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The Jamaica national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsleighing competitions. The men's team debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four-man bobsleigh in Calgary, Alberta, [1] was received as underdogs in a cold weather sport represented by a nation with a tropical environment. Jamaica returned to the Winter Olympics in the ...
The story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics was turned into the 1993 movie Cool Runnings. [7] However, the film was only loosely based on actual events, with real-life coach Pat Brown later saying that the team had never experienced any of the animosity from the other teams as depicted in the movie. [8]
The event included competitors from countries with little history of bobsleigh participation and/or little or no snow. [3] These countries included Jamaica (whose involvement spurred the film Cool Runnings in 1993), Mexico, and New Zealand. An informal "Caribbean Cup" of such countries was won by New Zealand's Alexander Peterson and Peter Henry ...
Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988, with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame. Jamaican athletes have won a total of 87 medals, with all but one medal won in athletics, and all but three of those in the individual and relay sprint events. The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the ...
Jamaica's four-man bobsled team will be competing in this year's Winter Olympics for the first time in 24 years. Like the country's 1988 team that inspired the film "Cool Runnings," this team had ...
Bobsleigh is an Olympic sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. The sport was included in the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and has been held at every Olympics since, except 1960. The four-man event, which was first held in 1924, was switched to a five-man event in 1928.
The Jamaican bobsled team is back in the Winter Olympics for the first time in decades after qualifying for a spot in next month’s competition in Beijing. Jamaican bobsledders make history ahead ...
Jamaica at the 1992 Winter Olympics; IOC code: JAM: NOC: Jamaica Olympic Association: Website: www.joa.org.jm: in Albertville; Competitors: 5 (men) in 1 sport: Flag bearer : Dudley Stokes (bobsleigh) Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Winter Olympics appearances