# Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Jamaica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 35 competitors, 24 men and 11 women, took part in 22 events in 5 sports.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| Boxing | 4 | – | 4 |
| Cycling | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 24 | 11 | 35 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Grace Jackson | Athletics | Women's 200 metres | 29 September |
| Silver | Howard Burnett Bert Cameron Howard Davis Trevor Graham Winthrop Graham Devon Morris | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1 October |

## Athletics
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| John Mair | 100 metres | 10.44 | 22 q | 10.41 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrew Smith | 100 metres | 10.49 | 30 Q | 10.63 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ray Stewart | 100 metres | 10.22 | 3 Q | 10.25 | 9 Q | 10.18 | 4 Q | 12.26 | 7 |
| Clive Wright | 200 metres | 20.94 | 15 Q | 20.87 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bert Cameron | 400 metres | 46.24 | 17 Q | 45.16 | 11 Q | 44.50 | 5 Q | 44.94 | 6 |
| Howard Davis | 400 metres | 45.97 | 10 Q | 45.40 | 16 Q | 45.48 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Devon Morris | 400 metres | 45.95 | 9 Q | 45.30 | 14 Q | 45.68 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Derick Adamson | Marathon | — | 2:47:57 | 84 |
| Richard Bucknor | 110 metres hurdles | 13.89 | 12 Q | 13.91 | 14 Q | 13.98 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrew Parker | 110 metres hurdles | 14.00 | 18 Q | 14.05 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Winthrop Graham | 400 metres hurdles | 49.40 | 4 Q | — | 48.37 | 3 Q | 48.04 | 5 |
| Chris Faulknor Greg Meghoo Clive Wright John Mair | 4 × 100 metres relay | 39.53 | 10 Q | — | 38.75 | 5 Q | 38.47 | 4 |
| Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron Howard Burnett (*) Trevor Graham (*) | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:04.00 | 3 Q | — | 3:00.94 | 3 Q | 3:00.30 | |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Juliet Cuthbert | 100 metres | 11.14 | 7 Q | 11.03 | 8 Q | 11.10 | 8 Q | 11.26 | 7 |
| Grace Jackson | 100 metres | 11.18 | 9 Q | 11.13 | 13 Q | 11.06 | 7 Q | 10.97 | 4 |
| Merlene Ottey | 100 metres | 11.03 | 2 Q | 11.03 | 8 Q | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grace Jackson | 200 metres | 22.66 | 2 Q | 22.24 | 2 Q | 22.13 | 3 Q | 21.72 | |
| Merlene Ottey | 200 metres | 23.06 | 10 Q | 22.30 | 4 Q | 22.07 | 2 Q | 21.99 | 4 |
| Cathy Rattray-Williams | 400 metres | 52.39 | 10 Q | 51.81 | 12 Q | 50.82 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sandie Richards | 400 metres | 52.19 | 6 Q | 52.90 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sharon Powell | 800 metres | 2:03.49 | 20 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Juliet Cuthbert Grace Jackson Merlene Ottey Ethlyn Tate Vivienne Spence (*) Laurel Johnson (*) | 4 × 100 metres relay | 43.50 | 6 Q | — | 43.30 | 6 Q | DNS | DNS |
| Sandie Richards Andrea Thomas Cathy Rattray-Williams Sharon Powell Marcia Tate (*) | 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:26.83 | 2 Q | — | 3:23.13 | 5 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mark Kennedy | Lightweight | Bye | Maea (COK) W RSC R1 | Chuprenski (BUL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Hamilton | Welterweight | Bye | Gantulga (MGL) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gary Smikle | Light middleweight | Bye | Zaytsev (URS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Terry Dixon | Light heavyweight | — | Madsen (DEN) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Three male cyclists represented Jamaica in 1988.

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Arthur Tenn | Road race | 4:48:06 | 107 |
| Raymond Thomas | Road race | 4:43:15 | 97 |

### Track
#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Laps | Points | Rank | Laps | Points | Rank |
| Peter Aldridge | Points race | –1 lap | 15 | 9 Q | –3 laps | 4 | 22 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Garfield Jones | Singles | Lupulesku (YUG) L 0–3 | Mazunov (URS) L 0–3 | Ono (JPN) L 0–3 | Costantini (ITA) L 2–3 | Liu (HKG) L w/o | Núñez (CHI) L 1–3 | Kim (KOR) L 0–3 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Calvin Stamp | Men's +110 kg | 150.0 | 12 | 195.0 | 9 | 345.0 | 11 |