Grace Jackson

Grace Jackson

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	200 metres
World Indoor Championships
	1989 Budapest	200 metres
	1987 Indianapolis	200 metres

Grace Jackson (born Juny 14, 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder in the 200m and 400m. She was Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988.

Career

Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation, Jackson reached the 100m and 200m finals in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing fifth in both. A year later, she won the 200m title at the 1985 Universiade and finished second in the 100m and 200m at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. She won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Heike Drechsler and Merlene Ottey.

The highlight of her career was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 200m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner's still-standing world record of 21.34. Jackson ran a Jamaican record time of 21.72 seconds that was .01 seconds short of the pre-Olympic world record Griffith-Joyner broke. In the process, she finished ahead of then-200m World Champion Silke Moller (5th), Heike Drechsler (3rd) and teammate Merlene Ottey (4th). Ottey would regain the Jamaican record in 1990. She won a silver medal in the 200m at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Ottey. Later that year she broke the Jamaican 400m record with a time of 49.57 seconds, which would stand as the national record for 13 years. In November 1990, she married Hugh Small.

Jackson concluded her international career by finishing sixth in the 200m final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

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 to 1990
• 400 metres – 49.57sec (1988) – stood as Jamaican Record from 1989 to 2002
• Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988

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	4 × 100 m	43.69
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	200 m	22.63 (wind 1.5)
			heats	4 × 400 m	3:34.17
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	5th	100 m	11.39
			5th	200 m	22.20
			8th	4 × 100 m	53.54
			5th	4 × 400 m	3:27.51
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	3rd	100 m	11.35
			1st	200 m	22.59
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	=2nd	100 m	11.30
			2nd	200 m	22.61
			4th	4 × 100 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
				4 × 100 m	DNS final
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	200 m	22.95
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	200 m	22.87
			4th	4 × 100 m	43.58
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:23.05
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	200 m	22.58

External links

• Grace Jackson at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grace Jackson-Small". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.