The Bahamas

As the Bahamas did not have a National Olympic Committee (NOC) at the time of the 1948 Olympic Games, their two leading yachtsmen, Durward Knowles and Sloan Farrington, chose to represent Great Britain, which was permitted under Olympic rules as the Bahamas was a British colony. On 7 May 1952 a NOC was established and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Bahamas competed at the Olympic Games under their own name for the first time that year. Since then they have failed to be present only at the Moscow Games in 1980, and have not yet competed in the Olympic Winter Games. Through 2016, Bahamian athletes have won 14 medals and six gold medals, led by Chris Brown with four (one gold-one silver-two bronze between 2000 and 2016). Pauline Davis-Thompson is the only Bahamian athlete with two gold medals.

In April 2013 the Bahamas Olympic Association officially changed its name to Bahamas Olympic Committee after a request from the IOC.