Jamaica at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Jamaica will compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July – 8 August 2022.[1] It will be Jamaica's eighteenth appearance at the Games.

Jamaica at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Jamaica
CGF codeJAM
CGAJamaica Olympic Association
Websitejoa.org.jm
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors4 (1 man and 3 women) in 1 sport
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Weightlifting 134
Total134

Netball
Main article: Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 28 July 2021), Jamaica qualified for the tournament.[2][3]

Partial fixtures were announced in November 2021,[4] then updated with the remaining qualifiers in March 2022.[5]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jamaica women Women's tournament  Wales  South Africa  Barbados  Scotland  Australia
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Classification matches
4  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: Birmingham 2022
29 July 2022
18:00		 Jamaica v Wales    National Exhibition Centre
30 July 2022
18:00		 Jamaica v South Africa    National Exhibition Centre
1 August 2022
12:00		 Jamaica v Barbados    National Exhibition Centre
2 August 2022
12:00		 Jamaica v Scotland    National Exhibition Centre
4 August 2022
09:00		 Australia v Jamaica    National Exhibition Centre

Rugby sevens
Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

As of 24 April 2022, Jamaica qualified for the men's tournament. This was achieved through their position in the 2022 RAN Sevens Qualifiers.[6][7]

Weightlifting
Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Four weightlifters (one man, three women) were selected. Sientje Henderson qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List,[8] whereas the other three were awarded Bipartite Invitations.[9]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Omarie Mears 81 kg
Sky Norris 55 kg
Chloe Whylie 76 kg
Sientje Henderson 87 kg

Wrestling

Jamaica has 2 allocations for the Commonwealth Games.

See also

References
  1. Pavitt, Michael (12 April 2020). "JOA President hopes athletes take advantage of close World Championships and Commonwealth Games". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. "WORLD NETBALL ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SIX QUALIFYING TEAMS FOR BIRMINGHAM 2022". World Netball. 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. "Jamaica among first six netball teams to qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games". RJR News. Multimedia Jamaica Ltd. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. "Commonwealth Games: Team England start title defence on July 29 and open schedule". Sky Sports. 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. Galliven, Harrison (4 March 2022). "Uganda head final six netball teams named for Birmingham 2022". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. Kelly, Bryan (24 April 2022). "2022 RAN SEVENS QUALIFIERS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS". RAN. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. "Canada and Jamaica qualify for Sevens World Cup". Americas Rugby News. 24 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  8. "IWF COMMONWEALTH RANKING LIST - 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES QUALIFYING (final)" (PDF). IWF. 9 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  9. Jacks, Bradley (31 March 2022). "Jamaica to be well represented in weightlifting at Commonwealth Games this summer". SportsMaxTV. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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