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Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JAM

Competitors
  
20 (11 men, 9 women)

Website
  
www.teamja.org

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Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Jamaica Olympic Association

Medals Ranked 21st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 0 2

Jamaica competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 20 competitors, 11 men and 9 women, took part in 18 events in 3 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

    • Silver

  • Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 100 metres

    • Athletics

    Men's 800 metres

  • Seymour Newman
  • Heat — 1:48.46
  • Semi Final — 1:47.22 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Leighton Priestley, Donald Quarrie, Colin Bradford, and Seymour Newman
  • Heat — 3:03.86
  • Final — 3:02.84 (→ 5th place)

    • Cycling

    Three cyclists represented Jamaica in 1976.

    Individual road race
  • Errol Walters — did not finish (→ no ranking)
    • Sprint
  • Xavier Mirander — 16th place
    • 1000m time trial
  • David Weller — 1:08.534 (→ 11th place)

    • References

    Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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