Jamaica’s History at the Olympic Games

Jamaica made their debut in the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, England. Since then, Jamaica has acquired 67 medals with 66 of them coming in Athletics and 1 coming in the sport of Cycling. Jamaica has participated in every Olympic Games since then except the 1960 edition where Jamaica went under the banner of the British West Indies. This was during a period of time where the West Indies Federation was formed between Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago as a way to lead to Economic Stability, however this was dissolve and in 1964 in Tokyo, Jamaica competed back at the Olympics.

 

 

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1948 London	1	2	0	3
1952 Helsinki	2	3	0	5
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	as part of the British West Indies
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	1	0	1
1972 Munich	0	0	1	1
1976 Montreal	1	1	0	2
1980 Moscow	0	0	3	3
1984 Los Angeles	0	1	2	3
1988 Seoul	0	2	0	2
1992 Barcelona	0	3	1	4
1996 Atlanta	1	3	2	6
2000 Sydney	0	6	3	9
2004 Athens	2	1	2	5
2008 Beijing	6	3	2	11
2012 London	4	4	4	12
Total	17	30	20	67

 

 

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	17	30	19	66
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	17	30	20	67

 

 

List of Jamaican medallists 

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Arthur Wint	1948 London	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Silver	Herb McKenley	1948 London	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Silver	Arthur Wint	1948 London	Athletics	Men’s 800 metres
Gold	George Rhoden	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Gold	Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men’s 4×400 metre relay
Silver	Herb McKenley	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men’s 100 metres
Silver	Herb McKenley	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Silver	Arthur Wint	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men’s 800 metres
Silver	Lennox Miller	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men’s 100 metres
Bronze	Lennox Miller	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men’s 100 metres
Gold	Don Quarrie	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men’s 200 metres
Silver	Don Quarrie	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men’s 100 metres
Bronze	Don Quarrie	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men’s 200 metres
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Bronze	David Weller	1980 Moscow	Cycling	Men’s 1 km time trial
Silver	Albert Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men’s 4×100 metre relay
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1984 Los Angeles	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Silver	Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men’s 4×400 metre relay
Silver	Grace Jackson	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Silver	Winthrop Graham	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men’s 400 metre hurdles
Silver	Juliet Cuthbert	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Silver	Juliet Cuthbert	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Gold	Deon Hemmings	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s 400 metre hurdles
Silver	James Beckford	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men’s long jump
Silver	Merlene Ottey	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Silver	Merlene Ottey	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Bronze	Greg Haughton Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake Garth Robinson	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men’s 4×400 metre relay
Bronze	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andria Lloyd	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women’s 4×100 metre relay
Silver	Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s 4×400 metre relay
Silver	Tayna Lawrence	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Silver	Lorraine Graham	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 400 metres
Silver	Deon Hemmings	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 400 metre hurdles
Silver	Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell-Brown Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 4×100 metre relay
Silver	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 4×400 metre relay
Bronze	Greg Haughton	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Bronze	Beverly McDonald	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Gold	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 200 metres
Gold	Tayna Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell-Brown Beverly McDonald	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 4×100 metre relay
Silver	Danny McFarlane	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men’s 400 metre hurdles
Bronze	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 100 metres
Bronze	Ronetta Smith Novlene Williams Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Michelle Burgher	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women’s 4×400 metre relay
Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 100 m
Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 200 m
Gold	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men’s 4×100 metre relay
Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 100 m
Gold	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 200 m
Gold	Melaine Walker	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 400 m hurdles
Silver	Sherone Simpson	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 100 m
Silver	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 100 m
Silver	Shericka Williams	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 400 m
Bronze	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 200 m
Bronze	Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women’s 4×400 metre relay
Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 100 m
Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 200 m
Gold	Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 4×100 metre relay
Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 100 m
Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 100 m
Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 200 m
Silver	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 200m
Silver	Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 4×100 m relay
Bronze	Warren Weir	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s 200 m
Bronze	Hansle Parchment	2012 London	Athletics	110 m hurdles
Bronze	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 100 m
Bronze	Christine Day Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams Novlene Williams-Mills	2012 London	Athletics	Women’s 4×400 m relay