Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics

Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics
IOC code	TTO
NOC	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Website	www.ttoc.org
Medals Ranked 76th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 11 Total 19
Summer appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1994 1998 2002 2006–2018 2022
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

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 three Winter Olympics (as well as two Summer Paralympics).

Participation[]

Timeline of participation[]

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[]

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	4	8	15
Weightlifting	0	1	2	3
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 sports)	3	5	11	19

List of medalists[]

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 x 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 x 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 x 400 metres relay
Bronze	Keshorn Walcott	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's javelin throw

1948 Summer Olympics[]

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.

was the Chef de Mission

Athletics[]

Three athletes and one official represented this discipline.

• George Lewis- 100 m & 200 m
• Manny Ramjohn- 500 m & 1000 m
• Wilfred Tull- 800 m & 1500 m
• - Manager/Coach

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

Cycling[]

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

• Compton Gonsalves-
• - Manager/Coach

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[]

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1

One athlete and one official represented this discipline.

• Rodney Wilkes- Featherweight
• - Manager/Coach

Rodney Wilkes won the first medal for Trinidad and Tobago lifting 317.5 kilograms in three lifts.

1952 Summer Olympics[]

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.

was the Chef de Mission

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

• Rodney Wilkes- Featherweight
• Lennox Kilgour- Middle Heavy
• - Coach

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

1956 Summer Olympics[]

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.

was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics[]

Three athletes represented this discipline.

• Mike Agostini - 100 m & 200 m
• Joseph Goddard - 100 m & 200 m
• Edmund Turton

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

Cycling[]

One athlete represented this discipline.

• - Match Sprint & Kolo Time Trial

Weightlifting[]

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

• Lennox Kilgour- Middle Heavy
• Rodney Wilkes- Featherweight
• Alexander Chapman- Coach

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

1960 Summer Olympics[]

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.

• Clifton Bertrand- Athletics
• Clyde Rimple- Cycling
• Richard Bennett- Sailing
• David Farfan- Sailing

The British West Indies won two bronze medals, none of which were attributed to Trinidad & Tobago.

1964 Summer Olympics[]

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.

was the Chef de Mission.

Athletics[]

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	2	3

Seven athletes and two official represented this discipline.

• Kent Bernard- 4 × 400 m relay
• Clifton Bertrand
• Wilton Jackson
• Wendell Mottley- 400 m & 4 × 400 m relay
• Edwin Roberts- 200 m & 4 × 400 m relay
• Edwin Skinner- 4 × 400 m relay
• - Coach
• - Manager

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[]

Three athletes and two official represented this discipline.

• Ronald Cassidy- Track
• Roger Gibbon- Track
• Fitzroy Hoyte- Track
• Gordon Carew- Coach
• Compton Gonsalves- Mechanic

Sailing[]

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

• Cordell Barrow- Flying Dutchman
• Rawle Barrow- Flying Dutchman
• - Coach

The sailing team placed 20th.

Weightlifting[]

Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.

• Brandon Bailey- Heavyweight
• Hugo Gittens- Lightweight
• Alexander Chapman- Coach

Hugo Gittens placed 11th in the lightweight class with 367.5 kg (810 lb). Brandon Bailey placed 20th in the heavyweight division.

See also[]

• List of flag bearers for Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics
• Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

References[]

External links[]

• "Trinidad and Tobago". International Olympic Committee.
• "Trinidad and Tobago". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/TTO". olympanalyt.com.
• Trinidad and Tobago National Olympic Committee
• "Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics", Trinidad and Tobago government website