Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Jamaica at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Jamaica.svg
IOC code JAM
NOC Jamaica Olympic Association
Website www.joa.org.jm
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors48 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Ricardo Brown
Flag bearer (closing) Stephanie Ann McPherson
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The country's participation marked its seventeenth Summer Olympic appearance as an independent state, although it has previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson-Herah Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson-Herah Athletics Women's 200 metres 3 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hansle Parchment Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 5 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Remona Burchell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 6 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shericka Jackson Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Megan Tapper Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ronald Levy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 5 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams
Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 202242
Boxing 101
Diving 101
Gymnastics 011
Judo 011
Swimming 112
Total232548

Athletics

Jamaican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yohan Blake 100 m Bye10.062 Q10.146Did not advance
Oblique Seville Bye10.042 Q10.094Did not advance
Tyquendo Tracey ByeDNSDid not advance
Yohan Blake 200 m DNSDid not advance
Rasheed Dwyer 20.311 Q20.132 Q20.217
Julian Forte 20.656Did not advance
Nathon Allen 400 m 46.124Did not advance
Demish Gaye 45.494 q45.094Did not advance
Christopher Taylor 45.203 Q44.922 Q44.79 PB6
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 13.171 Q13.231 Q13.10Bronze medal icon.svg
Hansle Parchment 13.232 Q13.232 Q13.04Gold medal icon.svg
Damion Thomas 13.543 Q12.393Did not advance
Jaheel Hyde 400 m hurdles 48.541 Q127.388Did not advance
Kemar Mowatt 49.064 Q48.955Did not advance
Shawn Rowe 49.183 Q48.836Did not advance
Yohan Blake
Julian Forte
Jevaughn Minzie
Oblique Seville
4 × 100 m relay 37:821 Q37.845
Nathon Allen
Karayme Bartley*
Demish Gaye
Jaheel Hyde
Christopher Taylor
4 × 400 m relay 2:59.29 SB2 Q2:58.76 SB6
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100 m Bye10.841 Q10.731 Q10.74Silver medal icon.svg
Elaine Thompson-Herah Bye10.821 Q10.761 Q10.61 OR Gold medal icon.svg
Shericka Jackson Bye11.072 Q10.792 Q10.76Bronze medal icon.svg
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 200 m 22.221 Q22.131 Q21.944
Elaine Thompson-Herah 22.863 Q21.661 Q21.53 NR Gold medal icon.svg
Shericka Jackson 23.264Did not advance
Roneisha McGregor 400 m 51.142 Q50.343Did not advance
Candice McLeod 51.091 Q49.51 PB2 Q49.875
Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.891 Q49.34 PB1 Q49.614
Natoya Goule 800 m 1:59.831 Q1:59:571 Q1:58.268
Aisha Praught-Leer 1500 m 4:15.3113Did not advance
Britany Anderson 100 m hurdles 12.671 Q12.40 PB1 Q13.248
Megan Tapper 12.53 PB2 Q12.622 Q12.55Bronze medal icon.svg
Yanique Thompson 12.742 QDNFDid not advance
Leah Nugent 400 m hurdles DSQDid not advance
Janieve Russell 54.812 Q54.102 Q53.08 PB4
Ronda Whyte DSQDid not advance
Remona Burchell*
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison*
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams
4 × 100 m relay 42:143 Q41.02 NR Gold medal icon.svg
Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams
4 × 400 m relay 3:21.452 Q3:21.24Bronze medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Sean Bailey
Karayme Bartley
Junelle Bromfield*
Tovea Jenkins
Stacey-Ann Williams
4 × 400 m relay 3:11.763 Q3:14.957
Field events
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Tajay Gayle Long jump 8.144 q7.6911
Carey McLeod Long jump 7.7521Did not advance
Triple jump 16.0124Did not advance
Fedrick Dacres Discus throw 62.9113Did not advance
Traves Smikle 59.0425Did not advance
Chad Wright 62.9312 q62.569
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Tissanna Hickling Long jump 6.2224Did not advance
Chanice Porter 6.1925Did not advance
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 14.436 Q14.844
Kimberly Williams 14.309 q14.518
Lloydricia Cameron Shot put 17.4322Did not advance
Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.3713Did not advance
Shadae Lawrence Discus throw 62.2712 q62.127

Boxing

Jamaica entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1996. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Brown finished fourth in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Jamaican team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings. [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ricardo Brown Men's super heavyweight ByeFlag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Diving

Jamaica entered one diver into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top eighteen of the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan. [5]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Yona Knight-Wisdom Men's 3 m springboard 411.6513 Q362.9515Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Jamaica entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. British-born Danusia Francis booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing ninth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [6] [7]

Two days prior to the competition Francis learned she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament. She therefore withdrew from the balance beam, the vault and the floor exercise. She chose to continue to compete in the uneven bars with her knee bandaged, scoring the lowest of any competitor as the judges deducted 6.5 points for various infractions and gave her only a 0.5 difficulty score. However, her 9.033 execution score was the highest for any athlete on any apparatus. [8]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Danusia Francis All-around WD3.033WDDid not advance

Judo

For the first time in history, Jamaica qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Ebony Drysdale Daley accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ebony Drysdale Daley Women's –70 kg Flag of Portugal.svg  Timo  (POR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Swimming

Jamaican swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [10] [11]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Keanan Dols Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.2534Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:04.2943Did not advance
Alia Atkinson Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:07.7022Did not advance

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