- Barbados at the Olympics
Barbados first competed at theSummer Olympic Games in 1968, and has participated in each Games since then, missing only the1980 Summer Olympics by participating in the American-led boycott of those games. The country's only Olympic medal is a bronze won by sprinterObadele Thompson at the2000 Summer Olympics .Barbados competed as part of the
West Indies Federation in 1960. Barbadian athlete James Wedderburn was part of the 4 x 400m relay team which won the bronze medal that year. [ [http://www.olympic.org.bb/ Barbados Olympic Association ] ]Barbados has never competed in the
Winter Olympic Games .Medals
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Barbados at the Commonwealth Games References
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