United States at the 1948 London Summer Games

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Host City: London, Great Britain (July 26, 1948 to August 14, 1948)
Opening Ceremony: July 29, 1948
Closing Ceremony: August 14, 1948

Events for United States: 126 in 19 sports
Participants for United States: 300 (262 men and 38 women)
Youngest Participant for United States: Mae Faggs (16 years, 118 days)
Oldest Participant for United States: Paul Smart (56 years, 203 days)
Most Medals for United States (Athlete): 5 athletes with 3 medals

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300 Athletes Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE Rk Athlete Gender Age Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Ann Curtis Female 22 Swimming 2 1 3 2 Jimmy McLane Male 17 Swimming 2 1 3 3 Mal Whitfield Male 23 Athletics 2 1 3 4 Barney Ewell Male 30 Athletics 1 2 3 5 Frank Henry Male 38 Equestrianism 1 2 3 6 Roy Cochran Male 29 Athletics 2 2 7 Harrison Dillard Male 25 Athletics 2 2 8 Vicki Draves Female 23 Diving 2 2 9 Mel Patton Male 23 Athletics 2 2 10 Wally Ris Male 24 Swimming 2 2 11 Bill Smith Male 24 Swimming 2 2 12 Bruce Harlan Male 22 Diving 1 1 2 13 Steve Lysak Male 35 Canoeing 1 1 2 14 Steve Macknowski Male 26 Canoeing 1 1 2 15 Earl Thomson Male 47 Equestrianism 1 1 2 16 Sammy Lee Male 27 Diving 1 1 2 17 Patsy Elsener Female 18 Diving 1 1 2 18 George Ahlgren Male 19 Rowing 1 1 19 Charles Anderson Male 33 Equestrianism 1 1 20 Cliff Barker Male 27 Basketball 1 1 21 Don Barksdale Male 25 Basketball 1 1 22 Ralph Beard Male 20 Basketball 1 1 23 Lew Beck Male 26 Basketball 1 1 24 Vince Boryla Male 21 Basketball 1 1 25 Cliff Bourland Male 27 Athletics 1 1 26 Glen Brand Male 24 Wrestling 1 1 27 Dave Brown Male 20 Rowing 1 1 28 Lloyd Butler Male 23 Rowing 1 1 29 Gordon Carpenter Male 28 Basketball 1 1 30 Alice Coachman Female 24 Athletics 1 1 31 Art Cook Male 20 Shooting 1 1 32 Marie Corridon Female 18 Swimming 1 1 33 John Davis Male 27 Weightlifting 1 1 34 Joe DePietro Male 34 Weightlifting 1 1 35 Gordy Giovanelli Male 23 Rowing 1 1 36 Alex Groza Male 21 Basketball 1 1 37 Jim Hardy Male 25 Rowing 1 1 38 Art Harnden Male 24 Athletics 1 1 39 Brenda Helser Female 22 Swimming 1 1 40 Wallace Jones Male 22 Basketball 1 1 41 Thelma Kalama Female 17 Swimming 1 1 42 Bob Kurland Male 23 Basketball 1 1 43 Lee Loomis Male 35 Sailing 1 1 44 Ray Lumpp Male 25 Basketball 1 1 45 Bob Martin Male 23 Rowing 1 1 46 Bob Mathias Male 17 Athletics 1 1 47 Mike Mooney Male 18 Sailing 1 1 48 Allan Morgan Male 23 Rowing 1 1 49 R. C. Pitts Male 29 Basketball 1 1 50 Bill Porter Male 22 Athletics 1 1 51 Ralph Purchase Male 32 Rowing 1 1 52 Jesse Renick Male 30 Basketball 1 1 53 Jack Robinson Male 21 Basketball 1 1 54 Kenny Rollins Male 24 Basketball 1 1 55 Hilary Smart Male 22 Sailing 1 1 56 Paul Smart Male 56 Sailing 1 1 57 Guinn Smith Male 28 Athletics 1 1 58 James Smith Male 38 Sailing 1 1 59 Justus Smith