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 | Clifford Bourland | |||
Melvin Patton | |||||
Norwood Ewell | |||||
400 m M | USA | George Guida | |||
David Bolen | |||||
Malvin Whitfield | |||||
800 m M | USA | Robert Chambers | |||
Herbert Barten | |||||
Malvin Whitfield | |||||
1500 m M | USA | Roland Sink | |||
Clement Eischen | |||||
Donald Gehrmann | |||||
5000 m M | USA | Jerry Thompson | |||
Clarence Robison | |||||
Curtis Stone | |||||
10000 m M | USA | Frederick Wilt | |||
Edward O'Toole | |||||
Herman Goffberg | |||||
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 | Richard Ault | |||
Leroy Cochran | |||||
Jeffrey Kirk | |||||
3000 m steeplechase M | USA | Whitey Overton | |||
Robert McMillen | |||||
Browning Ross | |||||
4x100 m M | USA | Lorenzo Wright | |||
Norwood Ewell | |||||
Melvin Patton | |||||
Harrison Dillard | |||||
4x400 m M | USA | Leroy Cochran | |||
Malvin Whitfield | |||||
Arthur Harnden | |||||
Clifford Bourland | |||||
10 km walk M | USA | Fred Sharaga | |||
Ernest Weber | |||||
Helmut Laskau | |||||
50 km walk M | USA | Ernest Crosbie | |||
Adolf Weinacker | |||||
John Deni | |||||
High jump M | USA | Dwight Eddleman | |||
George Stanich | |||||
Verne McGrew | |||||
Pole vault M | USA | Robert Richards | |||
Richmond Morcom | |||||
Owen Guinn Smith | |||||
Long jump M | USA | Willie Steele | |||
Lorenzo Wright | |||||
Herbert Douglas | |||||
Triple jump M | USA | Robert Beckus | |||
Erkki Koutonen | |||||
William Albans | |||||
Shot put M | USA | James Delaney | |||
Wilbur Thompson | |||||
James Fuchs | |||||
Discus throw M | USA | Fortune Gordien | |||
Victor Frank | |||||
William Burton | |||||
Hammer throw M | USA | Henry Dreyer | |||
Samuel Felton | |||||
Robert Bennett | |||||
Javelin throw M | USA | Martin Biles | |||
Robert Likens | |||||
Steve Seymour | |||||
Decathlon M | USA | Irving Mondschein | |||
Floyd Simmons | |||||
Robert Mathias | |||||
100 m W | USA | Lillian Young | |||
Mabel Walker | |||||
Audrey Patterson | |||||
200 m W | USA | Audrey Patterson | |||
Nell Jackson | |||||
80 m hurdles W | USA | Bernice Robinson | |||
Theresa Manuel | |||||
Jean Walraven | |||||
4x100 m W | USA | Theresa Manuel | |||
Mabel Walker | |||||
Nell Jackson | |||||
Audrey Patterson | |||||
High jump W | USA | Alice Coachman | |||
Emma Reed | |||||
Claudealia Robinson | |||||
Long jump W | USA | Lillian Young | |||
Emma Reed | |||||
Jean Walraven | |||||
Shot put W | USA | Dorothy Dodson | |||
Frances Kaszubski | |||||
Discus throw W | USA | Dorothy Dodson | |||
Frances Kaszubski | |||||
Javelin throw W | USA | Dorothy Dodson | |||
Theresa Manuel | |||||
Basketball | |||||
Basketball M | USA | Alexander Groza | |||
Vincent Boryla | |||||
Ralph Beard | |||||
Clifford Barker | |||||
Wallace Jones | |||||
Kenneth Rollins | |||||
Gordon Carpenter | |||||
Jesse Renick | |||||
Lewis Beck | |||||
Raymond Lumpp | |||||
Donald Barksdale | |||||
Robert Robinson | |||||
Robert Pitts | |||||
Robert Kurland | |||||
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 | |||
Canoe & Kayak | |||||
K1 1000 m M | USA | Thomas Horton | |||
K2 1000 m M | USA | Ray Clark | |||
John Eiseman | |||||
K1 10000 m M | USA | Ernest Riedel | |||
K2 10000 m M | USA | Ray Clark | |||
John Eiseman | |||||
C1 1000 m M | USA | Frank Havens | |||
C2 1000 m M | USA | Stephen Lysak | |||
Stephan Macknowski | |||||
C1 10000 m M | USA | Frank Havens | |||
C2 10000 m M | USA | Stephen Lysak | |||
Stephan Macknowski | |||||
Cycling | |||||
Road race M | USA | Frank Brilando | |||
Wendell Rollins | |||||
Chester Nelsen Jr. | |||||
Ed Lynch | |||||
Road race team M | USA | Chester Nelsen Jr. | |||
Frank Brilando | |||||
Ed Lynch | |||||
Team pursuit M | USA | Thomas Montemage | |||
Alfred Stiller | |||||
Ted Smith | |||||
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 | Patricia Elsener | |||
Vicki Draves | |||||
