Rodney Wilkes and Lennox Kilgour both won bronze medals in their respective weightlifting classes in 1952. Trinidad-born sprinter McDonald Bailey represented Great Britain in the 1952 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 100-meters event.
A contingent of 6 athletes represented Trinidad & Tobago at the 1956 Olympics, but no medals were earned.
The following is the list of the 6 male athletes who represented Trinidad & Tobago during this decade at Helsinki, Finland (1952), and Melbourne, Australia (1956).
| SPORT | OLYMPIANS | 1952 (XV) Helsinki, Finland |
1956 (XVI) Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | AGOSTINI, Michael |   | 1st Appearance |
| GODDARD, Joseph |   | 1st Appearance | |
| TURTON, Edmund |   | 1st Appearance | |
| Cycling | MITCHELL, Hylton |   | 1st Appearance |
| Weightlifting | KILGOUR, Lennox | 1st Appearance | 2nd Appearance | WILKES, Rodney A. | 2nd Appearance | 3rd Appearance |
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