Jamaica at the Olympics

**Jamaica at the Olympics** is a history which began in 1948.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Jamaica is JAM.

## History

Teams from Jamaica have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. In 1960, Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team.
Jamaica has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988. The Jamaica national bobsled team has achieved some fame.

Jamaica has won 61 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics.  Most of the medals have been for individual and relay sprint events.

The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the _Jamaica Olympic Association_, and was formed in 1936.

## List of medalists

|style="width:6em"|Medal|style="width:12em"|Name|style="width:10em"|Games|style="width:8em"|Sport|style="width:12em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||1948 London|Athletics|Men's 400 metres||||||
|||1948 London|Athletics|Men's 400 metres||||||
|||1948 London|Athletics|Men's 800 metres||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Athletics|Men's 100 metres||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Athletics|Men's 400 metres||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Athletics|Men's 400 metres||||||
||Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden || 1952 Helsinki || Athletics|| Men's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Athletics|Men's 800 metres||||||
|||1968 Mexico City|Athletics|Men's 100 metres||||||
|||1972 Munich|Athletics|Men's 100 metres||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Athletics|Men's 100 metres||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Athletics|Men's 200 metres||||||
|||1980 Moscow|Athletics|Men's 200 metres||||||
|||1980 Moscow|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
|||1980 Moscow|Cycling|Men's 1 km time trial||||||
|||1984 Los Angeles|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||1984 Los Angeles|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
||Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart || 1984 Los Angeles ||Athletics || Men's 4×100 metre relay|||||||||
|||1988 Seoul|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
||Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron || 1988 Seoul || Athletics|| Men's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Athletics|Men's 400 metre hurdles||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Athletics|Women's 400 metre hurdles||||||
||Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andrea Lloyd || 1996 Atlanta || Athletics || Women's 4×100 metre relay|||||||||
||Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake Garth Robinson || 1996 Atlanta || Athletics || Men's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Athletics|Men's long jump||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Women's 400 metre hurdles||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Men's 400 metres||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Women's 400 metres||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
||Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey || 2000 Sydney || Athletics|| Women's 4×100 metre relay|||||||||
||Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald || 2000 Sydney || Athletics|| Men's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
||Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher || 2000 Sydney || Athletics || Women's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Women's 100 metres||||||
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Women's 200 metres||||||
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Men's 400 metre hurdles||||||
||Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald || 2004 Athens || Athletics || Women's 4×100 metre relay|||||||||
||Novlene Williams Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Michelle Burgher || 2004 Athens || Athletics || Women's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Men's 100 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 100 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Men's 200 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 400 m hurdles||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 200 m||||||
||Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas || 2008 Beijing || Athletics || Men's 4x100 metre relay|||||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 100 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 100 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 400 m||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's 200 m||||||
||Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Bobby Gaye-Wilkins || 2008 Beijing || Athletics || Women's 4×400 metre relay|||||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Women's 100 m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Men's 100 m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Men's 200 m||||||
||Michael Frater Usain Bolt Yohan Blake ||  2012 London || Athletics || Men's 4x100 metre relay|||||||||
||Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce|2012 London|Athletics|Women's 200m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Men's 100 m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Men's 200 m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Men's 200 m||||||
|||2012 London|Athletics|Women's 100 m||||||
||Hansle Parchment|2012 London|Athletics|110 m hurdles||||||

## Related pages

- Cool Runnings

## Other websites

- Jamaica Olympic Association
- Jamaica profile at London2012.com

## Infobox (country at games)

- **noc**: JAM
- **nocname**: Jamaica Olympic Association
- **games**: Olympics
- **gold**: 22
- **silver**: 35
- **bronze**: 21
- **seealso**: (1960)