Jamaica at the Olympics

Jamaica at the Olympics
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.teamja.org
Medals	Gold 22 Silver 35 Bronze 21 Total 78
Summer appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
File:Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg British West Indies (1960)

Jamaica at the Olympics is a history which began in 1948.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Jamaica is JAM.

History

Teams from Jamaica have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team. Jamaica has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988. The Jamaica national bobsled team has achieved some fame.

Jamaica has won 61 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics. Most of the medals have been for individual and relay sprint events.

The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the Jamaica Olympic Association, and was formed in 1936.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
11 Gold	Arthur Wint	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
22 Silver	Herb McKenley	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
22 Silver	Arthur Wint	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 800 metres
22 Silver	Herb McKenley	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
11 Gold	George Rhoden	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
22 Silver	Herb McKenley	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
11 Gold	Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metre relay
22 Silver	Arthur Wint	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's 800 metres
22 Silver	Lennox Miller	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
33 Bronze	Lennox Miller	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
22 Silver	Don Quarrie	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
11 Gold	Don Quarrie	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
33 Bronze	Don Quarrie	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
33 Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
33 Bronze	David Weller	1980 Moscow	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
33 Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
33 Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
22 Silver	Albert Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 4×100 metre relay
22 Silver	Grace Jackson	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
22 Silver	Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metre relay
22 Silver	Juliet Cuthbert	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
22 Silver	Juliet Cuthbert	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
33 Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
22 Silver	Winthrop Graham	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles
22 Silver	Merlene Ottey	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
22 Silver	Merlene Ottey	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
11 Gold	Deon Hemmings	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 400 metre hurdles
33 Bronze	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andrea Lloyd	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
33 Bronze	Greg Haughton Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake Garth Robinson	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metre relay
22 Silver	James Beckford	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's long jump
22 Silver	Tayna Lawrence	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
33 Bronze	Merlene Ottey	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
22 Silver	Deon Hemmings	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 400 metre hurdles
33 Bronze	Greg Haughton	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
22 Silver	Lorraine Graham	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
33 Bronze	Beverly McDonald	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
22 Silver	Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
33 Bronze	Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metre relay
22 Silver	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metre relay
33 Bronze	Veronica Campbell	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
11 Gold	Veronica Campbell	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
22 Silver	Danny McFarlane	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 400 metre hurdles
11 Gold	Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metre relay
33 Bronze	Ronetta Smith Novlene Williams Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Michelle Burgher	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metre relay
11 Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 100 m
11 Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 m
11 Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 200 m
11 Gold	Melaine Walker	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles
11 Gold	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 200 m
11 Gold	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 4x100 metre relay
22 Silver	Sherone Simpson	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 m
22 Silver	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 m
22 Silver	Shericka Williams	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 400 m
33 Bronze	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 200 m
33 Bronze	Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Bobby Gaye-Wilkins	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metre relay
11 Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 100 m
11 Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 100 m
11 Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 m
11 Gold	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 4x100 metre relay
22 Silver	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 200m
22 Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 100 m
22 Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 m
33 Bronze	Warren Weir	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 m
33 Bronze	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 100 m
33 Bronze	Hansle Parchment	2012 London	Athletics	110 m hurdles

Related pages

• Cool Runnings

Other websites

• Jamaica Olympic Association
• Jamaica profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-09 at the Wayback Machine