Jamaica made its Paralympic Games début at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. It competed again in 1972, was absent in 1976, returned in 1980, and has competed at every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. Jamaica has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.Jamaica at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Jamaican competitors have won a total of 55 Paralympic medals: 21 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze. This puts it in 52ndz place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Jamaica's success has declined sharply over the years, from a peak of 8 gold medals, 3 silver and 7 bronze in 1972, to just 1 bronze in 2008. Jamaica's gold medallists are Baracatt (full name not recorded; women's precision javelin, 1968); Excell (full name not recorded; men's club throw, 1968); Meikle (full name not recorded; women's 50m breaststroke, 1968); Patrick Reid (men's discus and pentathlon, men's 25m breaststroke, 1972); Rohne (full name not recorded; women's 60m wheelchair race, 1972); Leone Williams (women's discus, 1972; women's discus and shot put, 1980); Nella McPherson (women's 3x25m medley and 50m breaststroke, 1972); Pearson (full name not recorded; men's featherweight (weightlifting), 1972); Henriette Davis (women's shot put, 1980); Davis Jeffreson (men's javelin, 1980); Sarah Newland (women's 100m race, women's 100m breaststroke, 1980); Minette Wilson (women's club throw, 1980; women's javelin, 1988); and Alphanso Cunningham (men's discus, 2004).Jamaica at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Medal tally EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking1968 Summer Paralympics 3 1 1 5 14th1972 Summer Paralympics 8 3 4 15 10th1976 Summer Paralympics did not compete1980 Summer Paralympics 7 7 5 19 18th1984 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -1988 Summer Paralympics 1 4 3 8 33rd1992 Summer Paralympics 0 1 2 3 47th1996 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -2000 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -2004 Summer Paralympics 1 0 1 2 53rd2008 Summer Paralympics 0 0 1 1 69th2012 Summer Paralympics 1 0 0 1 52nd2016 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -2020 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -2024 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 - Total 21 16 18 55 51
Medalists Medal Name Games Sport Event Vincent Excell 1968 Tel Aviv Athletics Men's precision javelin throw open Baracatt 1968 Tel Aviv Athletics Women's precision javelin throw open Constance Meikle 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke class 4 incomplete Constance Meikle 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming Women's 50m freestyle class 4 incomplete Hall 1968 Tel Aviv Weightlifting Men's lightweight Patrick Reid 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Men's discus throw 1B Patrick Reid 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Men's pentathlon 1B Eloise Rhone 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Women's 60m wheelchair 5 Leone Williams 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Women's discus throw 5 Patrick Reid 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke 1B Nella McPherson 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke 3 Nella McPherson 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 75m individual medley 3 Desmond Pearson 1972 Heidelberg Weightlifting Men's featherweight Leone Williams 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 100m backstroke 6 Delores Mullings 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 25m breaststroke 2 Lewis Nella McPherson Rhone Leone Williams 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Women's 4x40m wheelchair relay open Patrick Reid 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Men's 25m backstroke 1B Nella McPherson 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 50m backstroke 3 Delores Mullings 1972 Heidelberg Swimming Women's 75m individual medley 2 Jefferson Davis 1980 Arnhem Athletics Men's javelin throw 3 Sarah Newland 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's 100m D1 Minette Wilson 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's club throw 1B Leone Williams 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's discus throw 5 Henriette Davis 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's shot put 4 Leone Williams 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's shot put 5 Sarah Newland 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke D1 Quida White 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's discus throw 3 Henriette Davis 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's javelin throw 4 Leone Williams 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's javelin throw 5 Nella McPherson 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's slalom 3 Nella McPherson 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's 50m backstroke 3 Nella McPherson 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke 3 Sarah Newland 1980 Arnhem Swimming Women's 3x50m individual medley D1 Norman Burke 1980 Arnhem Athletics Men's javelin throw D1 Norman Burke 1980 Arnhem Athletics Men's shot put D1 Patrick Reid 1980 Arnhem Athletics Men's pentathlon 1C Minette Wilson 1980 Arnhem Athletics Women's shot put 1B Minette Wilson 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's javelin throw 1B Jefferson Davis 1988 Seoul Athletics Men's javelin throw 4 Sylvia Grant 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's discus throw 5 Sylvia Grant 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's javelin throw 5 Sylvia Grant 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's pentathlon 5-6 Minette Wilson 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's discus throw 1B Henriette Davis 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's javelin throw 4 Minette Wilson 1988 Seoul Athletics Women's shot put 1B Sylvia Grant 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's javelin throw THW7 Jefferson Davis 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's javelin throw THW6 Sylvia Grant 1992 Barcelona Athletics Women's discus throw THW7 Alphanso Cunningham 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw F53 Tanto Campbell 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw F56 Tanto Campbell 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's discus throw F55/56 Alphanso Cunningham 2012 London Athletics Men's javelin throw F52-53
See also Jamaica at the Olympics
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