Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{infobox country at games | NOC = BAH | NOCname = Bahamas Olympic Committee | games = Summer Olympics | year = 1972 | flagcaption = Flag of the Bahamas | oldcode = | website = | 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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{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}}</ref>

==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|{{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} 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 |<s>DNF</s> |16 |14 |97.0 |13 |- align=center |align=left|Bobby Symonette Craig Symonette Percy Knowles |align=left|Soling |23 |22 |24 |15 |23 |<s>DNS</s> |{{n/a}} |137.0 |25 |- align=center |align=left|Godfrey Kelly Christopher McKinney David Kelly |align=left|Dragon |<s>23</s> |17 |18 |12 |15 |5 |{{n/a}} |96.0 |19 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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

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