Bahamas at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BAH
Nocname:	Bahamas Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Bahamas
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	7 (7 men and 0 women)
Sports:	1
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The Bahamas competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Only seven men went to Helsinki to compete in the sailing, all seven were affiliated with Nassau Yacht Club.^[1]

Durward Knowles and Sloane Farrington had both competed at the 1948 Olympics for Great Britain, due to the Bahamas not being recognised by the IOC.^[2]

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race							Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Kenneth Albury	Finn	DNF	15	10	13	7	8	11	3209	14
Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington	Star	3	6	6	10	2	7	9	4828	5
Donald Pritchard Basil McKinney Basil Kelly Godfrey Higgs	5.5	15	12	13	9	12	16	10	1529	15

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: About . Nassau Yacht Club . 2 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130710175857/http://www.nassauyachtclub.org/about/about.html . 10 July 2013 . dmy .
2. Web site: Sir Duward Knowles. starclass.org. 2 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701183838/http://starclass.org/artman/publish/article_295.shtml. 1 July 2016. dead.