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