Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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silver=3
bronze=2
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rank=39

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 Andrea 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 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)

=Boxing=

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
*Tyson Gray
*# First Round — Lost to Pablo Chacon (Argentina), 5-6

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
*Sean Black
*# First Round — Lost to Jorn Johnson (Norway), 7-13

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
*Rowan Donaldson
*# First Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20

=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)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]