Barbados at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Barbados at the Olympic Games
Flag of Barbados IOC code  BAR NOC Barbados Olympic Association Website www.olympic.org.bb
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	18 (12 men and 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Andrea Blackett
Medals Rank: 71	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

Barbados competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
3 ! Bronze	Thompson, ObadeleObadele Thompson	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	September 23

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m

• Obadele Thompson

• Round 1 – 10.23
• Round 2 – 10.04
• Semifinal – 10.15
• Final – 10.04 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 200 m

• Obadele Thompson

• Round 1 – 20.69
• Round 2 – 20.16
• Semifinal – 20.21
• Final – 20.2 (→ 4th place)

Men's 400 m

• Fabian Rollins

• Round 1 – 46.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Milton O. Browne

• Round 1 – 01:47.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Victor Houston

• Round 1 – 14.06 (→ did not advance)

• Gabriel Burnett

• Round 1 – 14.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Victor Houston

• Round 1 – 51.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Gabriel Burnett, Victor Houston, Wilan Louis, Fabian Rollins

• Round 1 – 40.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m

• Joanne Durant

• Round 1 – 11.82 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Joanne Durant

• Round 1 – 23.90 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Tanya Oxley

• Round 1 – 54.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Andrea Blackett

• Round 1 – 56.31
• Semifinal – 55.30 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400 m

• Andrea Blackett, Tanya Oxley, Melissa Straker-Taylor, Sherlene Williams

• Round 1 – 03:30.83 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's 81 kg

• Shawn Terry Cox
  • Round 1 – Lost to John Dovi of France (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Men's Mistral

• Oneal Ricardo Marshall

• Race 1 – (37) DNF
• Race 2 – 32
• Race 3 – 32
• Race 4 – (34)
• Race 5 – 31
• Race 6 – 34
• Race 7 – 42
• Race 8 – 31
• Race 9 – 31
• Race 10 – 31
• Race 11 – 33
• Final – 287 (→ 34th place)

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Damien Alleyne

• Heat – 01:52.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Damien Alleyne

• Heat – 03:58.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Nicholas Neckles

• Heat – 01:00.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Leah Martindale

• Heat – 26.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Leah Martindale

• Heat – 57.21 (→ did not advance)

See also

• Barbados at the 1999 Pan American Games

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database