Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Jamaica
Jamaica at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association; external link
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	56
Flag bearer	Veronica Campbell
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Jamaica competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

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	Leroy, AnastasiaAnastasia Leroy Lloyd, ShereefaShereefa Lloyd Wilkins, Bobby-GayeBobby-Gaye Wilkins Williams, NovleneNovlene Williams Williams, SherickaShericka Williams	Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay	August 23

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	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
Usain Bolt	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.

Events	Athlete	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Events	Athlete	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	Nickeisha Anderson Aleen Bailey* Sheri-Ann Brooks* Veronica Campbell-Brown* Shelly-Ann Fraser* Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	42.24	Q 1					DNF
4x400m	Anastasia Leroy Shereefa Lloyd Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Novlene Williams Shericka Williams	3:22.60	Q 2					3:20.40
3000m steplechase	Korene Hinds	DNF						Did not advance
3000m steplechase	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

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

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

Keirin

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

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

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