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Athletes from the '''[[West Indies Federation]]''' competed under the name ''Antilles'' (ANT)<ref>http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf page 230</ref> at the '''[[1960 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. Thirteen competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/WIF/summer/1960/ |title=West Indies Federation at the 1960 Rome Summer Games |accessdate=29 June 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as [[Jamaica]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]] competed independently again in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], and [[Barbados]] started competing at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Games]].
Athletes from the '''[[West Indies Federation]]''' competed under the name ''Antilles'' (ANT)<ref>http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} page 230</ref> at the '''[[1960 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. Thirteen competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/WIF/summer/1960/ |title=West Indies Federation at the 1960 Rome Summer Games |accessdate=29 June 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as [[Jamaica]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]] competed independently again in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]], and [[Barbados]] started competing at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Games]].


== Medal tables ==
== Medal tables ==
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* {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/athletes?search=1&countryname=british%20west%20indies }}
* {{cite web |title=British West Indies |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/WIF }}
* {{cite web |title=British West Indies |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/WIF }}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]


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Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT)[1] at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.[2] The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964, and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1960 Rome 13 0 0 2 2 39
Total 0 0 2 2 138

Medals by summer sport

Rank
 Athletics 0 0 2 2 94
Total* 0 0 2 2 138

List of medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze  George Kerr (JAM) Athletics Men's 800 metres September 2
 Bronze  George Kerr (JAM)
 James Wedderburn (BAR)
 Keith Gardner (JAM)
 Malcolm Spence (JAM)		 Athletics Men's 4×400 metre relay September 8

Results by event

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Event Name Result
Men's 100 metres Dennis Johnson Heats: 10.4 (2nd in heat)
Quarter-finals: 10.4 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Clifton Bertrand Heats: 21.3 (3rd in heat)
Quarter-finals: 21.4 (6th, did not advance)
Dennis Johnson Heats: 21.2 (1st in heat)
Quarter-finals: 21.1 (3rd)
Semi-finals: 21.0 (5th, did not advance)
Men's 400 metres Malcolm Spence Heats: 47.6 (1st in heat)
Quarter-finals: 46.9 (3rd)
Semi-finals: 46.8 (5th, did not advance)
James Wedderburn Heats: 47.4 (2nd in heat)
Quarter-finals: 47.0 (4th, did not advance)
Men's 800 metres George Kerr Heats: 1:50.9 (1st in heat)
Quarter-finals: 1:49.4 (1st)
Semi-final: 1:47.1 (1st)
Final: 1:47.1 (→  Bronze)
Men's 4×400 metre relay George Kerr
James Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
Malcolm Spence 		Heats: 3:09.1 (1st in heat)
Semi-final: 3:09.2 (2nd)
Final: 3:04.0 (→  Bronze)
Men's 110 metre hurdles Keith Gardner Heats: 14.3 (1st in heat)
Quarter-finals: 14.3 (2nd)
Semi-final: 14.2 (3rd)
Final: 14.4 (→ 5th place)
Men's long jump Paul Foreman Qualification: 7.42 m
Final: 7.26 m (→ 12th place)

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Event Name Result
Individual road race Clyde Rimple DNF
Sprint Clyde Rimple Heats: 2nd of 2
Repechage: 1st of 2
Repechage final: 2nd of 3
Eighth-finals: 3rd of 3
Eighth-finals repechage: 2nd of 3 (did not advance)
Time trial Clyde Rimple 1:16.08 (→ 23rd place)

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Event Name Result
Flying Dutchman class Richard John Bennett
Gerald Bird 		893 points (→ 30th place)

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Event Name Result
50 m free pistol Tony Bridge Qualification: 319 (→ 32nd in group, did not advance)
Keith De Casseres (retired)

Weightlifting

Further information: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Event Name Result
Bantamweight (57 kg) Grantley Sobers Press: 97.5 kg (7th)
Snatch: 90.0 kg (12th)
Jerk: 120.0 kg (13th)
Total: 307.5 kg (→ 10th place)

References

  1. ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf[permanent dead link] page 230
  2. ^ "West Indies Federation at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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