Jamaica at the Paralympics

Jamaica at the Paralympics
IPC code	JAM
NPC	Jamaica Paralympic Association
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 20 Silver 16 Bronze 18 Total 54
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Jamaica made its Paralympic Games début at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. It competed again in 1972, was absent in 1976, returned in 1980, and has competed at every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. Jamaica has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.^[1]

Jamaican competitors have won a total of 54 Paralympic medals: 20 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze. This puts it in 44th place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Jamaica's success has declined sharply over the years, from a peak of 8 gold medals, 3 silver and 7 bronze in 1972, to just 1 bronze in 2008. Jamaica's gold medallists are Baracatt (full name not recorded; women's precision javelin, 1968); Excell (full name not recorded; men's club throw, 1968); Meikle (full name not recorded; women's 50m breaststroke, 1968); (men's discus and pentathlon, men's 25m breaststroke, 1972); Rohne (full name not recorded; women's 60m wheelchair race, 1972); (women's discus, 1972; women's discus and shot put, 1980); (women's 3x25m medley and 50m breaststroke, 1972); Pearson (full name not recorded; men's featherweight (weightlifting), 1972); (women's shot put, 1980); (men's javelin, 1980); (women's 100m race, women's 100m breaststroke, 1980); (women's club throw, 1980; women's javelin, 1988); and Alphanso Cunningham (men's discus, 2004).^[2]

Medal tally[]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold		1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's precision javelin throw open
Gold	Baracatt	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's precision javelin throw open
Gold	Meikle	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke class 4 incomplete
Silver	Meikle	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle class 4 incomplete
Bronze	Hall	1968 Tel Aviv	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Men's discus throw 1B
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Men's pentathlon 1B
Gold	Rhone	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's 60m wheelchair 5
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw 5
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Men's 25m breaststroke 1B
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Gold		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 75m individual medley 3
Gold	Pearson	1972 Heidelberg	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Silver		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 100m backstroke 6
Silver	Mullings	1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 25m breaststroke 2
Bronze	Lewis Rhone	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's 4x40m wheelchair relay open
Bronze		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Men's 25m backstroke 1B
Bronze		1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke 3
Bronze	Mullings	1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 75m individual medley 2
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 3
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's 100m D1
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's club throw 1B
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's discus throw 5
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's shot put 4
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's shot put 5
Gold		1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke D1
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's discus throw 3
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 4
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 5
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's slalom 3
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke 3
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Silver		1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 3x50m individual medley D1
Bronze		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's javelin throw D1
Bronze		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's shot put D1
Bronze		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's pentathlon 1C
Bronze		1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's shot put 1B
Gold		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 1B
Silver		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 4
Silver		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's discus throw 5
Silver		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 5
Silver		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's pentathlon 5-6
Bronze		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's discus throw 1B
Bronze		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 4
Bronze		1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's shot put 1B
Silver		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW7
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's javelin throw THW6
Bronze		1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's discus throw THW7
Gold	Alphanso Cunningham	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F53
Bronze	Tanto Campbell	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
Bronze	Tanto Campbell	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55/56
Gold	Alphanso Cunningham	2012 London	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52-53

See also[]

• Jamaica at the Olympics

References[]