Jamaica at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the Olympic Games
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	23
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 3	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

Jamaica competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Russian alphabet and Japan's participation in the American-led boycott of the games placed it last before the host nation in the Parade of Nations.

Medalists

Bronze

• Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• David Weller — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Time Trial

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Don Quarrie

• Heat — 10.37
• Quarterfinals — 10.29
• Semifinals — 10.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Owen Hamilton

• Heat — 1:49.3
• Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Derrick Peynado, Colin Bradford, Ian Stapleton, and Bert Cameron

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Desmond Morris

• Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

• Rosie Allwood

• Heat — 11.68
• Quarterfinals — 11.69 (→ did not advance)

• Lelieth Hodges

• Heat — 11.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Dorothy Scott

• Qualifying Round — 5.83 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database