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Bahamas at the 2000 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = BAH

| NOCname = Bahamas Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2000

| flagcaption = Flag of the Bahamas

| oldcode =

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

| location = Sydney

| competitors = 25 (16 men and 9 women)

| sports = 3

| flagbearer = Pauline Davis-Thompson

| rank = 35

| gold = 2

| silver = 0

| bronze = 1

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

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

{{further|2000 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Pauline|Davis-Thompson}}AthleticsWomen's 200 metres28 September
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Savatheda|Fynes}}
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 metres relay30 September
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Avard|Moncur}}
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
Timothy Munnings		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay30 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BAH/editions/25 Bahamas at the 2000 Summer Olympics]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 10

919
align=left|Swimming

| 4

04
align=left|Tennis

| 2

02
Total16925

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1996 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|Chris Brown

|align=left|400 m

|45.80

|2 Q

|45.76

|6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Dominic Demeritte

|align=left|200 m

|21.47

|6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Troy McIntosh

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m

|47.06

|6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Avard Moncur

|45.23

|1 Q

|45.43

|3 Q

|45.18

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Andrew Tynes

|align=left|200 m

|21.00

|5

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Renward Wells

|align=left|100 m

|10.47

|5

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|20.95

|3 Q

|21.26

|8

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Renward Wells
Dominic Demeritte
Iram Lewis
Wellington Saunders-Whymms

|align=left|4×100 m relay

|39.57

|4

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Avard Moncur
Troy McIntosh
Carl Oliver
Chris Brown
Tim Munnings*

|align=left|4×400 m relay

|3:01.50

|3 q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|2:59.02

|3 Q

|2:59.23

|{{bronze03}}

;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|Christine Amertil

|align=left|400 m

|53.12

|5

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Pauline Davis-Thompson

|align=left|200 m

|22.61

|2 Q

|22.72

|2 Q

|22.38

|1 Q

|22.27

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie

|align=left|100 m

|11.10

|1 Q

|11.18

|2 Q

|11.34

|4 Q

|11.29

|8

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|23.31

|2 Q

|22.72

|1 Q

|22.62

|2 Q

|22.37

|4

align=center

|align=left|Savatheda Fynes

|align=left|100 m

|11.18

|1 Q

|11.10

|1 Q

|11.16

|4 Q

|11.22

|7

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Chandra Sturrup

|align=left|100 m

|11.31

|1 Q

|11.22

|3 Q

|11.31

|2 Q

|11.21

|5

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|23.09

|3 Q

|23.21

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Tonique Williams-Darling

|align=left|400 m

|53.43

|6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
Eldece Clarke-Lewis

|align=left|4×100 m relay

|42.58

|1 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|42.42

|1 Q

|41.95

|{{gold01}}

;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|Laverne Eve

|align=left|Javelin throw

|58.36

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Jackie Edwards

|align=left|Long jump

|6.60

|11 q

|6.59

|6

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3|Jeremy Knowles

|align=left|200 metre breaststroke

|align=center|2:20.31

|align=center|36

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 metre individual medley

|align=center|2:06.85

|align=center|35

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|400 metre individual medley

|align=center|4:26.87

|align=center|31

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

align=center

| style="text-align:left;"|Allan Murray

|align=left|50 metre freestyle

|align=center|23.34

|align=center|37

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

align=center

| style="text-align:left;"|Christopher Murray

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|align=center|51.93

|align=center|40

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

align=center

| style="text-align:left"|Nicholas Rees

|align=left|100 metre butterfly

|align=center|57.23

|align=center|57

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Did not advance

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics}}

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

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!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mark Knowles
Mark Merklein

|align=left|Men's doubles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marques /
Mota|POR|2000 Summer}}
W 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 7-5

|{{flagIOCathlete|O'Brien /
Palmer|USA|2000 Summer}}
W 6-2, 6-4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Adams /
J-F de Jager|RSA|2000 Summer}}
L 6–4, 2-6, 12-14

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|5

See also

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BAH/summer/2000/ sports-reference]

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