Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Jamaica participated in the Summer Olympics in 1968 in Mexico City with a delegation of 25 athletes (20 men and five women ) participated.

  • 2.1 boxes
  • 2.2 weightlifting
  • 2.3 Athletics
  • 2.4 Swimming
  • 2.5 Sailing

Medalist

Silver

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Kenneth Campbell Bantamweight: 17th Place
  • Errol West Featherweight: 17th Place
  • Oliver Wright Middleweight: 9th place

Weightlifting

  • Cedric Demetris Light Heavyweight: ?

Athletics

  • Pablo McNeil 100 meters: Heats
  • Mike Fray 200 meters: 7th place 4 x 100: 4th place
  • Byron Dyce 800 meters: Semi-finals 1,500 meters: Heats
  • Neville Myton 800 meters: Heats
  • Errol Stewart 4 x 100: 4th place
  • Victor Brooks Long Jump: 15th Place
  • Wellesley Clayton Long Jump: 23 place in the qualification
  • Lennox Burgher Triple Jump: 30th place in qualifying
  • Vilma Charlton Women, 100 meters: Heats Women, 200 meters: Heats Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats
  • Carmen Smith Women, 100 meters: Heats Women, 80 meter hurdles: Heats Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats
  • Una Morris Women, 200 meters: Semi-finals Women, 400 meters: Semi-finals Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats
  • Adlin Mair -Clarke Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats
  • Audrey Reid Women, high jump: 15th place in the qualification

Swimming

  • Paul Nash 100m freestyle: Heats

Sailing

  • Barton Kirkconnell Dragon: 20th Place
  • Charles Ogilvie Dragon: 20th Place
  • Steven Henriques Dragon: 20th Place
  • William Plant Flying Dutchman: 26th place
  • Michael Anthony Nunes Flying Dutchman: 26th place
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