Jamaica_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games

Jamaica at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Jamaica at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Jamaica
CGF code	JAM
CGA	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	106 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Alia Atkinson (opening)
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 7 Silver 9 Bronze 11 Total 27
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Jamaica at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Jamaica competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018. It was Jamaica's 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

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Swimmer Alia Atkinson was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ronald Levy	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	10 April
Gold	Kimberly Williams	Athletics	Women's triple jump	10 April
Gold	Aisha Praught	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	11 April
Gold	Janieve Russell	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	12 April
Gold	Fedrick Dacres	Athletics	Men's discus throw	13 April
Gold	Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Athletics	Women's shot put	13 April
Gold	Christine Day Anastasia Le-Roy Stephenie McPherson Janieve Russell	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	14 April
Silver	Alia Atkinson	Swimming	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	6 April
Silver	Christania Williams	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	9 April
Silver	Hansle Parchment	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	10 April
Silver	Shanieka Ricketts	Athletics	Women's triple jump	10 April
Silver	Anastasia Le-Roy	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	11 April
Silver	Shericka Jackson	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	12 April
Silver	Traves Smikle	Athletics	Men's discus throw	13 April
Silver	Danielle Williams	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	13 April
Silver	Gayon Evans Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Christania Williams	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	14 April
Bronze	Yohan Blake	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	9 April
Bronze	Gayon Evans	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	9 April
Bronze	Javon Francis	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	10 April
Bronze	Stephenie McPherson	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	11 April
Bronze	Jaheel Hyde	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	12 April
Bronze	Tevaughn Thomas	Athletics	Men's 100 metres (T47)	13 April
Bronze	Natoya Goule	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	13 April
Bronze	Yanique Thompson	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	13 April
Bronze	Oshane Bailey Yohan Blake Everton Clarke Warren Weir Nigel Ellis	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	14 April
Bronze	Javon Francis Demish Gaye Jermaine Gayle Jamari Rose Peter Matthews	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	14 April
Bronze	Jamaica national netball team Romelda Aiken Nicole Dixon Shanice Beckford Stacian Facey Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Rebekah Robinson Shamera Sterling Adean Thomas Paula Thompson Khadijah Williams Vangelee Williams Jodi-Ann Ward	Netball	Women's tournament	15 April

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	30	21	51
Badminton	3	2	5
Basketball	0	10	10
Boxing	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Lawn bowls	2	0	2
Netball	—	12	12
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Shooting	2	0	2
Squash	2	0	2
Swimming	0	1	1
Table tennis	2	0	2
Triathlon	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	59	47	106

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oshane Bailey	100 m	10.28	2 Q	10.32	4	Did not advance
Yohan Blake		10.15	1 Q	10.06	1 Q	10.19
Nigel Ellis		10.32	2 Q	10.38	7	Did not advance
Jason Brown	100 m (T12)	11.49	4	—		Did not advance
Tevaughn Thomas	100 m (T47)	—				11.63
Kenroy Anderson	200 m	20.89	2 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer		20.78	1 Q	20.82	5	Did not advance
Warren Weir		20.60	1 Q	20.62	4 q	20.71	7
Javon Francis	400 m	45.70 SB	2 Q	45.38 SB	2 Q	45.11 SB
Demish Gaye		45.70	3 Q	45.85	3 q	45.56	6
Rusheen McDonald		45.99	2 Q	45.77	2 Q	Did not finish
Ronald Levy	110 m hurdles	13.35	2 Q	—		13.19
Hansle Parchment		13.30	1 Q	—		13.22
Dejour Russell		13.64	4 q	—		13.92	8
Andre Clarke	400 m hurdles	49.10 PB	2 Q	—		50.08	7
Ricardo Cunningham		50.68	4	—		Did not advance
Jaheel Hyde		49.14	1 Q	—		49.16
Oshane Bailey Yohan Blake Everton Clarke Warren Weir Nigel Ellis*	4 × 100 m relay	38.44	2 Q	—		38.35
Javon Francis Demish Gaye Jermaine Gayle Jamari Rose Peter Matthews*	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.97	1 Q	—		3:01.97

