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
	Yohan Blake
Men’s 400m	Akeem Bloomfield
	Demish Gaye
	Nathon Allen
Men’s 110m Hurdles	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 400m Hurdles	Kemar Mowatt
Men’s 4x400m Relay	Akeem Bloomfield Nathon Allen Terry Thomas Demish Gaye Javon Francis
Men’s Long Jump	Tajay Gayle
	Carey McLeod
Men’s Triple Jump	Carey McLeod
Men’s Discus Throw	Fedrick Dacres
	Traves Smikle
	Chad Wright

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 200m	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
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 4x100m Relay	Natalliah Whyte Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jonielle Smith Shericka Jackson Natasha Morrison
Women’s 4x400m Relay	Anastasia Le-Roy Tiffany James Stephanie Ann McPherson Shericka Jackson Roneisha McGregor
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

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x400m Relay	Nathon Allen Roneisha McGregor Tiffany James Javon Francis Janieve Russell

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 3m Springboard	Yona Knight-Wisdom

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Danusia Francis

Swimming

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Alia Atkinson