# Bahamas at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Bahamas competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Twenty competitors, nineteen men and one woman, took part in thirteen events in four sports.

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Walter Callander | 100 m | 10.78 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Johnson | 100 m | 10.61 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Johnson | 200 m | 21.70 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Franklin Rahming | 400 m | 48.30 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mike Sands | 100 m | 10.67 | 2 Q | 10.50 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mike Sands | 200 m | 21.61 | 5 Q | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Danny Smith | 110 m hurdles | 14.46 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Danny Smith Harrison Lockhart Walter Callander Mike Sands | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.48 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Timothy Barrett | Triple jump | 15.51 | 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 |
| Claudette Powell | 100 m | 12.01 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Garry Davis | Welterweight | BYE | Maurice Hope (GBR) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nat Knowles | Middleweight | Faustino Quinales (VEN) W DSQ | Nazif Kuran (TUR) L TKO-1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

Two cyclist represented the Bahamas in 1972.

### Track
#### 1000m time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Laurence Burnside | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:20.31 | 30 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Repechage Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Geoffrey Burnside | Men's sprint | Marino (ITA) Young (USA) L | Pedersen (DEN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Durward Knowles Montague Roscoe Higgs | Star | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | DNF | 16 | 14 | 97.0 | 13 |
| Bobby Symonette Craig Symonette Percy Knowles | Soling | 23 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 23 | DNS | — | 137.0 | 25 |
| Godfrey Kelly Christopher McKinney David Kelly | Dragon | 23 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 5 | — | 96.0 | 19 |