| Bermuda at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BER |
| NOC | Bermuda Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| inBerlin | |
| Competitors | 5 in 1 sport |
| Flag bearer | Whitfield Fredrick Hayward |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bermuda competed in theSummer Olympic Games for the first time at the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin,Germany.After gainingIOC recognition in February 1936,Bermuda were invited to take part in the1936 Summer Olympics. With the financial backing ofSir Howard Trott, a team of swimmers would be sent.Whitfield Fredrick "Chummy" Hayward a successful businessman and an accomplished athlete, arranged for American coachWilliam Brooks to come to Bermuda to train the swimmers and also persuadedLeonard Spence an ex-world breaststroke record holder[1] to move fromBritish Guiana to Bermuda in order to compete for them. He traveled to Berlin as the team manager, and carried the flag at the opening ceremony.[2]
Ranks given are within the heat.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Leonard Spence | 100 m freestyle | 1:01.9 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| John Young | 1:07.8 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Edmund Cooper | 400 m freestyle | 5:53.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Percy Belvin | 200 m breaststroke | 3:09.8 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
| Leonard Spence | 2:52.0 | 1Q | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
| Edmund Cooper Leonard Spence Dudley Spurling John Young | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | — | 10:50.5 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
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