Barbados at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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, Canada. Eleven competitors, nine men and two women, took part in eleven events in two sports.


Athletics

Men's 800 metres * Orlando Greene ** Heat — 1:51.43 (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres Relay * Rawle Clarke,
Hamil Grimes Hamil Grimes (born 15 October 1956) is a Barbadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters i ...
, Pearson Jordan, and Pearson Trotman ** Heat — 41.15s (→ did not advance) Men's 4x400 metres Relay * Victor Gooding, Harcourt Wason,
Hamil Grimes Hamil Grimes (born 15 October 1956) is a Barbadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters i ...
, and Orlando Greene ** Heat — 3:08.13 (→ did not advance) * Lorna Forde * Freida Nicholls-Davy


Cycling

Two cyclists represented Antigua and Barbuda in 1976. ; Sprint * Stanley Smith — 18th place ; 1000m time trial * Hector Edwards — 1:10.084 (→ 18th place)


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Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...
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