| Iaaf: | JAM |
| Fedname: | Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Gold: | 7 |
| Silver: | 4 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Previous: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2011 |
Jamaica competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 46 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad had a number of medal hopes for the sprinting events, including Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, and Michael Frater in the men's and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, and Shelly-Ann Fraser in the women's. Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker competed in the 400 metres hurdles and 2007 World Championship silver medallists Maurice Smith, Shericka Williams, and Novlene Williams-Mills also feature.[1]
The Jamaican team suffered a number of setbacks before the event: five of the selected athletes (Yohan Blake, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks) tested positive for the stimulant methylxanthine, although it is unclear whether they will be banned from competition.[2] In a separate incident, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association threatened the five athletes in Stephen Francis' Maximising Velocity Power Track Club with deselection after they failed to attend a mandatory training camp in Berlin. The athletes (Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Melaine Walker, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Shericka Williams) were eventually cleared for competition following the personal intervention of IAAF president Lamine Diack.[3]
| Event | Athletes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | ||
| Long jump | Alain Bailey Nicholas Gordon | Jovanee Jarrett | |
| Triple jump | Julian Reid | Trecia Smith Kimberly Williams | |
| Shot put | Dorian Scott | ||
| Decathlon | Maurice Smith | — | |