Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Atlanta
Competitors	46 (27 men and 19 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Juliet Cuthbert
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
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Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Deon Hemmings	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	31 July
Silver	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	27 July
Silver	James Beckford	Athletics	Men's long jump	29 July
Silver	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	1 August
Bronze	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Andria Lloyd (heats) Gillian Russell (heats)	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	3 August
Bronze	Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Greg Haughton Davian Clarke Dennis Blake (heats) Garth Robinson (heats)	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	3 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leon Gordon	100 metres	10.48	46	Did not advance
Michael Green		10.16	6 Q	10.11	8 Q	10.11	8 Q	10.16	7
Ray Stewart		10.38	35 q	10.18	17	Did not advance
Elston Cawley	200 metres	20.73	23 Q	20.75	27	Did not advance
Percival Spencer		20.73	23 Q	20.59	18	Did not advance
Davian Clarke	400 metres	45.54	10 Q	44.98	8 Q	44.87	5 Q	44.99	7
Roxbert Martin		46.01	28 q	44.74	3 Q	44.81	3 Q	44.83	6
Michael McDonald		45.50	9 Q	45.26	13 Q	45.48	12	Did not advance
Alex Morgan	800 metres	1:47.40	30	—	Did not advance
Clive Terrelonge		1:48.29	37	—	Did not advance
Nils Antonio	Marathon	—	2:44:10	104
Robert Foster	110 metres hurdles	13.58	14 Q	13.51	12 Q	13.49	10	Did not advance
Neil Gardner	400 metres hurdles	48.59	6 q	—	48.30	9	Did not advance
Winthrop Graham		DNF		—	Did not advance
Dinsdale Morgan		49.16	21	—	Did not advance
Leon Gordon Michael Green Percival Spencer Ray Stewart	4 × 100 metres relay	39.21	11 Q	—	DQ		Did not advance
Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Greg Haughton Davian Clarke Dennis Blake (heats only) Garth Robinson (heats only)	4 × 100 metres relay	3:02.81	8 Q	—	2:58.42	2 Q	2:59.42

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
James Beckford	Long jump	8.02	10 q	8.29

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juliet Cuthbert	100 metres	11.06	2 Q	11.20	9 Q	11.07	9	Did not advance
Beverly McDonald		12.08	49	Did not advance
Merlene Ottey		11.13	5 Q	11.02	2 Q	10.93	1 Q	10.94
Juliet Cuthbert	200 metres	23.03	13 Q	22.62	7 Q	22.24	4 Q	22.60	7
Beverly McDonald		23.04	14 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Merlene Ottey		22.92	10 Q	22.61	6 Q	22.08	2 Q	22.24
Juliet Campbell	400 metres	51.57	6 Q	51.17	10 Q	51.65	16	Did not advance
Merlene Frazer		52.20	20 Q	51.57	16 Q	51.18	12	Did not advance
Sandie Richards		51.79	10 Q	51.22	11 Q	50.74	7 Q	50.45	7
Inez Turner	800 metres	2:01.48	21	—	Did not advance
Michelle Freeman	100 metres hurdles	12.76	4 Q	12.57	2 Q	12.61	3 Q	12.76	6
Dionne Rose		12.81	5 Q	12.76	7 Q	12.64	6 Q	12.74	5
Gillian Russell		12.85	7 Q	12.78	17	Did not advance
Deon Hemmings	400 metres hurdles	54.70	1 Q	—	52.99 OR	1	52.82 OR
Debbie-Ann Parris		55.64	10 Q	—	54.72	8 Q	53.97	4
Catherine Scott		56.21	20	—	Did not advance
Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Andria Lloyd (heats only) Gillian Russell (heats only)	4 × 100 metres relay	43.36	5 Q	—	42.24
Merlene Frazer Sandie Richards Juliet Campbell Deon Hemmings Tracey Ann Barnes (heats only) Inez Turner (heats only)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:25.33	6 q	—	3:21.69	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lacena Golding	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Diane Guthrie-Gresham		6.27	25	Did not advance
Suzette Lee	Triple jump	13.65	19	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Diane Guthrie-Gresham	Result	14.17	1.80	12.88	25.12	6.57	40.32	2:17.55	6087	16
	Points	954	978	719	876	1030	673	857

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tyson Gray	Featherweight	Chacón (ARG) L 5–6	Did not advance
Sean Black	Light middleweight	Johnson (NOR) L 7–13	Did not advance
Rowan Donaldson	Middleweight	Lebziak (RUS) L 4–20	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Andrew Gooding Joseph Stockhausen	470	27	33	34	34	33	18	33	30	32	34	27	267	33

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sion Brinn	50 m freestyle	23.35	29	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.38	17 FB	50.09	12

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Hyatt	Singles	Yoo (KOR) L 0–2	Ri (PRK) L 0–2	Karakašević (YUG) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Stephen Hylton		Samsonov (BLR) L 0–2	Mazunov (RUS) L 0–2	Prean (GBR) L 0–2	4	Did not advance
Michael Hyatt Stephen Hylton	Doubles	Éloi / Gatien (FRA) L 0–2	Lo / Chan (HKG) L 0–2	Ri / Choi (PRK) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

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