Barbados at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BAR
Nocname:Barbados Olympic Association
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Flagcaption:Flag of Barbados
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:4
Competitors Men:2
Competitors Women:2
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Jack Kirby & Sada Williams
Flagbearer Close:Matthew Wright
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Barbados competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1968, Bajan athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics, except Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics0 2 2
Swimming1 0 1
Triathlon1 0 1
Total 2 2 4

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bajan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[2]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Tristan EvelynWomen's 100 m11.5553Did not advance
Sada WilliamsWomen's 400 m50.453 QColspan=249.893 q49.837

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Barbados sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Barbados entered one male triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since 2016.

Individual

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Jimmy Carter's Disastrous Olympic Boycott . Politico Magazine . 9 February 2014 . 15 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 20 December 2023.