USA Track & Field
SportTrack & Field
Long-Distance Running
Race Walking
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationUSATF
Founded1979 (1979) as The Athletics Congress/USA
HeadquartersIndianapolis, IN, United States
CEOMax Siegel
SponsorNike, Inc., The Hershey Company, BMW, Visa Inc., Chobani, Garden of Life, Rosetta Stone, University of Phoenix[1]
ReplacedAmateur Athletic Union
(founded)1878
Official website
www.usatf.org
United States
Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix, are the US athletes with most medals at the Olympics, respectively in the men's and women's.

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.

Medal tables

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]339271211820
World Athletics ChampionshipsSee United States at the World Athletics Championships

Olympic Games

The 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
Greece Athens 189696116----N/A96116
France Paris 190016131039----16131039
United States St. Louis 190422221963----22221963
United Kingdom London 19081691035----1691035
Sweden Stockholm 191214141139----14141139
Belgium Antwerp 1920912829----912829
France Paris 192412101032----12101032
Netherlands Amsterdam 192886721121498825
United States Los Angeles 1932111052653191613635
Nazi Germany Berlin 19361274232002147425
United Kingdom London 194811592510121251027
Finland Helsinki 1952141063010011510631
Australia Melbourne 195615942811131610531
Italy Rome 1960985223014128626
Japan Tokyo 19641253202204147324
Mexico Mexico City 19681257243104156728
West Germany Munich 197267619012368822
Canada Montreal 197666719021368822
Soviet Union Moscow 1980boycotted edition
United States Los Angeles 19849872477216N/A1615940
South Korea Seoul 1988755176219137626
Spain Barcelona 199285720433101281030
United States Atlanta 19961042163137135523
Australia Sydney 200054312202474516
Greece Athens 20047103202226912526
China Beijing 20084561535210710825
United Kingdom London 20123831464414912728
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 201675416655161310932
Japan Tokyo 202026210564150011712625
Total2762241746746347361460011339271211820

See also

References

  1. "Sponsors".
  2. 1 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.
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