United States national track and field team

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.

USA Track & Field

Sport	Track & Field Long-Distance Running Race Walking
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	USATF
Founded	1979 (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
www.usatf.org

Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, are the US athletes with most medals at the Olympics, respectively in the men's and women's.

Medal tables

Further information: United States at the World Athletics Championships

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
				Total
Olympic Games[3]	332	259	204	795
World Athletics Championships	155	106	91	352

Olympic Games

The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 795, of which 332 are gold.[2] Their national-level male, took part in all editions of the games already this season, 25 with the exception of Moscow 1980 known for the 1980 boycott, while women 18 editions from Amsterdam 1928.[4]

Editions	Men				Women				Total
Athens 1896	9	6	1	16	-	-	-	-	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	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
Total	274	218	172	664	58	41	32	131	332	259	204	795

See also

• Summer Olympics medal table
• World Athletics Championships medal table
• USA Track & Field

References

1. "Sponsors".
2. "United States Athletics". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
3. Obtained by counting of the Sports-Reference, however, are excluded from the medals won at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
4. "Team USA at the Olympic Games". usatf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2012.

External links

• United States Athletics at Summer Olympics
• Official site of the USA Track & Field
• Team USA at the Olympic Games