History

Jamaica made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1948 and has competed ever since with the exception of 1960 where it competed as the British West Indies with other Caribbean nations. The nation sends a medium sized delegation of around 3-5 dozen athletes since 1984. The overwhelming majority of the Jamaican team competes in athletics, but other sports commonly seen throughout its history are boxing, cycling and swimming.

Jamaica has won at least one medal in most Olympics with the exceptions being in 1956 and 1964. In total they have won 77 medals with all, but one coming in athletics, the other was in cycling. Jamaica’s most successful athlete in terms of number of medals was sprinter Merlene Ottey whom won three silver and six bronze medals between 1980 and 2000 in the women’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. The most successful athlete in terms of gold medals is Usain Bolt whom won eight gold medals in the men’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay across three Olympics (2008-2016). In 2016 Jamaica won 11 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m	Andre Ewers
	Rasheed Dwyer
Men’s 400m	Akeem Bloomfield
	Demish Gaye
	Nathon Allen
Men’s 110m Hurdles	Omar McLeod
	Ronald Levy
	Orlando Bennett
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Kemar Mowatt
Men’s Long Jump	Tajay Gayle
Men’s Discus Throw	Fedrick Dacres
	Traves Smikle

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 200m	Elaine Thompson
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Preyce
	Janeek Brown
Women’s 400m	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 800m	Natoya Goule
Women’s 5000m	Aisha Praught-Leer
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s Long Jump	Tissanna Hickling
Women’s Triple Jump	Shanieka Ricketts
	Kimberly Williams
Women’s Shot Put	Danniel Thomas-Dodd
Women’s Discus Throw	Shadae Lawrence