In total, two athletes – Lascelles Brown and Winston Watt – represented Jamaica in bobsleigh. Despite having the fastest starts of any competitors in the two-man bob, Brown and Watt finished 28th overall.
Background
The 2002 Winter Olympics would be Jamaica's fifth time competing at the Winter Olympic Games. Following their debut appearance at the 1988 Winter Olympics which inspired the 1993 film Cool Runnings, Jamaica had become regular competitors at the quadrennial multi-sport event.[1]
Competitors
In total, two athletes represented Jamaica at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States across one sport.[2]
The bobsleigh events took place at the purpose-built Utah Olympic Park in Summit County, Utah, United States from 16 to 23 February 2002.[3]
The two-man bobsleigh took place on 16 and 17 February 2002. The first two runs took place on 16 February and the last two runs on 17 February. In their first run, Brown and Watt completed the course in 48.59 seconds. The improved on their second run and recorded their fastest time of the competition – 48.59 seconds. Their third run was their slowest of the four at 49.01 seconds and their final run was 48.76 seconds. During the competition, Brown and Watt recorded the fastest starts of any competitors but their total time of three minutes 14.94 seconds saw them finish in 28th place overall.[4]
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