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.
Jamaican athletes have won a total of 94 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but eight of those in the individual and relay sprint events. A July 2024 analysis by The Economist, covering Summer Olympics since 2000, ranked Jamaica first in the world for Olympic medals won relative to GDP.
The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the Jamaica Olympic Association, and was founded in 1936.
Timeline of participation
Olympic Year/s Teams 1948–1956 1960 1964 1968–present
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 13 1 2 0 3 20 8 2 3 0 5 13 6 0 0 0 0 – as part of the 21 0 0 0 0 – 25 0 1 0 1 39 33 0 0 1 1 43 20 1 1 0 2 21 18 0 0 3 3 34 45 0 1 2 3 28 35 0 2 0 2 34 36 0 3 1 4 38 46 1 3 2 6 39 45 0 6 3 9 54 47 2 1 2 5 35 50 5 4 2 11 15 50 4 5 4 13 18 56 6 3 2 11 16 48 4 1 4 9 21 58 1 3 2 6 44 future event Total 27 39 28 94 38
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 4 0 0 0 0 – 5 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – did not participate 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport SportsTotalRank 27 39 27 93 8 0 0 1 1 45 Total 27 39 28 94 38
List of medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Men's 400 metres Leslie LaingHerb McKenleyGeorge Rhoden Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Cycling Men's 1 km time trial Greg MeghooDon QuarrieRay Stewart Athletics Men's 4×100 metres relay Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Devon MorrisWinthrop GrahamBert Cameron Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Men's long jump Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Michael McDonaldRoxbert MartinDavian ClarkeDennis BlakeGarth Robinson Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay Juliet CuthbertNikole MitchellMerlene OtteyGillian RussellAndria Lloyd Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay Greg HaughtonChristopher WilliamsDanny McFarlaneSanjay AyreMichael McDonald Athletics Men's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Tayna LawrenceVeronica Campbell-BrownBeverly McDonaldMerlene Ottey Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay Catherine ScottDeon HemmingsLorraine GrahamCharmaine HowellMichelle Burgher Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Sherone SimpsonAleen BaileyVeronica Campbell-BrownBeverly McDonald Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Women's 100 metres Novlene WilliamsNadia DavySandie RichardsMichelle Burgher Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres Shereefa LloydRosemarie WhyteNovlene Williams Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's long jump Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Athletics Women's 100 metres Kemar Bailey-ColeYohan BlakeUsain BoltNesta CarterMichael Frater Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Athletics Women's 200 metres Veronica Campbell-BrownShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceSherone SimpsonKerron Stewart Athletics Women's 4×100 metres relay Christine DayShereefa LloydRosemarie WhyteShericka WilliamsNovlene Williams-Mills Athletics Women's 4×400 metres relay Athletics Men's 200 metres Hansle Parchment Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Athletics Women's 100 metres Kaliese Spencer Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 200 metres Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Asafa PowellYohan BlakeNickel AshmeadeUsain BoltKemar Bailey-ColeJevaughn Minzie Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay Christania WilliamsElaine ThompsonVeronica Campbell-BrownShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceSimone Facey*Shashalee Forbes* Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay Stephenie Ann McPhersonAnneisha McLaughlin-WhilbyShericka JacksonNovlene Williams-MillsChristine Day*Chrisann Gordon* Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay Nathon AllenFitzroy DunkleyJavon FrancisPeter MatthewsRusheen McDonald* Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay Athletics Women's 100 metres Athletics Women's 400 metres Elaine Thompson Herah Athletics Women's 100 metres Elaine Thompson Herah Athletics Women's 200 metres Hansle Parchment Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Remona BurchellShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceShericka JacksonNatasha MorrisonElaine Thompson-HerahBriana Williams Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Athletics Women's 100 metres Shericka Jackson Athletics Women's 100 metres Megan Tapper Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles Ronald Levy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Junelle BromfieldShericka JacksonRoneisha McGregorJanieve RussellStacey-Ann Williams Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Rojé Stona Athletics Men's discus throw Shanieka Ricketts Athletics Women's triple jump Kishane Thompson Athletics Men's 100 m Wayne Pinnock Athletics Men's long jump Rajindra Campbell Athletics Men's shot put Rasheed Broadbell Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles
See also List of flag bearers for Jamaica at the Olympics Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics British West Indies at the Olympics former
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