Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Jamaica participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 33 athletes ( 21 men and 12 women ) participated. These occurred in six sports at 27 competition. The Athlete Lennox Miller was selected as flag bearer for the opening ceremony and won after only athlete a medal for his country at these games.

  • 2.1 boxes
  • 2.2 Athletics
  • 2.3 Cycling 2.3.1 railway
  • 2.3.2 road

Medals

Medalist

Bronze

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Oliver Wright Light Heavyweight: 17th Place

Athletics

  • Lennox Miller 100 m: Bronze
  • Michael Fray 100 m: Finals 5th Place
  • Richard hardware 200 m: Semi-finals
  • Donald Quarrie 200 m: Semifinal DNF
  • Leighton Priestley 400 m: Quarter-finals 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Byron Dyce 800 m: Flow 1500 m: Flow
  • Godfrey Murray 110m hurdles: Flow
  • Kim Rowe 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Trevor Campbell 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Alfred Daley 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Henry Jackson Long Jump: 26th place in qualifying Triple Jump: Qualification DNF

Women

  • Rosie Allwood Women, 100 m: Semi-finals Women, 200 m: Final 8th Place Women, 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Una Morris Women, 200 m: Quarter-finals Women, 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Yvonne Saunders Women, 400 m: Semi-finals Women, 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Ruth Williams -Simpson Women, 400 m: Flow Women, 4 × 400 m: Flow
  • Lelieth Hodges Women, 4 × 100 m: Flow DNF
  • Vilma Charlton Women, 4 × 100 m: Flow DNF
  • Carol Cummings Women, 4 × 100 m: Flow DNF
  • Debbie Byfield Women, 4 × 100 m: Flow DNF
  • Andrea Bruce Women High Jump: Finale 9th place
  • Audrey Reid Women High Jump: Finale 11th Place

Cycling

Train

  • Honson Chin Sprint: 2nd Round ( repechage ) Tandem: 1st Round ( repechage )
  • Maurice Hugh - Sam Sprint: 1st Round ( repechage ) 4000 m team pursuit: 21st place in the qualification
  • Howard Fenton 1000 m time trial: 26th place Tandem: 1st Round ( repechage ) 4000 m team pursuit: 21st place in the qualification
  • Michael Lecky 4000 m individual pursuit: 26th place in qualifying 4000 m team pursuit: 21st place in the qualification
  • Radcliffe Lawrence 4000 m team pursuit: 21st place in the qualification

Road

  • Howard Fenton Road Race: DNF
  • Radcliffe Lawrence Road Race: DNF
  • Michael Lecky Road Race: DNF
  • Xavier Mirander Road Race: DNF

Swimming

  • Belinda Phillips Women 200m freestyle: Flow Women 's 400m freestyle: Flow Women, 800 m freestyle: Flow

Sailing

  • Michael Keith Nunes Dragon: 22 Place
  • John Burrowes Dragon: 22 Place
  • Michael Anthony Nunes Dragon: 22 Place

Diving

  • Betsy Sullivan Women 's springboard 3m: 29th place in qualifying
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