# Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Jamaica competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation marked its seventeenth Summer Olympic appearance as an independent state, although it has previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | 31 July |
| Gold | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Athletics | Women's 200 metres | 3 August |
| Gold | Hansle Parchment | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles | 5 August |
| Gold | Remona Burchell Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson-Herah Briana Williams | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 6 August |
| Silver | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | 31 July |
| Bronze | Shericka Jackson | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | 31 July |
| Bronze | Megan Tapper | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles | 2 August |
| Bronze | Ronald Levy | Athletics | Men's 110 metres hurdles | 5 August |
| Bronze | Junelle Bromfield Shericka Jackson Roneisha McGregor Janieve Russell Stacey-Ann Williams | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | 7 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 20 | 22 | 42 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 25 | 48 |

## Athletics

Jamaican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* OR - Olympic record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yohan Blake | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.06 | 2 Q | 10.14 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Oblique Seville | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.04 | 2 Q | 10.09 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tyquendo Tracey | 100 m | Bye | Bye | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yohan Blake | 200 m | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rasheed Dwyer | 200 m | 20.31 | 1 Q | — | — | 20.13 | 2 Q | 20.21 | 7 |
| Julian Forte | 200 m | 20.65 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nathon Allen | 400 m | 46.12 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Demish Gaye | 400 m | 45.49 | 4 q | — | — | 45.09 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christopher Taylor | 400 m | 45.20 | 3 Q | — | — | 44.92 | 2 Q | 44.79 PB | 6 |
| Ronald Levy | 110 m hurdles | 13.17 | 1 Q | — | — | 13.23 | 1 Q | 13.10 | |
| Hansle Parchment | 110 m hurdles | 13.23 | 2 Q | — | — | 13.23 | 2 Q | 13.04 | |
| Damion Thomas | 110 m hurdles | 13.54 | 3 Q | — | — | 12.39 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaheel Hyde | 400 m hurdles | 48.54 | 1 Q | — | — | 127.38 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kemar Mowatt | 400 m hurdles | 49.06 | 4 Q | — | — | 48.95 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shawn Rowe | 400 m hurdles | 49.18 | 3 Q | — | — | 48.83 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yohan Blake Julian Forte Jevaughn Minzie Oblique Seville | 4 × 100 m relay | 37:82 | 1 Q | — | — | — | — | 37.84 | 5 |
| Nathon Allen Karayme Bartley* Demish Gaye Jaheel Hyde Christopher Taylor | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.29 SB | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 2:58.76 SB | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.84 | 1 Q | 10.73 | 1 Q | 10.74 | |
| Elaine Thompson-Herah | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.82 | 1 Q | 10.76 | 1 Q | 10.61 OR | |
| Shericka Jackson | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.07 | 2 Q | 10.79 | 2 Q | 10.76 | |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 200 m | 22.22 | 1 Q | — | — | 22.13 | 1 Q | 21.94 | 4 |
| Elaine Thompson-Herah | 200 m | 22.86 | 3 Q | — | — | 21.66 | 1 Q | 21.53 NR | |
| Shericka Jackson | 200 m | 23.26 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roneisha McGregor | 400 m | 51.14 | 2 Q | — | — | 50.34 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Candice McLeod | 400 m | 51.09 | 1 Q | — | — | 49.51 PB | 2 Q | 49.87 | 5 |
| Stephenie Ann McPherson | 400 m | 50.89 | 1 Q | — | — | 49.34 PB | 1 Q | 49.61 | 4 |
| Natoya Goule | 800 m | 1:59.83 | 1 Q | — | — | 1:59:57 | 1 Q | 1:58.26 | 8 |
| Aisha Praught-Leer | 1500 m | 4:15.31 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Britany Anderson | 100 m hurdles | 12.67 | 1 Q | — | — | 12.40 PB | 1 Q | 13.24 | 8 |
| Megan Tapper | 100 m hurdles | 12.53 PB | 2 Q | — | — | 12.62 | 2 Q | 12.55 | |
| Yanique Thompson | 100 m hurdles | 12.74 | 2 Q | — | — | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Leah Nugent | 400 m hurdles | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janieve Russell | 400 m hurdles | 54.81 | 2 Q | — | — | 54.10 | 2 Q | 53.08 PB | 4 |
| Ronda Whyte | 400 m hurdles | DSQ | DSQ | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Remona Burchell* Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison* Elaine Thompson-Herah Briana Williams | 4 × 100 m relay | 42:14 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 41.02 NR | |
| Junelle Bromfield Shericka Jackson Roneisha McGregor Janieve Russell Stacey-Ann Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.45 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 3:21.24 | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sean Bailey Karayme Bartley Junelle Bromfield* Tovea Jenkins Stacey-Ann Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.76 | 3 Q | 3:14.95 | 7 |

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Tajay Gayle | Long jump | 8.14 | 4 q | 7.69 | 11 |
| Carey McLeod | Long jump | 7.75 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carey McLeod | Triple jump | 16.01 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fedrick Dacres | Discus throw | 62.91 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Traves Smikle | Discus throw | 59.04 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chad Wright | Discus throw | 62.93 | 12 q | 62.56 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Tissanna Hickling | Long jump | 6.22 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chanice Porter | Long jump | 6.19 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shanieka Ricketts | Triple jump | 14.43 | 6 Q | 14.84 | 4 |
| Kimberly Williams | Triple jump | 14.30 | 9 q | 14.51 | 8 |
| Lloydricia Cameron | Shot put | 17.43 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Shot put | 18.37 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shadae Lawrence | Discus throw | 62.27 | 12 q | 62.12 | 7 |

## Boxing

Jamaica entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1996. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Brown finished fourth in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Jamaican team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ricardo Brown | Men's super heavyweight | Bye | Kumar (IND) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

Jamaica entered one diver into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top eighteen of the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yona Knight-Wisdom | Men's 3 m springboard | 411.65 | 13 Q | 362.95 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

Jamaica entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. British-born Danusia Francis booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing ninth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
Two days prior to the competition Francis learned she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament. She therefore withdrew from the balance beam, the vault and the floor exercise. She chose to continue to compete in the uneven bars with her knee bandaged, scoring the lowest of any competitor as the judges deducted 6.5 points for various infractions and gave her only a 0.5 difficulty score. However, her 9.033 execution score was the highest for any athlete on any apparatus.

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Danusia Francis | All-around | WD | 3.033 | WD | WD | WD | WD | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

For the first time in history, Jamaica qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Ebony Drysdale Daley accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ebony Drysdale Daley | Women's –70 kg | Timo (POR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Jamaican swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Keanan Dols | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:00.25 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Keanan Dols | Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:04.29 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alia Atkinson | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.70 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |