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How many World Championships has Jamaica won in Track and Field?

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By Venesha Johnson | Associate Writer

Jamaica has done well at the Olympics and has done just as well at the World Championships. Let’s take a look at all our glorious moments throughout the year and find out how many world championships has Jamaica won in track and field.

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The first staging of the World Athletics Championships was in 1983. The first-ever 400 m World Champion was achieved by our Bert Cameron and in the 200 m, Merlene Ottey won silver. Leleith Hodges, Jacqueline Pusey, Juliet Cuthbert, and Merlene Ottey, the women's 4 100 m team, also took home a bronze.

The following event was at the 1991 World Championships in Japan, where Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Ottey won the women's 4 x 100 m relay team event and the single gold medal we received that year. The men's 4 x 400 m team of Patrick O'Connor, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, and Seymour Fagan took home a bronze medal, giving Jamaica a record-breaking medal total at the World Championships of 1 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronzes. Winthrop Graham had managed to win silver in the 400 m hurdles, and Ottey once again won two bronzes in the 100 m and 200 m.

In 1995, Ottey won the 200-meter title again in Gothenburg during the world championships. She won silver in the 100 m once more. Jamaica set yet another record at this competition by winning 1 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze. James Beckford won silver in the long jump, Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Danny McFarlane, and Greg Haughton won silver in the men's 4 x 400 m team, as did the women's 4 x 100 m team, comprised of Duhaney, Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Ottey. Greg Haughton won bronze in the men's 400 m and Deon Hemmings in the women's 400 m hurdles.

Jamaica took home three silver medals and four bronzes from the 1997 world championships. In the 400 m, Alexandra "Sandie" Richards took home silver. Olympic champion Hemmings took home silver in the 400-meter hurdles, and Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer, Cuthbert, and Beverly Grant took home silver in the women's 4 x 100-meter relay. Ottey won bronze in the 200 meters, Michelle Freeman won bronze in the 100-meter hurdles, and the 4 x 400 m teams for men (Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, and Davian Clarke) and women (Inez Turner, Lorraine Fenton, Hemmings, and Sandie Richards) both won bronze. Jamaica’s male team gained a third-place finish after the original winners from the USA had their medals stripped when their team member Antonio Pettigrew tested positive for a banned substance. With the addition of the silver medal, Jamaica's revised total is now four silvers and four bronzes.

Jamaica’s campaign at the 1999 Championships did not end with a gold medal. However, Beverly McDonald ensured we did not come home empty-handed by earning a silver medal in the 200 m. Hemmings in the 400-meter hurdles, Fenton in the 400-meter run, Merlene Frazer in the 200-meter run, the women's four-person 100-meter relay team of Aleen Bailey, Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald, and Peta-Gaye Dowdie, and the men's four-person 400-meter relay team of Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, and Davian Clarke all took home bronze medals. The US team, the original winners of the 4 x 400 m race, eventually admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. This meant they were disqualified and the originally awarded bronze medals were changed to silver.

The women's 4 400 m team of Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott, Debbie-Ann Parris, and Fenton ran the world record at the 2001 World Championships, helping Jamaica win gold. While Greg Haughton in the men's 400 m, Brandon Simpson, Christopher Williams, Greg Haughton, and Danny McFarlane in the men's 4 400 m team, and Juliet Campbell, Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald, and Astia Walker in the women's 4 100 m team each won bronze, Christopher Williams and Fenton both won silver in the 200 m and 400 m, respectively. The final results for Jamaica were 1 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze.

2003 saw no gold medals at the world championships, but they did take home silver for the men's 4 x 400 m team (Brandon Simpson, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke, and Blackwood), Brigitte Foster-Hylton in the 100 m hurdles, and James Beckford in the long jump. The four silver and two bronze medals were completed by Blackwood's bronze in the men's 400 m and the four-person women's 400 m team (Allison Beckford, Fenton, Ronetta Smith, and Sandie Richards).

At the World Championships 2005, Jamaica took home one gold, five silver, and two bronze medals. Trecia Smith won the triple jump gold medal, becoming the first Jamaican woman to do so in a field event at the international level. Delloreen Ennis-London earned silver medals in the 100 m hurdles, Michael Frater in the men's 100 m, Veronica Campbell in the women's 100 m, and the women's 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 m teams. In the 100 m hurdles, Brigitte Foster-Hylton came in second to Ennis-London for bronze, and the men's 4 400 m team also took third place. Jamaica placed fifth in the medal standings with an overall total of 8 medals, ahead of Germany and Great Britain.

In 2007, Jamaican athletics set a new record, and out of 204 competing nations, Jamaica finished fourth in the overall medal count. Silver was the best Veronica Campbell could manage in the 200 m after winning gold in the 100 m. Usain Bolt won a silver medal in the men's 200-meter race, and Asafa Powell won a bronze in the men's 100-meter race. The 4 100 m Men's and Women's sprint relay teams, as well as the 4 400 m Women's team, all finished with silver medals. Maurice Smith took home the silver in the decathlon. Novlene Williams and Delloreen Ennis-London won bronze in the 400 m and 100 m hurdles, respectively. Overall, the squad took home 1 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze medals.

From August 15 to 23, 2009, Jamaican athletes competed at the world championships in athletics. Jamaica placed second overall at the championships with seven gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals.

In Daegu, South Korea, the 2011 World Championships were held. Jamaica finished with a total of four medals—four gold, four silver, and one bronze—placing them fourth overall after the United States, Kenya, and Russia.

Moscow, Russia hosted the 2013 World Athletics Championships. Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two prominent sprinters from Jamaica, each won three gold medals. With 6 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals, Jamaica placed second at the championships behind the United States.

In 2015, Beijing, China hosted the World Championships. Olympic bronze medalist in the men's 110-meter hurdles Hansle Parchment won silver, and men's shot put champion O'Dayne Richards took home bronze after setting a new Jamaican record of 21.69 meters to claim Jamaica's first-ever international medal in the category. Jamaica finished second in the medal standings behind Kenya with 7 gold medals, 2 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals. This was the country's greatest World Championship showing since 2009.

Omar McLeod won Jamaica's lone gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in London, United Kingdom. Usain Bolt earned bronze in the men's 100-meter race, his final-ever championship medal and his first-ever bronze. Jamaica also took the bronze in the 400-meter hurdles for women.

At the 2019 World Championships in Qatar, Jamaica ranked 3rd overall, coming home with 12 medals, 3 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze.

From July 15 to July 24, 2022, Jamaica athletes competed at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson, and Elaine Thompson-Herah won gold, silver, and bronze, respectively, in the women's 100-meter event to give Jamaica its first medal sweep at the World Athletics Championships.
Jamaica finished third in the medal standings with 2 gold, 7 silver, and 1 bronze medal, but placed second overall with a total of 110 points, barely behind the World Team Champions, the hosts United States.

So, how many world championships has Jamaica won in track and field? Unfortunately none, but we surely came close and have managed to take home a total of 14 gold medals over the years.

Jamaica's performance history at the World Athletics Championships is a testament to the country's unwavering dedication to sprinting excellence.

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References & Sources For How many World Championships has Jamaica won in Track and Field?

  1. Jamaica at the World Athletics Championship. (2023, June 19). Jamaica Observer. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/world-champs/jamaica-at-the-world-athletics-championship/

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