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Jamaican Olympic medal winners

Year Gold SilverBronzeTotal
1948 1 2 --- 3
1952 2 2 ---4
1956--- ---------
1960 --- 2---2
1964 ------------
1968 ------1 1
1972--–1---1
19761 1--- 2
1980--- ---3 3
1984-–-123
1988---2---2
1992---314
199613 ---4
2000---4 ---4
200421 14
200863 211

Gold medal winners

1.Arthur Wint - Men's 400 metres(London 1948)

2.George Rhoden - Men's 100 metres(Helsinki 1952)

3.Leslie Laing,Herb McKenley,George Rhoden,Arthur Wint - Men's 4x400 metres (Helsinki 1952)

4.Donald Quarrie - Men's 200 metres (Montreal 1976)

5.Deon Hemmings - Women's 400 metres hurdles (Atlanta 1996)

6.Veronica Campbell - Women's 200 metres (Athens 2004)

7.Tayna Lawrence, Aileen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Beverley McDonald, Sherone Simpson - Women's 4x100 metres relay (Athens 2004)

8.Usain Bolt - Men's 100 metres (Beijing 2008)

9.Usain Bolt - Men's 200 metres (Beijing 2008)

10.Shelly Ann Fraser - Women's 100 metres (Beijing 2008)

11.Melaine Walker - Women's 400 metres hurdles (Beijing 2008)

12.Veronica Campbell-Brown - Women's 200 metres (Beijing 2008)

13.Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell,Dwight Thomas - Men's 4x100 metres relay

Silver medal winners

1.Herb McKenley - Men's 400 metres (London 1948)

2.Arthur Wint - Men's 800 metres (London 1948)

3.Herb Mckenley - Men's 100 metres (Helsinki)

4.Herb McKenley - Men's 400 metres (Helsinki 1952)

5.Arthur Wint - Men's 800 metres (Helsinki 1952)

6.Lennox Miller - Men's 100 metres (Mexico City 1968)

7.Donald Quarrie - Men's 100 metres (Montreal 1976)

8.Albert Lawrence, Donald Quarrie, Greg Meghoo, Raymond Stewart - Men's 4x100 relay (Los Angeles(1984)

9.Grace Jackson - Women's 200 metres (Seoul 1988)

10.Bert Cameron, Howard Davis, Winthrop Graham, Devon Morris - Men's 4x400 metres (Seoul 1988)

11.Juliet Cuthbert - Women's 100 metres (Barcelona 1992)

12.Juliet Cuthbert - Women's 200 metres (Barcelona 1992)

13.Winthrop Graham - Men's 400 metres hurdles (Barcelona 1992)

14.Merlene Ottey - Women's 100 metres (Atlanta 1996)

15.Merlene Ottey - Women's 200 metres (Atlanta 1996)

16.James Beckford - Men's long jump (Sydney 2000)

17.Deon Hemmings - Women's 400 metres hurdles (Sydney 2000)

18.Lorraine Graham - Women's 400 metres (Sydney 2000)

19.Veronica Campbell,Beverley McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Tayna Lawrence, Merlene Ottey - Women's 4x100 metres (Sydney 2000)

20.Michelle Burgher, Lorraine Graham, Deon Hemmings, Charmaine Howell, Catherine Scott - Women's 4x400 metres (Sydney 2000)

21.Danny McFarlane - Men's 400 metres hurdles (Athens 2004)

22.Sherone Simpson - Women's 100 metres (Beijing 2008)

23.Kerron Stewart - Women's 100 metres (Beijing 2008)

24.Sherika Williams - Women's 400 metres (Beijing 2008)

Bronze medal winners

1.Lennox Miller - Men's 100 metres (Munich 1972)

2.Donald Quarrie - Men's 100 metres (Moscow 1980)

3.Merlene Ottey - Women's 100 metres (Moscow 1980)

4.David Weller - 1 km cycling (Moscow 1980)

5.Merlene Ottey - Women's 100 metres (Los Angeles 1984)

6.Merlene Ottey - Women's 200 metres (Los Angeles 1984)

7.Merlene Ottey - Women's 200 metres (Barcelona 1992)

8.Juliet Cuthbert, Michelle Freeman, Andrea Lloyd, Nickole Mitchell, Merlene Ottey, Gillian Russell - Women's 4x100 (Atlanta 1996)

9.Dennis Blake, Davian Clarke, Greg Haughton, Roxbert Martin, Michael McDonald, Garth Robinson - Men's 4x400 (Atlanta 1996)

10.Tayna Lawrence - Women's 100 metres (Sydney 2000)

11.Greg Haughton - Men's 400 metres (Sydney 2000)

12.Sanjay Ayre, Michael Blackwood, Greg Haughton, Michael McDonald, Danny McFarlane, Christopher Williams - Men's 4x400 metres (Sydney 2000)

13.Veronica Campbell - Women's 100 metres (Athens 2004)

14.Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards, Ronetta Smith, Novlene Williams - Women's 4x400 metres (Athens 2004)

15.Kerron Stewart - Women's 200 metres (Beijing 2008)

16.Bobby Gaye-Wilkins, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Wiliams, Novlene Williams - Women's 4x400 metres (Beijing 2008)

Fast facts

  • Herb McKenley(1922-2007) is the only Olympic athlete to make the finals of the 100, 200 and 400 metre events. He medalled in the 100 and 200 and came fourth in the 200.

  • Lennox Miller (1946-2004) and his daughter Inga Miller(U.S. 4x100 gold medallist), are the first father daughter to win Olympic medals.

  • Donald Quarrie is the first Jamaican to win the 200 metres.

  • Merlene Ottey is the first female from the English speaking Caribbean to win an Olympic medal and at age 40 in Sydney was the oldest track medalist ever. In 2008, she failed by 0.028 seconds to make the Slovenia Olynpic team.

  • David Weller is the only non-track and field Jamaican medal winner.

  • Deon Hemmings is the first female athlete from the English-speaking Caribbean to win an Olympic gold medal.

  • James Beckford is the only Jamaican to win a medal in the long jump.

  • Veronica Campbell-Brown is the first Jamaican female to win the 200 metres. She is also the only the second athlete to win back to back 200 metres Olympic titles.

  • Usain Bolt became the first man to win all three sprint events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984. He was also the first man in history to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. He was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres heats at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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