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.93	5 Q	7.88	8
Tajay Gayle		7.88	8 q	8.12	4
Shawn-D Thompson		7.69	13	Did not advance
Clive Pullen	Triple jump	16.15	8 q	16.25	7
Ashinia Miller	Shot put	19.35	6 Q	19.68	7
O'Dayne Richards	Shot put	19.65	4 Q	20.80	4
Fedrick Dacres	Discus throw	66.20	1 Q	68.20
Traves Smikle	Discus throw	64.69	2 Q	63.98
Canigia Raynor	Hammer throw	—		64.36	13

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gayon Evans	100 m	11.37	1 Q	11.37	2 Q	11.22 PB
Natasha Morrison		11.36	1 Q	11.27	2 Q	11.31	5
Christania Williams		11.28	1 Q	11.22	1 Q	11.21
Shashalee Forbes	200 m	22.88	2 Q	22.93	2 Q	DSQ
Shericka Jackson		22.87	1 Q	22.28	1 Q	22.18
Elaine Thompson		23.09	1 Q	22.95	2 Q	22.30	4
Tovea Jenkins	400 m	52.58	2 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Anastasia Le-Roy		51.37 SB	2 Q	51.08 SB	1 Q	50.57 SB
Stephanie McPherson		50.80	1 Q	51.21	1 Q	50.93
Natoya Goule	800 m	2:00.74	2 Q	—		1:58.82
Megan Simmonds	100 m hurdles	13.17	3 Q	—		13.18	7
Yanique Thompson		12.95	2 Q	—		12.97
Danielle Williams		12.69	1 Q	—		12.78
Janieve Russell	400 m hurdles	54.01 SB	1 Q	—		54.33
Ristananna Tracey		55.66	4 q	—		57.50	8
Ronda Whyte		55.10	4 q	—		55.02	4
Aisha Praught	3000 m steeplechase	—				9:21.00
Gayon Evans Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Christania Williams	4 × 100 m relay	—				42.52
Christine Day Anastasia Le-Roy Stephenie McPherson Janieve Russell	4 × 400 m relay	—				3:24.00

Jamaica_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games

Jamaica at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Gymnastics

Artistic

Lawn bowls

Netball

Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Triathlon

Wrestling

See also

References

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dennis Coke	Men's singles	Bye	Munga (KEN) W 2 - 0	Ho-Shue (CAN) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Samuel Ricketts	Men's singles	Bye	Yang (CAN) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Alana Bailey	Women's singles	Allet (MRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Katherine Wynter	Women's singles	le Tissier (GUE) W 2 - 0	Nakiyemba (UGA) W 2 - 0	Li (CAN) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	630	308	+322	3	Knockout stage
2	Mauritius	3	2	1	10	5	+5	20	13	+7	603	542	+61	2	Knockout stage
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	23	−10	540	675	−135	1
4	Zambia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	3	30	−27	435	683	−248	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	256	148	+108	6	Qualifying finals
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	196	195	+1	5	Qualifying finals
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	187	239	−52	4
4	India	3	0	3	184	241	−57	3

Jamaica	66–57	India
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 15–13, 17–16, 18–14
Pts: George 19 Rebs: George 19 Asts: Dixon 6		Pts: Limaye 18 Rebs: Limaye, Sidhu 5 Asts: Sonkar 4

New Zealand	80–49	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 24–9, 19–14, 20–10
Pts: Leger-Walker 18 Rebs: Leger-Walker 6 Asts: Cocks 6		Pts: George 12 Rebs: Jackson 7 Asts: L. Gordon, Jackson 2

Jamaica	81–58	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 19–9, 17–17, 24–11
Pts: George 25 Rebs: George 20 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Ting 17 Rebs: Kalaimathi, Ting 6 Asts: Nur Izzati 5

England	62–40	Jamaica
Scoring by quarter: 13–4, 13–9, 22–16, 14–11
Pts: Vanderwal 22 Rebs: Stewart 8 Asts: Collins 6		Pts: T. Gordon 14 Rebs: George 14 Asts: Smith 4

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ian Darby	−81 kg	Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) L 0-5	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oshane Williams	Men's point race	DNF		Did not advance

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	1	351	221	+130	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	5	171	426	−255	0

