Trinidad and Tobago at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
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, United States
United States
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Bronze

  • Ato Boldon
    Ato Boldon
    Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

    , Men's 100 metres

  • Ato Boldon
    Ato Boldon
    Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

    , Men's 200 metres

Athletics
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 100 metres
  • Ato Boldon
    Ato Boldon
    Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...



Men's 200 metres
  • Ato Boldon
    Ato Boldon
    Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events...

  • Neil de Silva
    Neil de Silva
    Neil de Silva is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.His personal best time over 400 m was 45.02 seconds, achieved during the 1996 Olympics...



Men's 400 metres
  • Neil de Silva
    Neil de Silva
    Neil de Silva is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.His personal best time over 400 m was 45.02 seconds, achieved during the 1996 Olympics...

  • Robert Guy
    Robert Guy (athlete)
    Robert Guy is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. He attended Abilene Christian College, Texas, USA.-Achievements:-External links:*...



Men's Javelin Throw
  • Kirt Thompson
    Kirt Thompson
    Kirt Thompson is a retired male javelin thrower from Trinidad and Tobago, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best on May 25, 1996 in Riverside. Thompson was affiliated with the Ashland University.-Achievements:-References:*...



Men's Long Jump
  • Wendell Williams
    Wendell Williams
    Wendell Williams is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the long jump.-Achievements:-External links:**...



Men's Marathon
  • Ronnie Holassie
    Ronnie Holassie
    Ronald Holassie is a retired male long-distance runner from Trinidad and Tobago, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. He set his personal best in the marathon on April 29, 2001 in Jacksonville, breaking the national record.-Achievements:-References:*...

     — 2:27.20 (→ 75th place)


Women's High Jump
  • Natasha Alleyne
  • Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)


Women's Triple Jump
  • Natasha Alleyne

Badminton
Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...

Women's Singles Competition
  • Debra O'Connor

Boxing
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
  • Kurt Sinette
    Kurt Sinette
    Kurt Sinette is a retired male boxer from Trinidad and Tobago, who won the bronze medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.-References:*...

  • First Round — Lost to Yared Wolde (Ethiopia), 10-11

Swimming
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Women's 50m Freestyle
  • Siobhan Cropper
  • Heat — 26.29 (→ did not advance, 19th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle
  • Siobhan Cropper
  • Heat — 57.30 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Table tennis
Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The table tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Controversy:During the women's singles final match between the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei , police arrested two Taiwanese spectators for waving the flag of the Republic...

Men's Singles Competition
  • Dexter St. Louis
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