Juno Stover | |||||
Equestrian | |||||
Dressage individual | USA | Robert Borg | |||
Earl Thomson | |||||
Frank Henry | |||||
Dressage team | USA | Earl Thomson | |||
Robert Borg | |||||
Frank Henry | |||||
Eventing individual | USA | Frank Henry | |||
Charles Anderson | |||||
Earl Thomson | |||||
Eventing team | USA | Frank Henry | |||
Earl Thomson | |||||
Charles Anderson | |||||
Jumping individual | USA | Andrew Frierson | |||
John Russell | |||||
Franklin Wing | |||||
Jumping team | USA | Franklin Wing | |||
Andrew Frierson | |||||
John Russell | |||||
Fencing | |||||
Foil individual W | USA | Janice Lee Romary | |||
Helena Dow | |||||
Maria Cerra | |||||
Foil team M | USA | Austin Prokop | |||
Dean Cetrulo | |||||
Daniel Bukantz | |||||
Silvio Giolito | |||||
Nathaniel Lubell | |||||
Dernell Every | |||||
Sabre individual M | USA | Tibor Nyilas | |||
George Worth | |||||
Sabre team M | USA | George Worth | |||
James Flynn | |||||
Dean Centrulo | |||||
Tibor Nyilas | |||||
Miguel de Capriles | |||||
Norman Armitage | |||||
Gymnastics | |||||
Team W | USA | Anita Simonis | |||
Ladislava Bakanic | |||||
Meta Elste | |||||
Helen Schifano | |||||
Dorothy Dalton | |||||
Consetta Lenz | |||||
Marian Barone | |||||
Clara Schroth | |||||
Team M | USA | Louis Bordo | |||
Raymond Sorensen | |||||
Vincent Dautorio | |||||
Edward Scrobe | |||||
William Bonsall | |||||
Joseph Kotys | |||||
William Roetzheim | |||||
Frank Cumiskey | |||||
Pommel horse M | USA | Frank Cumiskey | |||
Modern Pentathlon | |||||
Individual M | USA | Richard Gruenther | |||
George Moore | |||||
Hale Baugh | |||||
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 | Robert Martin | |||
Allen Morgan | |||||
Robert Will | |||||
Warren Westlund | |||||
Gordon Giovanelli | |||||
Eight with coxswain M | USA | Justus Smith | |||
Lloyd Butler | |||||
John Stack | |||||
James Hardy | |||||
David Brown | |||||
Ian Turner | |||||
George Ahlgren | |||||
David Turner | |||||
Ralph Purchase | |||||
Sailing | |||||
Swallow | USA | Owen Tory | |||
Lockwood Pine | |||||
Dragon | USA | Henry Duys | |||
Richard Jessup | |||||
Julian Roosevelt | |||||
Star | USA | Hilary Smart | |||
Paul Smart | |||||
Finn | USA | Ralph Evans | |||
6 m | USA | Alfred Loomis | |||
Michael Mooney | |||||
James Weekes | |||||
Herman Whiton | |||||
James Smith | |||||
Shooting | |||||
Rifle prone M | USA | Harry Cail | |||
Walter Tomsen | |||||
Arthur Cook | |||||
Free rifle M | USA | Frank Parsons | |||
Emmett Swanson | |||||
Arthur Jackson | |||||
Free pistol M | USA | Quentin Brooks | |||
Huelet Benner | |||||
Walter Walsh | |||||
Rapid fire pistol M | USA | Philip Roettinger | |||
Bob Chow | |||||
John Layton | |||||
Swimming | |||||
100 m freestyle W | USA | Ann Curtis | |||
Brenda Helser | |||||
Marie Corridon | |||||
100 m freestyle M | USA | Alan Ford | |||
Walter Ris | |||||
Keith Carter | |||||
400 m freestyle W | USA | Ann Curtis | |||
Nancy Lees | |||||
Brenda Helser | |||||
400 m freestyle M | USA | William Heusner | |||
James McLane | |||||
William Smith | |||||
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 | Joseph Verdeur | |||
Robert Sohl | |||||
Keith Carter | |||||
4x100 m freestyle W | USA | Brenda Helser | |||
Marie Corridon | |||||
Thelma Kalama | |||||
Ann Curtis | |||||
4x200 m freestyle M | USA | Edwin Gilbert | |||
Robert Gibe | |||||
James McLane | |||||
Walter Ris | |||||
Eugene Rogers | |||||
William Dudley | |||||
Wallace Wolf | |||||
William Smith | |||||
Weightlifting | |||||
Bantamweight M | USA | Ricgard Tom | |||
Joseph Di Pietro | |||||
Featherweight M | USA | Richard Tomita | |||
Lightweight M | USA | John Terpak | |||
Joseph Pitman | |||||
Middleweight M | USA | Frank Spellman | |||
Peter George | |||||
Light-heavyweight M | USA | Harold Sakata | |||
Stanley Stanczyk | |||||
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 | |||||