# Bahamas at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Bahamas competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott.
The Bahamas Olympic Association sent a total of 22 athletes, 13 men and 9 women, to compete only in athletics (the nation's strongest field), swimming, and tennis. The Bahamian team featured numerous athletes who entered the Games as medal contenders in their respective events, including Tonique Williams-Darling, Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson, and Chris Brown. Sprinter Debbie Ferguson, who helped the Bahamian team claim their first gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay, was appointed by the association to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.
Bahamas left Athens with a total of two individual Olympic medals (a gold and a bronze), summing it up to a stark tally of eight with six more from Sydney. The highlight of the Games for the Bahamian athletes came with a prestigious Olympic gold from Tonique Williams-Darling in the women's 400 metres on August 24, 2004. Meanwhile, Ferguson added a bronze to her career hardware in the women's 200 metres by the following day. Being the oldest athlete to reach the final at age 28, she was quoted after the race as saying "I think per capita, the Bahamas already won the Olympics", referring to the 2 medals won for the nation of approximately 325,000 people.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Tonique Williams-Darling | Athletics | Women's 400 m | August 24 |
| Bronze | Debbie Ferguson | Athletics | Women's 200 m | August 26 |

## Athletics

Bahamian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Chris Brown | 400 m | 45.09 | 1 Q | — | — | 45.31 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dominic Demeritte | 200 m | 20.62 | 1 Q | 20.61 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chris Brown Aaron Cleare Dennis Darling* Nathaniel McKinney Andrae Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.74 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:01.88 | 6 |
* Competed only in heats

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Osbourne Moxey | Long jump | 7.81 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leevan Sands | Triple jump | 16.35 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Christine Amertil | 400 m | 50.23 | 2 Q | — | — | 50.17 | 2 Q | 50.37 | 7 |
| Debbie Ferguson | 100 m | 11.30 | 3 Q | 11.16 | 3 Q | 11.04 | 4 Q | 11.16 | 7 |
| Debbie Ferguson | 200 m | 22.57 | 1 Q | 22.53 | 2 Q | 22.49 | 4 Q | 22.30 | |
| Chandra Sturrup | 100 m | 11.37 | 3 Q | 11.46 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tonique Williams-Darling | 400 m | 51.20 | 1 Q | — | — | 50.00 | 1 Q | 49.42 | |
| Shandria Brown Tamicka Clarke Debbie Ferguson Chandra Sturrup | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.02 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 42.69 | 4 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jackie Edwards | Long jump | 6.53 | =14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Laverne Eve | Javelin throw | 62.11 | 6 Q | 62.77 | 6 |

## Swimming

Bahamian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jeremy Knowles | 200 m butterfly | 1:59.32 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Knowles | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.22 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Knowles | 400 m individual medley | 4:23.29 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicholas Rees | 100 m butterfly | 56.39 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chris Vythoulkas | 100 m backstroke | 58.31 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nikia Deveaux | 50 m freestyle | 27.36 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mark Knowles Mark Merklein | Men's doubles | González / Massú (CHI) L 5–7, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |