 In 1934 Jamaica entered their first ever team into the British Empire Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games) the team won a silver in swimming and Bernard Leopold Prendergast won a bronze in the discus throw with a

The first part of the forties was interrupted by the Second World War.3 years after the war in 1948, led by an African American Joseph J. Yancey Jamaica made their first ever Olympic appearance at the London Olympics and surprised the world by winning 1 gold and two silvers.These medals were won by Arthur Wint and Herbert Mckenley and started a great sprinting tradition.