Jamaica at the Olympics

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Jamaica at the
Olympics
Flag of Jamaica.svg
IOC code JAM
NOC Jamaica Olympic Association
Website www.joa.org.jm
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
27
Silver
39
Bronze
28
Total
94
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team. Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame.

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Jamaican athletes have won a total of 94 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but eight of those in the individual and relay sprint events.

The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the Jamaica Olympic Association, and was founded in 1936.

Participation

Timeline of participation

DateTeam
1948–1956Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)
1960Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies  (BWI)
1964Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)
1968–Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Sport

SportsGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal Rank
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 273927938
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg  Cycling 001145
Total2739289438

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Arthur Wint 1948 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Herb McKenley 1948 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arthur Wint 1948 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 800 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold George Rhoden 1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Arthur Wint
Leslie Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Herb McKenley 1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Herb McKenley 1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arthur Wint 1952 Helsinki Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 800 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lennox Miller 1968 Mexico City Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lennox Miller 1972 Munich Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Don Quarrie 1976 Montreal Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Don Quarrie 1976 Montreal Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Don Quarrie 1980 Moscow Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Merlene Ottey 1980 Moscow Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze David Weller 1980 Moscow Cycling pictogram.svg Cycling Men's 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Albert Lawrence
Greg Meghoo
Don Quarrie
Ray Stewart
1984 Los Angeles Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×100 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Merlene Ottey 1984 Los Angeles Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Merlene Ottey 1984 Los Angeles Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bert Cameron
1988 Seoul Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Grace Jackson 1988 Seoul Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Winthrop Graham 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Juliet Cuthbert 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Juliet Cuthbert 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Merlene Ottey 1992 Barcelona Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Deon Hemmings 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver James Beckford 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's long jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Merlene Ottey 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Merlene Ottey 1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Greg Haughton
Michael McDonald
Roxbert Martin
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake
Garth Robinson
1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Gillian Russell
Andria Lloyd
1996 Atlanta Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Michael Blackwood
Greg Haughton
Christopher Williams
Danny McFarlane
Sanjay Ayre
Michael McDonald
2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tayna Lawrence 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lorraine Graham 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Deon Hemmings 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Merlene Frazer
Tayna Lawrence
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Beverly McDonald
Merlene Ottey
2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sandie Richards
Catherine Scott
Deon Hemmings
Lorraine Graham
Charmaine Howell
Michelle Burgher
2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Greg Haughton 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Merlene Ottey 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Beverly McDonald 2000 Sydney Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tayna Lawrence
Sherone Simpson
Aleen Bailey
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Beverly McDonald
2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Danny McFarlane 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Veronica Campbell-Brown 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ronetta Smith
Novlene Williams
Nadia Davy
Sandie Richards
Michelle Burgher
2004 Athens Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shelly-Ann Fraser 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Veronica Campbell-Brown 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Melaine Walker 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sherone Simpson 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kerron Stewart 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shericka Williams 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins
2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kerron Stewart 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chelsea Hammond 2008 Beijing Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's long jump
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shelly-Ann Fraser 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kemar Bailey-Cole
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yohan Blake 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yohan Blake 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Kerron Stewart
2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Christine Day
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Shericka Williams
Novlene Williams-Mills
2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Warren Weir 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hansle Parchment 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Veronica Campbell-Brown 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kaliese Spencer 2012 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Usain Bolt 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Omar McLeod 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Asafa Powell
Yohan Blake
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Jevaughn Minzie
2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Christania Williams
Elaine Thompson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Simone Facey*
Shashalee Forbes*
2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stephenie Ann McPherson
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby
Shericka Jackson
Novlene Williams-Mills
Christine Day*
Chrisann Gordon*
2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nathon Allen
Fitzroy Dunkley
Javon Francis
Peter Matthews
Rusheen McDonald*
2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shericka Jackson 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 400 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson Herah 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elaine Thompson Herah 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 200 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hansle Parchment 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Remona Burchell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams
2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shericka Jackson 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Megan Tapper 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ronald Levy 2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams
2020 Tokyo Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rojé Stona 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's discus throw
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shanieka Ricketts 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Women's triple jump
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kishane Thompson 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 100 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Wayne Pinnock 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's long jump
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rajindra Campbell 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's shot put
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rasheed Broadbell 2024 Paris Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles

See also