Saint Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee

Kim Collins competed at five of the first six Olympic Games for the committee.

Saint Kitts and Nevis participates in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics and have not competed at the Winter Games. Saint Kitts and Nevis entered the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, United States. The delegation featured one athlete in both the men's and women's 100-meter sprints and three relay teams.[7]^:86 Both sprinters reached the quarter-finals of the respective events, with the relay teams not advancing past the first round.[8][9][10]

Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Games, two athletes were sent, with Kim Collins reaching the final of the 100 meter event; placing seventh.[11] At the following event in 2004, Collins placed one better, reaching sixth position in the same event.[12][13] Collins competed in the 200 meters in 2008 also finishing fourth, with a time of 20.59 seconds.[14][15] The NOC did not allow Collins to compete in 2012 stating had violated team rules, and did not allow him to compete.[16] The 4 × 100 relay team of Delwayne Delaney, Brijesh Lawrence, Jason Rogers, and Lestrod Roland made a new national record during the first round of 38.41 seconds but did not progress past the first round.[17]

The 2016 Olympics featured seven participants, led by team captain Antoine Adams.[18] At the event, Collins was the first 40-year-old to run a 100 meters under 10 seconds, where he was the oldest sprinter at the Games.[19] Collins advanced the furthest of any Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete, reaching the semi-finals of the event. He finished sixth in his heat with a time of 10.12 seconds and did not advance to the finals.[20] Adams and Lawrence both reached the quarter-finals in the same event.[20]

Prior to 1998, the nation's participation in the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games was organised by the Saint Kitts and Nevis Commonwealth Games Association.[21][2] Since that time, the Olympic Committee has been in charge of participation.[2] Saint Kitts and Nevis joined the Commonwealth Games Federation and first participated in the Commonwealth Games in 1978 (as part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) where they participated in both athletics (100 and 800 meters) and cycling (road and track).[22] The committee has subsequently sent teams to compete in every Commonwealth Games since 1990. The nation has won just one medal at the Games, a gold for Kim Collins in the 100 meters at the 2002 Games.[23] The country has participated in athletics, cycling and table tennis.[24]