Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# Jamaica at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 Andria 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 100 metres

* Michael Green
* Ray Stewart
* Leon Gordon

Men's 200 metres

* Percy Spencer
* Elston Cawley

Men's 400 metres

* Roxbert Martin
* Davian Clarke
* Michael McDonald

Men's 800 metres

* Alex Morgan
* Clive Terrelonge

Men's 4 × 400 m 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)
* Dionne 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 Chacón (Argentina), 5-6

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

* Sean Black

   * First Round — Lost to Jørn Johnson (Norway), 7-13

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

* Rowan Donaldson

   * First Round — Lost to Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 4-20

### Sailing

Men's Two Person Dinghy

* Andrew Gooding
* Joseph Stockhausen

### 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)

### Table Tennis

Men's singles

* Michael Hyatt
* Stephen Hylton

Men's doubles

* Michael Hyatt
* Stephen Hylton
