American athletes at the London 1948 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Melvin Patton | ||
| Norwood Ewell | |||||
| Harrison Dillard | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | Norwood Ewell | ||
| Clifford Bourland | |||||
| Melvin Patton | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | George Guida | ||
| David Bolen | |||||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | Robert Chambers | ||
| Herbert Barten | |||||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Donald Gehrmann | ||
| Roland Sink | |||||
| Clement Eischen | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | Curtis Stone | ||
| Jerry Thompson | |||||
| Clarence Robison | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Herman Goffberg | ||
| Frederick Wilt | |||||
| Edward O'Toole | |||||
| Marathon M | | USA | Aulis Manninen | ||
| Theodore Vogel | |||||
| John Adelbert Kelley | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Craig Dixon | ||
| Clyde Scott | |||||
| William Porter | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Jeffrey Kirk | ||
| Richard Ault | |||||
| Leroy Cochran | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | Browning Ross | ||
| Robert McMillen | |||||
| Whitey Overton | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Norwood Ewell | ||
| Melvin Patton | |||||
| Harrison Dillard | |||||
| Lorenzo Wright | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Arthur Harnden | ||
| Clifford Bourland | |||||
| Leroy Cochran | |||||
| Malvin Whitfield | |||||
| 10 km walk M | | USA | Helmut Laskau | ||
| Fred Sharaga | |||||
| Ernest Weber | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | Adolf Weinacker | ||
| John Deni | |||||
| Ernest Crosbie | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Dwight Eddleman | ||
| George Stanich | |||||
| Verne McGrew | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Richmond Morcom | ||
| Owen Guinn Smith | |||||
| Robert Richards | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | Lorenzo Wright | ||
| Herbert Douglas | |||||
| Willie Steele | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | Robert Beckus | ||
| Erkki Koutonen | |||||
| William Albans | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | James Delaney | ||
| Wilbur Thompson | |||||
| James Fuchs | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Victor Frank | ||
| William Burton | |||||
| Fortune Gordien | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Henry Dreyer | ||
| Samuel Felton | |||||
| Robert Bennett | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Martin Biles | ||
| Robert Likens | |||||
| Steve Seymour | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Floyd Simmons | ||
| Robert Mathias | |||||
| Irving Mondschein | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Audrey Patterson | ||
| Lillian Young | |||||
| Mabel Walker | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Nell Jackson | ||
| Audrey Patterson | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | USA | Bernice Robinson | ||
| Theresa Manuel | |||||
| Jean Walraven | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Nell Jackson | ||
| Audrey Patterson | |||||
| Theresa Manuel | |||||
| Mabel Walker | |||||
| High jump W | | USA | Emma Reed | ||
| Claudealia Robinson | |||||
| Alice Coachman | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Emma Reed | ||
| Jean Walraven | |||||
| Lillian Young | |||||
| Shot put W | | USA | Frances Kaszubski | ||
| Dorothy Dodson | |||||
| Discus throw W | | USA | Dorothy Dodson | ||
| Frances Kaszubski | |||||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Theresa Manuel | ||
| Dorothy Dodson | |||||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Robert Pitts | ||
| Ralph Beard | |||||
| Robert Kurland | |||||
| Clifford Barker | |||||
| Alexander Groza | |||||
| Kenneth Rollins | |||||
| Vincent Boryla | |||||
| Jesse Renick | |||||
| Raymond Lumpp | |||||
| Wallace Jones | |||||
| Gordon Carpenter | |||||
| Lewis Beck | |||||
| Donald Barksdale | |||||
| Robert Robinson | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Flyweight M | | USA | Frank Sodano | ||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Bill Bossio | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Edward Johnson | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Wallace Smith | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Horace Herring | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Washington Jones | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Chuck Spieser | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | Jay Lambert | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | Thomas Horton | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | John Eiseman | ||
| Ray Clark | |||||
| K1 10000 m M | | USA | Ernest Riedel | ||
| K2 10000 m M | | USA | John Eiseman | ||
| Ray Clark | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Stephan Macknowski | ||
| Stephen Lysak | |||||
| C1 10000 m M | | USA | Frank Havens | ||
| C2 10000 m M | | USA | Stephen Lysak | ||
| Stephan Macknowski | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race M | | USA | Wendell Rollins | ||
| Chester Nelsen Jr. | |||||
| Ed Lynch | |||||
| Frank Brilando | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | Ed Lynch | ||
| Chester Nelsen Jr. | |||||
| Frank Brilando | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | USA | Ted Smith | ||
| Thomas Montemage | |||||
| Alfred Stiller | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | John Heid | ||
| Sprint M | | USA | John Heid | ||
| Tandem M | | USA | Marvin Thomson | ||
| Alfred Stiller | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Bruce Harlan | ||
| Sammy Lee | |||||
| Miller Anderson | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Patricia Elsener | ||
| Zoe Ann Olsen | |||||
| Vicki Draves | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | Bruce Harlan | ||
