Year: 1948

London, England

Medals: 3 (one gold, two silver)

Event/s: Gold — 400m Arthur Wint (46.2 — Olympic Record)

Silver – 400m Herb McKenley (46.4); 800m Arthur Wint (1:49.5)

Year: 1952

Helsinki, Finland

Medals: 5 (two gold, three silver)

Event/s: Gold — 400m George Rhoden (45.9 — Olympic Record); 4x400m relay (3:03.9 – World Record) — Arthur Wint (46.8), Leslie Laing (47.0), Herb McKenley (44.6), George Rhoden (45.5).

Silver – 400m Herb McKenley (45.9); 800m Arthur Wint (1:49.4); 100m Herb McKenley (10.4).

Year: 1956

Melbourne, Australia

Medals: None

Year: 1960

(Jamaica entered as a part of the British West Indies Federation)

Rome, Italy

Medals: 2 (two bronze)

Event/s: Bronze – 800 George Kerr (1:47.1); 4x400m relay (3:04.0) — Malcolm Spence/JAM (46.58), James Wedderburn/BAR (46.41), Keith Gardner/JAM (45.70), George Kerr/JAM (45.64)

Year: 1964

Tokyo, Japan

Medals: None

Year: 1968

Mexico City, Mexico

Medals: 1 (one silver)

Event/s: Silver — 100m Lennox Miller (10.0)

Year: 1972

Munich, Germany

Medals: 1 (one bronze)

Event/s: Bronze — 100m Lennox Miller (10.33)

Year: 1976

Montreal, Canada

Medals: 2 (one gold, one silver)

Event/s: Gold — 200m Donald Quarrie (20.23);

Silver – 100m Donald Quarrie (10.07)

Year: 1980

Moscow, Russia

Medals: 3 (three bronze)

Event/s: Bronze 200m Don Quarrie (20.29); 200m Merlene Ottey (22.20), Cycling — 1,000m Time Trial, David Weller.

Year: 1984

Los Angeles, USA

Medals: 3 (one silver, two bronze)

Event/s: Silver Men’s 4x100m relay (38.62) — Albert Lawrence, Gregory Meghoo, Donald Quarrie, Raymond Stewart — reserve: Norman Edwards (heats);

Bronze – Merlene Ottey-Page 100 (11.16), 200m (22.09)

Year: 1988

Seoul, South Korea

Medals: 2 (two silver)

Event/s: Silver – 200m Grace Jackson (21.72); Men’s 4x400m relay (3:00.30) — Howard Davis (45.05), Devon Morris (44.90), Winthrop Graham (45.80), Bert Cameron (44.55) — reserves: Howard Burnett (47.63 heats); Trevor Graham (46.13 semi-final).

Year: 1992

Barcelona, Spain

Medals: 4 (three silver, one bronze)

Event/s: Silver – Juliet Cuthbert 100m (10.83), 200m (22.02); Winthrop Graham 400m hurdles (47.66); Bronze – Merlene Ottey 200m (22.09)

Year: 1996

Atlanta, USA

Medals: 6 (one gold, three silver, two bronze)

Event/s: Gold – Deon Hemmings 400m Hurdles (52.82);

Silver – Merlene Ottey 100m (10.94), 200m (22.24), James Beckford long jump (8.29m).

Bronze – Women’s 4x100m relay (42.24) — Michelle Freeman (11.72), Juliet Cuthbert (10.11), Nicole Mitchell (10.58), Merlene Ottey (9.83) — reserves: Gillian Russell (10.51), Andrea Lloyd (10.50). Men’s 4x400m Relay (2:59.42) – Michael McDonald (45.05), Roxbert Martin (43.81), Gregory Haughton (45.87), Davian Clarke (44.69) — reserves: Dennis Blake (44.75), Garth Robinson (45.43).

