Sport | 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 |
CEO | 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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The United States national athletics (track and field) team represents the United States in international athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games or the World Athletics Championships.
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] | 339 | 271 | 211 | 821 |
World Athletics Championships | See United States at the World Athletics Championships |
The United States is the nation that has won the most medals in athletics at the Olympic Games, around 820, of which 339 are gold. [2] The United States men's and women's teams have participated in all editions of the games except for the Moscow 1980 games due to boycott. [4]
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9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |||
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16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | ||||
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22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | ||||
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16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | ||||
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14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||
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9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | ||||
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12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | ||||
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8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | ||||
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11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 | ||||
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12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | ||||
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11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 | ||||
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14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 | ||||
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15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 | ||||
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9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 | ||||
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12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | ||||
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12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 | ||||
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6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
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6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
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9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | N/A | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 | |||
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7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | ||||
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8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
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10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | ||||
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5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||||
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7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 | ||||
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4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | ||||
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3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | ||||
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7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | ||||
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2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
Total | 276 | 224 | 174 | 674 | 63 | 47 | 36 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 339 | 271 | 211 | 820 |