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Barbados at the
Olympics
IOC codeBAR
NOC Barbados Olympic Association
Website www.olympic.org.bb
Medals
Ranked 149th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
  British West Indies (1960 S)

Barbados first competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, and has participated in each Games since, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics when Barbados joined the American-led boycott and has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. The country's only Olympic medal is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Barbados competed as part of the West Indies Federation in 1960. Barbadian athlete James Wedderburn was part of the 4 × 400 m relay team which won the bronze medal that year. Weightlifter Grantley Sobers also competed in 1960.

Timeline of participation

Date Team
1948–1956   Jamaica (JAM)   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960   British West Indies (BWI)
1964   Jamaica (JAM)   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–   Barbados (BAR)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1960 Rome as part of the   British West Indies (BWI)
1964 Tokyo did not participate
1968 Mexico City 9 0 0 0 0
1972 Munich 13 0 0 0 0
1976 Montreal 11 0 0 0 0
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 16 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 17 0 0 0 0
1992 Barcelona 17 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta 13 0 0 0 0
2000 Sydney 18 0 0 1 1 71
2004 Athens 10 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 8 0 0 0 0
2012 London 6 0 0 0 0
2016 Rio de Janeiro 12 0 0 0 0
2020 Tokyo 8 0 0 0 0
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 0 1 1 147

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics0011
Totals (1 entries)0011

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Obadele Thompson 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 100 metres

See also

External links

  • "Barbados". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Barbados". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/BAR". olympanalyt.com.
  • Barbados Olympic Association