Jamaica at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Jamaica competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Jamaica at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Sydney
Competitors	48 (22 men and 26 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Deon Hemmings
Medals Ranked 54th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Tayna Lawrence	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	23 September
Silver	Lorraine Graham	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	25 September
Silver	Deon Hemmings	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	27 September
Silver	Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell-Brown Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	30 September
Silver	Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham Charmaine Howell Michelle Burgher	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	30 September
Silver	Michael Blackwood Greg Haughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	30 September
Bronze	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	23 September
Bronze	Greg Haughton	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	25 September
Bronze	Beverly McDonald	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	28 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	20	23	43
Sailing	2	0	2
Swimming	0	2	2
Triathlon	0	1	1
Total	22	26	48

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christopher Williams	100 m	10.35	1 Q	10.30	4	Did not advance
Patrick Jarrett		10.41	3 Q	16.4	8	Did not advance
Lindel Frater		10.45	3 Q	10.23	4 q	10.46	8	Did not advance
Christopher Williams	200 m	20.45	1 Q	20.25	2 Q	20.47	5	Did not advance
Dwight Thomas		20.85	2 Q	20.58	5	Did not advance
Ricardo Williams		21.09	5	Did not advance
Danny McFarlane	400 m	45.84	2 Q	45.40	4 Q	44.93	2 Q	44.70	7
Gregory Haughton		45.63	1 Q	45.08	2 Q	44.93	3 Q	44.70
Davian Clarke		45.30	2 Q	45.06	1 Q	Did not finish		Did not advance
Marvin Watts	800 m	1:59.97	8 qR	—		1:47.6	8	Did not advance
Robert Foster	110 m hurdles	14.33	7	Did not advance
Dinsdale Morgan	400 m hurdles	49.64	2 Q	—		50.23	7	Did not advance
Kemel Thompson		50.40	4			Did not advance
Ian Weakley		52.18	8			Did not advance
Llewelyn Bredwood Lindel Frater Donovan Powell* Dwight Thomas Christopher Williams	4 × 100 m relay	38.97	4 Q	—		38.27	2 Q	38.20	4
Sanjay Ayre Michael Blackwood Gregory Haughton Michael McDonald* Danny McFarlane Christopher Williams*	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.85	1 Q	—		2:58.84	2 Q	2:58.78

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Beckford	Long jump	7.98	14	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Claston Bernard	Result	10.79	NM	13.68	2.09	49.77	15.01	41.15	NM	Did not finish
	Points	908	0	709	887	825	848	688	0

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tanya Lawrence	100 m	11.14	2 Q	11.11	3 Q	11.12	3 Q	11.18
Merlene Ottey		11.24	1 Q	11.08	1 Q	11.22	1 Q	11.19
Beverly McDonald		11.36	2 Q	11.26	4 Q	11.31	6	Did not advance
Beverly McDonald	200 m	22.50	1 Q	22.44	1 Q	22.70	3 Q	22.35
Juliet Campbell		23.18	4 Q	23.34	7	Did not advance
Astia Walker		23.33	4 Q	DNF		Did not advance
Lorraine Graham	400 m	51.65	3 Q	50.66	1 Q	50.28	1 Q	49.58
Sandie Richards		51.86	2 Q	51.00	4 Q	50.41	5	Did not advance
Charmaine Howell	800 m	2:01.14	5 q	—		2:00.63	7	Did not advance
Mardrea Hyman	1500 m	4:10.21	10 q	—		4:14.20	11	Did not advance
Delloreen Ennis-London	100 m hurdles	12.88	1 Q	12.80	4 Q	12.90	4 Q	12.89	4
Brigitte Foster		12.75	2 Q	12.88	3 Q	12.70	3 Q	13.49	8
Michelle Freeman		12.99	3 Q	13.52	7	Did not advance
Deon Hemmings	400 m hurdles	55.44	1 Q	—		54.00	1 Q	53.45
Catherine Scott-Pomales		56.17	5 q	—		55.78	8	Did not advance
Patrina Allen		59.36	7	—		Did not advance
Veronica Campbell Merlene Frazer Tayna Lawrence Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey	4 × 100 m relay	42.46	1 Q	—		42.15	1 Q	42.13
Michelle Burgher Lorraine Graham Deon Hemmings Charmaine Howell Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Pomales	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.65	2 Q	—				3:23.25

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elva Goulbourne	Long jump	6.68	5 Q	6.43	10
Lacena Golding		6.39	22	Did not advance
Keisha Spencer	Triple jump	13.49	23	Did not advance
Karen Beautle	High jump	NM		Did not advance
Olivia McKoy	Javelin throw	56.36	21	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Andrew Gooding Sean Nunes	Men's 470	22	25	14	15	9	27	21	27	18	14	26	164	25

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angelia Chuck	50 m freestyle	27.48	49	Did not advance
Janelle Atkinson	400 m freestyle	4:09.61	3 Q	—		04:08.79	4
	800 m freestyle	8:34.51	9	—		Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total	Rank
Iona Wynter	Women's	20:53.58	1:08:43.00	40:48.11	2:10:24.69	34

See also

• Jamaica at the 1999 Pan American Games