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Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics

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Template:Infobox Olympics Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, before they attained their independence from Great Britain. Despite being a small nation in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has been able to place themselves firmly international sports. In 1946, Sir Lennox O’Reilly organized the nation’s first Olympic committee. Trinidad and Tobago have participated in fourteen Summer Olympiads and three Winter Olympics (as well as two Summer Paralympics).

Total Medals Won

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Trinidad and Tobago 1 5 8 14

Medalists

Summer

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Rodney Wilkes 1948 London Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Bronze Rodney Wilkes 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Bronze Lennox Kilgour 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 90kg class
 Silver Wendell Mottley 1964 Tokyo Athletics Men's 400m
 Bronze Edwin Roberts 1964 Tokyo Athletics Men's 200m
 Bronze Wendell Mottley
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Edwin Skinner		 1964 Tokyo Athletics Men's 4x100 relay
 Gold Hasely Crawford 1976 Montreal Athletics Men's 100m
 Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 100m
 Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 200m
 Silver Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 100m
 Bronze Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 200m
 Bronze George Bovell 2004 Athens Swimming Men's 200m individual medley
 Silver Richard Thompson 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 100m


 Silver Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Aaron Armstrong*		 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 4x100 relay

(*)Participation only at Round 1.

Medals by sport

Athletics 1 4 5 10
Weightlifting 0 1 2 3
Swimming 0 0 1 1
Total 1 5 8 14

1948 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in 1948 in London, United Kingdom. This was the first time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent nine athletes and officials to represent the nation in three disciplines.

Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission

Athletics

Three athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline.

Cycling

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

Trinidad & Tobago did not win any medals in 1948 for this discipline.

Compton Gonsalves placed 17th in the kilometer time trial with a time of 1 minute and 32 seconds.

Weightlifting

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

Rodney Wilkes won the first medal for Trinidad and Tobago lifting 317.5 kilograms in three lifts.

1952 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XV Olympiad were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. This was the second time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent four athletes and officials to represent the nation in one discipline.

Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission

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1956 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVI Olympiad were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia. This was the third time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent eight athletes and officials to represent the nation in one discipline.

Dr. Roderick Marcano was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics

Three athletes represented this discipline.

Michael Agostini placed 6th in the 100 m and 4th in the 200 m.

Cycling

One athlete represented this discipline.

Weightlifting

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Lennox Kilgour placed 6th. Rodney Wilkes placed 4th lifting 330 kilograms.

1960 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy.

In 1958 the West Indies joined together to become a Confederation. Because of this, a West Indian Team was entered in the Olympics. Trinidad and Tobago however contributed four athletes to the team.

The British West Indies won two bronze medals, none of which was attributed to Trinidad & Tobago.

1964 Summer Olympics

The Games of the XVIII Olympiad were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. This was the fourth time Trinidad & Tobago was represented in the Olympics. The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee sent twenty athletes and officials to represent the nation in four disciplines.

Knolly Henderson was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics

Gold Silver Bronze Total
Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 2 3

Seven athletes and two official represented this discipline.

Edwin Roberts won bronze in the 200 m in 20.3 seconds. The men’s relay team also won bronze. Wendell Mottley won silver for the 400 m in 45.2 seconds.

Cycling

Three athletes and two official represented this discipline.

Sailing

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

The sailing team placed 20th.

Weightlifting

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Hugo Gittens placed 11th in the lightweight class with 367.5 kg (810 lb). Brandon Bailey placed 20th in the heavyweight division.

See also

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