Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
inAthens
Competitors	47 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Sandie Richards[1]
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Jamaica competed at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens,Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation, although it had previously appeared in the first four editions as a British colony, and as part of theWest Indies Federation. TheJamaica Olympic Association sent a total of 47 athletes to the Games, 22 men and 25 women, to compete only in track and field (the largest ever by sport), badminton, shooting, and swimming. For the second consecutive time in Olympic history, Jamaica was represented again by more female than male athletes.

WithMerlene Ottey's sudden demise to compete for Slovenia at these Games, the Jamaican team featured several Olympic medalists from Sydney, including track hurdlerDanny McFarlane and sprinterSandie Richards, who followed Ottey's path as another Jamaican athlete to compete in five Olympic Games since her debut in1988. Being the oldest and the most sophisticated athlete of the team, Richards was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1] Other notable Jamaican athletes also featured the Atkinson swimming clanJanelle,Jevon, andAlia, and top medal favoriteAsafa Powell in the men's 100 metres.

Jamaica left Athens with a sterling record of five medals (two golds, one silver, and two bronze), being marked as an enormous improvement from Sydney, where the nation failed to claim a single gold.^[2] After picking up the first Olympic medal of her illustrious career, sprinterVeronica Campbell sought her sights to break a historic milestone as she became the first Jamaican athlete in history to claim an individual Olympic title in the women's 200 metres.^[3][4] She was also named the most decorated Jamaican athlete of the Games, after helping out her relay team produce a brilliant finish with their second gold and collecting the bronze earlier in the 100 metres.^[5] Meanwhile,Danny McFarlane added a second silver to his Olympic career hardware in the men's 400 metres hurdles, finishing behind Dominican Republic'sFélix Sánchez by only a few hurdles left in the track.^[6]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Veronica Campbell	Athletics	Women's 200 m	August 25
Gold	Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Tayna Lawrence Beverly McDonald* Sherone Simpson	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	August 27
Silver	Danny McFarlane	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	August 26
Bronze	Veronica Campbell	Athletics	Women's 100 m	August 21
Bronze	Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith* Novlene Williams	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	August 28

Jamaican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[7][8]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael Frater	100 m	10.20	2Q	10.11	3Q	10.29	6	Did not advance
Asafa Powell		10.06	1Q	9.99	2Q	9.95	1Q	9.94	5
Dwight Thomas		10.21	2Q	10.12	3Q	10.28	7	Did not advance
Usain Bolt	200 m	21.05	5	Did not advance
Asafa Powell		20.77	4Q	20.23	2Q	20.56	4Q	DNS
Christopher Williams		20.57	2Q	20.34	4q	20.80	6	Did not advance
Michael Blackwood	400 m	45.23	1Q	—		45.00	2Q	45.55	8
Davian Clarke		45.54	2Q	—		45.27	2Q	44.83	6
Brandon Simpson		45.61	2Q	—		44.97	1Q	44.76	5
Richard Phillips	110 m hurdles	13.39	2Q	13.44	3Q	13.47	6	Did not advance
Chris Pinnock		13.42	3Q	13.47	4q	13.57	8	Did not advance
Maurice Wignall		13.30	1Q	13.39	3Q	13.17NR	1Q	13.21	4
Dean Griffiths	400 m Hurdles	49.41	5q	—		49.51	8	Did not advance
Danny McFarlane		48.53	1Q	—		48.00	1Q	48.11
Kemel Thompson		48.66	1Q	—		48.25	4	Did not advance
Michael Frater Patrick Jarrett Winston Smith Dwight Thomas	4 × 100 m relay	38.71	4	—				Did not advance
Michael Blackwood Michael Campbell Davian Clarke Jermaine Gonzales	4 × 400 m relay	DSQ		—				Did not advance

Field events

Combined events –Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleen Bailey	100 m	11.20	1Q	11.12	2Q	11.13	3Q	11.05	5
Veronica Campbell		11.17	1Q	11.18	2Q	10.93	2Q	10.97
Sherone Simpson		11.27	2Q	11.09	1Q	11.03	2Q	11.07	6
Aleen Bailey	200 m	22.73	1Q	22.97	2Q	22.33	2Q	22.42	4
Veronica Campbell		22.59	1Q	22.49	1Q	22.13	1Q	22.05
Beverly McDonald		22.90	2Q	22.99	3Q	23.02	6	Did not advance
Allison Beckford	400 m	52.85	5	—		Did not advance
Nadia Davy		52.04	4	—		Did not advance
Novlene Williams		50.59	3Q	—		50.85	3	Did not advance
Michelle Ballentine	800 m	2:01.52	3Q	—		2:00.94	8	Did not advance
Delloreen Ennis-London	100 m hurdles	12.77	2Q	—		12.60	5	Did not advance
Brigitte Foster		12.83	1Q	—		DNS		Did not advance
Lacena Golding-Clarke		12.86	3q	—		12.69	3Q	12.73	5
Patricia Allen	400 m hurdles	56.40	6	—		Did not advance
Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes		55.21	4q	—		54.99	7	Did not advance
Shevon Stoddart		56.61	5	—		Did not advance
Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell Tayna Lawrence Beverly McDonald* Sherone Simpson	4 × 100 m relay	42.20	2Q	—				41.73NR
Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards Ronetta Smith* Novlene Williams	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.92	2Q	—				3:22.00

* Competed only in heats and received medals

Field events

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nigella Saunders	Women's singles	Audina (NED) L 4–11, 1–11	Did not advance

Jamaica has qualified a single shooter.

Women

Jamaican swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Women

• Jamaica at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Jamaica Olympic Association

• Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Jamaica at the Summer Olympics by year
• 2004 in Jamaican sport

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Articles with hCards