| Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games | |
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| CGF code | JAM |
| CGA | Jamaica Olympic Association |
| Website | joa |
| Officials | 0 |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Jamaica has competed in seventeen of the twenty previous Commonwealth Games; starting at the second Games in 1934.
Jamaica has hosted the Games once, in 1966 at Kingston, Jamaica
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Jamaica was seventh in the medal tally, and was tenth in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 105 medals (40 Gold, 30 Silver and 35 Bronze).
* Host nation (Host country (Jamaica))
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 London | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1954 Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1958 Cardiff | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 1962 Perth | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1966 Kingston* | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 1970 Edinburgh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 1974 Christchurch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1978 Edmonton | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1982 Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1990 Auckland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1994 Victoria | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2002 Manchester | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 Melbourne | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 2010 Delhi | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 Glasgow | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 2018 Gold Coast | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 59 | 47 | 55 | 161 |
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