Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Jamaica at the1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Atlanta
Competitors	46 (27 men and 19 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Juliet Cuthbert
MedalsRanked 39th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

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

Medalists

Gold

• Deon Hemmings — Athletics, Women's 400 metres Hurdles

Silver

• Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Merlene Ottey-Page — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• James Beckford — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

Bronze

• Merlene Ottey-Page, Juliet Cuthbert, Michelle Freeman, Nikole Mitchell, Gillian Russell (heats), and Andria Lloyd (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x100 metres Relay
• Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Greg Haughton, Roxbert Martin, Dennis Blake (heats), and Garth Robinson (heats) — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Michael Green
• Ray Stewart
• Leon Gordon

Men's 200 metres

• Percy Spencer
• Elston Cawley

Men's 400 metres

• Roxbert Martin
• Davian Clarke
• Michael McDonald

Men's 800 metres

• Alex Morgan
• Clive Terrelonge

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Michael McDonald, Dennis Blake, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, and Davian Clarke

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Neil Gardner

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

• Dinsdale Morgan

• Heat — 49.16s (→ did not advance)

• Winthrop Graham

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

Men's Marathon

• Antonio Nils — 2:44.10 (→ 104th place)

Women's 4x400 metres Relay

• Merlene Frazer, Sandie Richards, Juliet Campbell, and Deon Hemmings

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

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Deon Hemmings

• Qualification — 54.70
• Semifinals — 52.99
• Final — 52.82 (→ Gold Medal)

• Debbie Parris

• Qualification — 55.64
• Semifinals — 54.72
• Final — 53.97 (→ 4th place)

• Catherine Scott-Pomales

• Qualification — 56.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Diane Guthrie-Gresham

• Qualification — 6.27m (→ did not advance)

• Lacena Golding

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

• Dionne Rose

• Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Suzette Lee

• Qualification — 13.65m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Diane Guthrie-Gresham

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

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Tyson Gray

• First Round — Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 5-6

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Sean Black

• First Round — Lost to Jørn Johnson (Norway), 7-13

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Rowan Donaldson

• First Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20

Sailing

Men's Two Person Dinghy

• Andrew Gooding
• Joseph Stockhausen

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn

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

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn

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

Table Tennis

Men's Singles

• Michael Hyatt
• Stephen Hylton

Men's Doubles

• Michael Hyatt
• Stephen Hylton

See also

• Jamaica at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Jamaica at the 1995 Pan American Games
• Jamaica at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database