Jamaica at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 (11 men, 9 women) | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 21 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 2 |
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 British West Indies (1960) |
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Jamaica competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 20 competitors, 11 men and 9 women, took part in 18 events in 3 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Silver
- Don Quarrie — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's 800 metres
- Seymour Newman
- Heat — 1:48.46
- Semi Final — 1:47.22 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Leighton Priestley, Donald Quarrie, Colin Bradford, and Seymour Newman
- Heat — 3:03.86
- Final — 3:02.84 (→ 5th place)
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Three cyclists represented Jamaica in 1976.
- Errol Walters — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Xavier Mirander — 16th place
- David Weller — 1:08.534 (→ 11th place)
References
- ↑ "Jamaica at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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