| Sammy Lee | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Juno Stover | ||
| Patricia Elsener | |||||
| Vicki Draves | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | Earl Thomson | ||
| Frank Henry | |||||
| Robert Borg | |||||
| Dressage team | | USA | Robert Borg | ||
| Frank Henry | |||||
| Earl Thomson | |||||
| Eventing individual | | USA | Charles Anderson | ||
| Earl Thomson | |||||
| Frank Henry | |||||
| Eventing team | | USA | Earl Thomson | ||
| Charles Anderson | |||||
| Frank Henry | |||||
| Jumping individual | | USA | Franklin Wing | ||
| Andrew Frierson | |||||
| John Russell | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | Franklin Wing | ||
| Andrew Frierson | |||||
| John Russell | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | USA | Maria Cerra | ||
| Helena Dow | |||||
| Janice Lee Romary | |||||
| Foil team M | | USA | Daniel Bukantz | ||
| Silvio Giolito | |||||
| Nathaniel Lubell | |||||
| Dernell Every | |||||
| Austin Prokop | |||||
| Dean Cetrulo | |||||
| Sabre individual M | | USA | George Worth | ||
| Tibor Nyilas | |||||
| Sabre team M | | USA | Miguel de Capriles | ||
| Norman Armitage | |||||
| George Worth | |||||
| James Flynn | |||||
| Dean Centrulo | |||||
| Tibor Nyilas | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Team W | | USA | Anita Simonis | ||
| Ladislava Bakanic | |||||
| Meta Elste | |||||
| Helen Schifano | |||||
| Dorothy Dalton | |||||
| Consetta Lenz | |||||
| Marian Barone | |||||
| Clara Schroth | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Raymond Sorensen | ||
| Vincent Dautorio | |||||
| Edward Scrobe | |||||
| William Bonsall | |||||
| Joseph Kotys | |||||
| William Roetzheim | |||||
| Louis Bordo | |||||
| Frank Cumiskey | |||||
| Pommel horse M | | USA | Frank Cumiskey | ||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | Hale Baugh | ||
| Richard Gruenther | |||||
| George Moore | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | John Kelly Jr. | ||
| Four without coxswain M | | USA | Robert Perew | ||
| Stuart Griffing | |||||
| Gregory Gates | |||||
| Frederick John Kingsbury | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | USA | Allen Morgan | ||
| Robert Will | |||||
| Warren Westlund | |||||
| Gordon Giovanelli | |||||
| Robert Martin | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | David Turner | ||
| Ralph Purchase | |||||
| Justus Smith | |||||
| James Hardy | |||||
| Lloyd Butler | |||||
| Ian Turner | |||||
| John Stack | |||||
| David Brown | |||||
| George Ahlgren | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| Swallow | | USA | Owen Tory | ||
| Lockwood Pine | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | Henry Duys | ||
| Richard Jessup | |||||
| Julian Roosevelt | |||||
| Star | | USA | Paul Smart | ||
| Hilary Smart | |||||
| Finn | | USA | Ralph Evans | ||
| 6 m | | USA | James Smith | ||
| Alfred Loomis | |||||
| Michael Mooney | |||||
| James Weekes | |||||
| Herman Whiton | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | USA | Walter Tomsen | ||
| Arthur Cook | |||||
| Harry Cail | |||||
| Free rifle M | | USA | Arthur Jackson | ||
| Emmett Swanson | |||||
| Frank Parsons | |||||
| Free pistol M | | USA | Quentin Brooks | ||
| Huelet Benner | |||||
| Walter Walsh | |||||
| Rapid fire pistol M | | USA | Bob Chow | ||
| John Layton | |||||
| Philip Roettinger | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Brenda Helser | ||
| Marie Corridon | |||||
| Ann Curtis | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | Keith Carter | ||
| Alan Ford | |||||
| Walter Ris | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Ann Curtis | ||
| Nancy Lees | |||||
| Brenda Helser | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | James McLane | ||
| William Smith | |||||
| William Heusner | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | Forbes Norris | ||
| James McLane | |||||
| William Heusner | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Barbara Jensen | ||
| Suzanne Zimmermann | |||||
| Muriel Mellon | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Robert Cowell | ||
| Allen Stack | |||||
| Howard Patterson | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Catherine Lamore | ||
| Carol Pence | |||||
| Jeanne Wilson | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Robert Sohl | ||
| Keith Carter | |||||
| Joseph Verdeur | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Ann Curtis | ||
| Brenda Helser | |||||
| Marie Corridon | |||||
| Thelma Kalama | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | James McLane | ||
| Walter Ris | |||||
| Eugene Rogers | |||||
| William Dudley | |||||
| Wallace Wolf | |||||
| William Smith | |||||
| Robert Gibe | |||||
| Edwin Gilbert | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Ricgard Tom | ||
| Joseph Di Pietro | |||||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Richard Tomita | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Joseph Pitman | ||
| John Terpak | |||||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Peter George | ||
| Frank Spellman | |||||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Stanley Stanczyk | ||
| Harold Sakata | |||||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | John Davis | ||
| Norbert Schemansky | |||||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | USA | William Jernigan | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | USA | Gerald Leeman | ||
| Freestyle featherweight M | | USA | Harold Moore | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | William Koll | ||
| Freestyle welterweight M | | USA | Leland Merrill | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | Glen Brand | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Henry Wittenberg | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | USA | Richard Hutton | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1948 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in London 1948 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
