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Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
JAM

Flag bearer
  
Juliet Cuthbert

Website
  
www.teamja.org

Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Jamaica Olympic Association

Competitors
  
46 (27 men and 19 women) in 5 sports

Medals Ranked 39th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 3 2 6

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

Contents

Gold

  • Deon Hemmings — Athletics, Women's 400 metres Hurdles
  • Silver

  • Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
  • James Beckford — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Bronze

  • Merlene Ottey-Page, Juliet Cuthbert, Michelle Freeman, Nikole Mitchell, Gillian Russell (heats), and Andria Lloyd (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x100 metres Relay
  • Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Greg Haughton, Roxbert Martin, Dennis Blake (heats), and Garth Robinson (heats) — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay
  • Athletics

    Men's 100 metres

  • Michael Green
  • Ray Stewart
  • Leon Gordon
  • Men's 200 metres

  • Percy Spencer
  • Elston Cawley
  • Men's 400 metres

  • Roxbert Martin
  • Davian Clarke
  • Michael McDonald
  • Men's 800 metres

  • Alex Morgan
  • Clive Terrelonge
  • Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Michael McDonald, Dennis Blake, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, and Davian Clarke
  • Heat — 3:02.81
  • Semi Final — 2:58.42
  • Final — 2:59.42 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Neil Gardner
  • Heat — 48.59s
  • Semifinal — 48.30s (→ did not advance)
  • Dinsdale Morgan
  • Heat — 49.16s (→ did not advance)
  • Winthrop Graham
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
  • Men's Marathon

  • Antonio Nils — 2:44.10 (→ 104th place)

  • Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Merlene Frazer, Sandie Richards, Juliet Campbell, and Deon Hemmings
  • Qualification — 3:25.33
  • Final — 3:21.69 (→ 4th place)
  • Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Deon Hemmings
  • Qualification — 54.70
  • Semifinals — 52.99
  • Final — 52.82 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Debbie Parris
  • Qualification — 55.64
  • Semifinals — 54.72
  • Final — 53.97 (→ 4th place)
  • Catherine Scott-Pomales
  • Qualification — 56.21 (→ did not advance)
  • Women's Long Jump

  • Diane Guthrie-Gresham
  • Qualification — 6.27m (→ did not advance)
  • Lacena Golding
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
  • Dionne Rose
  • Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)
  • Women's Triple Jump

  • Suzette Lee
  • Qualification — 13.65m (→ did not advance)
  • Women's Heptathlon

  • Diane Guthrie-Gresham
  • Final Result — 6087 points (→ 16th place)
  • Boxing

    Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Tyson Gray
  • First Round — Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 5-6
  • Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Sean Black
  • First Round — Lost to Jørn Johnson (Norway), 7-13
  • Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Rowan Donaldson
  • First Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20
  • Sailing

    Men's Two Person Dinghy

  • Andrew Gooding
  • Joseph Stockhausen
  • Swimming

    Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Sion Brinn
  • Heat – 23.35 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
  • Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Sion Brinn
  • Heat – 50.38
  • B-Finals – 50.09 (→ 12th place)
  • Table Tennis

    Men's Singles

  • Michael Hyatt
  • Stephen Hylton
  • Men's Doubles

  • Michael Hyatt
  • Stephen Hylton
  • References

    Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wikipedia