Guyana competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's 16th appearance at the Olympics as an independent nation, although it had previously competed in five other games as British Guiana.
The Guyana Olympic Association sent a total of six athletes to the Games, four men and two women, to compete in athletics, judo and swimming.
Background British Guiana was first represented at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom and made five consecutive appearances before Guyanese independence. As an independent country, Guyana made its Olympic debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico and has competed at every Summer Olympics since. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom marked Guyana's 16th appearance at the Summer Olympics. Prior to 2012, Guyana had only won one previous medal – a bronze at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.
Competitors In total, six athletes represented Guyana at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom across three different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 1 3Judo 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2 Total 4 2 6
Athletics
In total, three Guyanese athletes participated in the athletics events – Jeremy Bascorn in the men's 100 m, Winston George in the men's 400 m and Aliann Pompey in the women's 400 m.
Men AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResult RankJeremy Bascorn100 mcolspan=2 10.316did not advanceWinston George400 m46.865colspan=2 did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAliann Pompey400 m52.104 q52.588did not advance
Judo
In total, one Guyanese athlete participated in the judo events – Raul Lall in the men's −60 kg category.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRaul LallMen's −60 kgL 0000–0100did not advance
Swimming
In total, two Guyanese athletes participated in the swimming events – Brittany van Lange in the women's 100 m freestyle and Niall Roberts in the men's 100 m freestyle.
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNiall Roberts100 m freestyle55.6648did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBrittany van Lange100 m freestyle1:01.6242did not advance
See also Guyana at the 2011 Pan American Games
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