Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeJAM
NOCJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors48 in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Ricardo Brown
Flag bearer (closing)Stephanie Ann McPherson
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The country's participation marked its seventeenth Summer Olympic appearance as an independent state, although it has previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Elaine Thompson-Herah Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
 Gold Elaine Thompson-Herah Athletics Women's 200 metres 3 August
 Gold Hansle Parchment Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 5 August
 Gold Remona Burchell
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams		 Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 6 August
 Silver Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
 Bronze Shericka Jackson Athletics Women's 100 metres 31 July
 Bronze Megan Tapper Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 2 August
 Bronze Ronald Levy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles 5 August
 Bronze Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams		 Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 20 22 42
Boxing 1 0 1
Diving 1 0 1
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 23 25 48

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Jamaican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • OR - Olympic record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yohan Blake 100 m Bye 10.06 2 Q 10.14 6 Did not advance
Oblique Seville Bye 10.04 2 Q 10.09 4 Did not advance
Tyquendo Tracey Bye DNS Did not advance
Yohan Blake 200 m DNS — Did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer 20.31 1 Q 20.13 2 Q 20.21 7
Julian Forte 20.65 6 Did not advance
Nathon Allen 400 m 46.12 4 — Did not advance
Demish Gaye 45.49 4 q 45.09 4 Did not advance
Christopher Taylor 45.20 3 Q 44.92 2 Q 44.79 PB 6
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 13.17 1 Q — 13.23 1 Q 13.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hansle Parchment 13.23 2 Q 13.23 2 Q 13.04 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Damion Thomas 13.54 3 Q 12.39 3 Did not advance
Jaheel Hyde 400 m hurdles 48.54 1 Q — 127.38 8 Did not advance
Kemar Mowatt 49.06 4 Q 48.95 5 Did not advance
Shawn Rowe 49.18 3 Q 48.83 6 Did not advance
Yohan Blake
Julian Forte
Jevaughn Minzie
Oblique Seville 		4 × 100 m relay 37:82 1 Q — 37.84 5
Nathon Allen
Karayme Bartley*
Demish Gaye
Jaheel Hyde
Christopher Taylor 		4 × 400 m relay 2:59.29 SB 2 Q — 2:58.76 SB 6
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100 m Bye 10.84 1 Q 10.73 1 Q 10.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elaine Thompson-Herah Bye 10.82 1 Q 10.76 1 Q 10.61 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shericka Jackson Bye 11.07 2 Q 10.79 2 Q 10.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 200 m 22.22 1 Q — 22.13 1 Q 21.94 4
Elaine Thompson-Herah 22.86 3 Q 21.66 1 Q 21.53 NR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shericka Jackson 23.26 4 — Did not advance
Roneisha McGregor 400 m 51.14 2 Q — 50.34 3 Did not advance
Candice McLeod 51.09 1 Q 49.51 PB 2 Q 49.87 5
Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.89 1 Q 49.34 PB 1 Q 49.61 4
Natoya Goule 800 m 1:59.83 1 Q — 1:59:57 1 Q 1:58.26 8
Aisha Praught-Leer 1500 m 4:15.31 13 — Did not advance
Britany Anderson 100 m hurdles 12.67 1 Q — 12.40 PB 1 Q 13.24 8
Megan Tapper 12.53 PB 2 Q 12.62 2 Q 12.55 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yanique Thompson 12.74 2 Q DNF Did not advance
Leah Nugent 400 m hurdles DSQ — Did not advance
Janieve Russell 54.81 2 Q 54.10 2 Q 53.08 PB 4
Ronda Whyte DSQ Did not advance
Remona Burchell*
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson
Natasha Morrison*
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Briana Williams 		4 × 100 m relay 42:14 3 Q — 41.02 NR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junelle Bromfield
Shericka Jackson
Roneisha McGregor
Janieve Russell
Stacey-Ann Williams 		4 × 400 m relay 3:21.45 2 Q — 3:21.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sean Bailey
Karayme Bartley
Junelle Bromfield*
Tovea Jenkins
Stacey-Ann Williams 		4 × 400 m relay 3:11.76 3 Q 3:14.95 7
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Tajay Gayle Long jump 8.14 4 q 7.69 11
Carey McLeod Long jump 7.75 21 Did not advance
Triple jump 16.01 24 Did not advance
Fedrick Dacres Discus throw 62.91 13 Did not advance
Traves Smikle 59.04 25 Did not advance
Chad Wright 62.93 12 q 62.56 9
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Tissanna Hickling Long jump 6.22 24 Did not advance
Chanice Porter 6.19 25 Did not advance
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 14.43 6 Q 14.84 4
Kimberly Williams 14.30 9 q 14.51 8
Lloydricia Cameron Shot put 17.43 22 Did not advance
Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.37 13 Did not advance
Shadae Lawrence Discus throw 62.27 12 q 62.12 7

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Jamaica entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1996. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Brown finished fourth in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Jamaican team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ricardo Brown Men's super heavyweight Bye  Kumar (IND)
L 1–4 		Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Jamaica entered one diver into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top eighteen of the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Yona Knight-Wisdom Men's 3 m springboard 411.65 13 Q 362.95 15 Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Jamaica entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. British-born Danusia Francis booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing ninth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[6][7]

Two days prior to the competition Francis learned she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament. She therefore withdrew from the balance beam, the vault and the floor exercise. She chose to continue to compete in the uneven bars with her knee bandaged, scoring the lowest of any competitor as the judges deducted 6.5 points for various infractions and gave her only a 0.5 difficulty score. However, her 9.033 execution score was the highest for any athlete on any apparatus.[8]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Danusia Francis All-around WD 3.033 WD Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the first time in history, Jamaica qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Ebony Drysdale Daley accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ebony Drysdale Daley Women's –70 kg  Timo (POR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Jamaican swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[10][11]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Keanan Dols Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.25 34 Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:04.29 43 Did not advance
Alia Atkinson Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:07.70 22 Did not advance

See also

References

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  3. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Jamaican boxer qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". Television Jamaica. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ Levy, Leighton (6 May 2021). "Jamaican diver Knight-Wisdom qualifies for Olympics with top-12 finish at 2021 FINA Diving World Cup". SportsMax. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Francis Qualifies to 2020 Olympic Games". UCLA. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 2 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  8. ^ Apstein, Stephanie (25 July 2021). "Jamaican Gymnast Danusia Francis Makes Olympic Dream Come True". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ^ "FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  11. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 6 March 2021.