fbpx Jamaica's male gold medal Olympic winners from 1948- 2016 | Experience Jamaique
0

Jamaica's male gold medal Olympic winners from 1948- 2016

 

Jamaica's male gold medal Olympic winners from 1948- 2016

In 1948, the all-male Jamaican athletic team won for the first time gold, silver and bronze medals at the Summer Olympics in London and again in 1952 in Helsinki.  

These incredible successes were not signs of smooth sailing, for it was not until 1968 in Mexico that Jamaican male athletes succeeded in winning a bronze medal.  Later Donald Quarrie won gold and silver at the 1976 Montreal games, which marked a turning point for Jamaica's male athletes.

The trend continued mainly to the incomparable Usain Bolt who won gold in all his events at Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio in 2016.

The success of Bolt and other medal winning athletes has given Jamaica the reputation today as a producer of world class short distance runners.  

Here is a table that lists Jamaica's Olympic gold medal male athletes in track and field events from 1948 to 2012.

 

Olympic Gold Medalist winners  Year Location    Event
Authur Wint 1948 London Men's 400 meters
George Rhoden 1952 Helsinki Men's 400 meters
Author Wint, Leslie Lang, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden 1952 Helsinki Men's 4x400 meters relay
Donald Quarrie 1976 Montreal Men's 200 meters hudles
No golds for the men but two silver medals 2004 Athens 400 meters hurdles
Usain Bolt 2008 Beijing Men's 100 & 200 meters
Usain Bolt, Nester Carter, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell  2008  Beijing  4x100 meters men's relay
Usain Bolt 2012  London Men's 100 & 200 meters
Nester Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt  2012  London Men's 4x100 meters relay

 

 In the 2016 Rio Games Usain Bolt won gold for the 100 and 200 metres sprint, Omar McLeod for the 110 metres hurdle, the 4x100 mens relay. A total of four Olympic golds for Jamaica's male track and field athletes.
 

See YouTube vidoes: 

Jamaica's Heroes Win 4x400m Relay Gold - Helsinki 1952 Olympics

Jamaica Break Mens 4x100m World Record - London 2012 Olympics

 

Also visit our art gallery: https://www.experiencejamaique.com/product_gallery

Updated July 2021