Jamaica at the Olympics

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.

Jamaica at the Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 26 Silver 36 Bronze 26 Total 88
Summer appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaican athletes have won a total of 87 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but three 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

Date	Team
1948–1956	Jamaica (JAM)	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1960	British West Indies (BWI)
1964	Jamaica (JAM)	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
1968–			Barbados (BAR)

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	did not participate
1900 Paris
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London	13	1	2	0	3	20
1952 Helsinki	8	2	3	0	5	13
1956 Melbourne	6	0	0	0	0	–
1960 Rome	as part of the  British West Indies (BWI)
1964 Tokyo	21	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	25	0	1	0	1	39
1972 Munich	33	0	0	1	1	43
1976 Montreal	20	1	1	0	2	21
1980 Moscow	18	0	0	3	3	34
1984 Los Angeles	45	0	1	2	3	28
1988 Seoul	35	0	2	0	2	34
1992 Barcelona	36	0	3	1	4	38
1996 Atlanta	46	1	3	2	6	39
2000 Sydney	45	0	6	3	9	54
2004 Athens	47	2	1	2	5	35
2008 Beijing	50	5	4	2	11	15
2012 London	50	4	5	4	13	18
2016 Rio de Janeiro	56	6	3	2	11	16
2020 Tokyo	48	4	1	4	9	21
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		26	36	26	88	38

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	did not participate
1928 St. Moritz
1932 Lake Placid
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1948 St. Moritz
1952 Oslo
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960 Squaw Valley
1964 Innsbruck
1968 Grenoble
1972 Sapporo
1976 Innsbruck
1980 Lake Placid
1984 Sarajevo
1988 Calgary	4	0	0	0	0	–
1992 Albertville	5	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	4	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	6	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	2	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	did not participate
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	2	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	3	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	6	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milan–Cortina	future event
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by Summer Sport

Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	26	36	25	87	8
Cycling	0	0	1	1	45
Total	26	36	26	88	32

List of medalists

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 metres 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 metres 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 metres relay
Silver	Grace Jackson	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Silver	Winthrop Graham	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 400 metres 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 metres 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 metres relay
Bronze	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell Andria Lloyd	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver	Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 4×400 metres 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 metres hurdles
Silver	Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell-Brown Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metres 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 metres relay
Silver	Danny McFarlane	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 400 metres 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 metres relay
Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Gold	Usain Bolt	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Gold	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Gold	Melaine Walker	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Silver	Sherone Simpson	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Silver	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Silver	Shericka Williams	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
Silver	Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze	Kerron Stewart	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Bronze	Chelsea Hammond	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's long jump
Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Gold	Usain Bolt	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Gold	Kemar Bailey-Cole Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Nesta Carter Michael Frater	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Silver	Yohan Blake	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Silver	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Silver	Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 4×100 metres relay
Silver	Christine Day Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams Novlene Williams-Mills	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 4×400 metres relay
Bronze	Warren Weir	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Bronze	Hansle Parchment	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze	Veronica Campbell-Brown	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Bronze	Kaliese Spencer	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Gold	Usain Bolt	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 100 metres
Gold	Usain Bolt	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Gold	Elaine Thompson	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Gold	Elaine Thompson	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Gold	Omar McLeod	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold	Asafa Powell Yohan Blake Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Kemar Bailey-Cole Jevaughn Minzie	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Bronze	Shericka Jackson	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 400 metres
Gold	Elaine Thompson Herah	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Gold	Elaine Thompson Herah	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 200 metres
Gold	Hansle Parchment	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Gold	Remona Burchell Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson-Herah Briana Williams	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Bronze	Shericka Jackson	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 metres
Bronze	Megan Tapper	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze	Ronald Levy	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bronze	Junelle Bromfield Shericka Jackson Roneisha McGregor Janieve Russell Stacey-Ann Williams	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

See also

• List of flag bearers for Jamaica at the Olympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links

• "Jamaica". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
• "Jamaica". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/JAM". olympanalyt.com.