British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics

British West Indies at the Olympic Games

Flag of the West Indies Federation
IOC code  BWI
 (ANT used at these Games)
NOC West Indies Olympic Association
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
Competitors 13 in 5 sports
Medals
Rank: 39		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
2		 Total
2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960
Other related appearances
Jamaica (1948–1956, 1964–)
Trinidad and Tobago (1948–1956, 1964–)
Barbados (1968–)

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
Italy 1960 Rome 13 0 0 2 2 39
Total 0 0 2 2

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 0 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2

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

For more details on this topic, see 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

For more details on this topic, see 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

For more details on this topic, see Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Event Name Result
Flying Dutchman class Richard John Bennett
Gerald Bird		 893 points (→ 30th place)

Shooting

For more details on this topic, see 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

For more details on this topic, see 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 page 230
  2. ↑ "West Indies Federation at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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