Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Jamaica made their Paralympic Games debut at these Games.^[4]

Seven Jamaican archers competed at the Games, none won a medal.^[5] The best result was achieved by Quida White who placed fifth in the St. Nicholas round for paraplegic women; Lewis^{[n 1]} finished eleventh in the same event.^[6]

Seven of Jamaica's competitors took part in athletics. Two medals were won by Jamaican athletes, both gold and both in the precision javelin.^[5] Excell took the men's title, with a score of 74, and Baracatt the women's, with a score of 78.^[7][8]

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. Two Jamaican pairs entered; Excell and Hall lost in the first round to the eventual gold medallists from the United States; Long and Baracatt also lost in the first round to British pair Nicholson and Taylor.^[9]

Three Jamaican swimmers competed at the Games. Patrick Reid took part in two men's class 2 complete classification events but failed to advance past the heats in either.^[5] Octavius Morgan competed in three men's class 4 incomplete classification events and achieved a best finish of fifth in the breaststroke.^[5][10] Jamaica's two swimming medals were both won by Meikle; she won gold in the women's 50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete and silver in the 50 m freestyle.^[5]

Five Jamaica players took part in table tennis singles events and a pair in the women's doubles. All of the singles players were eliminated at the round of 16 stage.^[5] In the women's doubles C event Baracatt and Lewis reached the quarter-finals before losing to Great Britain's Bryant and Barnard, who went on to win the gold medal.^[11]

One athlete entered a weightlifting event for Jamaica. Hall won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight with a lift of 110 kg; the gold was won by Johnsen of Norway with a new world record lift of 150 kg.^[12]