
The Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Barbados.

Barbados competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.

Barbados competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Nine competitors, all men, took part in ten events in five sports.

Barbados competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 13 competitors, 8 men and 5 women, took part in 13 events in 4 sports.

Barbados competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Eleven competitors, nine men and two women, took part in eleven events in two sports.

Barbados competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sixteen competitors, thirteen men and three women, took part in sixteen events in six sports.

Barbados competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Seventeen competitors, sixteen men and one woman, took part in twenty events in seven sports.

Barbados competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Seventeen competitors, sixteen men and one woman, took part in seventeen events in five sports.

The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 26, 1995.

Barbados competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from July 23 to August 8, 1999.

There were one female and no male athletes representing the country at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.

The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1 to August 17, 2003.

Barbados was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

The 15th Pan-American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007.

Barbados took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country's delegation consisted of a single competitor, swimmer David Taylor. Taylor participated in two events and did not win a medal.

Barbados competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August in Berlin.

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010.

Barbados competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.

Barbados sent five athletes to the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea. The team was led by the defending 100m hurdles world champion Ryan Brathwaite.

Barbados competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation marked its eleventh appearance at the Olympic games.

Barbados competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.

Barbados is competing at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Barbados competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. A team of 9 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.

Barbados competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Barbados participated in the 2015 Parapan American Games.

Barbados competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Barbados competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.

Barbados competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

Barbados competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, 4–13 August 2017.

Barbados have sent teams to fifteen Commonwealth Games. The first Games at which they competed were in 1954, and the only event since they have not attended was the 1986 Games. They have won twelve medals, with a twenty-eight-year medal drought between 1970 and 1998.

Barbados first competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, and has participated in each Games since then, missing only the 1980 Summer Olympics by participating in the American-led boycott of those games. The country's only Olympic medal to date is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Barbados at the Pan American Games.

Barbados first competed at the Paralympic Games in 2000. It has participated in every Summer Paralympics since then. The country has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics and has never won a Paralympic medal. Only two people have represented Barbados at the games: Daniel Coulthurst, who competed in cycling in 2000 and 2004, and David Taylor, who competed in swimming in 2008.

The Barbados Cycling Union or BCU is the national governing body of cycle racing in Barbados.

The Barbados Football Association is the governing body of association football in Barbados. It is responsible the administration of football in Barbados with responsibility for the Barbadian national football team as well as the other Barbados National Football teams. Established in 1910, it was originally named the Barbados Football Amateur Association, but changed in 1925 to the current name. The Barbados Football Association became affiliated to FIFA in 1968, CONCACAF in 1967 and also the Caribbean Football Union.

The Barbados men's national volleyball team represents Barbados in international volleyball competitions. The dominant forces in men's volleyball in North and Central America are Cuba and the United States.

The Barbados national rugby union team represents Barbados at the sport of rugby union. Barbados has been playing international rugby union since the mid-1990s. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. Barbados has also hosted the Caribbean Championship.
The Barbados national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They competed at the Commonwealth Sevens in 2014. Barbados also participated in the World Series core team qualifiers at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens.

Barbados Olympic Association, founded in 1962, is the National Olympic Committee for Barbados. The body is also responsible for Barbados' representation at the Commonwealth Games.

The Barbados women's national volleyball team represents Barbados.

Brittons Hill is a Barbados football club, based in Brittons Hill on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.

The DGM Barbados Open was a senior men's professional golf tournament played on the Caribbean island state of Barbados, played annually from 2000 to 2009. It was an early season event on the European Senior Tour and generally the only regular event on the tour that took place in the Americas. It was hosted by the Royal Westmoreland Golf Club, Saint James, Barbados.

The Garfield Sobers Gymnasium is one of the main government-owned indoor sporting facilities located in the country of Barbados. Able to accommodate close to 5,000 people, it is situated northeast of the ABC Highway within the Sir Gary Sobers Sports Complex.

IPSC Barbados is the Barbadian association for practical shooting under the International Practical Shooting Confederation.

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Barbados at the Olympics.

Notre Dame SC is a Barbados football club, based in Bayville on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.

Pickwick Cricket Club is a Barbados cricket club. The club was founded on 23 November 1882, the second oldest cricket club in Barbados after Wanderers Cricket Club. The club's home from its foundation until 2005 was Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, the main venue for matches involving the Barbados national cricket team and the Barbados venue for Test cricket involving the West Indies cricket team. The ground was built on land on Kensington Plantation leased by the club for a penny per annum. Pickwick club developed Kensington Oval into the finest ground in Barbados and it soon replaced the Wanderers Ground and the Garrison Savanna as the venue for inter-colonial matches.

Pinelands United SC is a Barbados football club, based in Pinelands, a neighborhood within Bridgetown.

Rendezvous FC is a Barbadian football club that currently plays in the Barbados Premier Division, the top level of football on Barbados. The current manager is Arleigh Collymore. The club's home ground is the Emmerton Playing Field in Saint Michael.

Silver Sands F.C. is a football club, based in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. They play in the Barbados Premier Division, the top tier of football in Barbados.

The UWI Blackbirds or Cave Hill Blackbirds, are the official athletic teams of the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill.

UWI Blackbirds FC, is a Barbados association football club based in Cave Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados. The team is the football division of the UWI Blackbirds athletic program. In 2016, the team won their first Premier Division title.

Weymouth Wales is a Barbadian football club, based in Carrington Village in the parish of Saint Michael.

Youth Milan FC is a Barbados football club, based in Checker Hall in the northern parish of Saint Lucy.