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In terms of our Olympics history, we ‘bruck wi ducks’ at the 1948 London Games, winning three medals: one gold and two silver. Arthur Wint was the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist, winning the men's 400m.
 The 1948 4x400m relay team. Left-right: Joe Yancy, Coach, Les Laing, George Rhoden, Arthur Wint, Herb McKenley, Herbert Macdonald, Manager. This is also the team that won the 4x400m relay in Helsinki, 1952
Jamaica's first gold in a relay event was also the country's first time clocking a world record at the Olympics. The men's 4x400 relay quartet clocked a world  Arthur Wint receives Gold medal for 400m in 1948 (46.2). Second was Herb McKenley, Jamaica (46.4) and third was Mal Whitfield, USA (46.9) Donald Quarrie gave Jamaica its first Olympic 200m gold medal in Montreal, 1976 Games, and just missed (by .01 second) a second gold medal in the 100m. At the 1980 Games, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m. Quarrie proved that sprinters could be durable, with a career than spanned five Olympic Games.  Donald Quarrie
David Weller was the first Jamaican to win an Olympic medal outside of Track and Field when he won a bronze medal for 1km cycling at the 1980 Moscow Games. Jamaica's first sprint relay medal at the Olympic level was a silver in the men's 4x100m, won by a dynamic team (Donald Quarrie, Raymond Stewart, Albert Lawrence, and Gregory Meghoo) at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Winthrop Graham was the first Jamaican hurdler to won an Olympic medal, when he won the silver for the men's 400 metre hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Deon Hemmings was the first Jamaican woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics (1996 Atlanta 400 metre hurdles). She was also the second Jamaican hurdler to win a medal. James Beckford secured the island's first Olympic medal in a field event when he won silver in long jump at the 1996 Atlanta Games.  Merlene Ottey, David Weller, Winthrop Graham, Deon Hemmings & James Beckford
Jamaican women became a force to be reckoned with in sprint relays after the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games when they won silver in the 4x100m. The team comprised Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald and Merlene Ottey. Jamaican women also won their first 4x400 medal at this Game, when they secured third place (Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Deon Hemmings, Lorraine Graham). Jamaican women earned their first relay gold medal in the 4x100 (Veronica Campbell, Aleen Bailey, Sherone Simpson, Tanya Lawrence) at the 2004 Athens Games. Veronica Campbell, who also won gold in the 200m, became the second Jamaican to win two gold medals at a single Olympic Game.  Waving proudly the Jamaican flag at the Olympics: Gold medal relay team. L-R: Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell, Aleen Bailey, Tanya Lawrence 
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