The United States national Olympic track and field team represents the United States in international athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games or the World Athletics Championships. The governing body of the team is USA Track & Field (USATF).
Medal tables
The United States have 29 participations in the Olympic Games of 30 editions held (the only exception is due to the boycott of Moscow 1980)
Event Medals Olympic GamesObtained by counting of the Sports-Reference, however, are excluded from the medals won at the 1906 Intercalated Games. 353 282 220 855World Athletics Championships See United States at the World Athletics Championships Allyson Felix has won the most Olympic medals of any United States track and field athlete, with 11 total medals including one individual gold. Carl Lewis has ten Olympic medals including seven individual gold.
Allyson Felix has 20 World Athletics Championships medals, more than any other athlete in the world. In the United States, LaShawn Meritt is second to Felix with 11 World Athletics Championships medal.
Olympic Games The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 855, of which 353 are gold. 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. Editions Men Women Mixed Total 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 1980boycotted 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 Paris 2024 7 6 5 18 7 4 4 15 0 1 0 1 14 11 9 34Total 283 230 179 692 70 51 40 161 0 1 1 2 353 282 220 855
See also
Summer Olympics medal table World Athletics Championships medal table USA Track & Field
References
External links 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