United States national track and field team
Appearance
Sport | Track & Field Long-Distance Running Race Walking |
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Jurisdiction | National |
Abbreviation | USATF |
Founded | 1979 | as The Athletics Congress/USA
Headquarters | Indianapolis, IN, United States |
CEO | Max Siegel |
Sponsor | Nike, Inc., The Hershey Company, BMW, Visa Inc., Chobani, Garden of Life, Rosetta Stone, University of Phoenix[1] |
Replaced | Amateur Athletic Union |
(founded) | 1878 |
Official website | |
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The United States national athletics (track and field) team represents the United States in international athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games or the World Athletics Championships.
Medal tables
[edit]The United States have 25 participations in the Olympic Games of 26 editions held (the only exception is due to the boycott of Moscow 1980)[2]
Event | Medals | |||
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Total | ||||
Olympic Games[3] | 339 | 271 | 211 | 821 |
World Athletics Championships | See United States at the World Athletics Championships |
Olympic Games
[edit]The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 820, of which 339 are gold.[2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott.[4]
Editions | Men | Women | Mixed | Total | ||||||||||||
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Athens 1896 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |||
Paris 1900 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | ||||
St. Louis 1904 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | ||||
London 1908 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | ||||
Stockholm 1912 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||
Antwerp 1920 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | ||||
Paris 1924 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | ||||
Amsterdam 1928 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | ||||
Los Angeles 1932 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 | ||||
Berlin 1936 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | ||||
London 1948 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 | ||||
Helsinki 1952 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 | ||||
Melbourne 1956 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 | ||||
Rome 1960 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 | ||||
Tokyo 1964 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | ||||
Mexico City 1968 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 | ||||
Munich 1972 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
Montreal 1976 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
Moscow 1980 | boycotted edition | |||||||||||||||
Los Angeles 1984 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | N/A | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 | |||
Seoul 1988 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | ||||
Barcelona 1992 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
Atlanta 1996 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | ||||
Sydney 2000 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||||
Athens 2004 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 | ||||
Beijing 2008 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | ||||
London 2012 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | ||||
Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | ||||
Tokyo 2020 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
Total | 276 | 224 | 174 | 674 | 63 | 47 | 36 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 339 | 271 | 211 | 820 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sponsors".
- ^ a b "United States Athletics". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ Obtained by counting of the Sports-Reference, however, are excluded from the medals won at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
- ^ "Team USA at the Olympic Games". usatf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
External links
[edit]- United States of America at AthleticsPodium.com -- List of international athletics medals
- United States Athletics at Summer Olympics
- Official site of the USA Track & Field
- Team USA at the Olympic Games