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Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = BAH

| NOCname = Bahamas Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1972

| flagcaption = Flag of the Bahamas

| oldcode =

| website = {{URL|www.bahamasolympiccommittee.org }}

| location = Munich

| competitors = 20 (19 men and 1 woman)

| sports = 4

| flagbearer = Mike Sands

| rank =

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BAH/summer/1972/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092956/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BAH/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Bahamas at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

;Track & road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Walter Callander

|align=left|100 m

| 10.78

|4

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kevin Johnson

|align=left|100 m

|10.61

|6

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|21.70

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Franklin Rahming

|align=left|400 m

|48.30

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Mike Sands

|align=left|100 m

|10.67

|2 Q

|10.50

|5

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|21.61

|5 Q

|colspan=2|DNS

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Danny Smith

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|14.46

|4

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Danny Smith
Harrison Lockhart
Walter Callander
Mike Sands

|align=left|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

|40.48

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

;Field events

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Timothy Barrett

|align=left|Triple jump

|15.51

|27

|colspan=2|did not advance

;Women

;Track & road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Claudette Powell

|align=left|100 m

|12.01

|7

|colspan=6|did not advance

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!1 Round

!2 Round

!3 Round

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Garry Davis

|align=left|Welterweight

|{{n/a|BYE}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Hope|GBR|1972 Summer}}
L 0–5

|colspan=5|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Nat Knowles

|align=left|Middleweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Faustino Quinales|VEN|1972 Summer}}
W DSQ

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nazif Kuran|TUR|1972 Summer}}
L TKO-1

|colspan=5|did not advance

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

Two cyclist represented the Bahamas in 1972.

=Track=

;1000m time trial

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Laurence Burnside

|align=left|Men's 1000m time trial

|1:20.31

|30

;Men's Sprint

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round 1

!Repechage 1

!Round 2

!Repechage 2

!Repechage Finals

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!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

align=center

|align=left|Geoffrey Burnside

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Men's sprint

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marino|ITA|1972 Summer}}
{{flagIOCathlete|Young|USA|1972 Summer}}
L

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pedersen|DEN|1972 Summer}}
L

|colspan=7|did not advance

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

align=center

|align=left|Durward Knowles
Montague Roscoe Higgs

|align=left|Star

|12

|2

|10

|12

|DNF

|16

|14

|97.0

|13

align=center

|align=left|Bobby Symonette
Craig Symonette
Percy Knowles

|align=left|Soling

|23

|22

|24

|15

|23

|DNS

|{{n/a}}

|137.0

|25

align=center

|align=left|Godfrey Kelly
Christopher McKinney
David Kelly

|align=left|Dragon

|23

|17

|18

|12

|15

|5

|{{n/a}}

|96.0

|19

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]

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