Sam Clayton Jr., one of the members of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team, died last month from the coronavirus, the New York Times reported. Jamaican Bobsled Team Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White and Samuel Clayton of the Jamaican four-man bobsled team crash out of the Bobsleigh Fours event on Feb. 28, 1988 … The eventual subjects of the 1993 Disney comedy, Cool Runnings, the Jamaicans were no joke. But despite their seemingly oxymoronic existence, the Jamaican bobsled team made its Olympic debut in 1988 at Calgary. Cool Runnings is loosely based on the true story of the national Jamaican bobsled team’s debut at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The Jamaican four-man bobsled team debuted to the surprise of the entire world at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Click Here to watch my latest videos on my fun YouTube channel - you'll love it! Jamaica finished 30th out of … We shocked the world in 1988 when the first Jamaican bobsled team participated in the 1988 Olympics Winter Games in Calgary, Canada. “Chris Strokes, who was the brakeman on the four-man team, the first time he saw a bobsled was during the Olympic Games, during the second week of the [1998] Olympics," remembers Devon. The 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team in Calgary consisted of Devon Harris, Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, Michael White, and Freddy ‘Reggae’ Powell. There is a refreshing athletic innocence about Capt. 1988 Jamaican Bobsled Team The four-man competition was never something the Jamaicans had planned to do. An additional member, Caswell Allen, pulled out of the team at the last minute and was replaced by Tal Stokes’ brother, Chris Stokes. Stokes and his teammates on the Jamaican bobsled team. Loosely based on the unlikely true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics, Jon Turteltaub's Cool Runnings’s legacy … The four-man Jamaican bobsled team became a sensation at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. See the real Jamaica in VIDEOS. Watch! However after their success in the two-man competition, the team … The Jamaican bobsled team that competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada was not composed of track sprinters, as the movie might lead you to believe. Many thought it was a joke! Getty Images None of the athletes had ever seen a bobsled before.