Jamaica at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Jamaica at the
Paralympics

IPC code| JAM
NPC| Jamaica Paralympic Association
Medals
Ranked 44th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer appearances

* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

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); Patrick Reid (men's discus and pentathlon, men's 25m breaststroke, 1972); Rohne (full name not recorded; women's 60m wheelchair race, 1972); Leone Williams (women's discus, 1972; women's discus and shot put, 1980); Nella McPherson (women's 3x25m medley and 50m breaststroke, 1972); Pearson (full name not recorded; men's featherweight (weightlifting), 1972); Henriette Davis (women's shot put, 1980); Davis Jeffreson (men's javelin, 1980); Sarah Newland (women's 100m race, women's 100m breaststroke, 1980); Minette Wilson (women's club throw, 1980; women's javelin, 1988); and Alphanso Cunningham (men's discus, 2004).[2]

## Medal tally

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Ranking

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1968 Summer Paralympics | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14th
1972 Summer Paralympics | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10th
1976 Summer Paralympics | did not compete
1980 Summer Paralympics | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18th
1984 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \-
1988 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 33rd
1992 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47th
1996 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \-
2000 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \-
2004 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 53rd
2008 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69th
2012 Summer Paralympics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52nd
2016 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \-
2020 Summer Paralympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \-
Total | 21 | 16 | 18 | 55 | 13

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Games  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Vincent Excell |  1968 Tel Aviv | Athletics | Men's precision javelin throw open
Gold | Baracatt |  1968 Tel Aviv | Athletics | Women's precision javelin throw open
Gold | Constance Meikle |  1968 Tel Aviv | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke class 4 incomplete
Silver | Constance Meikle |  1968 Tel Aviv | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle class 4 incomplete
Bronze | Hall |  1968 Tel Aviv | Weightlifting | Men's lightweight
Gold | Patrick Reid |  1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Men's discus throw 1B
Gold | Patrick Reid |  1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Men's pentathlon 1B
Gold | Eloise Rhone |  1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Women's 60m wheelchair 5
Gold | Leone Williams |  1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Women's discus throw 5
Gold | Patrick Reid |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke 1B
Gold | Nella McPherson |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Gold | Nella McPherson |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 75m individual medley 3
Gold | Desmond Pearson |  1972 Heidelberg | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight
Silver | Leone Williams |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke 6
Silver | Delores Mullings |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 25m breaststroke 2
Bronze | Lewis
Nella McPherson
Rhone
Leone Williams |  1972 Heidelberg | Athletics | Women's 4x40m wheelchair relay open
Bronze | Patrick Reid |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke 1B
Bronze | Nella McPherson |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke 3
Bronze | Delores Mullings |  1972 Heidelberg | Swimming | Women's 75m individual medley 2
Gold | Jefferson Davis |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 3
Gold | Sarah Newland |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's 100m D1
Gold | Minette Wilson |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's club throw 1B
Gold | Leone Williams |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's discus throw 5
Gold | Henriette Davis |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's shot put 4
Gold | Leone Williams |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's shot put 5
Gold | Sarah Newland |  1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke D1
Silver | Quida White |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's discus throw 3
Silver | Henriette Davis |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 4
Silver | Leone Williams |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 5
Silver | Nella McPherson |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's slalom 3
Silver | Nella McPherson |  1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke 3
Silver | Nella McPherson |  1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Silver | Sarah Newland |  1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 3x50m individual medley D1
Bronze | Norman Burke |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Men's javelin throw D1
Bronze | Norman Burke |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Men's shot put D1
Bronze | Patrick Reid |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Men's pentathlon 1C
Bronze | Minette Wilson |  1980 Arnhem | Athletics | Women's shot put 1B
Gold | Minette Wilson |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 1B
Silver | Jefferson Davis |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 4
Silver | Sylvia Grant |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's discus throw 5
Silver | Sylvia Grant |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 5
Silver | Sylvia Grant |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's pentathlon 5-6
Bronze | Minette Wilson |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's discus throw 1B
Bronze | Henriette Davis |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's javelin throw 4
Bronze | Minette Wilson |  1988 Seoul | Athletics | Women's shot put 1B
Silver | Sylvia Grant |  1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's javelin throw THW7
Bronze | Jefferson Davis |  1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's javelin throw THW6
Bronze | Sylvia Grant |  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

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* Jamaica at the Olympics

## References

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1. ^ Jamaica at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. ^ Jamaica at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

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