The United States competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 174 competitors, took part in 68 events in 11 sports. Out of the 174 athletes who had participated, 2,490 of all participating athletes of all nations were male, and 57 of the athletes were female. 64 won medals (including those on the teams whose medals are only counted once). Click on the "United States of America" link and you will see a table listing the events, the medals won, and the name of the athlete.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Shooting Men's 30 m rapid fire pistol Allan BriggsCornelius BurdetteJohn JacksonCarl OsburnWarren Sprout Shooting Men's team rifle Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Edward GleasonJames GrahamFrank HallJohn H. HendricksonRalph Spotts Shooting Men's trap, team Peter DolfenAlfred LaneHarry Sears Shooting Men's 50 m team free pistol Shooting Men's 50 m rifle, prone Shooting Men's trap Athletics Men's 100 m Athletics Men's pentathlon Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's high jump Ted MeredithCharles ReidpathMel Sheppard Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay Athletics Men's shot put Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Athletics Men's 200 m Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's two handed shot put Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Athletics Men's long jump George BonhagAbel KiviatLouis ScottNorman Taber Athletics Men's 3000 m team race Athletics Men's standing high jump Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Athletics Men's 400 m Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Men's decathlon Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Shooting Men's 600 m free rifle Shooting Men's 300 m military rifle, three positions William LibbeyWilliam McDonnellWalter W. Winans Shooting Men's 100 m team running deer, single shots Athletics Men's 100 m Athletics Men's pentathlon Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's 10,000 m Athletics Men's standing long jump Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's shot put Athletics Men's 200 m Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's two handed shot put Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Men's standing high jump Ken HuszaghDuke KahanamokuPerry McGillivray Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Shooting Men's 600 m free rifle William LibbeyWilliam McDonnellWalter W. Winans Shooting Men's 50 m team small-bore rifle William LibbeyWilliam McDonnellWalter W. Winans Shooting Men's 25 m team small-bore rifle Athletics Men's 100 m Alvin LoftesWalter MartinCarl Schutte Cycling Men's team time trial Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's high jump Athletics Men's standing long jump Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Men's shot put Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Men's 400 m Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Men's hammer throw Cycling Men's individual time trial Guy HenryBen LearJohn Montgomery Equestrian Team eventing

Aquatics

Diving

Two divers represented the United States. It was the nation's third appearance in diving, appearing in each edition of the diving competition. Both athletes competed in all three events. Gaidzik, the defending bronze medalist in the springboard, advanced to the final in that event and placed eighth. Neither diver advanced to the final in either of the other two events.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

DiverEventsHeatsFinalResultRankResultRank George Gaidzik3 m board 74.03 3 q 68.01 810 m platform 62.56 6 did not advancePlain high dive 36.2 2 did not advance Arthur McAleenan3 m board 68.02 3 did not advance10 m platform did not finish did not advancePlain high dive 34.9 5 did not advance

Swimming

Seven swimmers competed for the United States at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's fifth appearance in swimming, a sport in which the United States had competed at each Olympic Games.

The American men finished with two gold medals and the corresponding Olympic records, as well as a bronze medal, in individual events. The relay team added a silver medal, and briefly held the world record after winning its semifinal heat (the Australasian team would finish with the record and the gold medal).

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men

SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Harry Hebner100 m freestyle 1:10.4 3 did not advance100 m backstroke N/A 1:21.0 OR 1 Q 1:20.8 OR 1 Q 1:21.2 Ken Huszagh100 m freestyle 1:06.2 3 q 1:04.2 1 Q 1:06.2 2 Q 1:05.6 Duke Kahanamoku100 m freestyle 1:02.6 OR 1 Q 1:03.8 1 Q 1:02.4 OR 1 Q 1:03.4 Mike McDermott200 m breaststroke N/A Disqualified did not advance400 m breaststroke N/A Disqualified did not advance Perry McGillivray100 m freestyle 1:04.8 OR 1 Q 1:04.4 2 Q 1:06.2 3 did not advance Nicholas Nerich100 m freestyle 1:07.6 2 Q 1:08.8 3 did not advance400 m freestyle N/A 5:50.4 3 q 5:51.0 4 did not advance James Reilly100 m freestyle Unknown 4 did not advance400 m freestyle N/A 6:10.2 3 did not advance Harry Hebner Ken Huszagh Duke Kahanamoku Perry McGillivray4 × 200 m free relay N/A 10:26.4 WR 1 Q 10:20.2

Athletics

109 athletes represented the United States. It was the fifth appearance of the nation in athletics, in which it had competed at every Olympics. The Americans won gold medals in 16 of the 30 events and finished with 42 of the 94 total medals awarded. They swept the medals in 4 events, as well as taking the top three spots in the pole vault (one gold, two silver, and three bronze medals were awarded in the event due to ties—Americans took the gold, both silvers, and one of the bronzes).

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.