Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Jamaica at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Jamaica.svg
IOC code JAM
NOC Jamaica Olympic Association
Website www.joa.org.jm
in Atlanta
Competitors46 (27 men and 19 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Juliet Cuthbert
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies (1960 S)

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

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Deon Hemmings Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 31 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Merlene Ottey Athletics Women's 100 metres 27 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver James Beckford Athletics Men's long jump 29 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Merlene Ottey Athletics Women's 200 metres 1 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Andria Lloyd (heats)
Gillian Russell (heats)
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 3 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michael McDonald
Roxbert Martin
Greg Haughton
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake (heats)
Garth Robinson (heats)
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 191938
Boxing 33
Sailing 202
Swimming 101
Table tennis 202
Total271946

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat 3:02.81
  • Semi Final 2:58.42
  • Final 2:59.42 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat 48.59s
  • Semifinal 48.30s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 49.16s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon


Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Qualification 3:25.33
  • Final 3:21.69 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification 54.70
  • Semifinals 52.99
  • Final 52.82 (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Qualification 55.64
  • Semifinals 54.72
  • Final 53.97 (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification 56.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification 6.27m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification 13.65m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result 6087 points (→ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight ( 75 kg)

Sailing

Men's Two Person Dinghy

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat 23.35 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat 50.38
  • B-Finals 50.09 (→ 12th place)

Table Tennis

Men's singles

Men's doubles

See also

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