bermuda summer olympics bermuda sent delegation compete summer olympics beijing china games marked bermuda olympic appearance debut delegation included athletes long jump individual jumping horseback swimming freestyle bermuda win medals beijing games background bermuda debut olympic games began summer olympics berlin nazi_germany delegation included athletes men bermuda appeared olympic games beijing olympics excluding summer olympics games sixteen summer olympics bermuda prior beijing earned medal won bronze summer olympics delegation fewer people usually sent abroad prompting president complain publicly year olympic team lacked access quality coaches administrators facilities exception athletes lacked skill competitive bermuda dispatched athletes total beijing olympics delegation athletes men athletes women king youngest participant olympics years age oldest athlete advanced final round games athletics people competed track field representing bermuda smith smith participated men long jump participated women long jump advanced past qualifying rounds beijing student earned spot bermuda team finished place long jump event took place central american caribbean championships columbia smith appearance beijing olympics olympic games course event olympics smith placed heat august qualifying rounds set compete athletes included panama won gold medal finals fourth place runner finals competitors smith ranked seventh distance meters meters ahead australia placed eighth qualifying round meters heat leader centimeters short distance qualified finals progress stanford year student chosen wednesday july use female large selection participation beijing olympics marked olympic debut august qualifying rounds king placed heat versus competitors included russia nigeria blessing received medals event finals king jumped distance meters meters leading score placing nineteenth event placed heat ahead disqualified athletes thirty sixth athletes considering heats progress final round august key note ranks given track events athlete heat qualified round qualified round fastest loser field events position achieving qualifying target national record round applicable event bye athlete required compete round equestrian originally chosen participate bermuda olympic team passed horse occurred qualified olympic spot equestrian finals hong_kong caused injury horse bermuda allowed horse rider awarded reserved olympic spot horse injured course event argued second horse injured place regularly faster earned qualification position accused making decision based political racial motivations organization denied president explained qualify event june final day reason horse considered bermuda olympic slot organized final day competition opportunity qualify olympic position withdrew olympic position later june took place competed august individual equestrian jumping rankings derived number penalties tied 39th place seven horse riders having penalties participated august 17th preliminary round eliminated advance finals jumping swimming swimmers represented bermuda beijing olympics participated women meter swam men meter advanced past preliminary round university student national record holder participated behalf bermuda second olympic appearance summer olympics athens participated august meters women placed heat panama time ranked heat defeating seconds overall ranking placed thirty swimmers bahamas 32nd hong_kong 34th seconds slower set olympic record preliminary round time seconds time necessary progress round student national record male swimmer participated behalf team swam meter freestyle event undergoing irregular training schedule coach necessitated recent death mother cancer august competed event placed heat swam event seconds placing fifth athletes heat immediately heat leader dutch colony completed event seconds overall ranked athletes australia leader preliminary times approximately seconds ahead proceed semifinal rounds invited participate beijing olympics based performance qualification competitions participating august event competed women swam kilometers portion distance minutes ranking 41st portion event liz 40th second ahead hungary seconds portion event seconds finished swimming portion event took seconds transition swim cycling second event tying hong_kong 52nd place bike leg disqualified reaching running portion completing event
Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics