Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	JAM
Nocname:	Jamaica Olympic Association
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	46 (27 men and 19 women)
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Juliet Cuthbert
Rank:	39
Gold:	1
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1960)

Jamaica competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				31 July
				27 July
				29 July
				1 August
	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Andria Lloyd (heats) Gillian Russell (heats)			3 August
	Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Greg Haughton Davian Clarke Dennis Blake (heats) Garth Robinson (heats)			3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	19	19	38
Boxing	3	–	3
Sailing	2	0	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	0	2
Total	27	19	46

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

• Michael Green
• Ray Stewart
• Leon Gordon

Men's 200 metres

• Percy Spencer
• Elston Cawley

Men's 400 metres

• Roxbert Martin
• Davian Clarke
• Michael McDonald

Men's 800 metres

• Alex Morgan
• Clive Terrelonge

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Michael McDonald, Dennis Blake, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, and Davian Clarke

• Heat - 3:02.81

• Semi Final - 2:58.42

• Final - 2:59.42 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Neil Gardner

• Heat - 48.59s

• Semifinal - 48.30s (→ did not advance)
• Dinsdale Morgan

• Heat - 49.16s (→ did not advance)
• Winthrop Graham

• Heat - did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Antonio Nils - 2:44.10 (→ 104th place)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay

• Merlene Frazer, Sandie Richards, Juliet Campbell, and Deon Hemmings

• Qualification - 3:25.33

• Final - 3:21.69 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Deon Hemmings

• Qualification - 54.70

• Semifinals - 52.99

• Final - 52.82 (→ Gold Medal)
• Debbie Parris

• Qualification - 55.64

• Semifinals - 54.72

• Final - 53.97 (→ 4th place)
• Catherine Scott-Pomales

• Qualification - 56.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Diane Guthrie-Gresham

• Qualification - 6.27m (→ did not advance)
• Lacena Golding

• Qualification - NM (→ did not advance)
• Dionne Rose

• Qualification - DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Suzette Lee

• Qualification - 13.65m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Diane Guthrie-Gresham

• Final Result - 6087 points (→ 16th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Featherweight ( - 57 kg)

• Tyson Gray

• First Round - Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 5-6

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Sean Black

• First Round - Lost to Jørn Johnson (Norway), 7-13

Men's Middleweight ( - 75 kg)

• Rowan Donaldson

• First Round - Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's Two Person Dinghy

• Andrew Gooding
• Joseph Stockhausen

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn

• Heat  - 23.35 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn

• Heat  - 50.38

• B-Finals  - 50.09 (→ 12th place)

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's singles

• Michael Hyatt
• Stephen Hylton

Men's doubles

• Michael Hyatt
• Stephen Hylton

See also

• Jamaica at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Jamaica at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Jamaica at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/JAM/editions/24 Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics