FROM LEFT: TIANNA MADISON, CARMELITA JETER, BIANCA KNIGHT & ALLYSON FELIX Kirby Lee
TEAM USA
When athletes departed the London Olympic Stadium following competition in the 30th Olympic Games, Team USA left little doubt it remained the World’s #1 Track & Field Team.
Over nine days of competition, Team USA put together a performance to the level the Games hadn’t seen since 1992. Americans brought home a total of 29 medals, which was the most since winning 30 total medals at the Barcelona Games 20 years before. That medal total placed Team USA well ahead of second-place Russia (18) in the overall medal table.
WILL CLAYE
DOMINATES OLYMPIC GAMES ONCE AGAIN
s Shattering the world record by .55 seconds, the women’s 4x100m (40.82) recorded the largest drop in the record in the modern era.
s Will Claye’s pair of medals in the horizontal jumps – bronze in the long jump and silver in the triple jump – marks the first time since 1936 that any man has medaled in both jumps at the Olympic Games and the first American to do so since Meyer Prinstein in 1904.
s Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee’s finish in the decathlon is the first time since 1956 the U.S. has gone 1-2 in the event.
s Galen Rupp’s silver medal in the men’s 10,000m is the first medal in the event by an American since Billy Mills’ gold in 1964.
s Leo Manzano’s silver medal in the men’s 1,500m is the first medal by an American since Jim Ryun’s silver in 1968.
Kirby Lee
Within the historic medal total were a long list of surprises and memorable performances by American athletes.
TEAM USA SUPERLATIVES
s Allyson Felix (200m 4x100m, 4x400m) became the first woman since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
s This was the first time U.S. women – Brittany Reese (gold), Janay DeLoach (bronze) – have won two medals in the long jump.
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s Sanya Richards-Ross is only the second U.S. woman to win the 400m at the Olympic Games.
s For the second time in Olympic history Team USA brought home two medals in the women’s 400m in Sanya Richards-Ross (gold) and DeeDee Trotter (bronze).
s The two-medal effort by Allyson Felix (gold) and Carmelita Jeter (bronze) in the 200m is the second for the U.S. in that event in Olympic history.
s It was the best Team USA finish in the men’s 1,500m since 1936 (second, fourth).
s Brigetta Barrett’s silver in the women’s high jump is the first U.S. medal since Louise Ritter won gold in 1988.