British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics


Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles, renamed to British West Indies by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors—two from Barbados, four from Trinidad, and seven from Jamaica—all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports. The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964, and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Games as the federation did not compete at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The team won two bronze medals, both in track and field athletics.

Results by event

Athletics

EventNameResult
Men's 100 metresDennis JohnsonHeats: 10.4 '
Quarter-finals: 10.4 '
Men's 200 metresClifton BertrandHeats: 21.3 '
Quarter-finals: 21.4 '
Men's 200 metresDennis JohnsonHeats: 21.2 '
Quarter-finals: 21.1 '

Semi-finals: 21.0 '
Men's 400 metresMalcolm SpenceHeats: 47.6 '
Quarter-finals: 46.9 '
Semi-finals: 46.8 '
Men's 400 metresJames WedderburnHeats: 47.4 '
Quarter-finals: 47.0 '
Men's 800 metresGeorge KerrHeats: 1:50.9 '
Quarter-finals: 1:49.4 '

Semi-final: 1:47.1 '
Final: 1:47.1 '
Men's 4×400 metre relayGeorge Kerr
James Wedderburn
Keith Gardner
Malcolm Spence
Heats: 3:09.1 '
Semi-final: 3:09.2 '

Final: 3:04.0 '
Men's 110 metre hurdlesKeith GardnerHeats: 14.3 '
Quarter-finals: 14.3 '
Semi-final: 14.2 '

Final: 14.4 '
Men's long jumpPaul ForemanQualification: 7.42 m
Final: 7.26 m '

Cycling

EventNameResult
Individual road raceClyde RimpleDNF
SprintClyde RimpleHeats: 2nd of 2
Repechage: 1st of 2
Repechage final: 2nd of 3
Eighth-finals: 3rd of 3
Eighth-finals repechage: 2nd of 3 '
Time trialClyde Rimple1:16.08 '

Sailing

EventNameResult
Flying Dutchman classRichard John Bennett
Gerald Bird
893 points

Shooting

EventNameResult
50 m free pistolTony BridgeQualification: 319 '
50 m free pistolKeith De Casseres'

Weightlifting

EventNameResult
Bantamweight Grantley SobersPress: 97.5 kg '
Snatch: 90.0 kg '

Jerk: 120.0 kg '
Total: 307.5 kg '