Jamaica at the Olympics

Jamaica at the
Olympics
Jamaica at the; Olympics
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
	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.^[1]

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

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References

↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-10-12.

Other websites

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

[1] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-10-12.

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