By Clayton Clarke

At the completion of the Rio Olympics, several Bahamians are featured on the Olympics statistics tables. The women’s 4x400m (Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmeisha Cox and Christine Amertil) may have chosen to make their Olympic debut at the wrong time. The quartet clocked a national record of 3:26.36 in the heats but did not qualify in the finals. However, at all previous Olympics since the event was contested, the time would have been quick enough to advance to the medal round. Germany (3:26.02) and France (3:26.18) also join The Bahamas with the fastest ever non-qualifying times.

Chris Brown became the top medallist in the men’s 4x400m when he captured his fourth medal in anchoring The Bahamas to bronze. He also extended the record as the oldest medallist to 37 years 10 months, adding four years to the previous standard he set in London when he led the team to gold. He remains the oldest champion in the event and is now the oldest competitor. Brown also has competed in the 400m for a record fifth time.
Pauline Davis-Thompson still holds the honour as the oldest champion in the women’s 200m (34 years 81 days) in 2000. Lavern Eve is the oldest participant in the women’s javelin (43 years 64 days) and Chandra Sturrup is the oldest competitor in the women’s 4x100m (40 years 332 days). Eve is second on the list of most participation in the women’s javelin with five. Jackie Edwards is among three who have competed in five long jump editions.

Davis-Thompson and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie both trail Merlene Ottey for the record of the most rounds run (53 to 33).

Women

Medal across three or more Games
Debbie Ferguson (BAH)-1996, 2000, 2004

Most Games Contested
1st-SEVEN:Merlene Ottey (JAM/SLO)-1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
6th-FIVE
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)-1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Jackie Edwards (BAH)-1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
Debbie Ferguson (BAH)-1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Chandra Sturrup (BAH)-1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

Most Finals contested
1st-FOURTEEN-Merlene Ottey (JAM)
2nd-TEN-Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
5th-EIGHT-Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)
7th-SEVEN-Grace Jackson (JAM)/Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)

Most Rounds contested
1st-53-Merlene Ottey (JAM/SLO)
2nd-33-Pauline Davis Thompson (BAH)/Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)
7th-28-Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
8th-Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)/Grace Jackson (JAM)/Chandra Sturrup (BAH)

Oldest
Champion-women’s 200m-Pauline Davis Thompson (BAH)-34 years 81 days (2000)
Competitor-women’s javelin-Laverne Eve (BAH) 43 years 64 days (2012)
Competitor-women’s 4x100m-Chandra Sturrup (BAH)-40 years 332 days (2012)

100m
Most Appearances
SIX-Merlene Ottey (JAM/SLO)-1984-3, 1988-dns/s2, 1992-5, 1996-5, 2000-3, 2004-5s2
FIVE-Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)-1996-7s1, 2000-7, 2004-7, 2008-7, 2012-4h6
FOUR
Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)-1984-8s2, 1988-7, 1992-2, 1996-5s2
Heather Samuel (ANT)-1992-5h4, 1996-7q1, 2000-4h5, 2004-6h6
Chandra Sturrup (BAH)-1996-4, 2000-5, 2004-7q1, 2008-5s1

200m
Most Finals
FIVE-Merlene Ottey (JAM)-1980-3, 1984-3, 1988-4, 1992-3, 1996-2
THREE
Grace Jackson (JAM)-1984, 1988, 1992
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)-2000, 20004, 2008
Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)-2004-1, 2008-1, 2012-4

Most Appearances
SIX-Merlene Ottey (JAM/SLO)-1980-3, 1984-3, 1988-4, 1992-3, 1996-2, 2004-dns/s1
FOUR
Pauline Davis Thompson (BAH)-1984-8s2, 1988-7s1, 1992-6s1, 2000-1
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)-2000-4, 20004-3, 2008-7
Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)-2004-1, 2008-1, 2012-4, 2016-3h9

Long jump
Most Appearances-FIVE-Jackie Edwards (BAH)-1992-20Q, 1996-14Q, 2000-6, 2004-13Q, 2008-nmQ

Javelin
Most Appearances-FIVE-Laverne Eve (BAH)-1988-16Q 1996-17Q, 2000-16Q, 2004-6, 2008-20Q

4x100m
Most medals-FOUR: Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 2000-2, 20004-1, 2012-2, 2016-2
Most finals
SIX-Merlene Ottey (JAM)-1980-6, 1984-8, 1988-dns, 1992-dnf, 1996-3, 2000-2
FIVE-Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)-2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
THREE:-Chandra Sturrup (BAH)-1996-2, 2000-1, 2004-4, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)

4x400m

Fastest ever non-qualifier for the Olympics finals

FASTEST TIME
PREVIOUS FASTEST TIME
3:26.02 -Germany (5h2), 3:26.18-France (5h1), 3:26.36-Bahamas (6h2)
2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3:26.52-Belarus (5h2), 2012, London, England

Men
Medals across three or more Games
Chris Brown (BAH)-2000, 2008, 2012, 2016
Donald Quarrie (JAM)-1976, 1980, 1984
Usain Bolt (JAM)-2008, 2012, 2016

Most Games Contested
4th-FIVE-Kim Collins (SKN)-1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 /Chris Brown (BAH)-2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2012

Oldest
Champion- men’s 200m-Usain Bolt (JAM) 29 years 11 months (2016)
Champion-men’s 4x400m-Chris Brown (BAH) 33 years 300 days (2012)
Medallist-men’s 4x400m-Chris Brown (BAH)- 37 years 10 months (2016)
Medallist-women’s 800m-Arthur Wind (JAM)-32 years 58 months (1952)
Finalist-men’s 400m-Chris Brown (BAH) 33 years 296 days (2012)
Finalist- men’s 400m hurdles-Danny McFarlane (JAM)-36 years 186 days (2004)
Competitor-men’s 400m-Chris Brown (BAH)- 37 years 10 months (2016)
Competitor-the men’s 100m-Kim Collins (SKN) 40 years 4 mths (2016)

100m
Most Medals-
Most Appearances
FIVE-Kim Collins (SKN) (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)
FOUR
Thomas Robinson (BAH)-1956-4h5, 1960-5s1, 1964-8, 1968-dnf/h6
Hasely Crawford (TTO)-1972-dnf/final, 1976-1, 1980-5q1, 1984-4q1
Ray Stewart (JAM)-1984-6, 1988-7, 1992-7, 1996-4q3
Ato Boldon (TTO)-1992-4h3, 1996-3, 2000-2, 2004-4q3

400m
Most Appearances
FIVE-Chris Brown (BAH)-2000-6hq, 2004-3s2, 2008-4, 2012-4, 2016-4h4

4X400m
Most Medals-FOUR-Chris Brown (BAH)-2000-3, 2004-6, 2012-1, 2016-3
Most Finals
FIVE-Chris Brown (BAH)-2000-3, 2004-6, 2008-2, 2012-1, 2016-3
FOUR
George Kerr (JAM/BWI)-1956-DQ, 1960-3, 1964-4
Malcolm Spencer (JAM/BWI)-1956-DQ, 1960-3, 1964-4
Edwin Roberts (TTO)-1964-3, 1968-8, 1972-8
Charles Joseph (TTO)-1972-8, 1976-6, 1980-8