The Jamaican Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Jamaica.Jamaican Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
Events The number of athletics events on the Jamaican Championship competition programme varies according to demand. Several events almost always feature on the programme for both men and women, including: the three sprint events (100 m, 200 m and 400 m), the two middle-distance events (800 m and 1500 m), two hurdles events (sprint hurdles and 400 m hurdles), two horizontal jumping events (long jump and triple jump) and three throwing events (shot put, discus throw and javelin throw). Beyond these 12 core events, it is common for other national championship events to be skipped due to lack of entrants. These include long-distance events (5000 m and 10,000 m), the pole vault and high jump, and the hammer throw. On rare occasions, national championships events for steeplechase and combined track and field events have taken place.
Track running 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres (non-regular), 10,000 metres (non-regular) Obstacle events 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles Jumping events Pole vault (non-regular), high jump (non-regular), long jump, triple jump Throwing events Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw (non-regular)
Championships records Men EventRecordAthlete/TeamDatePlace100 m9.75 Yohan Blake29 June 2012Kingston200 m400 m400 m hurdles47.42Malik James-King28 June 2024Kingston
Women EventRecordAthlete/TeamDatePlace100 m10.65 Shericka Jackson7 July 2023Kingston200 m21.55 Shericka Jackson26 June 2022Kingston800 m1:57.84Natoya Goule-Topp26 June 2021Kingston100 m hurdles12.28 Ackera Nugent30 June 2024Kingston400 m hurdles52.51Rushell Clayton28 June 2024Kingston
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