Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...
competed at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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,
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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. 36 competitors, 22 men and 14 women, took part in 23 events in 5 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Jamaica at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Athletics
Men's 100 metres
* Ray Stewart
:* Heat — 10.61
:* Quarterfinals — 10.36
:* Semifinals — 10.33
:* Final — 10.22 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 metres
*Clive Wright
Clive George Wright, Jr. (born 18 November 1965) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. He won several medals with the Jamaican relay team, taking Jamaica's first World Championships relay medal (a bronz ...
:* Heat — 20.98
:* Quarterfinals — 20.70
:* Semifinals — 20.82 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
*Devon Morris
Devon Morris (born 22 January 1961) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He won this distance at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and his personal best time was 45.49 seconds, achieved during the 1987 ...
:* Heat — 46.45
:* Quarterfinals — 45.67 (→ did not advance)
* Dennis Blake
:* Heat — 45.92
:* Quarterfinals — 46.49 (→ did not advance)
* Anthony Wallace
:* Heat — 46.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
*Clive Terrelonge
Clive Terrelonge (born 30 June 1969) is a Jamaican former track and field athlete and coach. University of Connecticut. Before coaching, he was an accomplished collegiate and professional athlete who specialized in the 800m and 400m.
Terrelon ...
:* Heat — 1:46.64
:* Semifinals — 1:51.03 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Michael Green, Rudolph Mighty
Rudolph Mighty (born 25 November 1972) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...
, Anthony Wallace, and Ray Stewart
:* Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Dennis Blake, Devon Morris
Devon Morris (born 22 January 1961) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He won this distance at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and his personal best time was 45.49 seconds, achieved during the 1987 ...
, Howard Davis, and Patrick O'Connor
:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 110m Hurdles
* Richard Bucknor
Richard Bucknor (born November 6, 1966) is a Jamaican athlete specializing in the 110m hurdles. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, finishing 12th, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1990, while a part of Texas A&M's tr ...
:* Heats — 13.91
:* Quarterfinals — 14.22 (→ did not advance)
* Anthony Knight
Anthony McConnor Knight (born 17 November 1970) is a Jamaican hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'esti ...
:* Heats — 14.12 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
*Winthrop Graham
Winthrop Graham (born 17 November 1965 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won two Olympic medals and three World Championship medals.
His personal best time was 47.60 seconds, achie ...
:* Heat — 48.51
:* Semifinal — 47.62
:* Final — 47.66 (→ Silver Medal)
*Mark Thompson Mark Thompson may refer to:
Sports
* Mark Thompson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
* Mark Thompson (baseball) (born 1971), baseball player
* Mark Thompson (footballer) (born 1963), former Australian rules football premie ...
:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
* Juliet Cuthbert
*Merlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is rank ...
*Dahlia Duhaney
Dahlia Duhaney (born 20 July 1970) is a Jamaican retired Sprint (running), sprinter who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She won the world title in the women's 4 x 100 metres rel ...
Women's 200 metres
* Juliet Cuthbert
*Merlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is rank ...
*Grace Jackson
Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder ...
Women's 400 metres
*Sandie Richards
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Career
She was a world junior represen ...
* Juliet Campbell
*Claudine Williams
Claudine Williams (born 8 January 1976) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...
Women's 100m Hurdles
*Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell-Love (born 28 September 1973 in St. Andrews) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male ...
*Dionne Rose
Dionne Rose-Henley (7 November 1969 – 24 December 2018) was a Jamaican athlete who specialised in the high hurdles. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth at her second Games.
Her personal best times were 12.64 in t ...
*Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.
Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. In 1988, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding ...
Women's 400m Hurdles
*Deon Hemmings
Deon Marie Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler.
Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics breaking the Olympic r ...
:* Heat — 55.48
:* Semifinal — 54.70
:* Final — 55.58 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
*Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman (born 5 May 1969) is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.
Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. In 1988, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding ...
, Juliet Cuthbert, Dahlia Duhaney
Dahlia Duhaney (born 20 July 1970) is a Jamaican retired Sprint (running), sprinter who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She won the world title in the women's 4 x 100 metres rel ...
, and Merlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing Slovenia from 2002 to 2012. She is rank ...
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
* Catherine Pomales-Scott, Cathy Rattray-Williams
Cathy Ann Rattray-Williams (born 19 August 1963) is a retired female sprinter from Jamaica, who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres during her career. She is a four-time Olympian, making her debut in 1980 (Moscow, Soviet Union). She won ...
, Juliet Campbell, Sandie Richards
Angella ("Sandie") Richards (born 6 November 1968 in Clarendon Park) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Career
She was a world junior represen ...
, and Claudine Williams
Claudine Williams (born 8 January 1976) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), ...
Women's Long Jump
* Dionne Rose
Dionne Rose-Henley (7 November 1969 – 24 December 2018) was a Jamaican athlete who specialised in the high hurdles. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth at her second Games.
Her personal best times were 12.64 in t ...
:* Heat — 6.22 m (→ did not advance)
* Diane Guthrie-Gresham
:* Heat — NM (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* St. Aubyn Hines
:* First Round — Lost to Pramuansak Phosuwan
Pramuansak Phosuwan (born 22 November 1970) is a Thai boxer. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...
(THA), RSC-2
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Delroy Leslie
Delroy Leslie (born on February 27, 1970) is a retired boxer from Jamaica, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Leslie competed in the Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) division and was defeated i ...
:* First Round — Lost to Shigeyuki Dobashi
(born November 19, 1970, in Chiba) is a retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Japan sent four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Dobashi competed in the Men's Lightweight (� ...
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Cycling
Three male cyclists represented Jamaica in 1992.
; Men's road race
* Michael McKay
*Arthur Tenn
Arthur Tenn (born 15 March 1964) is a Jamaican former cyclist. He competed in the road race event at the 1984, 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was the oldest cyclist to represent Jamaica at the Olympics. Ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Ga ...
; Men's sprint
* Andrew Myers
; Men's 1 km time trial
* Andrew Myers
Sailing
Men's Two Person Dinghy
* Andrew Gooding and Robert Quinton
Table tennis
Men's singles
*Michael Hyatt
Charlene "Michael" Hyatt is a British-born American actress. Before her work in film and television, she performed on stages throughout the United States, particularly in '' Ragtime'' on Broadway. She has played Brianna Barksdale on '' The Wir ...
See also
* Jamaica at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
* Jamaica at the 1991 Pan American Games
* Jamaica at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
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