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 19 Summer games and 5 Winter Olympic Games (as well as 5 Summer Paralympics).
Timeline of participation
Olympic Year/s Teams 1948–1956 1960 1964 1968–present
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 5 0 1 0 1 28 2 0 0 2 2 37 6 0 0 0 0 – as part of the 13 0 1 2 3 28 19 0 0 0 0 – 19 0 0 0 0 – 13 1 0 0 1 26 10 0 0 0 0 – 16 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 12 0 0 2 2 68 19 0 1 1 2 61 19 0 0 1 1 71 28 1 1 0 2 47 30 1 1 2 4 47 30 0 0 1 1 78 23 0 0 0 0 – 18 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 3 5 11 19 83
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 – 2006-2018 did not participate 2 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport
List of medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Rodney Wilkes Weightlifting Men's featherweight Rodney Wilkes Weightlifting Men's featherweight Lennox Kilgour Weightlifting Men's middle-heavyweight Wendell Mottley Athletics Men's 400 metres Edwin Roberts Athletics Men's 200 metres Wendell MottleyKent BernardEdwin RobertsEdwin Skinner Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Hasely Crawford Athletics Men's 100 metres Ato Boldon Athletics Men's 100 metres Ato Boldon Athletics Men's 200 metres Ato Boldon Athletics Men's 100 metres Ato Boldon Athletics Men's 200 metres George Bovell Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley Keston BledmanMarc BurnsEmmanuel CallenderRichard ThompsonAaron Armstrong Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Richard Thompson Athletics Men's 100 metres Keshorn Walcott Athletics Men's javelin throw Marc BurnsKeston BledmanEmmanuel CallenderRichard Thompson Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Lalonde Gordon Athletics Men's 400 metres Lalonde GordonJarrin SolomonRenny QuowDeon LendoreMachel CedenioAde Alleyne-Forte Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Keshorn Walcott 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.
Errol Knowles 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 A.E. Browne 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 — Kilometer Time Trial Laurie Rogers — 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 GoldSilverBronze Total Trinidad and Tobago0101 One athlete and one official represented this discipline.
Rodney Wilkes — Featherweight Lionel Seemungal — 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.
Errol Knowles was the Chef de Mission
Two athletes and one official represented this discipline.
Rodney Wilkes — Featherweight Lennox Kilgour — Middle Heavy Freddy Mendes — 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.
Dr. Roderick Marcano 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.
Hilton Mitchell — Match Sprint & Kilo 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 British West Indies joined together politically to become a Confederation. Because of this, a unified 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.
Knolly Henderson was the Chef de Mission.
Athletics GoldSilverBronze Total Trinidad and Tobago0123 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 E. McDonald Bailey — Coach Broderick Lynch — 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 Bob Levorsen — 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 National Olympic Committee "Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics", Trinidad and Tobago government website