Jamaica at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
# Jamaica at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Jamaica competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 46 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad had a number of medal hopes for the sprinting events, including Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, and Michael Frater in the men's and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, and Shelly-Ann Fraser in the women's. Olympic gold medallist Melaine Walker competed in the 400 metres hurdles and 2007 World Championship silver medallists Maurice Smith, Shericka Williams, and Novlene Williams-Mills also feature.

The Jamaican team suffered a number of setbacks before the event: five of the selected athletes (Yohan Blake, Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence, Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks) tested positive for the stimulant methylxanthine, although it is unclear whether they will be banned from competition. In a separate incident, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association threatened the five athletes in Stephen Francis' Maximising Velocity Power Track Club with deselection after they failed to attend a mandatory training camp in Berlin. The athletes (Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Melaine Walker, Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Shericka Williams) were eventually cleared for competition following the personal intervention of IAAF president Lamine Diack.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| - | - | - |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 100 metres | Usain Bolt Michael Frater Steve Mullings Asafa Powell | Aleen Bailey Shelly-Ann Fraser Kerron Stewart Veronica Campbell-Brown |
| 200 metres | Usain Bolt Leford Green Steve Mullings | Veronica Campbell-Brown Simone Facey Anniesha McLaughlin |
| 400 metres | Ricardo Chambers Allodin Fothergill Lansford Spence | Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Christine Day |
| 800 metres | | Kenia Sinclair |
| 100 metres hurdles | — | Delloreen Ennis-London Brigitte Foster-Hylton Lacena Golding-Clarke |
| 110 metres hurdles | Richard Phillips Dwight Thomas Maurice Wignall | — |
| 400 metres hurdles | Isa Phillips Danny McFarlane Josef Robertson | Melaine Walker Kaliese Spencer Nickiesha Wilson |
| 4×100 metres relay | Usain Bolt Michael Frater Steve Mullings Asafa Powell Dwight Thomas | Aleen Bailey Shelly-Ann Fraser Kerron Stewart Veronica Campbell-Brown Simone Facey Anniesha McLaughlin |
| 4×400 metres relay | Ricardo Chambers Allodin Fothergill Lansford Spence Dane Hyatt Jermaine Gonzales | Novlene Williams-Mills Shericka Williams Christine Day Rosemarie Whyte Shereefa Lloyd Bobby-Gaye Wilkins |
| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| Event | Men | Women |
| Long jump | Alain Bailey Nicholas Gordon | Jovanee Jarrett |
| Triple jump | Julian Reid | Trecia Smith Kimberly Williams |
| Shot put | Dorian Scott | |
| Decathlon | Maurice Smith | — |

* Also, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association selected three reserve athletes: Markino Buckley (400 m hurdles), Vonette Dixon (100 m hurdles), and Ramone McKenzie (200 m).