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yona Knight-Wisdom	1 m springboard	368.15	2 Q	388.65	4
Yona Knight-Wisdom	3 m springboard	365.85	10 Q	377.30	9

5 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	88–30	Fiji		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Angela Armonstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Fowler-Reid 40/43 (93%) Aiken 24/32 (75%) Robinson 15/16 (94%) Beckford 9/11 (82%)		M. Rusivakula 17/19 (89%) Waqa 7/11 (64%) Paul 3/7 (43%) U. Rusivakula 3/5 (60%)

6 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	46–57	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Venter 19/23 (83%) Burger 15/15 (100%) Holtzhausen 12/18 (67%)		Fowler-Reid 29/31 (94%) Beckford 15/20 (75%) Aiken 13/16 (81%)

8 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	79–41	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Fowler-Reid 32/33 (97%) Aiken 26/28 (93%) Beckford 11/11 (100%) Robinson 10/11 (91%)		Bowman 23/32 (72%) K. Bowman 11/16 (69%) Lennon 7/8 (88%)

9 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Jamaica	76–32	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Fowler-Reid 32/36 (89%) Aiken 28/33 (85%) Beckford 12/14 (86%) Robinson 4/8 (50%)		Blackman 17/19 (89%) Wharton 9/12 (75%) Payne 6/9 (67%)

11 April 2018 21:00 v t e	Report	Australia	72–51	Jamaica		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Bassett 22/23 (96%) Thwaites 22/22 (100%) Pettitt 20/21 (95%) Wood 8/10 (80%)		Fowler-Reid 30/32 (94%) Aiken 11/14 (79%) Beckford 8/12 (67%) Robinson 2/2 (100%)

14 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	56–55	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Housby 29/35 (83%) Harten 16/18 (89%) Haythornthwaite 11/13 (85%)		Fowler-Reid 47/50 (94%) Beckford 8/9 (89%)

15 April 2018 11:00 v t e	Report	New Zealand	55–60	Jamaica		Coomera Indoor Sports Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Folau 34/44 (77%) Mes 12/20 (60%) Ekenasio 9/13 (69%)		Aiken 24/31 (77%) Fowler-Reid 21/22 (95%) Beckford 15/18 (83%)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	97	22	+75	9	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	73	38	+35	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Samoa	3	1	2	43	64	−21	5
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	17	106	−89	3

England	38–5	Jamaica
Try: Mitchell (2) 1' m, 6' c Norton (2) 4' c, 12' m Glover 5' c Lindsay-Hague 8' c Con: Mitchell (3/4) 4', 5', 6' Bibby (1/2) 8'	(Gold Goast 2018)	Try: Smith 10' m Con: Roy-Smith (0/1) Cards: Adamson 1' to 3'

Australia	32–5	Jamaica
Try: O'Donnell 1' m Longbottom (3) 2' m, 5' m, 14' m Porch 4' m Myers 11' c Con: Porch (0/4) Quinn (1/2) 11' Cards: Killingworth 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Bush 7' m Con: Stoppani (0/1) Cards: Beckett 11' to 13'

Samoa	36–7	Jamaica
Try: Tupou 1' c Alofipo 3' c Afamasaga (2) 7' m, 8' c Paulo 11' m Motuga 12' m Con: Tupou (2/3) 1', 8' Alosio Logotuli (1/2) 3' Paulo (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Richards 10' c Con: Adamson (1/1) 11'

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alia Atkinson	50 m breaststroke	30.98	5 Q	30.53	1 Q	30.76
	100 m breaststroke	1:09.83	15 Q	1:09.83	14	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.91	6 Q	26.84	7 Q	27.35	8

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Simon Tomlinson	Men's singles	Hodge (SKN) W 4 - 0	Jayasingha Mudiyanselage (SRI) L 3 - 4	2	Did not advance
Kane Watson	Men's singles	Daniel (SVG) W 4 - 0	Muhamad Rizal (MAS) L 2 - 4	2	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Phillip McCatty	Men's	13:56	0:45	33:43	0:31	20:24	1:09:19	32
Llori Sharpe	Women's	11:45	0:51	36:39	0:37	22:06	1:11:58	22