Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Jamaica at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals Rank: 39	Gold 1	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960* • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 *As part of the British West Indies
Winter Games
1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

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

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Swimming 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

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

[edit] Silver

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

[edit] Bronze

• Merlene Ottey-Page, Juliet Cuthbert, Michelle Freeman, and Nikole Mitchell — Athletics, Women's 4x100 metres Relay
• Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Greg Haughton and Roxbert Martin — Athletics, Men's 4x400 metres Relay

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x400m 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)

• Dione 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)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Tyson Gray
  1. First Round — Lost to Pablo Chacon (Argentina), 5-6

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Sean Black
  1. First Round — Lost to Jorn Johnson (Norway), 7-13

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Rowan Donaldson
  1. First Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn
  1. Heat – 23.35 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Sion Brinn
  1. Heat – 50.38
  2. B-Finals – 50.09 (→ 12th place)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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