Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

People's Republic of China

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Athletics

Competitors in athletics events could qualify for the next round of competition in two ways. Qualifying by right involved ranking high enough in their heat, and qualifying by result meant ranking high enough in overall standings. Ranks shown are therefore those within each heat, not in overall standings.

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jade Bailey Jade Bailey Jade Bailey is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Barbados.Bailey lives in Barbados and is coached by Keith Thornhill,her agent is Andre Thomas of [Athletes.first Sports Management http://www.athletes-first.de/]She won the bronze medal in 200 metres at the [2006...	Women's 100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* PB denotes personal best* SB denotes season best* NR denotes national record...	11.46	25 Q	11.67	37	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat ' and the next 8 fastest ' advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat ' and the next 4 fastest ' advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:...	23.62	34	Did not advance
Ryan Brathwaite Ryan Brathwaite Ryan Brathwaite is a track and field athlete from Barbados who won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin...	Men's 110 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 8 fastest advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:20 August 2008 - 21:30Wind: -0.4 m/s...	13.38 NR	3 Q	13.44	10 Q	13.59	12	Did not advance
Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds is a Barbadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in Bridgetown, and 20.38 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in Bridgetown....	Men's 100 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualification:Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period...	10.35	27 q	10.25	24	Did not advance

Legend: NR = National record Q = Qualified by right

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Score		Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal	Total	Net	Rank
Gregory Douglas	Laser	41	(43)	43	34	33	30	40	37	41	cancelled	Did not advance	342	299	43

Swimming

Qualifiers for the latter rounds of swimming events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bradley Ally Bradley Ally Bradley Kevin Ally is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the bronze medalist in the 200-metre individual medley at the Pan-American Games in Brazil 2007...	200 m individual medley	1:58.57	5 Q	1:59.53	9	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:14.01	10	Did not advance
Andrei Cross	100 m breaststroke	1:04.57	55	Did not advance
Martyn Forde Martyn Forde Martyn Forde is an Olympic-swimmer from Barbados. He swam for Barbados at the 2008 Olympics and the 2007 World Championships.He holds the Barbadian Records in the short-course 50 and 100 freestyles....	50 m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	23.08	51	Did not advance
Terrence Haynes Terrence Haynes Terrence Elton Haynes is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Barbados. He represented Barbados at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	100 m freestyle	50.50	47	Did not advance

Legend: Q - Qualified

Athletics

Sailing

Swimming

See also