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Jamaica at the Olympic Games
Flag of Jamaica IOC code  JAM NOC Jamaica Olympic Association Website www.jamolympic.org
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	47 (22 men and 25 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Sandie Richards
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 5
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960* • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 *As part of the British West Indies
Winter Games
1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Jamaica competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold

• Veronica Campbell — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell, Tanya Lawrence, and Beverly McDonald (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x100 metres Relay

Silver

• Danny McFarlane — Athletics, Men's 400 metres Hurdles

Bronze

• Veronica Campbell — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
• Sandie Richards, Novlene Williams, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, and Ronetta Smith (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x400 metres Relay

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Asafa Powell - Round 1: 10.06 s, Round 2: 9.99 s, Semifinal: 9.95 s, Final: 9.94 s (5th place)
• Dwight Thomas - Round 1: 10.21 s, Round 2: 10.12 s, Semifinal: 10.28 s (11th place)
• Michael Frater - Round 1: 10.20 s, Round 2: 10.11 s, Semifinal: 10.29 s (14th place)

Women's 100 metres:

• Veronica Campbell - Final, 10.97 seconds (bronze medal)
• Aleen Bailey - Final, 11.05 seconds (5th place)
• Sherone Simpson - Final, 11.07 seconds (6th place)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Maurice Wignall - Round 1: 13.30 s, Round 2: 13.39 s, Semifinal: 13.17 s (NR), Final: 13.21 s (4th place)
• Richard Phillips - Round 1: 13.39 s, Round 2: 13.44 s, Semifinal: 13.47 s
• Chris Pinnock - Round 1: 13.42 s, Round 2: 13.47 s, Semifinal: 13.57 s

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Lacena Golding-Clarke - Final, 12.73 seconds (5th place)
• Delloreen Ennis-London - Semifinal, 12.60 seconds (did not advance)
• Brigitte Foster - Semifinal, DNS (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Asafa Powell - Round 1: 20.77 s, Round 2: 20.23 s, Semifinal: 20.56 s, Final: DNS
• Christopher Williams - Round 1: 20.57 s, Round 2: 20.34 s, Semifinal: 20.80 s
• Usain Bolt - Round 1: 21.05 s

Women's 200 metres:

• Veronica Campbell - Final, 22.05 seconds (gold medal)
• Aleen Bailey - Final, 22.42 seconds (4th place)
• Beverly McDonald - Semifinal, 23.02 seconds (did not advance)

Men's 400 metres:

• Brandon Simpson - Round 1: 45.61 s, Semifinal: 44.97 s, Final: 44.76 s (5th place)
• Davian Clarke - Round 1: 45.54 s, Semifinal: 45.27 s, Final: 44.83 s (6th place)
• Michael Blackwood - Round 1: 45.23 s, Semifinal: 45.00 s, Final: 45.55 (8th place)

Women's 400 metres:

• Novlene Williams - Semifinal, 50.85 seconds (did not advance)
• Nadia Davy - Round 1, 52.04 seconds (did not advance)
• Allison Beckford - Round 1, 52.85 seconds (did not advance)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Danny McFarlane - Round 1: 48.35 s, Semifinal: 48.00 s, Final: 48.11 s (silver medal)
• Kemel Thompson - Round 1: 48.66 s, Semifinal: 48.25 s
• Dean Griffiths - Round 1: 49.41 s, Semifinal: 49.51 s

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Debbie-Ann Parris - Round 1: 55.21 s, Semifinal: 54.99 s
• Patrina Allen - Round 1: 56.40 s
• Shevon Stoddart - Round 1: 56.61 s

Women's 800 metres:

• Michelle Ballentine - Round 1: 2:01.52, Semifinal: 2:00.94

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Dwight Thomas, Patrick Jarrett, Winston Smith, and Michael Frater - Round 1, 0:38.71 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Aleen Bailey, Beverly McDonald, Sherone Simpson, and Tayna Lawrence - Round 1: 42.20 s, Final: 41.73 s (NR) (gold medal)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Michael Campbell, Michael Blackwood, Jermaine Gonzales, and Davian Clarke - Round 1, DQ (did not advance)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

• Ronetta Smith, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, and Sandie Richards - Round 1: 3:24.92, Final: 3:22.00 (bronze medal)

Men's Decathlon:

• Claston Bernard - 8225 points (NR, 9th place)
• Maurice Smith - 8023 points (14th place)

Men's Long Jump:

• James Beckford - Final, 8.31 metres (4th place)

Women's Triple Jump:

• Trecia Smith - Round 1: 14.65 metres, Final: 15.02 metres (4th place)

Women's Shot Put:

• Kimberly Barrett - Round 1: 16.45 metres

Badminton

Women's Singles:

• Nigella Saunders - defeated in round of 32

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Jevon Atkinson

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alia Atkinson

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Angelia Chuck

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Janelle Atkinson

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Janelle Atkinson

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Alia Atkinson

Officials

• President: Michael S. Fennell
• Secretary General: Neville Mccook

See also

• Jamaica at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Jamaica at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

References

• sports-reference