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Jamaica competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.This was Jamaica's most successful performance in the Summer Olympics; it was approximately the same size from the previous games with a delegation of 50 athletes (25 men and 25 women), and its athletes broke the nation's record for the number of medals (all awarded in the track and field), won in a single ...
Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame. Jamaican athletes have won a total of 87 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics , and all but three of those in the individual and relay sprint events.
While the Jamaican team were breaking the world record, the American team crossed the line in exactly the same time as the previous record of 37.04 seconds, setting a new national record. [3] In May 2014, the United States Anti-Doping Agency imposed a one-year suspension on a 4 × 100 m relay team member Tyson Gay.
Set a world record time of 1:25.02. 11 August 2012: Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Jamaica: Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final. [17] 11 August 2012: Modern Pentathlon – Men's: Nicola Benedetti Italy: Set a world record time of 9:23.63 in the running element. [18] 12 ...
Jamaica Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke: 10 August 1997 World Championships: Athens, Greece Sprint medley relay (2,2,4,8) 3:19.97 Jamaica Mario Forsythe (200 m) Jamari Rose (200 m) Allodin Fothergill (400 m) Jo-Wayne Hibbert (800 m) 29 April 2017 Penn Relays: Philadelphia, United States [31] 3:19.25 Jamaica Chad ...
Olympic men’s discus champion Rojé Stona reflects on his record-breaking win in Paris and expresses his wishes to play in the NFL after the Jamaican tried out prior to the Games.
Olympic Games: Atlanta, United States 1000 m: 2:17.0 # Byron Dyce Jamaica 15 August 1973 Copenhagen, Denmark 1500 m: 3:35.03 Maurys Surel Castillo Cuba 7 June 2012 8th Meeting Iberoamericano de Atletismo: Huelva, Spain [11] Mile: 3:57.34 Byron Dyce Jamaica 1 July 1974 Stockholm, Sweden 3:57.34 Juan Luis Barrios Mexico 17 July 2013 Morton Games
Stona recorded a throw of 70.00 meters in the fourth round to win Jamaica's first Olympic gold for the event and the 2024 Games. He surpassed Lithuania's Mykolas Alekna, who set the Olympic record ...