Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Bahamas at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Bahamas at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Bahamas
IOC code	BAH
NOC	Bahamas Olympic Committee
Website	www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org
in Munich
Competitors	20 (19 men and 1 woman) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Mike Sands
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Bahamas competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Twenty competitors, nineteen men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in four sports.^[1]

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Walter Callander	100 m	10.78	4	did not advance
Kevin Johnson	100 m	10.61	6	did not advance
Kevin Johnson	200 m	21.70	5	did not advance
Franklin Rahming	400 m	48.30	5	did not advance
Mike Sands	100 m	10.67	2 Q	10.50	5	did not advance
Mike Sands	200 m	21.61	5 Q	DNS		did not advance
Danny Smith	110 m hurdles	14.46	4	did not advance
Danny Smith Harrison Lockhart Walter Callander Mike Sands	4×100 m relay	40.48	5	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Timothy Barrett	Triple jump	15.51	27	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Claudette Powell	100 m	12.01	7	did not advance

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Garry Davis	Welterweight	BYE	Maurice Hope (GBR) L 0-5	did not advance
Nat Knowles	Middleweight	Faustino Quinales (VEN) W DSQ	Nazif Kuran (TUR) L TKO-1	did not advance

Two cyclist represented the Bahamas in 1972.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurence Burnside	Men's 1000m time trial	1:20.31	30

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Geoffrey Burnside	Men's sprint	Marino (ITA) Young (USA) L	Pedersen (DEN) L	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Durward Knowles Montague Roscoe Higgs	Star	12	2	10	12	~~DNF~~	16	14	97.0	13
Bobby Symonette Craig Symonette Percy Knowles	Soling	23	22	24	15	23	~~DNS~~	—	137.0	25
Godfrey Kelly Christopher McKinney David Kelly	Dragon	23	17	18	12	15	5	—	96.0	19