Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	JAM
Nocname:	Jamaica Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	45 (31 men and 14 women)
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Bert Cameron
Rank:	28
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1960)

Jamaica competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics (for the tenth time) in Los Angeles, United States. 45 competitors, 31 men and 14 women, took part in 35 events in 5 sports.^[1]

Medalists

See main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	(*)			11 August
				5 August
				9 August

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 400 metres

• Heat - 46.14

• Quarterfinals - 45.15

• Semifinals - 45.10 (→ advanced to final did not run due to injury)

• Heat - 45.80

• Quarterfinals - 46.14 (→ did not advance)

• Heat - 46.73

• Quarterfinals - 46.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Derick Adamson - 2:25:02 (→ 52nd place)

Men's High Jump

• Desmond Morris

• Qualification - 2.15m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Sandra Farmer

• Heat - 57.06

• Semifinal - 56.05

• Final - 57.15 (→ 8th place)

• Heat - 58.42 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Dorothy Scott

• Qualification - 6.47 m

• Final - 6.40 m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Qualification - 49.00m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists represented Jamaica in 1984.

Individual road race

• Arthur Tenn
• Lorenzo Murdock

Sprint

• Ian Stanley

1000m time trial

• David Weller

Points race

• Peter Aldridge
• Ian Stanley

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Deryck Marks

• Heat - 54.63 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
• Gordon Scarlett

• Heat - 55.34 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Allan Marsh

• Heat - 1:00.04 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Allan Marsh

• Heat - 2:11.57 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Allan Marsh

• Heat - 57.69 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
• Deryck Marks

• Heat - 1:00.57 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Andrew Phillips

• Heat - 2:06.43

• Final - 2:05.60 (→ 6th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Andrew Phillips

• Heat - 4:29.43

• B-Final - 4:27.98 (→ 10th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, Allan Marsh, and Gordon Scarlett

• Heat - 3:34.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Allan Marsh, Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, and Gordon Scarlett

• Heat - 4:05.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Games . 18 May 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150523051418/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JAM/summer/1984/ . 23 May 2015 .