Jamaica at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Jamaica at the
Olympics
IOC codeJAM
NOCJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
26
Silver
36
Bronze
26
Total
88
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team. Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame.

Jamaican athletes have won a total of 87 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but three of those in the individual and relay sprint events.

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

Participation

Timeline of participation

Date Team
1948–1956  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960  British West Indies (BWI)
1964  Jamaica (JAM)  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–  Barbados (BAR)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Kingdom of Greece 1896 Athens did not participate
France 1900 Paris
United States 1904 St. Louis
United Kingdom 1908 London
Sweden 1912 Stockholm
Belgium 1920 Antwerp
France 1924 Paris
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam
United States 1932 Los Angeles
Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin
United Kingdom 1948 London 13 1 2 0 3 20
Finland 1952 Helsinki 8 2 3 0 5 13
Australia 1956 Melbourne 6 0 0 0 0
Italy 1960 Rome as part of the  British West Indies (BWI)
Japan 1964 Tokyo 21 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 25 0 1 0 1 39
West Germany 1972 Munich 33 0 0 1 1 43
Canada 1976 Montreal 20 1 1 0 2 21
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 18 0 0 3 3 34
United States 1984 Los Angeles 45 0 1 2 3 28
South Korea 1988 Seoul 35 0 2 0 2 34
Spain 1992 Barcelona 36 0 3 1 4 38
United States 1996 Atlanta 46 1 3 2 6 39
Australia 2000 Sydney 45 0 6 3 9 54
Greece 2004 Athens 47 2 1 2 5 35
China 2008 Beijing 50 5 4 2 11 15
United Kingdom 2012 London 50 4 5 4 13 18
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 56 6 3 2 11 16
Japan 2020 Tokyo 48 4 1 4 9 21
France 2024 Paris future event
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 26 36 26 88 38

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
France 1924 Chamonix did not participate
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz
United States 1932 Lake Placid
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz
Norway 1952 Oslo
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
United States 1960 Squaw Valley
Austria 1964 Innsbruck
France 1968 Grenoble
Japan 1972 Sapporo
Austria 1976 Innsbruck
United States 1980 Lake Placid
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo
Canada 1988 Calgary 4 0 0 0 0
France 1992 Albertville 5 0 0 0 0
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 4 0 0 0 0
Japan 1998 Nagano 6 0 0 0 0
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin did not participate
Canada 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0
Russia 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 3 0 0 0 0
China 2022 Beijing 6 0 0 0 0
Italy 2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by Summer Sport

Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 26 36 25 87 8
Cycling 0 0 1 1 45
Total 26 36 26 88 32

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Arthur Wint 1948 London Athletics Men's 400 metres
 Silver Herb McKenley 1948 London Athletics Men's 400 metres
 Silver Arthur Wint 1948 London Athletics Men's 800 metres
 Gold George Rhoden 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's 400 metres
 Gold Arthur Wint
Leslie Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
 Silver Herb McKenley 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Silver Herb McKenley 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's 400 metres
 Silver Arthur Wint 1952 Helsinki Athletics Men's 800 metres
 Silver Lennox Miller 1968 Mexico City Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Bronze Lennox Miller 1972 Munich Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Gold Don Quarrie 1976 Montreal Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Silver Don Quarrie 1976 Montreal Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Bronze Don Quarrie 1980 Moscow Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Bronze Merlene Ottey 1980 Moscow Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Bronze David Weller 1980 Moscow Cycling Men's 1 km time trial
 Silver Albert Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
1984 Los Angeles Athletics Men's 4×100 metres relay
 Bronze Merlene Ottey 1984 Los Angeles Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Merlene Ottey 1984 Los Angeles Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Silver Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bert Cameron
1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
 Silver Grace Jackson 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Silver Winthrop Graham 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
 Silver Juliet Cuthbert 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Silver Juliet Cuthbert 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Bronze Merlene Ottey 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Deon Hemmings 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
 Silver James Beckford 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's long jump
 Silver Merlene Ottey 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Silver Merlene Ottey 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Bronze Greg Haughton
Michael McDonald
Roxbert Martin
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake
Garth Robinson
1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
 Bronze Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Gillian Russell
Andria Lloyd
1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
 Silver Michael Blackwood
Greg Haughton
Christopher Williams
Danny McFarlane
Sanjay Ayre
Michael McDonald
2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
 Silver Tayna Lawrence 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Silver Lorraine Graham 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 400 metres
 Silver Deon Hemmings 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
 Silver Merlene Frazer
Tayna Lawrence
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
 Silver Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott
Deon Hemmings
Lorraine Graham
Charmaine Howell
Michelle Burgher
2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
 Bronze Greg Haughton 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 400 metres
 Bronze Merlene Ottey 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Beverly McDonald 2000 Sydney Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 2004 Athens Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Tayna Lawrence
Sherone Simpson
Aleen Bailey
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Beverly McDonald
2004 Athens Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
 Silver Danny McFarlane 2004 Athens Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
 Bronze Veronica Campbell-Brown 2004 Athens Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Ronetta Smith
Novlene Williams
Nadia Davy
Sandie Richards
Michelle Burgher
2004 Athens Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
 Gold Usain Bolt 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Gold Usain Bolt 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Gold Shelly-Ann Fraser 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Melaine Walker 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
 Silver Sherone Simpson 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Silver Kerron Stewart 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Silver Shericka Williams 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 400 metres
 Silver Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins
2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
 Bronze Kerron Stewart 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Bronze Chelsea Hammond 2008 Beijing Athletics Women's long jump
 Gold Usain Bolt 2012 London Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Gold Usain Bolt 2012 London Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Gold Shelly-Ann Fraser 2012 London Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Gold Kemar Bailey-Cole
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
2012 London Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay
 Silver Yohan Blake 2012 London Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Silver Yohan Blake 2012 London Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2012 London Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Silver Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Kerron Stewart
2012 London Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
 Silver Christine Day
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Shericka Williams
Novlene Williams-Mills
2012 London Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
 Bronze Warren Weir 2012 London Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Bronze Hansle Parchment 2012 London Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
 Bronze Veronica Campbell-Brown 2012 London Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Kaliese Spencer 2012 London Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
 Gold Usain Bolt 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 100 metres
 Gold Usain Bolt 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 200 metres
 Gold Elaine Thompson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Gold Elaine Thompson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Omar McLeod 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
 Gold Asafa Powell
Yohan Blake
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Jevaughn Minzie
2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay
 Bronze Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Shericka Jackson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's 400 metres
 Gold Elaine Thompson Herah 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Gold Elaine Thompson Herah 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 200 metres
 Gold Hansle Parchment 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
 Gold Remona Burchell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams
2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
 Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Shericka Jackson 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres
 Bronze Megan Tapper 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles
 Bronze Ronald Levy 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
 Bronze Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams
2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

See also

External links

  • "Jamaica". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • "Jamaica". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/JAM". olympanalyt.com.
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