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Jamaica - Profile
General Interest
Jamaica has become synonymous with sprint events at the Olympic Games. Competitors from the NOC did not disappoint at Rio 2016, winning six gold, three silver and two bronze in athletics. The stars of the track were Usain Bolt with three gold medals and Elaine Thompson with two. Both Bolt and Thompson did the 100m and 200m sprint double.
Bolt has arguably been the biggest name at the three most recent Olympic Games, winning a total of eight gold medals across the men's 100m, 200m, and 4x100m between 2008 and 2016. His results confirm him as Jamaica's most decorated Olympian and one of the best sprinters of all time. Bolt's total would be nine but his teammate from the 4x100m relay in 2008, Nesta Carter, later tested positive for a banned substance and the team's title from Beijing was rescinded in January 2017.
Veronica Campbell-Brown won her eighth medal, a silver, at Rio 2016. Her total includes gold medals in the women's 200m at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, as well as another in the women's 4x100m relay in 2004. She is the most successful female athlete from Jamaica at the Games and trails only Bolt on the list of Jamaica's most prolific Olympic gold medal winners.
The Jamaican athlete with the highest overall total of Olympic medals in Merlene Ottey. She finished on the podium on nine occasions during her career, collecting a haul of three silver medals and six bronze medals between 1980 and 2000. Ottey also represented Slovenia at the 2004 Games in Athens, where she reached the semifinals in both the 100m and 200m.
Arthur Wint claimed Jamaica's first Olympic gold medal in the men's 400m on the NOC's debut at the 1948 Games in London. Since then, track cyclist David Weller is the only Jamaican competitor to have won a medal in a sport outside of athletics. He claimed bronze in the men's 1km time trial at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
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Participation
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 22 | 35 | 20 | 77 |
| Cycling Track | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 35 | 21 | 78 |
Medals per year
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1988 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1948 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 22 | 35 | 21 | 78 |
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