United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	London
Competitors:	300 (262 men and 38 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Ralph Craig
Rank:	1
Gold:	38
Silver:	27
Bronze:	19
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. 300 competitors, 262 men and 38 women, took part in 126 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event













Wally Ris Bill Smith Wally Wolf






Ann Curtis Brenda Helser Thelma Kalama
Barney Ewell Mel Patton Lorenzo Wright
Roy Cochran Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield




Bob Martin Allen Morgan Warren Westlund Bob Will
David Brown Lloyd Butler James Hardy Justus Smith John Stack David Turner Ian Turner


Stephen Macknowski


Paul Smart
Michael Mooney James H. Smith Jr. James Weekes Herman Whiton
Frank Henry Earl Foster Thomson
	Basketball	Men's tournament











		Men's competition






Earl Foster Thomson Frank Henry




Stephen Macknowski

















Stu Griffing Fred Kingsbury Robert Perew

Dean Cetrulo Norman C. Armitage James Flynn Tibor Nyilas George Worth
Owen Torrey
Marian Barone Dorothy Dalton Meta Elste Consetta Lenz Helen Schifano Clara Schroth Anita Simonis

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

By winning the women's high jump, Alice Coachman became the first black woman to clinch an Olympic gold medal.^[2]

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Nine cyclists represented the United States in 1948.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Jack Heid

Time trial

Jack Heid

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. 20 fencers represented the United States in 1948.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Daniel Bukantz, Dean Cetrulo, Dernell Every, Silvio Giolito, Nate Lubell, Austin Prokop

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Norman Lewis, Andrew Boyd, Joe de Capriles, Donald Thompson, Albert Wolff, Ralph Goldstein

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Norman Cohn-Armitage, George Worth, Tibor Nyilas, Dean Cetrulo, Miguel de Capriles, James Flynn

Women's foil

Football

See main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Results

U.S. 0–9 Italy

Roster

Robert Annis

Walter Bahr

Raymond Beckman

Bill Bertani

Charlie Colombo

Joe Ferreira

Steve Grivnow

Manuel Martin

Benny McLaughlin

Gino Pariani

Joseph Rego-Costa

Archie Strimel

Ed Souza

John Souza

Rolf Valtin

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Henry Goode as playing manager and Kurt Orban as playing coach.

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
	HB		September 26, 1916	31	?		2	0
					October 29, 1916		0	0
	FW		November 12, 1917	30	?		3	0
	FW		June 7, 1918	30	?		1	0
	FW		September 16, 1916	31	?		2	1
	HB		December 18, 1917	30	?		2	0
	HB		December 30, 1926	21	?		3	0
	FW		January 28, 1926	22	?		3	0
	FW		August 6, 1916	31	?		3	0
	B		May 13, 1921	27	?		3	0
					?		0	0
	HB		June 1, 1921	26	?		1	0
	GK		May 30, 1908	40	?		2	0
	B		December 3, 1913	34	?		3	0
	FW/HB/GK		January 4, 1919	32	?		3	0
	FW		October 26, 1917	30	?		2	0

Felix Ucko played a different position in every match.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1948.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

The United States had 26 rowers participate in all seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men's single sculls

John B. Kelly Jr.

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Twelve shooters represented the United States in 1948. In the 50 metre rifle event, Art Cook won gold and Walter Tomsen won silver.

25 metre pistol

50 metre pistol

300 metre rifle

50 metre rifle

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

Web site: United States at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043422/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1948/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-06-21 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's High Jump . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174254/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-high-jump.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 December 2017 . sports-reference.com.
United States Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.