Bahamas at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Bahamas sent 41 athletes to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Bahamian athletes are traditionally strongest in the track and field events, where numerous athletes, including Tonique Williams-Darling, Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson, and Chris Brown all entered the Games as medal contenders in their respective events, though some events have since concluded with no medals won by Bahamian contenders.

With 6 previous medals in their Olympic history, including their first gold medal in the women's 4x100 meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the Bahamians have now upped their total to 8 in Greece. The highlight of the Games so far for the Bahamian athletes came when Williams-Darling won the 400 meters race on August 24, 2004.

Ferguson won the bronze medal in the 200 meters race the following day. At 28, she was the oldest athlete in the final. She was quoted after the race as saying "I think per capita, the Bahamas already won the Olympics", referring to the 2 medals won for the nation of approximately 325,000 people.[1]

Medals

Results by event

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

• Debbie Ferguson – Final, 11.16 s (7th place)
• Chandra Sturrup – Round 2, 11.46 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Dominic Demeritte – Round 1: 20.62 s, Round 2: 20.61 s

Women's 200 metres:

• Debbie Ferguson – Round 1: 22.57 s, Round 2: 22.53 s, Semifinal: 22.49 s, Final: 22.30 s (bronze medal)

Men's 400 metres:

• Christopher Brown – Round 1: 45.09 s, Semifinal: 45.31 s

Women's 400 metres:

• Tonique Williams-Darling – Round 1: 51.20 s, Semifinal: 50.00 s, Final: 49.41 s (gold medal)
• Christine Amertil – Round 1: 50.23 s, Semifinal: 50.17 s, Final: 50.37 s (7th place)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Debbie Ferguson, Shandria Brown, Chandra Sturrup, and Timicka Clarke – Round 1: 43.02 s, Final: 42.69 s (4th place)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Nathaniel McKinney, Aaron Cleare, Andrae Williams, and Christopher Brown – Final, 3:01.88 (6th place)

Men's long jump:

• Osbourne Moxey – Round 1, 7.81 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Jackie Edwards – Round 1: 6.53 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Leevan Sands – Round 1, 16.34 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Laverne Eve – Round 1: 62.11 metres, Final: 62.77 metres (6th place)

Officials

• President: Sir M.P. Arlington G. Butler
• Secretary General: Dr. Lawrence Davis