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| United States at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London | ||||||||||
| Competitors | ||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ralph Craig | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 1 |
Gold 38 |
Silver 27 |
Bronze 19 |
Total 84 |
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The United States competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.
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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
- Steven Lysak and Stephen Macknowski — Canoeing, Men's C2 10.000m Canadian Pairs
- Bruce Harlan — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Sammy Lee — Diving, Men's Platform
- Vicki Draves — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Vicki 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
- Steven Lysak and Stephen 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, 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
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