The Bahamas competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.This marked the first time The Bahamas won an Olympic gold medal as an independent nation since gaining independence in 1973, and the first time the nation won a gold medal since the 1964 Tokyo games when the country was still a part of the British Empire.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Women's 200 metres 28 September Chandra SturrupPauline Davis-ThompsonDebbie FergusonEldece Clarke-Lewis Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 30 September Troy McIntoshCarl OliverChris BrownTimothy Munnings Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 30 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Bahamas at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 10 9 19Swimming 4 0 4Tennis 2 0 2 Total 16 9 25
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankChris Brown400 m45.802 Q45.766Did not advanceDominic Demeritte200 m21.476Did not advanceTroy McIntosh400 m47.06 6Did not advanceAvard Moncur45.231 Q45.433 Q45.18 5Did not advanceAndrew Tynes200 m21.00 5Did not advanceRenward Wells100 m10.475Did not advance200 m20.95 3 Q21.26 8Did not advanceRenward WellsDominic DemeritteIram LewisWellington Saunders-Whymms relay39.574Did not advanceAvard MoncurTroy McIntoshCarl OliverChris BrownTim Munnings* relay3:01.503 qcolspan=2 2:59.023 Q2:59.23
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankChristine Amertil400 m53.125Did not advancePauline Davis-Thompson200 m22.612 Q22.722 Q22.381 Q22.27Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie100 m11.101 Q11.182 Q11.344 Q11.298200 m23.312 Q22.721 Q22.622 Q22.374Savatheda Fynes100 m11.181 Q11.101 Q11.164 Q11.227Chandra Sturrup100 m11.311 Q11.223 Q11.312 Q11.215200 m23.093 Q23.215Did not advanceTonique Williams-Darling400 m53.436Did not advanceSavatheda FynesChandra SturrupPauline Davis-ThompsonDebbie Ferguson-McKenzieEldece Clarke-Lewis relay42.581 Qcolspan=2 42.421 Q41.95
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLaverne EveJavelin throw58.36 16Did not advanceJackie EdwardsLong jump6.6011 q6.596
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJeremy Knowles200 metre breaststroke2:20.3136Did not advance200 metre individual medley2:06.85 35Did not advance400 metre individual medley4:26.8731Did not advanceAllan Murray50 metre freestyle23.3437Did not advanceChristopher Murray100 metre freestyle51.9340Did not advanceNicholas Rees100 metre butterfly57.2357Did not advance
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMark KnowlesMark MerkleinMen's doublesW 6-7 (7–9), 6–4, 7–5W 6–2, 6–4L 6–4, 2–6, 12–14Did not advance5
See also Bahamas at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Bahamas at the 1999 Pan American Games
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database sports-reference