Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
IOC code
  
JAM

Flag bearer
  
Bert Cameron

Website
  
www.teamja.org

Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Jamaica Olympic Association

Competitors
  
45 (31 men and 14 women) in 5 sports

Medals Ranked 28th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 2 3

Jamaica competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics (for the tenth time) in Los Angeles, United States. 45 competitors, 31 men and 14 women, took part in 35 events in 5 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Ray Stewart, Al Lawrence, Greg Meghoo, Norman Edwards and Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Bronze

  • Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • Athletics

    Men's 400 metres

  • Bertland Cameron
  • Heat — 46.14
  • Quarterfinals — 45.15
  • Semifinals — 45.10 (→ advanced to final did not run due to injury)
  • Devon Morris
  • Heat — 45.80
  • Quarterfinals — 46.14 (→ did not advance)
  • Mark Senior
  • Heat — 46.73
  • Quarterfinals — 46.50 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's Marathon

  • Derrick Adamson — 2:25:02 (→ 52nd place)
  • Men's High Jump

  • Desmond Morris
  • Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance)
  • Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Sandra Farmer
  • Heat — 57.06
  • Semifinal — 56.05
  • Final — 57.15 (→ 8th place)
  • Averill Dwyer-Brown
  • Heat — 58.42 (→ did not advance)
  • Women's Long Jump

  • Dorothy Scott
  • Qualification — 6.47 m
  • Final — 6.40 m (→ 10th place)
  • Women's Discus Throw

  • Marlene Lewis
  • Qualification — 49.00m (→ did not advance)
  • Cycling

    Five cyclists represented Jamaica in 1984.

    Individual road race
  • Arthur Tenn
  • Lorenzo Murdock
  • Sprint
  • Ian Stanley
  • 1000m time trial
  • David Weller
  • Points race
  • Peter Aldridge
  • Ian Stanley
  • Swimming

    Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Deryck Marks
  • Heat — 54.63 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
  • Gordon Scarlett
  • Heat — 55.34 (→ did not advance, 52nd place)
  • Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Allan Marsh
  • Heat — 1:00.04 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
  • Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Allan Marsh
  • Heat — 2:11.57 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
  • Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Allan Marsh
  • Heat — 57.69 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
  • Deryck Marks
  • Heat — 1:00.57 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
  • Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Andrew Phillips
  • Heat — 2:06.43
  • Final — 2:05.60 (→ 6th place)
  • Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Andrew Phillips
  • Heat — 4:29.43
  • B-Final — 4:27.98 (→ 10th place)
  • Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, Allan Marsh, and Gordon Scarlett
  • Heat — 3:34.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Allan Marsh, Andrew Phillips, Deryck Marks, and Gordon Scarlett
  • Heat — 4:05.35 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • References

    Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wikipedia