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As of the 2008 Games, some gold medalists for Jamaica in the Olympics are: 1) Arthur Wint - 1948 - men's 400 meters

2) George Rhoden - 1952 - men's 400 meters

3) Don Quarrie - 1976 - men's 200 meters

4) Deon Hemmings - 1996 - women's 400 meters

5) Veronica Campbell - 2004 - women's 200 meters

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Some Olympic medalists from the Caribbean: Hasley Crawford of Trinidad and Tobago won gold in the 100 meter dash at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. As of the 2008 Games, Crawford is Trinidad and Tobago only Olympic gold medalist. Don Quarrie of Jamaica won gold in the 200 meter dash at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Arthur Wint and George Rhoden of Jamaica won gold in the 400 meter dash. Wint won in 1948 and Rhoden in 1952. Wint won Jamaica's first ever Olympic gold medal. Deon Hemmings of Jamaica won gold in the women's 400 meter dash at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. She was the first Jamaican woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Richard Thompson won 2 silver medals.One in the hundred meter dash and the other one in the Four by one relay.He won his medal in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics 2008.

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Trinidad and Tobago sent a team of five athletes to their first Olympics, the 1948 Games in London:

George Lewis, Manny Ramjohn, and Wilfred Tull competed in athletics, Compton Gonsalves competed in cycling, and Rodney Wilkes competed in Weightlifting.

Wilkes won a silver medal, Trinidad and Tobago's first ever Olympic medal, in the featherweight class.

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Athletes names from Trinidad and Tobago can be found on the related link It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics, with a total of 30 athletes, 21 men and 9 women, in 6 sports. They won a Gold Medal for the Men's javelin throw and 3 Bronze Medals for Men's 400 metres, Men's 4 × 400m relay, and Men's 4 × 100m relay

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Alleyne Francique - Track and Field

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