Having garnered the third most medals at the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championship, Jamaica’s team manager Ian Forbes thought the country did exceedingly well under the circumstances.

Jamaica won 10 medals, inclusive of one gold, six silver and three bronze, the third most ever, behind the 2009 haul of 13 and the 12 medals in 2023. The World Athletics Championship started in 1983.

The 2025 edition—the 20th—saw a record number of nations, 53, win medals after nine action-packed days of competition in Tokyo, Japan. The previous record of countries was 46, set at the 2007 edition in Osaka, Japan.

“I think the performance was exceptional. The final analyst, we amassed 10 medals, one gold, six silver and three bronze, and of course, we had a number of persons getting their personal bests, seasonal bests and we had two national records,” Forbes told Our Today.

Oblique Seville won the only gold for Jamaica and returned the nation to the top of the male sprinting world for the first time since 2016, while the men’s hurdles silver and bronze by Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason were surprises.

“Of course, the medals were spread across a number of disciplines, sprinting, hurdling and of course in the field as well. We also had a first female athlete in the discus in the final at the World Championship,” Forbes noted.

Jamaica had six silver medals courtesy of Kishane Thompson (100m), Tina Clayton (100m), Orlando Bennett (110h), Tajay Gayle (long jump) and the women’s 4×100 and 4×400 relays. Tyler Mason (110 h), Shericka Jackson (200m) and Bryan Levell (200m) won three bronze medals.

“We were 10^th overall in the Medal Table and third overall in the Placing Table, and another gold medal would have moved us up to fourth in the Medal Table,” Forbes thought.

“All in all, it was a tremendous performance. We had some setbacks as well, we have to take those in stride, and learn from them and move forward. In performances, the young athletes transitioning would have done exceedingly well, and the veterans would have also performed well,” he added.

Navasky Anderson broke the 800m National Record twice, while Samantha Hall became the first woman to reach a global discus final. “It was an all-round good team effort and it bodes well for the future. Jamaica’s track and field future looks very bright,” said Forbes.