The
United States Virgin Islands
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competed at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
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. 25 competitors, 20 men and 5 women, took part in 29 events in 7 sports.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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Athletics
Men's 100 metres
* Neville Hodge
:* Heat — 10.71 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
* Wyndell Douglas Dickinson
Men's 400 metres
* Desai Wynter
Men's 5,000 metres
* Marlon Williams
:* Heat — 15:26.49 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
* Marlon Williams
:* Heat — 31:22.13 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Calvin Dallas
Men's 4×100 metres Relay
* Derry Pemberton
* Neville Hodge
* Mitch Peters
* Wyndell Douglas Dickinson
* Keith A. Smith Sr.
Women's 200 metres
* Ruth Morris
Ruth Rittenhouse Morris, CM (12 December 1933 – September 17, 2001) was a Canadian author and legal reformer.
Biography
Ruth Morris was one of the world’s leading spokespersons for prison abolition and transformative justice. Her activi ...
Women's 400 metres
* Ruth Morris
Ruth Rittenhouse Morris, CM (12 December 1933 – September 17, 2001) was a Canadian author and legal reformer.
Biography
Ruth Morris was one of the world’s leading spokespersons for prison abolition and transformative justice. Her activi ...
Women's 10,000 metres
* Ana Gutiérrez
:* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
* Ana Gutiérrez
Women's Long Jump
* Flora Hyacinth
Flora Hyacinth (born 10 March 1966 in St. Lucia)http://flofusionfitness.com/meet-the-doctor/ is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States Virgin Islands who specialized in the long jump and triple jump.
Career
Earli ...
:* Heat — 6.71 m
:* Final — 6.52 m (→ 9th place)
Boxing
''Men's Light Middleweight...''
* Christian Lloyd W. Joseph
Men's Lightweight
* Jacobo Garcia
Men's Middleweight
* Gilberto Brown
Cycling
One male cyclists represented the US Virgin Islands in 1992.
; Men's road race
* Chesen Frey
Equestrian
Mixed Jumping Individual
* Charles Holzer
Charles Holzer (born June 24, 1969) is an equestrian who represents the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the individual jumping event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 19 ...
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Open
Shooting
Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 m)
* Bruce Meredith
Bruce Meredith (born April 19, 1937 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a sport shooter who competes for the U.S. Virgin Islands in international competition. He competed in rifle shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. He ...
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Laurent Alfred
Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Laurent Alfred
Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Kristan Singleton
Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Kristan Singleton
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Shelley Cramer
Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Shelley Cramer
Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Shelley Cramer
See also
* Virgin Islands at the 1991 Pan American Games
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
virginislandsdailynews
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Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Olympics
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