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Jamaica at the 2019 Pan American Games

Jamaica competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

The Jamaica Olympic Association's goal was to the send the most athletes, compete in the most sports and win the most medals at any one appearance by the country. The Jamaican team consisted of 124 athletes (69 men and 55 women) competing in 17 sports.

During the opening ceremony of the games, squash player Christopher Binnie carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations.

Jamaica finished the games with a record 19 medals won, surpassing the previous high of 14 won in 1959.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Athletics (track and field)

Jamaica qualified 50 athletes in track and field (22 men and 28 women). The team was officially named on June 28, 2019, and originally consisted of 60 athletes.

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Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • GR = Games record
  • NR = National record
  • PB = Personal best
  • SB = Seasonal best
  • DNS = Did not start

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Men
Track events
  • Athletes in italics did not compete
Field events
Women
Track events
  • Athletes in italics did not compete and did not receive a medal.
Field events

Badminton

Jamaica qualified a team of four badminton athletes (two per gender).

Singles
Doubles

Bodybuilding

Jamaica qualified one female bodybuilder.

Women
  • No results were provided for the prejudging round, with only the top six advancing.

Boxing

Jamaica qualified two male boxers.

Men

Canoeing

Sprint

Jamaica received one wild card in canoe sprint.

Men

<small>Position is within the heat</small>

Cycling

Jamaica qualified one woman cyclist.

Track

Women
Keirin
Sprint

Diving

Jamaica qualified one male diver. Yona Knight-Wisdom's silver medal performance in the one metre springboard clinched Jamaica's first ever Pan American Games medal in the sport.

Men

Football

Jamaica qualified a men's and women's team (of 18 athletes each, for a total of 36).

Men's tournament

Roster

The 18-man squad was announced on 21 July 2019. On 23 July defender Alwayne Harvey was replaced by Andre Leslie.

Group B


Fifth place match

Women's tournament

Roster

The following 18 players were named to the roster for the 2019 Pan American Games. Konya Plummer was injured and replaced by Trudi Carter. Carter was then replaced by Lauren Silver due to injury.

Group A


Seventh place match

Gymnastics

Artistic

Jamaica qualified a team of five artistic gymnasts (two men and three women). This will mark Jamaica's debut in the sport at the Pan American Games.

Men
Women
Team & Individual Qualification
Individual finals

Judo

Jamaica qualified one female judoka.

Women

Rugby sevens

Jamaica qualified a men's team of 12 athletes, by winning the 2018 RAN Sevens. This will mark the country's debut in the sport at the Pan American Games.

Men's tournament

Pool stage


5th–8th place classification
Fifth place match

Shooting

Jamaica received two reallocated spots in men's shotgun.

Men

Squash

Jamaica qualified a men's team of three athletes, marking its return to the sport at the Pan American Games for the first time since 2011. As Jamaica's top ranked player Christopher Binnie qualified for the team automatically. The other two qualified after being the top two ranked during a trials.

Men
Singles and Doubles
  • Due to an injury sustained five weeks before the games, Christopher Binnie withdrew from the men's singles to focus on the other two events.
Team

Swimming

Jamaica qualified two swimmers (one man and one woman).

Taekwondo

Jamaica received one wildcard in the men's 68&nbsp;kg event.

Kyorugi
Men

Tennis

Jamaica received one wildcard to enter a male singles competitor.

Men

Wrestling

Jamaica received one wild card in the men's freestyle discipline.

Men's freestyle

Non-competing sports

Karate

Jamaica qualified one female karateka in the kumite discipline, marking the country's scheduled debut in the sport at the Pan American Games. However, Jessica Cargill did not compete or appear in the entry list.

See also

References