United States national track and field team
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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.
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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Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix, are the US athletes with most medals at the Olympics, respectively in the men's and women's.
Medal tables
editThe 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
editThe 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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9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | ||||
16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | |||||
22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | |||||
16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | |||||
14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | |||||
9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | |||||
12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | |||||
8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||||
11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 | |||||
12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |||||
11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 | |||||
14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 | |||||
15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 | |||||
9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 | |||||
12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | |||||
12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 | |||||
6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||||
6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||||
boycotted edition | ||||||||||||||||
9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | N/A | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 | ||||
7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |||||
8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||||
10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |||||
5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |||||
7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 | |||||
4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||||
3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | |||||
7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | |||||
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
editReferences
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