Grace Jackson

Grace Jackson

Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for  Jamaica
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	200 metres
World Indoor Championships
	1989 Budapest	200 metres
	1987 Indianapolis	200 metres

Grace Jackson (born 14 June 1961 in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation ) is a retired Jamaican athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres.

Jackson reached the 100 and 200 m finals in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games and the 200 m final in Barcelona in 1992.

Her breakthrough performance was at the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea. She won a silver medal over 200 m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner, defeating then 200 m World Champion Silke Moller, Heike Drechsler and team mate Merlene Ottey. She also won a bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

A detailed biography was published.^[1]

Achievements

Personal Bests:

• 100 metres - 11.08sec (1988) - also ran 10.97 wind-assisted (+3.0) in 1988
• 200 metres - 21.72sec (1988) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1988-1990
• 400 metres - 49.57sec (1989) - stood as Jamaican Record from 1989-2002

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Jamaica
1976	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	High jump	1.65m
1978	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	100m hurdles	16.56s
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Xalapa, México	1st	High jump	1.65m A
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	7th	200 m	23.25
			3rd	4x100 m	43.69
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	200 m	22.63
			heats	4x400 m	3:34.17
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	5th	100 m	11.39
			5th	200 m	22.20
			8th	4x100 m	53.54
			5th	4x400 m	3:27.51
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	=2nd	100 m	11.30
			2nd	200 m	22.61
			4th	4x100 m	43.39
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	200 m	23.21
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	4th	100 m	10.97w
			2nd	200 m	21.72
				4x100 m	DNS final
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	200 m	22.95
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	200 m	22.87
			4th	4x100 m	43.58
			1st	4x400 m	3:23.05
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	200 m	22.61

References

External links

• Grace Jackson profile at IAAF

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