| Noc: | JAM |
| Nocname: | Jamaica Olympic Association |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 48 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Ricardo Brown |
| Flagbearer Close: | Stephanie Ann McPherson |
| Rank: | 21 |
| Gold: | 4 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1960) |
Jamaica competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The country's participation marked its seventeenth Summer Olympic appearance as an independent state, although it has previously competed in four other editions as a British colony, and as part of the West Indies Federation.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 20 | 22 | 42 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 25 | 48 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Jamaican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2] [3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yohan Blake | align=left rowspan=3 | 100 m | 10.06 | 2 Q | 10.14 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Oblique Seville | 10.04 | 2 Q | 10.09 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Tyquendo Tracey | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Yohan Blake | align=left rowspan=3 | 200 m | Did not advance | ||||||
| Rasheed Dwyer | 20.31 | 1 Q | 20.13 | 2 Q | 20.21 | 7 | |||
| Julian Forte | 20.65 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Nathon Allen | align=left rowspan=3 | 400 m | 46.12 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Demish Gaye | 45.49 | 4 q | 45.09 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Christopher Taylor | 45.20 | 3 Q | 44.92 | 2 Q | 44.79 PB | 6 | |||
| Ronald Levy | align=left rowspan=3 | 110 m hurdles | 13.17 | 1 Q | 13.23 | 1 Q | 13.10 | ||
| Hansle Parchment | 13.23 | 2 Q | 13.23 | 2 Q | 13.04 | ||||
| Damion Thomas | 13.54 | 3 Q | 12.39 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jaheel Hyde | align=left rowspan=3 | 400 m hurdles | 48.54 | 1 Q | 127.38 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Kemar Mowatt | 49.06 | 4 Q | 48.95 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Shawn Rowe | 49.18 | 3 Q | 48.83 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Yohan Blake Julian Forte Jevaughn Minzie Oblique Seville | 4 × 100 m relay | 37:82 | 1 Q | 37.84 | 5 | ||||
| Nathon Allen Karayme Bartley | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.29 SB | 2 Q | 2:58.76 SB | 6 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | align=left rowspan=3 | 100 m | 10.84 | 1 Q | 10.73 | 1 Q | 10.74 | ||
| Elaine Thompson-Herah | 10.82 | 1 Q | 10.76 | 1 Q | 10.61 | ||||
| Shericka Jackson | 11.07 | 2 Q | 10.79 | 2 Q | 10.76 | ||||
| Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | align=left rowspan=3 | 200 m | 22.22 | 1 Q | 22.13 | 1 Q | 21.94 | 4 | |
| Elaine Thompson-Herah | 22.86 | 3 Q | 21.66 | 1 Q | 21.53 NR | ||||
| Shericka Jackson | 23.26 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Roneisha McGregor | align=left rowspan=3 | 400 m | 51.14 | 2 Q | 50.34 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Candice McLeod | 51.09 | 1 Q | 49.51 PB | 2 Q | 49.87 | 5 | |||
| Stephenie Ann McPherson | 50.89 | 1 Q | 49.34 PB | 1 Q | 49.61 | 4 | |||
| Natoya Goule | 800 m | 1:59.83 | 1 Q | 1:59:57 | 1 Q | 1:58.26 | 8 | ||
| Aisha Praught-Leer | 1500 m | 4:15.31 | 13 | Did not advance | |||||
| Britany Anderson | align=left rowspan=3 | 100 m hurdles | 12.67 | 1 Q | 12.40 PB | 1 Q | 13.24 | 8 | |
| Megan Tapper | 12.53 PB | 2 Q | 12.62 | 2 Q | 12.55 | ||||
| Yanique Thompson | 12.74 | 2 Q | Did not advance | ||||||
| Leah Nugent | align=left rowspan=3 | 400 m hurdles | Did not advance | ||||||
| Janieve Russell | 54.81 | 2 Q | 54.10 | 2 Q | 53.08 PB | 4 | |||
| Ronda Whyte | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Remona Burchell | 4 × 100 m relay | 42:14 | 3 Q | 41.02 NR | |||||
| Junelle Bromfield Shericka Jackson Roneisha McGregor Janieve Russell Stacey-Ann Williams | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.45 | 2 Q | 3:21.24 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Tajay Gayle | Long jump | 8.14 | 4 q | 7.69 | 11 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Carey McLeod | Long jump | 7.75 | 21 | Did not advance | |
| Triple jump | 16.01 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
| Fedrick Dacres | align=left rowspan=3 | Discus throw | 62.91 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Traves Smikle | 59.04 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Chad Wright | 62.93 | 12 q | 62.56 | 9 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Tissanna Hickling | align=left rowspan=2 | Long jump | 6.22 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Chanice Porter | 6.19 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Shanieka Ricketts | align=left rowspan=2 | Triple jump | 14.43 | 6 Q | 14.84 | 4 |
| Kimberly Williams | 14.30 | 9 q | 14.51 | 8 | ||
| Lloydricia Cameron | align=left rowspan=2 | Shot put | 17.43 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Danniel Thomas-Dodd | 18.37 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Shadae Lawrence | Discus throw | 62.27 | 12 q | 62.12 | 7 | |
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Jamaica entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1996. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Brown finished fourth in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Jamaican team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.[4]
See main article: article, Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Jamaica entered one diver into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top eighteen of the men's springboard at the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Jamaica entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. British-born Danusia Francis booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing ninth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[6] [7]
Two days prior to the competition Francis learned she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament. She therefore withdrew from the balance beam, the vault and the floor exercise. She chose to continue to compete in the uneven bars with her knee bandaged, scoring the lowest of any competitor as the judges deducted 6.5 points for various infractions and gave her only a 0.5 difficulty score. However, her 9.033 execution score was the highest for any athlete on any apparatus.[8]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time in history, Jamaica qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Ebony Drysdale Daley accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[9]
See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Jamaican swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[10] [11]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Keanan Dols | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:00.25 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:04.29 | 43 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alia Atkinson | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.70 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||