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Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: JAM: NOC: Jamaica Olympic Association: Website: www.joa.org.jm: in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 58 in 4 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Josh Kirlew & Shanieka Ricketts: Flag bearer (closing) Rajindra Campbell: Medals Ranked 44th: Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
Dunn’s River Falls, the Blue Hole and Konoko Falls (more on them below) are all within a 30 minute drive, while locals and tourists alike mingle at some of Jamaica’s best beaches, including ...
Kingston, Jamaica [10] 200m freestyle: 2:10.26 Elan Daley Bermuda 1 April 2018: 2018 Championships Kingston, Jamaica [11] 400m freestyle: 4:36.93 Heidi Stoute Barbados 19 April 2022: 2022 Championships Bridgetown, Barbados [12] 50m backstroke: 31.52 Elan Daley Bermuda 31 March 2018: 2018 Championships Kingston, Jamaica [13] 100m backstroke: 1: ...
The full Jamaican track and field team was announced on July 11, 2016, including sprinting superstars and defending Olympic champions Usain Bolt (men's 100, 200, and 4 × 100 m relay) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (women's 100 m). When the team was named in many events, four athletes were named "including alternates."
The swimming marathon events at the Olympic games have a distance of 10 km. Long-distance swims tend to fall into one of two categories: (1) swims in which the start date and start time are chosen by the individual swimmer (often called solo-swims), and (2) swims that involve a group-start. Long-distance swimming is one of the events wherein ...
Distance Position Distance Position Tissanna Hickling: Long jump: 6.22 24 Did not advance Chanice Porter: 6.19 25 Did not advance Shanieka Ricketts: Triple jump: 14.43 6 Q: 14.84 4 Kimberly Williams: 14.30 9 q: 14.51 8 Lloydricia Cameron: Shot put: 17.43 22 Did not advance Danniel Thomas-Dodd: 18.37 13 Did not advance Shadae Lawrence: Discus ...
The longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea is 225 km (140 mi) by Croatian Veljko Rogosic across the Adriatic Sea from Grado to Riccione (both Italy) from 29 to 31 August 2006. The attempt took her 50 hours 10 mins. The distance was determined by GPS. Completed 160 km (99 mi) swim from Jamaica to Cuba (15 September 1999).
The Jamaican Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Jamaica. These records are kept by Jamaica's national swimming federation: the Amateur Swimming Association of Jamaica (ASAJ). Records are recognized for males and females in the following long course (50m) and short course (25m) events: