Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Seoul
Competitors	35 (24 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Merlene Ottey
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Jamaica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 35 competitors, 24 men and 11 women, took part in 22 events in 5 sports.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	15	11	26
Boxing	4	–	4
Cycling	3	0	3
Table tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	24	11	35

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Grace Jackson	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	29 September
Silver	Howard Burnett Bert Cameron Howard Davis Trevor Graham Winthrop Graham Devon Morris	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	1 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Mair	100 metres	10.44	22 q	10.41	21	Did not advance
Andrew Smith		10.49	30 Q	10.63	44	Did not advance
Ray Stewart		10.22	3 Q	10.25	9 Q	10.18	4 Q	12.26	7
Clive Wright	200 metres	20.94	15 Q	20.87	20	Did not advance
Bert Cameron	400 metres	46.24	17 Q	45.16	11 Q	44.50	5 Q	44.94	6
Howard Davis		45.97	10 Q	45.40	16 Q	45.48	13	Did not advance
Devon Morris		45.95	9 Q	45.30	14 Q	45.68	14	Did not advance
Derick Adamson	Marathon	—	2:47:57	84
Richard Bucknor	110 metres hurdles	13.89	12 Q	13.91	14 Q	13.98	15	Did not advance
Andrew Parker		14.00	18 Q	14.05	21	Did not advance
Winthrop Graham	400 metres hurdles	49.40	4 Q	—	48.37	3 Q	48.04	5
Chris Faulknor Greg Meghoo Clive Wright John Mair	4 × 100 metres relay	39.53	10 Q	—	38.75	5 Q	38.47	4
Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron Howard Burnett (*) Trevor Graham (*)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:04.00	3 Q	—	3:00.94	3 Q	3:00.30

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juliet Cuthbert	100 metres	11.14	7 Q	11.03	8 Q	11.10	8 Q	11.26	7
Grace Jackson		11.18	9 Q	11.13	13 Q	11.06	7 Q	10.97	4
Merlene Ottey		11.03	2 Q	11.03	8 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Grace Jackson	200 metres	22.66	2 Q	22.24	2 Q	22.13	3 Q	21.72
Merlene Ottey		23.06	10 Q	22.30	4 Q	22.07	2 Q	21.99	4
Cathy Rattray-Williams	400 metres	52.39	10 Q	51.81	12 Q	50.82	13	Did not advance
Sandie Richards		52.19	6 Q	52.90	22	Did not advance
Sharon Powell	800 metres	2:03.49	20	—	Did not advance
Juliet Cuthbert Grace Jackson Merlene Ottey Ethlyn Tate Vivienne Spence (*) Laurel Johnson (*)	4 × 100 metres relay	43.50	6 Q	—	43.30	6 Q	DNS
Sandie Richards Andrea Thomas Cathy Rattray-Williams Sharon Powell Marcia Tate (*)	4 × 400 metres relay	3:26.83	2 Q	—	3:23.13	5

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark Kennedy	Lightweight	Bye	Maea (COK) W RSC R1	Chuprenski (BUL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Richard Hamilton	Welterweight	Bye	Gantulga (MGL) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Gary Smikle	Light middleweight	Bye	Zaytsev (URS) L 0–5	Did not advance
Terry Dixon	Light heavyweight	—	Madsen (DEN) L RSC R2	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three male cyclists represented Jamaica in 1988.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arthur Tenn	Road race	4:48:06	107
Raymond Thomas		4:43:15	97

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Peter Aldridge	Points race	–1 lap	15	9 Q	–3 laps	4	22

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Garfield Jones	Singles	Lupulesku (YUG) L 0–3	Mazunov (URS) L 0–3	Ono (JPN) L 0–3	Costantini (ITA) L 2–3	Liu (HKG) L w/o	Núñez (CHI) L 1–3	Kim (KOR) L 0–3	7	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Calvin Stamp	Men's +110 kg	150.0	12	195.0	9	345.0	11