Barbados at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Barbados at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BAR
NOC	Barbados Olympic Association
Website	www.olympic.org.bb
in Atlanta
Competitors	13 (11 men and 2 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Obadele Thompson
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Barbados competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Boxing	2	–	2
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	11	2	13

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Obadele Thompson
• Kirk Cummins

Men's 200 metres

• Obadele Thompson

Men's Decathlon

• Victor Houston

Women's 400 metres

• Melissa Straker
  • Heat — 52.92 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• John Kelman
  • First Round — Lost to János Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Thomas Marcus
  • First Round — Lost to Mohamed Bahari (Algeria), referee stopped contest in second round (02:20)

Gymnastics

• Shane de Freitas

Judo

• Andrew Payne

Sailing

• O'Neal Marshall
• Rodney Reader

Shooting

• Michael Maskell

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Nick Neckles
  • Heat – 57.91 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Nick Neckles
  • Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Leah Martindale
  • Heat – 25.76
  • Final – 25.49 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Leah Martindale
  • Heat – 56.13
  • B-Final – 56.03 (→ 12th place)

See also

• Barbados at the 1995 Pan American Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference