Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	50 (23 men and 27 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Veronica Campbell-Brown
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 6	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 11
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

Jamaica competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. This is, by far, Jamaica's best showing at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Bolt, UsainUsain Bolt	Athletics	Men's 100 m	August 16
1 Gold	Fraser, Shelly-AnnShelly-Ann Fraser	Athletics	Women's 100 m	August 17
1 Gold	Bolt, UsainUsain Bolt	Athletics	Men's 200 m	August 20
1 Gold	Walker, MelaineMelaine Walker	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles	August 20
1 Gold	Campbell-Brown, VeronicaVeronica Campbell-Brown	Athletics	Women's 200 m	August 21
1 Gold	Bolt, UsainUsain Bolt Frater, MichaelMichael Frater Carter, NestaNesta Carter Powell, AsafaAsafa Powell	Athletics	Men's 4 x 100m Relay	August 22
2 Silver	Simpson, SheroneSherone Simpson	Athletics	Women's 100 m	August 17
2 Silver	Stewart, KerronKerron Stewart	Athletics	Women's 100 m	August 17
2 Silver	Williams, SherickaShericka Williams	Athletics	Women's 400 m	August 19
3 Bronze	Stewart, KerronKerron Stewart	Athletics	Women's 200 m	August 21
3 Bronze	Wilkins, Bobby-GayeBobby-Gaye Wilkins* Lloyd, ShereefaShereefa Lloyd Whyte, RosemarieRosemarie Whyte Williams, NovleneNovlene Williams Williams, SherickaShericka Williams	Athletics	Women's 4x400m Relay	August 23

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Usain Bolt	100 m	10.20	5 Q	9.92	1 Q	9.85	1 Q	9.69
	200 m	20.64	17 Q	20.29	5 Q	20.09	1 Q	19.30
Michael Frater	100 m	10.15	2 Q	10.09	9 Q	10.01	7 Q	9.97	6
Asafa Powell	100 m	10.16	3 Q	10.02	4 Q	9.91	2 Q	9.95	5
Marvin Anderson	200 m	20.85	27 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Christopher Williams	200 m	20.53	5 Q	20.28	4 Q	20.45	11	Did not advance
Richard Phillips	110 m hurdles	13.60	21 Q			13.43	5 Q	13.60	7
Maurice Wignall	110 m hurdles	13.61	19 Q			13.40	6 Q	13.46	6
Michael Blackwood	400 m	45.56				Did not advance
Ricardo Chambers	400 m	45.22	13 Q			45.09	15	Did not advance
Sanjay Ayre	400 m	45.66				Did not advance
Isa Phillips	400 m hurdles	49.55	14 Q			48.85	9	Did not advance
Danny McFarlane	400 m hurdles	48.86	3 Q			48.33	4 Q	48.30	4
Markino Buckley	400 m hurdles	48.65	1 Q			48.50	5 Q	48.60	7
Aldwyn Sappleton	800 m	1:48.19		Did not advance
Maurice Smith	Decathlon	8205 points							9
Dorian Scott	Shot put	19.94	15					Did not advance
Herbert McGregor	Long jump	7.64	26					Did not advance
Dwight Thomas* Michael Frater Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Usain Bolt	4 x 100 m relay	38.31	2 Q					37.10
Blackwood Michael Fothergill Alodin Sanjay Ayre Chambers Ricardo	4 x 400 m relay	3:00.09	3 Q					3:01.45	8

*Dwight Thomas ran in Round 1 of the 4 x 100 m relay event.

Women

Events	Athlete	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100m	Shelly-Ann Fraser	11.35	Q 13	11.06	Q 3	11.00	Q 1	10.78
	Sherone Simpson	11.48	Q 22	11.02	Q 2	11.11	Q 5	10.98
	Kerron Stewart	11.28	Q 6	10.98	Q 1	11.05	Q 2	10.98
100m hurdles	Vonette Dixon	12.69	Q 3			12.86	9	Did not advance
	Delloreen Ennis-London	12.82	Q 8			12.67	Q 4	12.65	5
	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	12.69	Q 3			12.79	Q 7	12.66	6
200m	Veronica Campbell-Brown	23.04	Q 11	22.64	Q 3	22.19	Q 1	21.74
	Sherone Simpson	22.94	Q 6	22.60	Q 1	22.50	Q 6	22.36	6
	Kerron Stewart	23.03	Q 10	22.74	Q 4	22.29	Q 2	22.00
400m	Rosemarie Whyte	51.00	Q 7			50.63	q 8	50.68	7
	Novlene Williams	51.52	Q 16			51.06	12	Did not advance
	Shericka Williams	50.57	Q 2			50.58	Q 3	49.69
400m hurdles	Shevon Stoddart	56.52	9			Did not advance
	Melaine Walker	54.46	Q 1			54.20	Q 2	52.64
	Nickiesha Wilson	55.75	Q 10			54.67	7	Did not advance
800m	Kenia Sinclair	2:03.76	Q 31			1:58.28	q 6	1:58.24	6
4x100m	Aleen Bailey* Sheri-Ann Brooks* Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	42.24	Q 1					DNF
4x400m	Bobby-Gaye Wilkins* Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams Shericka Williams	3:22.60	Q 2					3:20.40
3000m steplechase	Korene Hinds	DNF						Did not advance
	Mardrea Hyman	DNF						Did not advance
long jump	Chelsea Hammond	6.60m	q 12					6.79m	4
triple jump	Trecia Smith	14.18m	Q 12					14.12m	11
shot put	Zara Northover	15.85m	31					Did not advance
javelin throw	Olivia McKoy	55.51	34					Did not advance

* Athletes ran in heats only

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alia Atkinson	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:29.53	25	Did not advance
Jevon Atkinson	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.83	45	Did not advance
Natasha Moodie	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.95	37	Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Track

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals (7th-12th Place)
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ricardo Lynch	Men's keirin	6	3	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Samantha Albert	Before I Do It	Individual	56.30	52	41.60	42	Eliminated

See also

• Jamaica at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Jamaica at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Jamaica at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

References

• sports-reference