Jamaica at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Jamaica at the
2017 World Championships in Athletics
Jamaica at the; 2017 World Championships in Athletics
	Flag of Jamaica
WA code	JAM
National federation	Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association
Website	trackandfieldjm.com
in London, United Kingdom; 4–13 August 2017
Competitors	54 (21 men and 33 women) in 24 events
Medals; Ranked =15th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
World Championships in Athletics appearances
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Jamaica competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, from 4–13 August 2017.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Omar McLeod	Men's 110 m hurdles	7 August
Bronze	Usain Bolt	Men's 100 m	5 August
Bronze	Ristananna Tracey	Women's 400 m hurdles	10 August
Bronze	Jura Levy Natasha Morrison Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Christania Williams*	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	12 August

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yohan Blake	100 metres	10.13	12 Q	10.04	3 Q	9.99	4
Usain Bolt		10.07	8 Q	9.98	2 Q	9.95 SB
Julian Forte		9.99 PB	1 Q	10.13	11	Did not advance
Senoj-Jay Givans		10.30	31	Did not advance
Yohan Blake	200 metres	20.39	12 Q	20.52	11	Did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer		20.49	18 Q	20.69	20	Did not advance
Warren Weir		20.60	27	Did not advance
Nathon Allen	400 metres	44.91	4 Q	44.19 PB	2 Q	44.88	5
Demish Gaye		44.92	7 Q	44.55 PB	7 Q	45.04	6
Steven Gayle		DQ	–	Did not advance
Kemoy Campbell	5000 metres	13:26.67	9 q	—		13:39.74	10
Ronald Levy	110 metres hurdles	DNF	–	Did not advance
Omar McLeod		13.23	2 Q	13.10	1 Q	13.04
Hansle Parchment		13.42	13 Q	13.27	8 Q	13.37	8
Ricardo Cunningham	400 metres hurdles	49.91	21 Q	50.54	20	Did not advance
Jaheel Hyde		49.72	16 Q	49.75	12	Did not advance
Kemar Mowatt		50.00	22 Q	48.66	4 q	48.99	4
Omar McLeod Julian Forte Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Micheal Campbell* Tyquendo Tracey*	4 × 100 metres relay	37.95 SB	3 Q	—		DNF	–
Peter Matthews Steven Gayle Jamari Rose Rusheen McDonald	4 × 400 metres relay	3:01.98 SB	9	—		Did not advance

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ramone Bailey	Long jump	7.76	21	Did not advance
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.93	10 q	7.91	12
Clive Pullen	Triple jump	15.61	30	Did not advance
O'Dayne Richards	Shot put	19.95	19	Did not advance
Fedrick Dacres	Discus throw	64.82	5 Q	65.83	4
Travis Smikle	Discus throw	63.23	12 q	64.04	8

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simone Facey	100 metres	11.29	21 q	11.23	17	Did not advance
Jura Levy		11.09	8 Q	11.19	15
Natasha Morrison		11.21	15 Q	11.15	12
Elaine Thompson		11.05	5 Q	10.84	1 Q	10.98	5
Simone Facey	200 metres	22.98	=9 Q	23.01	11	Did not advance
Sashalee Forbes		23.26	18 Q	23.09	13
Jodean Williams		23.38	22 q	23.32	20
Chrisann Gordon	400 metres	51.14	6 Q	50.87	10	Did not advance
Shericka Jackson		51.26	7 Q	50.70	8 q	50.76	5
Stephenie Ann McPherson		51.27	8 Q	50.56 PB	5 Q	50.86	6
Novlene Williams-Mills		51.00	4 Q	50.67	7 q	51.48	8
Natoya Goule	800 metres	2:01.77	22	Did not advance
Kimarra McDonald	800 metres	2:09.19	44	Did not advance
Rushelle Burton	100 metres hurdles	12.94	12 Q	12.94	12	Did not advance
Megan Simmonds		12.78	5 Q	12.93	11
Yanique Thompson		12.88	9 Q	12.88	10
Danielle Williams		12.66	2 Q	13.14	18
Leah Nugent	400 metres hurdles	56.16	17 q	56.19	14	Did not advance
Rhonda Whyte		55.18	7 Q	DQ	–	Did not advance
Ristananna Tracey		54.92	2 Q	54.79	2 Q	53.74 PB
Aisha Praught	3000 metres steeplechase	9:26.37	5 q	—		DQ	–
Jura Levy Natasha Morrison Simone Facey Sashalee Forbes Christania Williams*	4 × 100 metres relay	42.50	5 Q	—		42.19 SB
Chrisann Gordon Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby Shericka Jackson Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia Le-Roy* Stephenie Ann McPherson*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:23.64 SB	2 Q	—		DNF	–

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Shanieka Thomas	Triple jump	14.21	6 Q	14.13	8
Kimberly Williams	Triple jump	14.14	9 q	14.01	10
Danniel Thomas	Shot put	18.42	5 Q	18.91	4
Gleneve Grange	Shot put	15.96	29	Did not advance
Tara-Sue Barnett	Discus throw	NM	–	Did not advance
Kellion Knibb		56.73	23
Shadae Lawrence		59.25	15