Jamaica at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | JAM |
NOC | Jamaica Olympic Association |
Website | www |
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
Competitors | 7 (6 men and 1 woman) in 2 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Benjamin Alexander Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian |
Flag bearer (closing) | Rolando Reid |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Jamaica competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2]
Jamaica's team consisted of seven athletes (six men and one woman) competing in two sports. [3] Benjamin Alexander and Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [4] Meanwhile bobsledder Ronaldo Reid was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [5]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bobsleigh | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Benjamin Alexander met the basic qualification standards meaning that Jamaica qualified one male alpine skier. [6] [7]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Benjamin Alexander | Men's giant slalom | 1:37.94 | 54 | 1:40.58 | 46 | 3:18.52 | 46 |
Jamaica qualified three sleds (two-man, four-man and the women's monobob). [8] [9] [10] [11] By qualifying three sleds, Jamaica also earned five athlete quota spots (five men and one woman). [12] [13] This marked the first time Jamaica has qualified in three events in bobsled. Jamaica's four-man bobsled qualified for their first games since Nagano 1998. [14] [15]
Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Shanwayne Stephens* Nimroy Turgott | Two-man | 1:01.23 | 30 | 1:01.35 | 28 | 1:01.54 | 30 | did not advance | 3:04.12 | 30 | |
Shanwayne Stephens* Ashley Watson Rolando Reid Matthew Wekpe | Four-man | 1:00.80 | 28 | 1:01.39 | 28 | 1:01.23 | 28 | did not advance | 3:03.42 | 28 | |
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian | Women's monobob | 1:06.63 | 19 | 1:07.38 | 19 | 1:06.92 | 19 | 1:07.63 | 20 | 4:28.56 | 19 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled