| 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.
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Further information: United States at 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 | 820 |
| 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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 Athens 1896 |
9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | N/A | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | |||
 Paris 1900 |
16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 | ||||
 St. Louis 1904 |
22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 | ||||
 London 1908 |
16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | 10 | 35 | ||||
 Stockholm 1912 |
14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 11 | 39 | ||||
 Antwerp 1920 |
9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| Paris 1924 |
12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 | ||||
 Amsterdam 1928 |
8 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| Los Angeles 1932 |
11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 35 | ||||
 Berlin 1936 |
12 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| London 1948 |
11 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 | ||||
 Helsinki 1952 |
14 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 | ||||
 Melbourne 1956 |
15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 | ||||
 Rome 1960 |
9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 26 | ||||
 Tokyo 1964 |
12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 | ||||
 Mexico City 1968 |
12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 | ||||
 Munich 1972 |
6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
 Montreal 1976 |
6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
 Moscow 1980 |
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| Los Angeles 1984 |
9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | N/A | 16 | 15 | 9 | 40 | |||
 Seoul 1988 |
7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | ||||
 Barcelona 1992 |
8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| Atlanta 1996 |
10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| Sydney 2000 |
5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| Athens 2004 |
7 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 26 | ||||
 Beijing 2008 |
4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| London 2012 |
3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 28 | ||||
 Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 32 | ||||
| Tokyo 2020 |
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 |
