2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Jamaica)

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Jamaica took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with 50 athletes in four sports.

Since 1948 it was the 15th participation of a Jamaican team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown carried the Jamaican flag during the opening ceremony in the National Stadium .

Medals

With five won gold, four silver and two bronze medals, the Jamaican team finished 15th in the medals table .

Medalist

The most successful athlete in Jamaica was the sprinter Usain Bolt : he won three gold medals.

gold

Usain Bolt after the final in the 100-meter run

Name / s	sport	competition
Usain Bolt	athletics	Men 100 meters
Shelly-Ann Fraser	athletics	Women 100 meters
Usain Bolt	athletics	Men 200 meters
Melaine Walker	athletics	Women 400 meter hurdles
Veronica Campbell-Brown	athletics	Women 200 meters
Usain Bolt , Michael Frater , Nesta Carter & Asafa Powell	athletics	Relay men 4 × 100 meters

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Sherone Simpson	athletics	Women 100 meters
Kerron Stewart	athletics	Women 100 meters
Shericka Williams	athletics	Women 400 meters

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Kerron Stewart	athletics	Women 200 meters
Shericka Williams , Shereefa Lloyd , Rosemarie Whyte & Novlene Williams-Mills	athletics	Relay women 4 × 400 meters

Attendees

The youngest participant in Jamaica was the swimmer Natasha Moodie at 17 years and 312 days , the oldest participant the rider Samantha Albert (37 years and 71 days).

Participants by sport

athletics

• Usain Bolt (gold in both disciplines) (gold )

  100m & 200m, men

• Michael Frater

  100 m, men

• Asafa Powell (gold )

  100 m, men

• Kerron Stewart (silver )

  100 m, women

• Shelly-Ann Fraser (Gold )

  100 m, women

• Sherone Simpson (silver over 100 m)

  100 m & 200 m, women

• Marvin Anderson

  200 m, men

• Christopher Williams

  200 m, men

• Veronica Campbell-Brown (Gold )

  200 m, women

• Kerron Stewart (bronze )

  200 m, women

• Brigitte Foster-Hylton

  100 m hurdles

• Delloreen Ennis-London

  100 m hurdles

• Vonette Dixon

  100 m hurdles

• Richard Phillips

  110 m hurdles

• Decosmo Wright

  110 m hurdles

• Maurice Wignall

  110 m hurdles

• Michael Blackwood

  400 m, men

• Ricardo Chambers

  400 m, men

• Sanjay Ayre

  400 m, men

• Rosemarie Whyte (bronze )

  400 m, women

• Novlene Williams-Mills (Bronze )

  400 m, women

• Shericka Williams (Silver ) (Bronze )

  400 m, women

• Isa Phillips

  400 m hurdles, men

• Danny McFarlane

  400 m hurdles, men

• Markino Buckley

  400 m hurdles, men

• Melaine Walker (Gold )

  400 m hurdles, women

• Nickiesha Wilson

  400 m hurdles, women

• Shevon Stoddart

  400 m hurdles, women

• Aldwyn Sappleton

  800 m, men

• Kenya Sinclair

  800 m, women

• Korene Hinds

  3000 m obstacle, women

• Mardrea Hyman

  3000 m obstacle, women

• Trecia Smith

  Triple jump, women

• Maurice Smith

  Decathlon

• Olivia McKoy

  Javelin throw women

Cycling

• Ricardo Lynch

  Keirin, gentlemen

horse riding

• Samantha Albert

  versatility

swim

• Jevon Atkinson

  50 m freestyle, men

• Alia Atkinson

  200 m chest, women

• Natasha Moodie

  50 m freestyle, women

Web links

• Jamaica at the Olympic Summer Games 2008 on www.sports-reference.com ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics at www.sports-reference.com ( English ), accessed on August 15, 2017