Male 26 Rowing 1 1 60 Frank Spellman Male 25 Weightlifting 1 1 61 Allen Stack Male 20 Swimming 1 1 62 John Stack Male 24 Rowing 1 1 63 Stan Stanczyk Male 23 Weightlifting 1 1 64 Willie Steele Male 25 Athletics 1 1 65 Wilbur Thompson Male 27 Athletics 1 1 66 Dave Turner Male 24 Rowing 1 1 67 Ian Turner Male 23 Rowing 1 1 68 Joe Verdeur Male 22 Swimming 1 1 69 Jim Weekes Male 36 Sailing 1 1 70 Warren Westlund Male 21 Rowing 1 1 71 Herman Whiton Male 44 Sailing 1 1 72 Bob Will Male 23 Rowing 1 1 73 Henry Wittenberg Male 29 Wrestling 1 1 74 Wally Wolf Male 17 Swimming 1 1 75 Lorenzo Wright Male 21 Athletics 1 1 76 Miller Anderson Male 25 Diving 1 1 77 Bob Borg Male 35 Equestrianism 1 1 78 Keith Carter Male 23 Swimming 1 1 79 Bob Cowell Male 24 Swimming 1 1 80 Jim Delaney Male 27 Athletics 1 1 81 Ralph Evans Male 24 Sailing 1 1 82 Alan Ford Male 24 Swimming 1 1 83 Pete George Male 19 Weightlifting 1 1 84 Frank Havens Male 23 Canoeing 1 1 85 Hank Herring Male 26 Boxing 1 1 86 Gerry Leeman Male 26 Wrestling 1 1 87 George Moore Male 29 Modern Pentathlon 1 1 88 Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen Female 17 Diving 1 1 89 Harold Sakata Male 28 Weightlifting 1 1 90 Norb Schemansky Male 24 Weightlifting 1 1 91 Clyde Scott Male 23 Athletics 1 1 92 Steve Seymour Male 27 Athletics 1 1 93 Walter Tomsen Male 36 Shooting 1 1 94 Suzanne Zimmerman Female 23 Swimming 1 1 95 Ladislava Bakanic Female 24 Gymnastics 1 1 96 Marian Barone-Twining Female 24 Gymnastics 1 1 97 Bob Bennett Male 28 Athletics 1 1 98 Connie Caruccio-Lenz Female 29 Gymnastics 1 1 99 Dean Cetrulo Male 29 Fencing 1 1 100 Norman Cohn-Armitage Male 41 Fencing 1 1 101 Dorothy Dalton Female 25 Gymnastics 1 1 102 Miguel de Capriles Male 41 Fencing 1 1 103 Craig Dixon Male 22 Athletics 1 1 104 Herb Douglas Male 26 Athletics 1 1 105 Meta Elste-Neumann Female 26 Gymnastics 1 1 106 James Flynn Male 40 Fencing 1 1 107 Jim Fuchs Male 20 Athletics 1 1 108 Greg Gates Male 22 Rowing 1 1 109 Fortune Gordien Male 25 Athletics 1 1 110 Stu Griffing Male 21 Rowing 1 1 111 Fred Kingsbury Male 21 Rowing 1 1 112 Lee Merrill Male 27 Wrestling 1 1 113 Tibor Nyilas Male 34 Fencing 1 1 114 Audrey Patterson Female 21 Athletics 1 1 115 Bob Perew Male 24 Rowing 1 1 116 Woody Pirie Male 44 Sailing 1 1 117 Bob Richards Male 22 Athletics 1 1 118 Helen Schifano Female 26 Gymnastics 1 1 119 Clara Schroth-Lomady Female 27 Gymnastics 1 1 120 Floyd Simmons Male 25 Athletics 1 1 121 Anita Simonis Female 22 Gymnastics 1 1 122 Bob Sohl Male 20 Swimming 1 1 123 George Stanich Male 19 Athletics 1 1 124 Rich Tom Male 27 Weightlifting 1 1 125 Owen Torrey Male 22 Sailing 1 1 126 George Worth Male 33 Fencing 1 1 127 Bill Albans Male 22 Athletics 128 Joseph Angyal Male 31 Rowing 129 Dick Ault Male 22 Athletics 130 Walter Bahr, Sr. Male 21 Football 131 Herb Barten Male 20 Athletics 132 Hale Baugh Male 23 Modern Pentathlon 133 Kenneth Beck Male 33 Water Polo 134 Ray Beckman Male 23 Football 135 Bob Beckus Male 28 Athletics 136 Joe Benner Male 30 Shooting 137 Bill Bertani Male 28 Football 138 Martin Biles Male 29 Athletics 139 Dave Bolen Male 24 Athletics 140 William Bonsall Male 24 Gymnastics 141 Louis Bordo Male 28 Gymnastics 142 Bill Bossio Male 20 Boxing 143 Andrew Boyd Male 38 Fencing 144 Bob Bray Male 28 Water Polo 145 Frank Brilando Male 23 Cycling 146 Quentin Brooks Male 27 Shooting 147 Donald Buck Male 31 Hockey 148 Ralph Budelman Male 30 Water Polo 149 Daniel Bukantz Male 30 Fencing 150 Bill Burton Male 33 Athletics 151 Harry Cail Male 34 Shooting 152 Lee Case Male 30 Water Polo 153 Maria Cerra Female 30 Fencing 154 Bob Chambers Male 21 Athletics 155 Bob Chow Male 40 Shooting 156 Devere Christensen Male 29 Water Polo 157 Raymond Clark Male 23 Canoeing 158 Charlie Colombo Male 28 Football 159 Joseph Costa Male 29 Football 160 Ernie Crosbie Male 38 Athletics 161 Frank Cumiskey Male 35 Gymnastics 162 Vincent D'Autorio Male 32 Gymnastics 163 Harold Dash Male 31 Water Polo 164 Joe de Capriles Male 36 Fencing 165 Vincent Deeney Male 33 Rowing 166 John Deni Male 45 Athletics 167 Dorothy Dodson Female 29 Athletics 168 Helena Dow Female 30 Fencing 169 Henry Dreyer Male 37 Athletics 170 William Dudley Male 17 Swimming 171 Henry Duys, Jr. Male 23 Sailing 172 Dike Eddleman Male 25 Athletics 173 Clem Eischen Male 21 Athletics 174 John Eiseman Male 22 Canoeing 175 Dernell Every Male 41 Fencing 176 Mae Faggs Female 16 Athletics 177 Sam Felton Male 22 Athletics 178 Joe Ferreira Male 31 Football 179 Dixon Fiske Male 33 Water Polo 180 Vic Frank Male 21 Athletics 181 Andrew Frierson Male 46 Equestrianism 182 Arthur Gallagher Male 30 Rowing 183 Don Gehrmann Male 20 Athletics 184 Claus Gerson Male 30 Hockey 185 Bob Gibe Male 19 Swimming 186 Edwin Gilbert Male 19 Swimming 187 Silvio Giolito Male 29 Fencing 188 Herman Goffberg Male 27 Athletics 189 Ralph Goldstein Male 34 Fencing 190 Henry Goode Male 30 Hockey 191 Richard Gruenther Male 23 Modern Pentathlon 192 George Guida Male 23 Athletics 193 William Havens Male 29 Canoeing 194 Jack Heid Male 24 Cycling 195 Bill Heusner Male 21 Swimming 196 Frederic Hewitt Male 31 Hockey 197 Thomas Horton Male 22 Canoeing 198 Dick Hutton Male 24 Wrestling 199 Emerick Ishikawa Male 27 Weightlifting 200 Art Jackson Male 30 Shooting 201 Nell Jackson Female 19 Athletics 202 Barbara Jensen Female 18 Swimming 203 Billy Jernigan Male 24 Wrestling 204 Richard Jessup Male 35 Sailing 205 Eddie Johnson Male 20 Boxing 206 Washington Jones Male 23 Boxing 207 Frances Kaszubski Female 32 Athletics 208 Johnny A. Kelley Male 40 Athletics 209 Jack Kelly, Jr. Male 21 Rowing 210 Jeff Kirk Male 24 Athletics 211 Edwin Knox Male 34 Water Polo 212 Bill Koll Male 24 Wrestling 213 Joseph Kotys Male 22 Gymnastics 214 Erik Koutonen Male 22 Athletics 215 William Kurtz Male 30 Hockey 216 Jay Lambert Male 22 Boxing 217 Clara LaMore Female 22 Swimming 218 Henry Laskau Male 