Bermuda at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Bermuda at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BER |
NOC | Bermuda Olympic Association |
Website | www |
in Berlin | |
Competitors | 5 in 1 sport |
Flag bearer | |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bermuda competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. After gaining IOC recognition in February 1936, Bermuda were invited to take part in the 1936 Summer Olympics. With the financial backing of , a team of swimmers would be sent. a successful businessman and an accomplished athlete, arranged for American coach to come to Bermuda to train the swimmers and also persuaded Leonard Spence an ex-world breaststroke record holder[1] to move from British Guiana to Bermuda in order to compete for them. He traveled to Berlin as the team manager, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony.[2]
Swimming[]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Percy Belvin | 200 m breaststroke | 3:09.08 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Edmund Cooper | 400 m freestyle | 5:53.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
John Young | 100 m freestyle | 1:07.8 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Leonard Spence | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.9 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
200 m breaststroke | 2:52.0 | 1 Q | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
Edmund Cooper Leonard Spence Dudley Spurling John Young |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 10:50.5 | 5 | N/A | Did not advance |
References[]
- ^ "World records". ISHOF. Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. Retrieved 29 Aug 2013.
- ^ "Bermuda Biography". Bermuda Biographies. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 29 Aug 2013.
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