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankTynia Gaither100 mcolspan=2 11.565Did not advanceSheniqua Ferguson200 m23.628colspan=2 Did not advanceTynia Gaither22.903 qcolspan=2 23.458Did not advanceAnthonique Strachan22.963colspan=2 Did not advanceShaunae Miller400 m51.161 Qcolspan=2 49.912 Q49.44Pedrya Seymour100 m hurdles12.853 Qcolspan=2 12.642 Q12.766
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionTrevor BarryMen's high jump2.2910 q2.2511Donald Thomas2.299 q2.29=7Jamal Wilson2.2225Did not advanceLatario Collie-MinnsMen's triple jump—Did not advanceLeevan Sands16.5318Did not advanceBianca StuartWomen's long jump6.459Did not advance
Rowing
For the first time in Olympic history, Bahamas has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games at the 2016 Latin American Continental Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso, Chile.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEmily MorleyWomen's single sculls9:22.126 R8:22.774 SE/Fcolspan=2 8:46.093 FE8:56.3630 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Swimming
Bahamian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDustin TynesMen's 100 m breaststroke1:03.7144Did not advanceJoanna EvansWomen's 200 m freestyle2:01.2737Did not advanceWomen's 400 m freestyle4:07.6013colspan=2 Did not advanceWomen's 800 m freestyle8:42.9323colspan=2 Did not advanceArianna Vanderpool-WallaceWomen's 50 m freestyle24.77=13 Q24.609Did not advanceWomen's 100 m freestyle54.5618Did not advance
See also Bahamas at the 2015 Pan American Games
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