Bermuda sent its first team to the 1936 Olympic Games. The team comprised of Percy Belvin, Edmund Cooper, Forster Cooper, Leonard Spence, Dudley Spurling, and John Young. This first team was not exactly very diverse, it was all white, all male, and they all competed in swimming.
The official Olympics website notes: “The Berlin Games are best remembered for Adolf Hitler’s failed attempt to use them to prove his theories of Aryan racial superiority. As it turned out, the most popular hero of the Games was the African-American sprinter and long jumper Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump. The 1936 Games were the first to be broadcast on television. Twenty-five television viewing rooms were set up in the Greater Berlin area, allowing the locals to follow the Games free of charge.”
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Athletes: 3963
- Teams: 49
- Bermuda athletes: 6
- Sports Bermuda competed in: Swimming
