United States at the 1896 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=1896 Summer
competitors=14
sports=3
gold=11
silver=7
bronze=2
total=20
rank = 1

Fourteen competitors from the United States competed in three sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The Americans were the most successful nation in terms of gold medals, beating host nation Greece, 11 to 10. However, the Greeks' 46 total medals dwarfed the Americans' 20.

The United States team had 27 entries in 16 events, with 20 of the 27 resulting in top-three finishes.

Most of the American competitors were students at Harvard University or Princeton University or members of the Boston Athletic Association. The team trained at The Pennington School, in Pennington, New Jersey, while preparing in secret for the first modern Olympic Games.

Medalists

Of the 14 Americans at the Athens Games, 12 won medals. Charles Waldstein, a shooter, and Gardner Williams, a swimmer, were the two who did not win any medals.

Gold

* Tom Burke - athletics, 100 metres
* Tom Burke - athletics, 400 metres
* Ellery Clark - athletics, long jump
* Ellery Clark - athletics, high jump
* James Connolly - athletics, triple jump
* Thomas Curtis - athletics, 110 metres hurdles
* Robert Garrett - athletics, shot put
* Robert Garrett - athletics, discus throw
* Welles Hoyt - athletics, pole vault
* John Paine - shooting, military pistol
* Sumner Paine - shooting, free pistol

Silver

* Arthur Blake - athletics, 1500 metres
* James Connolly - athletics, high jump
* Robert Garrett - athletics, long jump
* Robert Garrett - athletics, high jump
* Herbert Jamison - athletics, 400 metres
* Sumner Paine - shooting, military pistol
* Albert Tyler - athletics, pole vault

Bronze

* James Connolly - athletics, long jump
* Francis Lane - athletics, 100 metres

Results by event

Athletics

The United States squad won nine gold medals in the twelve athletics (track and field) events, with contributions from six different athletes. Six silver medals and two bronze medals also went to the Americans in athletics.

wimming

Williams competed in two swimming events, placing in neither.

References

* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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