United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=1948 Summer
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flagbearer=Ralph Craig
gold=38
silver=27
bronze=19
total=84
rank=1

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

Medalists

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

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

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

Non-medal results

Football (soccer)

Results:U.S. 0-9 Italy

Roster:* Archie Strimel:* Joseph Rego-Costa:* Manuel Martin:* Charlie Colombo:* Joe Ferreira:* Walter Bahr:* Raymond Beckman:* John Souza:* Bill Bertani:* Benny McLaughlin:* Ed Souza:* Gino Pariani