Jamaica competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.
Medalists The following competitors from Jamaica won medals at the Championships
Medal Athlete Event Date Usain Bolt Men's 100 metres 23 August Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Women's 100 metres 24 August Usain Bolt Men's 200 metres 27 August Danielle Williams Women's 100 metres hurdles 28 August Veronica Campbell-Brown Natasha Morrison Elaine Thompson Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sherone Simpson Kerron Stewart Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 29 August Nesta CarterAsafa PowellNickel AshmeadeUsain BoltRasheed Dwyer Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 29 August Christine DayShericka JacksonStephenie Ann McPhersonNovlene Williams-MillsAnastasia Le-Roy Chrisann Gordon Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 30 August Hansle Parchment Men's 110 metres hurdles 28 August Elaine Thompson Women's 200 metres 28 August O'Dayne Richards Men's Shot put 23 August Shericka Jackson Women's 400 metres 27 August Veronica Campbell-Brown Women's 200 metres 28 August
Results (q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Nickel Ashmeade 100 metres10.192 Q10.066Did not advance Usain Bolt9.961 Q9.961 Q9.79 SB Asafa Powell9.951 Q9.972 Q10.007 Nickel Ashmeade 200 metres20.403 Q20.192 Q20.338 Usain Bolt20.281 Q19.95 SB1 Q19.55 WL Julian Forte20.162 Q20.578Did not advance Warren Weir20.24 SB2 Q20.437Did not advance Javon Francis 400 metres44.832 Q44.774Did not advance Peter Matthews44.69 PB4 q45.428Did not advance Rusheen McDonald43.93 NR2 Q44.866Did not advance Kemoy Campbell 5000 metres14:00.5515 colspan=2 Did not advance Omar McLeod 110 metres hurdles13.432 Q13.142 Q13.186 Hansle Parchment13.331 Q13.162 Q13.03 SB Andrew Riley13.432 Q13.435Did not advance Roxroy Cato 400 metres hurdles49.476Did not advance Leford Green49.335 q49.596Did not advance Annsert Whyte49.104 Q48.90 SB7Did not advance Nesta CarterAsafa PowellNickel AshmeadeUsain BoltRasheed Dwyer* 4 × 100 metres relay37.41 SB1 Qcolspan=2 37.36 WL Peter MatthewsRicardo ChambersRusheen McDonaldJavon FrancisDane Hyatt* 4 × 400 metres relay2:58.69 SB3 Qcolspan=2 2:58.51 SB4
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Damar Forbes Long jump7.6226Did not advance O'Dayne Richards Shot put20.55621.69 =NR Fedrick Dacres Discus throw65.77 1 Q64.227 Jason Morgan60.8522Did not advance Chad Wright61.5317Did not advance
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Veronica Campbell-Brown 100 metres11.042 Q10.89 SB2 Q10.914 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce10.881 Q10.821 Q10.76 Natasha Morrison11.082 Q10.96 PB3 q11.027 Sherone Simpson11.223 Q11.064Did not advance Veronica Campbell-Brown 200 metres22.791 Q22.47 SB3 q21.97 SB Sherone Simpson22.52 SB2 Q22.532 Q22.50 SB8 Elaine Thompson22.781 Q22.131 Q21.66 PB Christine Day 400 metres50.581 Q50.822 Q50.14 PB4 Shericka Jackson50.412 Q50.03 PB2 Q49.99 PB Stephenie Ann McPherson50.34 SB1 Q50.32 SB2 Q50.425 Novlene Williams-Mills51.07 SB2 Q50.47 SB3 q50.47 SB6 Simoya Campbell 800 metres2:01.435Did not advance Natoya Goule2:02.374Did not advance Kimberly Laing 100 metres hurdles13.106 q13.005Did not advance Danielle Williams12.771 Q12.58 PB1 Q12.57 PB Shermaine Williams12.78 PB2 Q12.862 Q12.957 Janieve Russell 400 metres hurdles55.091 Q54.78 SB2 Q54.64 PB5 Kaliese Spencer55.031 Q54.452 Q55.478 Shevon Stoddart56.605Did not advance Ristananna Tracey57.607Did not advance Aisha Praught 3000 metres steeplechaseDQcolspan=2 Did not advance Veronica Campbell-BrownShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceNatasha MorrisonElaine ThompsonSherone Simpson*Kerron Stewart* 4 × 100 metres relay41.84 WL1 Qcolspan=2 41.07 CR, WL, NR Christine DayShericka JacksonStephenie Ann McPhersonNovlene Williams-MillsChrisann Gordon*Anastasia Le-Roy* 4 × 400 metres relay3:23.622 Qcolspan=2 3:19.13 WL
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Shanieka Thomas Triple jump14.058 q14.0811 Kimberly Williams14.236 q14.45 SB5 Danniel Thomas Shot put16.6222Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEventFinalRank Salcia SlackResult13.981.62 SB13.5324.735.5436.11DNSDNFPoints981759763912712593
Sources Jamaican team