List of Olympic medalists from Jamaica

JAM

The Jamaica Olympic Association was founded in 1936 . Athletes from Jamaica have been taking part in the Olympic Games since 1948. In 1960 the Jamaicans started for the West Indian Federation team .

Medals balance

So far, athletes from Jamaica have won 78 Olympic medals (22 gold, 35 silver and 21 bronze). 66 of the medals were won in track and field, 63 of them in sprint and hurdles disciplines, two in the 800-meter run and one in the long jump .

In 2008, two silver medals were awarded in the women's 100 meter final, as Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart crossed the finish line at the same time.

Jamaica at the Summer Olympics							Jamaica at the Winter Olympics
year	gold	silver	bronze	total	rank	year	gold	silver	bronze	total	rank
1948	1	2	0	3	20th	1948	-	-	-	-	-
1952	2	3	0	5	13	1952	-	-	-	-	-
1956	0	0	0	0		1956	-	-	-	-	-
1960	-	-	-	-	-	1960	-	-	-	-	-
1964	0	0	0	0		1964	-	-	-	-	-
1968	0	1	0	1	39	1968	-	-	-	-	-
1972	0	0	1	1	43	1972	-	-	-	-	-
1976	1	1	0	2	21st	1976	-	-	-	-	-
1980	0	0	3	3	34	1980	-	-	-	-	-
1984	0	1	2	3	28	1984	-	-	-	-	-
1988	0	2	0	2	34	1988	0	0	0	0
1992	0	3	1	4th	38	1992	0	0	0	0
1996	1	3	2	6th	39	1994	0	0	0	0
2000	0	6th	3	9	53	1998	0	0	0	0
2004	2	1	2	5	34	2002	0	0	0	0
2008	5	4th	2	11	14th	2006	-	-	-	-	-
2012	4th	5	3	12	18th	2010	0	0	0	0
2016	6th	3	2	11		2014	0	0	0	0
2020	-	-	-	-	-	2018	0	0	0	0
total	22nd	35	21st	78		total	0	0	0	0
						Ges. S + W	22nd	35	21st	78

Medalist

Individual athletes

• Nathon Allen - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Nickel Ashmeade - Athletics (1-0-0)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• James Beckford - Athletics (0-1-0)

  Athens 1996 : silver, long jump

• Yohan Blake - Athletics (2-2-0)

  London 2012 : silver, 100 m

  London 2012 : silver, 200 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Usain Bolt - Athletics (8-0-0)

  Beijing 2008 : gold, 100 m

  Beijing 2008 : gold, 200 m

  London 2012 : gold, 100 m

  London 2012 : gold, 200 m

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : Gold, 100 m

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : gold, 200 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Aaron Brown - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Veronica Campbell-Brown - Athletics (3-3-2)

  Athens 2004 : bronze, 100 m

  Athens 2004 : gold, 200 m

  Beijing 2008 : gold, 200 m

  London 2012 : bronze, 100 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2004 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Juliet Cuthbert - Athletics (0-2-1)

  Barcelona 1992 : silver, 100 m

  Barcelona 1992 : silver, 200 m

  a bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m relay in 1996 (see sub-item team)

• Fitzroy Dunkley - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Lorraine Graham - Athletics (0-2-0)

  Sydney 2000 : silver, 400 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

• Javon Francis - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Athletics (2-3-1)

  Beijing 2008 : gold, 100 m

  London 2012 : gold, 100 m

  London 2012 : silver, 200 m

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : bronze, 100 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Winthrop Graham - Athletics (0-2-0)

  Barcelona 1992 : silver, 400 m hurdles

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay in 1988 (see sub-item team)

• Chelsea Hammond - Athletics (0-1-0)

  Barcelona 1992 : silver, long jump

• Greg Haughton - Athletics (0-1-2)

  Sydney 2000 : bronze, 400 m

  a bronze medal with the 4 × 400 m relay in 1996 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

• Deon Hemmings - Athletics (1-2-0)

  Atlanta 1996 : Gold, 400m hurdles

  Sydney 2000 : silver, 400 m hurdles

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

• Grace Jackson - Athletics (0-1-0)

  Seoul 1988 : silver, 200 m

• Shericka Jackson - Athletics (0-0-1)

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : bronze, 400 m

• Tayna Lawrence - Athletics (1-2-0)

  Sydney 2000 : silver, 100 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2004 (see sub-item team)

• Peter Matthews - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Beverly McDonald - Athletics (1-1-1)

  Sydney 2000 : bronze, 200 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2004 (see sub-item team)

• Danny McFarlane - Athletics (0-2-0)

  Athens 2004 : silver, 400 m hurdles

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

• Herb McKenley - Athletics (1-3-0)

  London 1948 : silver, 400 m

  Helsinki 1952 : silver, 100 m

  Helsinki 1952 : silver, 400 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 400 m relay in 1952 (see sub-item team)

• Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Omar McLeod - Athletics (1-0-0)

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : silver, 110 m hurdles, men

• Stephanie McPherson - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Lennox Miller - Athletics (0-1-1)

  Mexico City 1968 : silver, 100 m

  Munich 1972 : bronze, 100 m

• Merlene Ottey - Athletics (0-3-6)

  Moscow 1980 : bronze, 200 m

  Los Angeles 1984 : bronze, 100 m

  Los Angeles 1984 : bronze, 200 m

  Barcelona 1992 : bronze, 200 m

  Atlanta 1996 : silver, 100 m

  Atlanta 1996 : silver, 200 m

  Sydney 2000 : bronze, 100 m

  a bronze medal with the 4 × 100 m relay in 1996 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2000 (see sub-item team)

• Hansle Parchment - Athletics (0-0-1)

  London 2012 : bronze, 110 m hurdles

• Asafa Powell - Athletics (1-0-0)

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Donald Quarrie - Athletics (1-2-1)

  Montreal 1976 : gold, 200 m

  Montreal 1976 : silver, 100 m

  Moscow 1980 : bronze, 200 m

  a silver medal in 1984 with the 4 × 100 m relay (see sub-item team)

• George Rhoden - Athletics (2-0-0)

  Helsinki 1952 : gold, 400 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 400 m relay in 1952 (see sub-item team)

• Sherone Simpson - Athletics (1-2-0)

  Beijing 2008 : silver, 100 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2004 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

• Kerron Stewart - Athletics (0-2-0)

  Beijing 2008 : silver, 100 m

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

• Elaine Thompson - Athletics (2-1-0)

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : gold, 100 m, women

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : gold, 200 m, women

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Melaine Walker - Athletics (1-0-0)

  Beijing 2008 : gold, 400 m hurdles

• Warren Weir - Athletics (0-0-1)

  London 2012 : bronze, 200 m

• David Weller - Cycling (0-0-1)

  Moscow 1980 : bronze, 1000 m time trial men

• Christania Williams - Athletics (0-1-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 100 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Novlene Williams-Mills - Athletics (0-2-0)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Shericka Williams - Athletics (0-2-2)

  Beijing 2008 : silver, 400 m

  a bronze medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2008 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2012 (see sub-item team)

  a silver medal with the 4 × 400 m relay 2016 (see sub-item team)

• Arthur Wint - Athletics (2-2-0)

  London 1948 : gold, 400 m

  London 1948 : silver, 800 m

  Helsinki 1952 : silver, 800 m

  a gold medal with the 4 × 400 m relay in 1952 (see sub-item team)

Team sports

• athletics

  Helsinki 1952 : Gold, 4 × 400 m relay ( Arthur Wint , Leslie Laing , Herb McKenley , George Rhoden )

  Los Angeles 1984 : Silver, 4 × 100 m relay ( Albert Lawrence , Greg Meghoo , Donald Quarrie , Raymond Stewart )

  Seoul 1988 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Howard Davis , Devon Morris , Winthrop Graham , Bert Cameron )

  Atlanta 1996 : Bronze, 4 × 100 m relay ( Michelle Freeman , Juliet Cuthbert , Nikole Mitchell , Merlene Ottey , Gillian Russell , Andrea Lloyd )

  Atlanta 1996 : Bronze, 4 × 400 m relay ( Greg Haughton , Michael McDonald , Roxbert Martin , Davian Clarke , Dennis Blake , Garth Robinson )

  Sydney 2000 : Silver, 4 × 100 m relay ( Merlene Frazer , Tayna Lawrence , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald , Merlene Ottey )

  Sydney 2000 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Deon Hemmings , Lorraine Graham , Charmaine Howell , Michelle Burgher )

  Sydney 2000 : Bronze, 4 × 400 m relay ( Michael Blackwood , Greg Haughton , Christopher Williams , Danny McFarlane , Sanjay Ayre , Michael McDonald )

  Athens 2004 : Gold, 4 × 100 m relay ( Tayna Lawrence , Sherone Simpson , Aleen Bailey , Veronica Campbell , Beverly McDonald )

  Athens 2004 : bronze, 4 × 400 m relay ( Ronetta Smith , Novlene Williams-Mills , Nadia Davy , Sandie Richards , Michelle Burgher )

  Beijing 2008 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Shericka Williams , Shereefa Lloyd , Rosemarie Whyte , Novlene Williams-Mills , Bobby-Gaye Wilkins )

  London 2012 : Gold, 4 × 100 m relay ( Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt , Kemar Bailey-Cole )

  London 2012 : Silver, 4 × 100 m relay ( Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Sherone Simpson , Veronica Campbell-Brown , Kerron Stewart , Samantha Henry-Robinson , Schillonie Calvert )

  London 2012 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Christine Day , Rosemarie Whyte , Shericka Williams , Novlene Williams-Mills , Shereefa Lloyd )

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : Gold, 4 × 100 m relay ( Asafa Powell , Nickel Ashmeade , Yohan Blake , Usain Bolt )

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Nathon Allen , Fitzroy Dunkley , Javon Francis , Peter Matthews )

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : Silver, 4 × 100 m relay ( Christania Williams , Elaine Thompson , Veronica Campbell-Brown , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce )

  Rio de Janeiro 2016 : Silver, 4 × 400 m relay ( Shericka Jackson , Stephanie McPherson , Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby , Novlene Williams-Mills )