Jamaica at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Jamaica at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	35 (24 men and 11 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Merlene Ottey
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960)

Jamaica competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Silver

• Grace Jackson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
• Howard Burnett (heats), Trevor Graham (semis), Devon Morris, Bert Cameron, Howard Davis and Winthrop Graham — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Derek Adamson

• Final — 2"47.57 (→ 84th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Christopher Faulknor, Gregory Meghoo, John Mair, and Clive Wright

• Heat — 39.53
• Semi Final — 38.75
• Final — 38.47 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Howard Burnett, Devon Morris, Trevor Graham, and Howard Davis

• Heat — 3:04.00

• Trevor Graham, Devon Morris, Bertland Cameron, and Howard Davis

• Semi Final — 3:00.94

• Howard Davis, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, and Bertland Cameron

• Final — 3:00.30 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Ethlyn Tate, Grace Jackson, Vivienne Spence, and Laurel Johnson

• Heat — 43.50

• Ethlyn Tate, Grace Jackson, Juliet Cuthbert, and Merlene Ottey

• Semi Final — 43.30
• Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Marcia Tate, Andrea Thomas, Cathy Rattray-Williams, and Sharon Powell

• Heat — 3:26.83

• Sandie Richards, Andrea Thomas, Cathy Rattray-Williams, and Sharon Powell

• Final — 3:23.13 (→ 5th place)

References

• sports-reference