Year: 2000

Sydney, Australia

Medals: 9 (six silver, three bronze)

Event/s: Silver – Tayna Lawrence 100m (11.18); Lorraine Fenton-Graham 400m (49.58): Deon Hemmings 400m hurdles (53.45); Women’s 4x100m relay (42.13) — Tayna Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverley McDonald, Merlene Ottey – reserve Merlene Frazer; Women’s 4x400m relays (3:23.25) — Sandie Richards (51.14), Catherine Scott-Pomales (51.18), Deon Hemmings (51.30), Lorraine Graham (49.63) — reserves: Charmaine Howell (52.6), Michelle Burgher 51.4); Men’s 4x400m relay (2:58.78) — Michael Blackwood (45.14), Greg Haughton (44.29), Chris Williams (44.73), Danny McFarlene (44.62) — reserves: Sanjay Ayre (46.73) heats, (45.86) semi-final), Michael McDonald (45.68 heats).

Bronze – Merlene Ottey 100m (11.19); Beverley McDonald 200m (22.35); Greg Haughton 400m (44.70).

Year: 2004

Athens, Greece

Medals: 5 (two gold, one silver, two bronze)

Event/s: Gold – Veronica Campbell 200m (22.05); Women’s 4x100m relay (41.73) — Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell — reserve: Beverley McDonald).

Silver – Danny McFarlene 400m hurdles (48.11)

Bronze – Veronica Campbell 100m (10.97); Women’s 4x400m relay (3:22.00) — Novlene Williams (51.1), Michelle Burgher (50.1), Nadia Davy (50.25), Sandie Richards 50.55) — reserve: Ronetta Smith (52.3).

Year: 2008

Beijing, China

Medals: 11 (six gold, three silver, two bronze)

Event/s: Gold – Usain Bolt 100m (9.69 – World Record), 200m (19.30 – World Record); Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100m (10.78); Veronica Campbell-Brown 200m (21.74); Melaine Walker 400m hurdles (52.64 — Olympic Record); Men’s 4x100m relay (37.10 — World Record) — Nesta Carter (10.41), Michael Frater (9.01), Usain Bolt (8.98), Asafa Powell (8.70) — reserves: Dwight Thomas.

Silver – Sherone Simpson 100m (10.98), Kerron Stewart 100m (10.98); Shericka Williams 400m (49.69).

Bronze – Kerron Stewart 200m (22.00); Women’s 4x400m relay (3:20.40) — Shericka Williams (50.9), Shereefa Lloyd (49.3), Rosemarie Whyte (50.34), Novlene Williams (49.86) — reserve: Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (50.94).

Year: 2012

London, England

Medals: 12 (four gold, four silver, four bronze)

Event/s: Gold – Usain Bolt 100m (9.63 — Olympic Record), 200m (19.32); Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100m (10.75); Men’s 4x100m relay (36.84 — World Record) — Nesta Carter (10.28), Michael Frater (9.07), Yohan Blake (9.09), Usain Bolt (8.70) — reserve: Kemar Bailey-Cole.

Silver – Yohan Blake 100m (9.75), 200m (19.44); Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 200m (22.09); Women’s 4x100m relay (41.41) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (11.27), Sherone Simpson (10.32), Veronica Campbell-Brown (10.23), Kerron Stewart (9.96) — reserve: Samantha Henry-Robinson, Schillonie Calvert).

Bronze — Veronica Campbell-Brown 100m (10.81); Warren Weir 200m (19.84); Hansle Parchment 110m Hurdles (13.12); Women’s 4x400m relay (3:20.95) – Christine Day (51.2), Rosemarie Whyte (50.0), Shericka Williams (50.29), Novlene Williams-Mills (49.46) — reserve: Shereefa Lloyd (52.7).

GOLD: 17

SILVER: 30

BRONZE: 22

TOTAL: 69

Please note in the above list of overall medals won by Jamaica since 1948, the two bronze medals won in 1960, when Jamaica partcipated as a part of the British West Indies, are included.

Further, Jamaica’s overall medal tally includes the bronze medal received by Merlene Ottey in the 100m and Bev McDonald upgraded to bronze at the 2000 Sydney Games, following the disqualification of the winner, American Marion Jones, for a doping violation. Ottey had originally finished fourth in the race.

Note also that Tayna Lawrence who originally finished third in the 100m in Sydney for the bronze medal was ungraded to silver following the aforementioned disqualification of Marion Jones.