Jamaica at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Jamaica at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	JAM
in Beijing
Competitors	50
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 7 2 3 12

Jamaica competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Medalists

The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Usain Bolt	Men's 100 metres	23 August
01 ! Gold	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Women's 100 metres	24 August
01 ! Gold	Usain Bolt	Men's 200 metres	27 August
01 ! Gold	Danielle Williams	Women's 100 metres hurdles	28 August
01 ! Gold	Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	29 August
01 ! Gold	Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	29 August
01 ! Gold	Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia Le-Roy Chrisann Gordon	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	30 August
02 ! Silver	Hansle Parchment	Men's 110 metres hurdles	28 August
02 ! Silver	Elaine Thompson	Women's 200 metres	28 August
03 ! Bronze	O'Dayne Richards	Men's Shot put	23 August
03 ! Bronze	Shericka Jackson	Women's 400 metres	27 August
03 ! Bronze	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Women's 200 metres	28 August

Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nickel Ashmeade	100 metres	10.19	2 Q	10.06	6	Did not advance
Usain Bolt		9.96	1 Q	9.96	1 Q	9.79 SB	01 !
Asafa Powell		9.95	1 Q	9.97	2 Q	10.00	7
Nickel Ashmeade	200 metres	20.40	3 Q	20.19	2 Q	20.33	8
Usain Bolt		20.28	1 Q	19.95 SB	1 Q	19.55 WL	01 !
Julian Forte		20.16	2 Q	20.57	8	Did not advance
Warren Weir		20.24 SB	2 Q	20.43	7	Did not advance
Javon Francis	400 metres	44.83	2 Q	44.77	4	Did not advance
Peter Matthews		44.69 PB	4 q	45.42	8	Did not advance
Rusheen McDonald		43.93 NR	2 Q	44.86	6	Did not advance
Kemoy Campbell	5000 metres	14:00.55	15	N/A		Did not advance
Omar McLeod	110 metres hurdles	13.43	2 Q	13.14	2 Q	13.18	6
Hansle Parchment		13.33	1 Q	13.16	2 Q	13.03 SB	02 !
Andrew Riley		13.43	2 Q	13.43	5	Did not advance
Roxroy Cato	400 metres hurdles	49.47	6	Did not advance
Leford Green		49.33	5 q	49.59	6	Did not advance
Annsert Whyte		49.10	4 Q	48.90 SB	7	Did not advance
Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Rasheed Dwyer*	4 × 100 metres relay	37.41 SB	1 Q	N/A		37.36 WL	01 !
Peter Matthews Ricardo Chambers Rusheen McDonald Javon Francis Dane Hyatt*	4 × 400 metres relay	2:58.69 SB	3 Q	N/A		2:58.51 SB	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Damar Forbes	Long jump	7.62	26	Did not advance
O'Dayne Richards	Shot put	20.55	6	21.69 =NR	03 !
Fedrick Dacres	Discus throw	65.77	1 Q	64.22	7
Jason Morgan		60.85	22	Did not advance
Chad Wright		61.53	17	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Veronica Campbell-Brown	100 metres	11.04	2 Q	10.89 SB	2 Q	10.91	4
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce		10.88	1 Q	10.82	1 Q	10.76	01 !
Natasha Morrison		11.08	2 Q	10.96 PB	3 q	11.02	7
Sherone Simpson		11.22	3 Q	11.06	4	Did not advance
Veronica Campbell-Brown	200 metres	22.79	1 Q	22.47 SB	3 q	21.97 SB	03 !
Sherone Simpson		22.52 SB	2 Q	22.53	2 Q	22.50 SB	8
Elaine Thompson		22.78	1 Q	22.13	1 Q	21.66 PB	02 !
Christine Day	400 metres	50.58	1 Q	50.82	2 Q	50.14 PB	4
Shericka Jackson		50.41	2 Q	50.03 PB	2 Q	49.99 PB	03 !
Stephenie Ann McPherson		50.34 SB	1 Q	50.32 SB	2 Q	50.42	5
Novlene Williams-Mills		51.07 SB	2 Q	50.47 SB	3 q	50.47 SB	6
Simoya Campbell	800 metres	2:01.43	5	Did not advance
Natoya Goule		2:02.37	4	Did not advance
Kimberly Laing	100 metres hurdles	13.10	6 q	13.00	5	Did not advance
Danielle Williams		12.77	1 Q	12.58 PB	1 Q	12.57 PB	01 !
Shermaine Williams		12.78 PB	2 Q	12.86	2 Q	12.95	7
Janieve Russell	400 metres hurdles	55.09	1 Q	54.78 SB	2 Q	54.64 PB	5
Kaliese Spencer		55.03	1 Q	54.45	2 Q	55.47	8
Shevon Stoddart		56.60	5	Did not advance
Ristananna Tracey		57.60	7	Did not advance
Aisha Praught	3000 metres steeplechase	DQ		N/A		Did not advance
Veronica Campbell-Brown Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Sherone Simpson* Kerron Stewart*	4 × 100 metres relay	41.84 WL	1 Q	N/A		41.07 CR, WL, NR	01 !
Christine Day Shericka Jackson Stephenie Ann McPherson Novlene Williams-Mills Chrisann Gordon* Anastasia Le-Roy*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:23.62	2 Q	N/A		3:19.13 WL	01 !

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Sources

• Jamaican team