United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Competitors

Flag bearer

Ralph Craig

Medals
Rank: 1

Gold
38

Silver
27

Bronze
19

Total
84

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

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Winter Games

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The United States competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

1 Medals
2 Non-medal results
- 2.1 Football (soccer)

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Harrison Dillard — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Mel Patton — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
William Porter — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Roy Cochran — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Harrison Dillard, Barney Ewell, Mel Patton, and Lorenzo Wright — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Arthur Harnden, and Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
Guinn Smith — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Willie Steele — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Wilbur Thompson — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Bob Mathias — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Alice Coachman — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Cliff Barker, Donald Barksdale, Ralph Beard, Lewis Beck, Vincent Boryla, Gordon Carpenter, Alexander Groza, Wallace Jones, Robert Kurland, Raymond Lumpp, Robert Pitts, Jesse Renick, Robert Robinson, and Kenneth Rollins — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Steve Lysack and Stephan Macknowski — Canoeing, Men's C2 10.000m Canadian Pairs
Bruce Harlan — Diving, Men's Springboard
Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Platform
Vickie Draves — Diving, Women's Springboard
Vickie Draves — Diving, Women's Platform
Charles Anderson, Frank Henry, and Earl Thomson — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Gordon Giovanelli, Robert Martin, Allen Morgan, Warren Westlund, and Robert Will — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
George Ahlgren, David Brown, Lloyd Butler, James Hardy, Ralph Purchase, Justus Smith, John Stack, David Turner, and Ian Turner — Rowing, Men's Eights
Arthur Cook — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
Walter Ris — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
William Smith — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
James McLane — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Allen Stack — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
Joseph Verdeur — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
James McLane, Walter Ris, William Smith, and Wallace Wolf — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Ann Curtis — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Marie Corridon, Ann Curtis, Brenda Helser, and Thelma Kalama — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Joseph DePietro — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Frank Spellman — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
Stanley Stanczyk — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
John Davis — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Glen Brand — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Henry Wittenberg — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Hilary Smart and Paul Smart — Sailing, Men's Star
Alfred Loomis, Michael Mooney, James Smith, Jim Weekes, and Herman Whiton — Sailing, Men's 6 Meter Class

[edit] Silver

Barney Ewell — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
Barney Ewell — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Clyde Scott — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Francis Delaney — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Steve Seymour — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
Horace Herring — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
Steve Lysack and Stephan Macknowski — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
Frank Havens — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
Miller Anderson — Diving, Men's Springboard
Bruce Harlan — Diving, Men's Platform
Zoe Olsen-Jensen — Diving, Women's Springboard
Patricia Elsener — Diving, Women's Platform
Frank Henry — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Robert Borg, Frank Henry, and Earl Thomson — Equestrian, Dressage Team
George Moore — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual
Walter Tomsen — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
Alan Ford — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
James McLane — Swimming, Men's 400m Freestyle
Robert Cowell — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke
Keith Carter — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Ann Curtis — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Winona Zimmerman — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Peter George — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
Herold Sakata — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Norbert Schemansky — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Gerald Leeman — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Ralph Evans — Sailing, Men's Firefly Class

[edit] Bronze

Mal Whitfield — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Craig Dixon — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
George Stanich — Athletics, Men's High Jump
Bob Richards — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
Herbert Douglas — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
James Fuchs — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Fortune Gordien — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Bob Bennett — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Floyd Simmons — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Audrey Patterson — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Springboard
Patricia Elsener — Diving, Women's Springboard
Norman Armitage, Dean Cetrulo, Miguel deCapriles, James Hummitzsch Flynn, Tibor Nyilas, and George Worth — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Ladislava Bakanic, Marian Barone, Dorothy Dalton (gymnast), Meta Elste, Consetta Lenz, Helen Schifano, Clara Schroth, and Anita Simonis — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Gregory Gates, Stuart Griffing, Frederick Kingsbury, and Robert Perew — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Bob Sohl — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Richard Tom — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Leland Merrill — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Lockwood Pirie and Owen Torrey — Sailing, Men's Swallow