The United States competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. MedalNameSportEventDateSpeed skating500 metersFigure skatingWomen's singlesIce hockeyMen's tournamentSki jumpingNormal hill individual
Cross-country skiing
AthleteEventTimeRankJohn Carleton18 km1:45:49.830Anders Haugen1:55:04.233Ragnar Omtvedt2:05:03.035Sigurd Overby1:34:56.019
Figure skating
Individual AthleteEventTotalRankRankPointsPlacesRankNathaniel NilesMen's singles49274.47466Theresa BlanchardLadies' singles44249.53274Beatrix Loughran23279.8514
Mixed AthleteEventPointsScoreRankTheresa BlanchardNathaniel NilesPairs399.076
Ice hockey
Summary TeamEventFirst roundMedal roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankUnited States menMen's tournamentW 19–0W 22–0W 11–01 QW 20–0L 1–6
Roster Clarence AbelHerbert DruryAlphonse LacroixJohn LangleyJohn LyonsJustin McCarthyWillard RiceIrving SmallFrank Synott
First round The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round. TeamGPWLGFGA3305203213416312942303845
28 Jan 19:0(9:0,6:0,4:0) 30 Jan 0:22(0:12,0:1,0:9)31 Jan 11:0(6:0,2:0,3:0)
Medal round Results from the group round (Canada-Sweden and United States-Great Britain) carried forward to the medal round. TeamGPWLGFGA 330473 321326 312633303346
1 Feb 20:0(5:0,7:0,8:0)3 Feb 6:1(2:1,3:0,1:0)
Nordic combined
The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the 18 km race of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes (here: 4) could represent a country per event.
The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsTimePointsPointsRankJohn CarletonIndividualfallfall5.8331:45:494.3755.10422Anders Haugenfall46.011.5001:55:040.0005.75021Ragnar Omtvedtfallfall0.0002:05:030.0000.00023Sigurd Overby40.039.514.5621:34:569.87512.21911
Ski jumping
The event was unusual in that the bronze medalist was not determined for fifty years. Thorleif Haug of Norway was awarded third place at the event's conclusion, but a clerical error in calculating Haug's score was discovered in 1974 by Jacob Vaage, who further determined Anders Haugen of the United States, who had finished fourth, had actually scored 0.095 points more than Haug. The International Olympic Committee verified this, and in Oslo in September 1974, Haug's daughter presented the medal to the 86-year-old Haugen.
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankLemoine BatsonNormal hill43.516.2081342.516.19216.20014Anders Haugen44.018.333344.517.50017.917Harry Lien40.015.3331641.514.50214.91816
Speed skating
AthleteEventTimeRankCharles Jewtraw500 m44.0Harry Kaskey47.012Joe Moore45.68Bill Steinmetz47.814Charles Jewtraw1500 m2:31.68Harry Kaskey2:29.87Joe Moore2:31.68Bill Steinmetz2:36.012Valentine Bialas5000 m8:55.06Richard Donovan9:05.68Charles Jewtraw9:27.013Bill Steinmetz9:35.014Valentine Bialas10,000 m18:34.08Richard Donovan18:57.09Harry Kaskey19:45.213Joe Moore19:36.212
References
Olympic Winter Games 1924, full results by sports-reference.com