Bermuda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Bermuda
CGF code	BER
CGA	Bermuda Olympic Association
Website	olympics.bm
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	8 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Tyler Smith (opening)
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Bermuda competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] Bermuda announced it will send a squad of 8 athletes.^[2] It was Bermuda's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Bermuda won its first gold medal for twenty-eight years and only its second ever gold medal overall when Flora Duffy won the women’s triathlon.^[3]

Triathlete Tyler Smith was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Flora Duffy	Triathlon	Women's triathlon	April 5

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Cycling	0	1	1
Squash	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	2	4
Total	6*	2*	8

• Tyler Butterfield competed in athletics and triathlon while Flora Duffy competed in cycling and triathlon.^[2]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (4 men) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Harold Houston	200 m	21.67	4	Did not advance
Kyle Webb		21.73	6	Did not advance
Tyler Butterfield	Marathon	—				2:26:29	12

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Tyrone Smith	Long jump	7.89	7 q	7.79	10

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 woman) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Mountain Bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Flora Duffy	Women's cross-country	DNS

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 1 athlete (1 man) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Micah Franklin	Men's singles	James Fayia (SLE) W 3-0	Joel Makin (WAL) L 0-3	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Bermuda announced a team of 4 athletes (2 men, 2 women) will compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Tyler Butterfield	Men's	9:32	0:36	28:55	0:35	16:13	55:51	18
Tyler Smith		9:07	0:35	29:22	0:29	17:08	56:41	21
Flora Duffy	Women's[5]	9:10	0:36	29:37	0:31	16:56	56:50
Erica Hawley		10:04	0:36	33:03	0:31	19:00	1:03:14	16

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km, Run 1.5 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Erica Hawley Tyler Smith Flora Duffy Tyler Butterfield	Mixed relay	21:07 19:56 20:12 19.29	1:20:44	5

See also

• Bermuda at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Bermuda's Commonwealth Games Team Named". www.bernews.com/. Bernews. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
3. "Flora Duffy claims first gold medal". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
4. "Smith Bermuda's Commonwealth Games Flag Bearer". www.islandstats.com/. IslandStats. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. "Triathlon | Results Women's Final - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.