Jamaica at the Paralympics

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]

Jamaica at the Paralympics
IPC code	JAM
NPC	Jamaica Paralympic Association
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 21 Silver 16 Bronze 18 Total 55
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
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

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
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

• Jamaica at the Olympics

References

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