jamaica winter olympics jamaica competed winter olympic games time winter olympics calgary canada competed sport man man events finished outside medal places competitions athletes recruited saw members team fourth man injured prior start olympics replaced canada support brother new team mate man event took place white finishing 30th position overall american television stations aired footage man jamaican team despite crashing run finishing overall went inspire film cool background formed cancellation olympics second world war games competed summer olympics london appeared summer games including games appeared combined team won medals summer games competed exception summer olympics businessmen proposed idea jamaican team seeing local derby jamaica president time supported idea preparations hire athletes advertisements placed describing dangerous rigorous trials form basis country team recruitment proved problematic asked volunteers resulted team selected team october team mate added later funding provided training conducted canada austria preparation winter olympics recruited coach team began featured north american media comical angle agreement reached order allow entrance man man events games calgary team conducted test runs frozen lake order conditions allen fell injured canada order support brother added man team days run having event jamaica competed man jamaica winter run finished 34th position ahead second new_zealand team pairs portugal mexico improved second run moving 22nd place 31st place run finished place higher 30th place fourth final run overall duo finished 30th place teams competing following elimination united_states ice hockey team american television stations needed fill chose focus jamaican team man event run ended poorly jumped push bar broke resulting team coming 24th place second attempt team ranked second white struggling properly seat remaining upright corner events run team best known injured shoulder prior race decided continue run team set seventh fastest start competitors turn called lost control wall track flipped athletes team members climbed pushed end track carried team compete fourth run event subsequently listed finishing event placed place overall legacy story jamaican team winter olympics turned movie cool film loosely based actual events real life coach later saying team experienced animosity teams depicted movie team members returned winter olympics harris competed man event place man team taken newcomer harris brothers continue compete winter games events winter olympics
Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics