Jamaica’s performance at the World Championships

1983
Bert Cameron – 400m- Gold
Merlene Ottey- 200m - Silver
Women’s 4x100m relay- Bronze

Jamaica ties with Italy and Finland for eight place in the overall medal count for the inaugural IAAF World Championships.

1987
Ray Stewart- 100m –Silver
Merlene Ottey- 200m- Bronze
Merlene Ottey- 100m -Bronze
Men’s 4x100m relay-Bronze

Ray Stewart clocked 10.03 to win Jamaica’s first medal in the men’s 100m.

1991
Winthrop Graham- 400m hurdles-Silver
Women’s 4x100m relay- Gold
Men’s 4x400m relay- Bronze
Merlene Ottey- 100m - Bronze
Merlene Ottey – 200m – Bronze

The women team made up of  Dahlia Duhaney,Juliet Cuthbert,Beverly McDonald and Merlene Ottey clocked 41.94 seconds to win Jamaica’s first gold medal in a relay at the World Championships.

1993
Winthrop Graham - 400m hurdles- Bronze
Merlene Ottey – 200m - Gold
Merlene Ottey- 100m - Silver
Sandie Richards- 400m- Bronze
Women ‘s 4x100m relay- Bronze

Merlene Ottey wins her first individual Gold medal in 200m at the World Championships with a time of 21.98 seconds.

1995
Merlene Ottey- 200m- Gold
James Beckford- Long Jump-Silver
Men’s - 4x400 relay- Silver
Women - 4x100 relay- Silver
Merlene Ottey-100m-Silver
Deon Hemmings- 400m hurdles- Bronze
Greg Haughton-400m - Bronze

James Beckford begins to represents Jamaica and wins Jamaica’s first medal in a field event at the World Championships by getting a silver medal in the Long Jump. 

1997
Women - 4x100m relay- Silver
Women- 4x 400m relay- Silver
Deon Hemmings- 400m hurdles - Silver
Michelle Freeman –100m hurdles- Bronze
Merlene Ottey-200m - Bronze
Men - 4x400m relay- Bronze
Women- 4x400m relay-Bronze

Jamaica wins no gold medals at this championship and is placed 27th on the medal table with seven medals, three silver and four bronze.

 

1999
Beverly McDonald-200m - Silver
Merlene Frazer- 200m - Bronze
Men’s 4x400m relays - Bronze
Loraine Graham- 400m - Bronze
Deon Hemmings in 400m hurdles - Bronze
Women’s 4x100m relay - Bronze 

Jamaica gets silver and gold medals in the 200m with Merlene Frazier tying with Germany’s Andrea Phillips for the Bronze medal.

2001
Women –4x400m - Gold
Christopher Williams – 200m – Silver
Lorraine Fenton- 400m - Silver
Men’s 4x400 relay - Bronze 
Greg Haughton – 400m - Bronze
Women - 4x100m relay- Bronze 

Christopher Williams barely beats Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Shawn Crawford of the USA to win the silver in the 200m in a time of 20.20. Collins and Crawford tied for Bronze.

2003
James Beckford – Long Jump- Silver 
Men- 4x400m - Silver
Lorraine Fenton -  400m - Silver
Brigitte Foster-Hylton – 100m Hurdles – Silver
Women - 4x400m – Bronze 
Michael Blackwood- 400m- Bronze

Brigitte Foster-Hylton wins her first medal at the IAAF World Championships in 100m hurdles where she copped the silver medal with a time of 12.57 seconds.

2005
Tricia Smith - Triple Jump - Gold
Women - 4x400m - Silver
Women - 4x100m relay- Silver
Veronica Campbell – 100m- Silver
Delloreen Ennis-London- 100m hurdles- Silver 
Brigitte Foster-Hylton- 100m hurdles - Bronze 
Michael Frater – 100m - Silver
Men 4x400m – Bronze

Jamaica won its first medal in the Triple Jump courtesy of Tricia Smith who not only medalled but earned a gold. She makes the three longest jumps in the final to take the gold. Her final leap was 15.11 metres.

2007
Veronica Campbell-Brown- 100m - Gold
Veronica Campbell-Brown- 200m- Silver
Usain Bolt – 200m- Silver
Men - 4x100 M relay- Silver 
Women – 4x100m relay- Silver 
Women – 4x400m relay- Silver  
Maurice Smith- Decathlon- Silver 
Asafa Powell – 100m- Bronze 
Delloreen Ennis London – 100m –Hurdles-Bronze
Novlene Williams - 400 M – Bronze

Maurice Smith earns Jamaica’s first medal in the Decathlon event by winning a silver medal.