Jamaica at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics explained

Iaaf:	JAM
Year:	2015
Games:	World Championships in Athletics
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	50
Gold:	7
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Rank:	2
Previous:	2013
Next:	2017

Jamaica competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
			23 August
			24 August
			27 August
			28 August
			29 August
			29 August
			30 August
			28 August
			28 August
			23 August
			27 August
			28 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left	Nickel Ashmeade	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	100 metres	10.19	2 Q	10.06	6	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Usain Bolt	9.96	1 Q	9.96	1 Q	9.79 SB
style=text-align:left	Asafa Powell	9.95	1 Q	9.97	2 Q	10.00	7
style=text-align:left	Nickel Ashmeade	style=text-align:left rowspan=4	200 metres	20.40	3 Q	20.19	2 Q	20.33	8
style=text-align:left	Usain Bolt	20.28	1 Q	19.95 SB	1 Q	19.55 WL
style=text-align:left	Julian Forte	20.16	2 Q	20.57	8	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Warren Weir	20.24 SB	2 Q	20.43	7	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Javon Francis	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	400 metres	44.83	2 Q	44.77	4	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Peter Matthews	44.69 PB	4 q	45.42	8	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Rusheen McDonald	43.93 NR	2 Q	44.86	6	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Kemoy Campbell	style=text-align:left	5000 metres	14:00.55	15	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Omar McLeod	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	110 metres hurdles	13.43	2 Q	13.14	2 Q	13.18	6
style=text-align:left	Hansle Parchment	13.33	1 Q	13.16	2 Q	13.03 SB
style=text-align:left	Andrew Riley	13.43	2 Q	13.43	5	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Roxroy Cato	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	400 metres hurdles	49.47	6	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Leford Green	49.33	5 q	49.59	6	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Annsert Whyte	49.10	4 Q	48.90 SB	7	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer	style=text-align:left	4 × 100 metres relay	37.41 SB	1 Q	37.36 WL
style=text-align:left	Peter Matthews Ricardo Chambers Rusheen McDonald Javon Francis Dane Hyatt	style=text-align:left	4 × 400 metres relay	2:58.69 SB	3 Q	2:58.51 SB	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
style=text-align:left	Damar Forbes	style=text-align:left	Long jump	7.62	26	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	O'Dayne Richards	style=text-align:left	Shot put	20.55	6	21.69 =NR
style=text-align:left	Fedrick Dacres	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	Discus throw	65.77	1 Q	64.22	7
style=text-align:left	Jason Morgan	60.85	22	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Chad Wright	61.53	17	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
style=text-align:left	Veronica Campbell-Brown	style=text-align:left rowspan=4	100 metres	11.04	2 Q	10.89 SB	2 Q	10.91	4
style=text-align:left	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	10.88	1 Q	10.82	1 Q	10.76
style=text-align:left	Natasha Morrison	11.08	2 Q	10.96 PB	3 q	11.02	7
style=text-align:left	Sherone Simpson	11.22	3 Q	11.06	4	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Veronica Campbell-Brown	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	200 metres	22.79	1 Q	22.47 SB	3 q	21.97 SB
style=text-align:left	Sherone Simpson	22.52 SB	2 Q	22.53	2 Q	22.50 SB	8
style=text-align:left	Elaine Thompson	22.78	1 Q	22.13	1 Q	21.66 PB
style=text-align:left	Christine Day	style=text-align:left rowspan=4	400 metres	50.58	1 Q	50.82	2 Q	50.14 PB	4
style=text-align:left	Shericka Jackson	50.41	2 Q	50.03 PB	2 Q	49.99 PB
style=text-align:left	Stephenie Ann McPherson	50.34 SB	1 Q	50.32 SB	2 Q	50.42	5
style=text-align:left	Novlene Williams-Mills	51.07 SB	2 Q	50.47 SB	3 q	50.47 SB	6
style=text-align:left	Simoya Campbell	style=text-align:left rowspan=2	800 metres	2:01.43	5	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Natoya Goule	2:02.37	4	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Kimberly Laing	style=text-align:left rowspan=3	100 metres hurdles	13.10	6 q	13.00	5	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Danielle Williams	12.77	1 Q	12.58 PB	1 Q	12.57 PB
style=text-align:left	Shermaine Williams	12.78 PB	2 Q	12.86	2 Q	12.95	7
style=text-align:left	Janieve Russell	style=text-align:left rowspan=4	400 metres hurdles	55.09	1 Q	54.78 SB	2 Q	54.64 PB	5
style=text-align:left	Kaliese Spencer	55.03	1 Q	54.45	2 Q	55.47	8
style=text-align:left	Shevon Stoddart	56.60	5	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Ristananna Tracey	57.60	7	Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Aisha Praught	style=text-align:left	3000 metres steeplechase	DQ		Did not advance
style=text-align:left	Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	style=text-align:left	4 × 100 metres relay	41.84 WL	1 Q	41.07 CR, WL, NR
style=text-align:left	Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Chrisann Gordon Anastasia Le-Roy	style=text-align:left	4 × 400 metres relay	3:23.62	2 Q	3:19.13 WL

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
style=text-align:left	Shanieka Thomas	style=text-align:left rowspan=2	Triple jump	14.05	8 q	14.08	11
style=text-align:left	Kimberly Williams	14.23	6 q	14.45 SB	5
style=text-align:left	Danniel Thomas	style=text-align:left	Shot put	16.62	22	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event								Final	Rank
Salcia Slack	Result	13.98	1.62 SB	13.53	24.73	5.54	36.11	DNS	DNF
Points	981	759	763	912	712	593

Sources

• Jamaican team