Summer Olympics : United States : 1948 medals

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 MEDAL COUNTS:
SPORT TOTAL  GOLD SILVER BRONZE
WeightliftingWeightlifting 8 4 3 1
BasketballBasketball 1 1 0 0
BoxingBoxing 1 0 1 0
Canoe/KayakCanoe/Kayak 3 1 2 0
DivingDiving 10 4 4 2
EquestrianEquestrian 3 1 2 0
FencingFencing 1 0 0 1
Freestyle WrestlingFreestyle Wrestling 4 2 1 1
GymnasticsGymnastics 1 0 0 1
Modern PentathlonModern Pentathlon 1 0 1 0
RowingRowing 3 2 0 1
SailingSailing 4 2 1 1
ShootingShooting 2 1 1 0
SwimmingSwimming 15 8 6 1
Track & FieldTrack & Field 27 12 5 10
ALLALL 84 38 27 19
MEDAL WINNERS: Basketball Men's Basketball GOLD United States Boxing Men's Welterweight(67kg) SILVER Hank Herring Canoe/Kayak Men's 1,000 m Canoe Pairs SILVER Steven Lysak / Stephen Macknowski 5:08.2 Canoe/Kayak Men's 10,000 m Canoe Pairs GOLD Steven Lysak / Stephen Macknowski 55:55.4 Canoe/Kayak Men's 10,000 m Canoe Singles C1 SILVER Frank Havens 1:02:40.4 Diving Men's Springboard GOLD Bruce Harlan 163.64 Diving Men's Springboard SILVER Miller Anderson 157.29 Diving Men's Springboard BRONZE Samuel Lee 145.52 Diving Men's Platform GOLD Samuel Lee 130.05 Diving Men's Platform SILVER Bruce Harlan 122.30 Diving Women's Springboard GOLD Vicki Draves 108.74 Diving Women's Springboard SILVER Zoe Ann Olsen 108.23 Diving Women's Springboard BRONZE Patricia Elsener 101.30 Diving Women's Platform GOLD Vicki Draves 68.87 Diving Women's Platform SILVER Patricia Elsner 66.28 Equestrian Individual eventing SILVER Frank Henry -21 Equestrian Team dressage SILVER United States 1256 Equestrian Team eventing GOLD United States -161.50 Fencing Men's Team Sabre BRONZE United States Freestyle Wrestling Men's Bantamweight(57kg) SILVER Gerald Leeman Freestyle Wrestling Men's Welterweight(73kg) BRONZE Leland Merrill Freestyle Wrestling Men's Middleweight(79kg) GOLD Glen Brand Freestyle Wrestling Men's Light-Heavyweight(87kg) GOLD Henry Wittenberg Gymnastics Women's Team BRONZE United States 422.63 Modern Pentathlon Men's Individual SILVER George Moore 47 Rowing Men's Coxless Fours BRONZE United States 6:47.7 Rowing Men's Eights GOLD United States 5:56.7 Rowing Men's Coxed Fours GOLD United States 6:50.3 Sailing 6 Metre GOLD United States 5472 Sailing Firefly SILVER Ralph Evans Jr. 5408 Sailing Star GOLD Hilary Smart / Paul Smart 5828 Sailing Swallow BRONZE Lockwood Pirie / Owen Torrey 4352 Shooting Men's Prone Rifle(50m) GOLD Arthur Cook 599 Shooting Men's Prone Rifle(50m) SILVER Walter Tomsen 599 Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle GOLD Walter Ris 57.3 Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle SILVER Alan Ford 57.8 Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle GOLD William Smith 4:41.0 Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle SILVER James McLane 4:43.4 Swimming Men's 1,500 m Freestyle GOLD James McLane 19:18.5 Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke GOLD Allen Stack 1:06.4 Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke SILVER Robert Cowell 1:06.5 Swimming Men's 200 m Breastroke GOLD Joseph Verdeur 2:39.3 Swimming Men's 200 m Breastroke SILVER Keith Carter 2:40.2 Swimming Men's 200 m Breastroke BRONZE Robert Sohl 2:43.9 Swimming Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay GOLD United States 8:46.0 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle SILVER Ann Curtis 1:06.5 Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle GOLD Ann Curtis 5:17.8 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke SILVER Suzanne Zimmermann 1:16.0 Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay GOLD United States 4:29.2 Track & Field Men's 100 m GOLD Harrison Dillard 10.3 Track & Field Men's 100 m SILVER Norwood Ewell 10.4 Track & Field Men's 200 m GOLD Melvin Patton 21.1 Track & Field Men's 200 m SILVER Norwood Ewell 21.1 Track & Field Men's 400 m BRONZE Malvin Whitfield 46.9 Track & Field Men's 800 m GOLD Malvin Whitfield 1:49.2 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles GOLD William Porter 13.9 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles SILVER Clyde Scott 14.1 Track & Field Men's 110 m Hurdles BRONZE Craig Dixon 14.1 Track & Field Men's 400 m Hurdles GOLD Leroy Cochran 51.1 Track & Field Men's 4 x 100 m Relay GOLD United States 40.6 Track & Field Men's 4 x 400 m Relay GOLD United States 3:10.4 Track & Field Men's Long Jump GOLD Willie Steele 7.825m Track & Field Men's Long Jump BRONZE Herbert Douglas 7.545m Track & Field Men's High Jump BRONZE George Stanich 1.95m Track & Field Men's Pole Vault GOLD Guinn Smith 4.30m Track & Field Men's Pole Vault BRONZE Robert Richards 4.20m Track & Field Men's Discus BRONZE Fortune Gordien 50.77m Track & Field Men's Hammer Throw BRONZE Robert Bennett 53.73m Track & Field Men's Javelin SILVER Steve Seymour 67.56m Track & Field Men's Shot Put GOLD Wilbur Thomson 17.12m Track & Field Men's Shot Put SILVER Francis Delaney 16.68m Track & Field Men's Shot Put BRONZE James Fuchs 16.42m Track & Field Men's Decathlon GOLD Robert Mathias 7139 Track & Field Men's Decathlon BRONZE Floyd Simmons 6950 Track & Field Women's 200 m BRONZE Audrey Patterson 25.2 Track & Field Women's High Jump GOLD Alice Coachman 1.68m Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight(56kg) GOLD Joseph De Pietro 307.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight(56kg) BRONZE Richard Tom 295.0 kg Weightlifting Men's Middleweight(75kg) GOLD Frank Spellman 390.0 kg Weightlifting Men's Middleweight(75kg) SILVER Peter George 382.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Light-Heavyweight(82.5kg) GOLD Stanley Stanczyk 417.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Light-Heavyweight(82.5kg) SILVER Harold Sakata 380.0 kg Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight(+82.5 kg) GOLD John Davis 452.5 kg Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight(+82.5 kg) SILVER Norbert Schemansky 425.0 kg
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