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This is a list of the United States athletes who won an Olympic medal since 1992. Summer Olympics ... Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Tom Dolan: Swimming:
The Soviets and East Germany dominated what would be their last Olympics, winning 55 and 37 gold medals respectively (132 and 102 total medals). The United States placed third with 36 and 94. 1976 and 1988 are the only occasions where America failed to make the top two at the Summer Olympics (although in 1976 they placed second by total medals).
Medal Host Number of medal events Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Total 1896: winners: table: Athens, Greece: 43 43 43 36 122 Hermann Weingärtner (3–2–1) Carl Schuhmann (4–0–0) 1900: winners: table: Paris, France: 95 [d] 96 95 93 284 Irving Baxter (2–3–0)
However, the United States managed to win 11 gold medals, edging out Greece, who secured 10 golds, and allowing Team USA to finish first in the gold medal tally. James Connolly became the first modern Olympic champion by winning the triple jump , and Thomas Burke won three gold medals in various track events, assuming the title of the most ...
United States: 1:03.4 set WR in semifinal: Cecil Healy Australasia: 1:04.6 Ken Huszagh United States: 1:05.6 1920 Antwerp details: Duke Kahanamoku United States: 1:01.4 set WR in the final before it was re-run due to protest: Pua Kealoha United States: 1:02.6 Bill Harris United States: 1:03.0 1924 Paris details: Johnny Weissmuller United States ...
Games 1st place Med 2nd place Med 3rd place Med Nations with medals 1896 Athens United States (USA) 11 Greece (GRE) 10 Germany (GER) 6: 11 7: 17: 5 2: 5: 2 1900 Paris France (FRA)
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, who is 6'9", had to squat in order to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)