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Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Jamaica at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJAM
NOCJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
in Seoul
Competitors35 (24 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Merlene Ottey
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 35 competitors, 24 men and 11 women, took part in 22 events in 5 sports.[1]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 15 11 26
Boxing 4 4
Cycling 3 0 3
Table tennis 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 1
Total 24 11 35


Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Grace Jackson Athletics Women's 200 metres 29 September
 Silver Howard Burnett
Bert Cameron
Howard Davis
Trevor Graham
Winthrop Graham
Devon Morris
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 1 October

Athletics

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Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
John Mair 100 metres 10.44 22 q 10.41 21 Did not advance
Andrew Smith 10.49 30 Q 10.63 44 Did not advance
Ray Stewart 10.22 3 Q 10.25 9 Q 10.18 4 Q 12.26 7
Clive Wright 200 metres 20.94 15 Q 20.87 20 Did not advance
Bert Cameron 400 metres 46.24 17 Q 45.16 11 Q 44.50 5 Q 44.94 6
Howard Davis 45.97 10 Q 45.40 16 Q 45.48 13 Did not advance
Devon Morris 45.95 9 Q 45.30 14 Q 45.68 14 Did not advance
Derick Adamson Marathon 2:47:57 84
Richard Bucknor 110 metres hurdles 13.89 12 Q 13.91 14 Q 13.98 15 Did not advance
Andrew Parker 14.00 18 Q 14.05 21 Did not advance
Winthrop Graham 400 metres hurdles 49.40 4 Q 48.37 3 Q 48.04 5
Chris Faulknor
Greg Meghoo
Clive Wright
John Mair
4 × 100 metres relay 39.53 10 Q 38.75 5 Q 38.47 4
Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bert Cameron
Howard Burnett (*)
Trevor Graham (*)
4 × 400 metres relay 3:04.00 3 Q 3:00.94 3 Q 3:00.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Juliet Cuthbert 100 metres 11.14 7 Q 11.03 8 Q 11.10 8 Q 11.26 7
Grace Jackson 11.18 9 Q 11.13 13 Q 11.06 7 Q 10.97 4
Merlene Ottey 11.03 2 Q 11.03 8 Q DNS Did not advance
Grace Jackson 200 metres 22.66 2 Q 22.24 2 Q 22.13 3 Q 21.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Merlene Ottey 23.06 10 Q 22.30 4 Q 22.07 2 Q 21.99 4
Cathy Rattray-Williams 400 metres 52.39 10 Q 51.81 12 Q 50.82 13 Did not advance
Sandie Richards 52.19 6 Q 52.90 22 Did not advance
Sharon Powell 800 metres 2:03.49 20 Did not advance
Juliet Cuthbert
Grace Jackson
Merlene Ottey
Ethlyn Tate
Vivienne Spence (*)
Laurel Johnson (*)
4 × 100 metres relay 43.50 6 Q 43.30 6 Q DNS
Sandie Richards
Andrea Thomas
Cathy Rattray-Williams
Sharon Powell
Marcia Tate (*)
4 × 400 metres relay 3:26.83 2 Q 3:23.13 5

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mark Kennedy Lightweight Bye  Maea (COK)
W RSC R1
 Chuprenski (BUL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Richard Hamilton Welterweight Bye  Gantulga (MGL)
L RSC R2
Did not advance
Gary Smikle Light middleweight Bye  Zaytsev (URS)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Terry Dixon Light heavyweight  Madsen (DEN)
L RSC R2
Did not advance

Cycling

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Three male cyclists represented Jamaica in 1988.

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Arthur Tenn Road race 4:48:06 107
Raymond Thomas 4:43:15 97

Track

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Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Laps Points Rank Laps Points Rank
Peter Aldridge Points race –1 lap 15 9 Q –3 laps 4 22

Table tennis

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Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Garfield Jones Singles  Lupulesku (YUG)
L 0–3
 Mazunov (URS)
L 0–3
 Ono (JPN)
L 0–3
 Costantini (ITA)
L 2–3
 Liu (HKG)
L w/o
 Núñez (CHI)
L 1–3
 Kim (KOR)
L 0–3
7 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Calvin Stamp Men's +110 kg 150.0 12 195.0 9 345.0 11

References

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  1. ^ "Jamaica at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics