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Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Jamaica at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJAM
NOCJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
in Atlanta
Competitors46 (27 men and 19 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Juliet Cuthbert
Medals
Ranked 39th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 British West Indies (1960 S)

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

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Deon Hemmings Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 31 July
 Silver Merlene Ottey Athletics Women's 100 metres 27 July
 Silver James Beckford Athletics Men's long jump 29 July
 Silver Merlene Ottey Athletics Women's 200 metres 1 August
 Bronze Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Andria Lloyd (heats)
Gillian Russell (heats)
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 3 August
 Bronze Michael McDonald
Roxbert Martin
Greg Haughton
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake (heats)
Garth Robinson (heats)
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 3 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 19 19 38
Boxing 3 3
Sailing 2 0 2
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 2 0 2
Total 27 19 46

Results by event

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Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:02.81
  • Semi Final — 2:58.42
  • Final — 2:59.42 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.59s
  • Semifinal — 48.30s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.16s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon


Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Qualification — 3:25.33
  • Final — 3:21.69 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 54.70
  • Semifinals — 52.99
  • Final — 52.82 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 55.64
  • Semifinals — 54.72
  • Final — 53.97 (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 56.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.27m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 13.65m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6087 points (→ 16th place)

Boxing

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Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Sailing

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Men's Two Person Dinghy

Swimming

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Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat – 23.35 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 50.38
  • B-Finals – 50.09 (→ 12th place)

Table Tennis

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Men's singles

Men's doubles

See also

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References

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