United States national track and field team
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Track & Field Long-Distance Running Race Walking |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Abbreviation | USATF |
| Founded | 1979 as The Athletics Congress/USA |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, IN, United States |
| Chief Exec | Max Siegel |
| Sponsor | Nike, Inc., The Hershey Company, BMW, Visa Inc., Chobani, Garden of Life, Rosetta Stone, University of Phoenix[1] |
| Replaced | Amateur Athletic Union |
| (founded) | 1878 |
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Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 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 Olympic Games or 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]
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| Olympic Games[3] | 320 | 251 | 196 | 767 |
| World Championships | 155 | 106 | 91 | 352 |
Olympic Games
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 736, of which 312 are gold.[2] Their national-level male, took part in all editions of the games already this season, 25 with the exception of Moscow 1980 known for the 1980 boycott, while women 18 editions from Amsterdam 1928.[4]
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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
| 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 |
 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
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| 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| Total | 264 | 205 | 164 | 633 | 48 | 31 | 24 | 103 | 312 | 236 | 188 | 736 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Sponsors".
- 1 2 "United States Athletics". sports-reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ Obtained by counting of the Sports-Reference, however, are excluded from the medals won at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
- ↑ "Team USA at the Olympic Games". usatf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
External links
- United States Athletics at Summer Olympics
- Official site of the USA Track & Field
- Team USA at the Olympic Games
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