Grenada at the Olympics

Grenada at the
Olympics
IOC code GRN
NOC Grenada Olympic Committee
Website www.grenadaolympic.com
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances

Grenada first competed at the Olympic Games in 1984, and has participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then. Grenada won its first medal in 2012, a gold in athletics. The Grenada Olympic Committee was formed in 1984 and recognized in the same year.

Grenada has not competed in any Winter Olympic Games. After 28 years of competing in the Summer Olympic Games, Grenada won its first medal at the London 2012 Olympics, when Kirani James clocked a new national record of 43.94 seconds on 6 August 2012 to win gold in the Men's 400 meters.It became the smallest country in the history to win an Olympic medal.

At the Rio 2016 Olympics James again won another medal. On the 14th August 2016 James ran a time of 43.76s. As a result of its performance Grenada has the distinction of being the most efficient country at the Rio games as comes to the medal tally when compared to the country's population.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Athletes by sport Total Rank
United States 1984 Los Angeles 1 1 - - - 0000-
South Korea 1988 Seoul 1 1 - - - 0000-
Spain 1992 Barcelona 2 2 - - - 0000-
United States 1996 Atlanta 5 5 - - - 0000-
Australia 2000 Sydney 3 2 1 - - 0000-
Greece 2004 Athens 5 3 2 - - 0000-
China 2008 Beijing 9 8 - 1 - 0000-
United Kingdom 2012 London 10 8 1 - 1 100150
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 7 5 2 - - 010169
Japan 2020 Tokyo future event
Total 1 1 0 2 98

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 1 1 0 2 59
Total 1 1 0 2 98

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Kirani James United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's 400 meters
 Silver Kirani James Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 400 meters

See also


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