British Virgin Islands (IVB)

Overview

NOCBritish Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
Flagbearers28

Participants

Olympic Games 30
Youth Olympic Games 13

Description

The British Virgin Islands formed a National Olympic Committee (NOC) in 1980, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 28 May 1982, at the IOC session in Roma. The nation has competed at every Olympic Games since 1984.

No athlete from this island has won an Olympic medal yet. The two best Summer Olympic performances for this island nation happened at Tokyo 2020, when Kyron McMaster finished 4th in the men’s 400 metres hurdles, and Chantel Malone finished 12th in the women’s long jump.

Strangely, the first Olympic participation for British Virgin Islands was in 1984 at Sarajevo in the Olympic Winter Games, when Erroll Fraser, a New Yorker who had dual citizenship, competed in speed skating. He was the only Winter Olympic competitor from the British Virgin Islands until 2014, when Peter Crook competed in freestyle skiing halfpipe, placing 27th.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1984 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 9 0 9 Results
1984 Winter Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 0 1 Results
1988 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 3 0 3 Results
1992 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 4 0 4 Results
1996 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 7 0 7 Results
2000 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 0 1 Results
2004 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 0 1 Results
2008 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 1 2 Results
2012 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 1 2 Results
2014 Winter Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 0 1 Results
2016 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 3 4 Results
2020 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 2 3 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 2 3 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics British Virgin Islands 3 5 8 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics British Virgin Islands 1 1 2 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 16 3 19 Results
Freestyle Skiing (Skiing) 1 0 1 Results
Sailing 8 0 8 Results
Speed Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 0 1 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 4 6 10 Results
Sailing 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 0 2 2 Results

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lakeisha Warner IVB 1 0 0 1