Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics

Trinidad 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 in international sports. In 1946, Sir Lennox O’Reilly organized the nation’s first Olympic committee. Trinidad and Tobago have participated in sixteen Summer Olympiads and four Winter Olympics (as well as five Summer Paralympics).

Trinidad and Tobago at the
Olympics
IOC codeTTO
NOCTrinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ttoc.org
Medals
Ranked 83rd
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
11
Total
19
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 British West Indies (1960 S)
Trinidad and Tobago won bronze in the Men's 4x400 relay at the 2012 London Olympics

Participation

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Timeline of participation

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Date Team
1948–1956   Jamaica (JAM)   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960   British West Indies (BWI)
1964   Jamaica (JAM)   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–   Barbados (BAR)

Medal tables

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Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics34815
  Weightlifting0123
  Swimming0011
Totals (3 entries)351119

List of medalists

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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 middle-heavyweight
  Silver Wendell Mottley 1964 Tokyo   Athletics Men's 400 metres
  Bronze Edwin Roberts 1964 Tokyo   Athletics Men's 200 metres
  Bronze Wendell Mottley
Kent Bernard
Edwin Roberts
Edwin Skinner
1964 Tokyo   Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay
  Gold Hasely Crawford 1976 Montreal   Athletics Men's 100 metres
  Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Men's 100 metres
  Bronze Ato Boldon 1996 Atlanta   Athletics Men's 200 metres
  Silver Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's 100 metres
  Bronze Ato Boldon 2000 Sydney   Athletics Men's 200 metres
  Bronze George Bovell 2004 Athens   Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley
  Gold Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Aaron Armstrong
2008 Beijing   Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
  Silver Richard Thompson 2008 Beijing   Athletics Men's 100 metres
  Gold Keshorn Walcott 2012 London   Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Silver Marc Burns
Keston Bledman
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
2012 London   Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay[1]
  Bronze Lalonde Gordon 2012 London   Athletics Men's 400 metres
  Bronze Lalonde Gordon
Jarrin Solomon
Renny Quow
Deon Lendore
Machel Cedenio
Ade Alleyne-Forte
2012 London   Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
  Bronze Keshorn Walcott 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Men's javelin throw

1948 Summer Olympics

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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

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Three athletes and one official represented this discipline.

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

Cycling

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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

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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

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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


Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

Both athletes won medals for Trinidad & Tobago. Rodney Wilkes lift 322.5 kilograms and Lennox Kilgour lift 402.5 kilograms.

1956 Summer Olympics

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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

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Three athletes represented this discipline.

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

Cycling

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One athlete represented this discipline.

Weightlifting

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Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

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

1960 Summer Olympics

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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 were attributed to Trinidad & Tobago.

1964 Summer Olympics

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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

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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

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Three athletes and two official represented this discipline.

Sailing

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Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

The sailing team placed 20th.

Weightlifting

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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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References

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  1. ^ "London 2012 4x100m relay men - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
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