31 Athletics 219 John Layton Male 35 Shooting 220 Nancy Lees Female 22 Swimming 221 Norman Lewis Male 32 Fencing 222 Bob Likens Male 27 Athletics 223 Henrik Lubbers Male 21 Hockey 224 Nate Lubell Male 31 Fencing 225 Ed Lynch Male 19 Cycling 226 Ollie Manninen Male 31 Athletics 227 Theresa Manuel Female 22 Athletics 228 Harry Marcoplos Male 22 Hockey 229 Manuel Martin Male 30 Football 230 Vern McGrew Male 18 Athletics 231 John McIntyre Male 19 Rowing 232 Benny McLaughlin Male 20 Football 233 Bob McMillen Male 20 Athletics 234 Muriel Mellon Female 20 Swimming 235 Irving Mondschein Male 24 Athletics 236 Thomas Montemage Male 21 Cycling 237 Hal Moore Male 24 Wrestling 238 Boo Morcom Male 27 Athletics 239 Chester Nelsen, Jr. Male 25 Cycling 240 Forbes Norris Male 20 Swimming 241 Eddie O'Toole Male 27 Athletics 242 Kurt Orban Male 31 Hockey 243 Whitey Overton Male 19 Athletics 244 Frank Parsons, Jr. Male 42 Shooting 245 Howard Patterson Male 20 Swimming 246 Penny Pence Female 19 Swimming 247 Joe Pitman Male 23 Weightlifting 248 Austin Prokop Male 27 Fencing 249 Emma Reed Female 23 Athletics 250 John Renwick Male 27 Hockey 251 Ernie Riedel Male 47 Canoeing 252 Bernice Robinson Female 21 Athletics 253 Clarence Robison Male 25 Athletics 254 Philip Roettinger Male 32 Shooting 255 William Roetzheim Male 19 Gymnastics 256 Eugene Rogers Male 24 Swimming 257 Wendell Rollins Male 31 Cycling 258 Julian Roosevelt Male 23 Sailing 259 Browning Ross Male 24 Athletics 260 John Russell Male 28 Equestrianism 261 Edward Scrobe Male 25 Gymnastics 262 Fred Sharaga Male 38 Athletics 263 Sanders Sims Male 27 Hockey 264 Roland Sink Male 22 Athletics 265 John Slade Male 40 Hockey 266 Bud Smith Male 19 Boxing 267 Ted Smith Male 19 Cycling 268 Frankie Sodano Male 17 Boxing 269 Raymond Sorensen Male 26 Gymnastics 270 Ed Souza Male 26 Football 271 John Souza Male 28 Football 272 Chuck Spieser Male 18 Boxing 273 Ralph Stephan Male 19 Rowing 274 Al Stiller Male 24 Cycling 275 Curt Stone Male 25 Athletics 276 Juno Stover-Irwin Female 19 Diving 277 Archie Strimel Male 30 Football 278 Walter Stude Male 34 Hockey 279 Emmett Swanson Male 42 Shooting 280 John Terpak Male 36 Weightlifting 281 Donald Thompson Male 20 Fencing 282 Jerry Thompson Male 24 Athletics 283 Marvin Thomson Male 25 Cycling 284 Joseph Toland Male 19 Rowing 285 Richard Tomita Male 21 Weightlifting 286 Felix Ucko Male 29 Hockey 287 Ted Vogel Male 23 Athletics 288 John Wade Male 19 Rowing 289 Mabel Walker Female 19 Athletics 290 Jean Walraven Female 21 Athletics 291 Walter Walsh Male 41 Shooting 292 Ernest Weber Male 40 Athletics 293 Adolf Weinacker Male 19 Athletics 294 Jeanne Wilson Female 22 Swimming 295 William Wilson Male 30 Hockey 296 Fred Wilt Male 27 Athletics 297 Franklin Wing Male 40 Equestrianism 298 Albert Wolff Male 42 Fencing 299 Jan York-Romary Female 20 Fencing 300 Lillian Young Female 20 Athletics

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