Take a look back at some of the greatest American athletes in action.
The star of the 1900 Games was Team USA's Alvin Kraenzlein, who won the 60m, the 110m hurdles, 200m hurdles and the long jump.Archie Hahn of the USA poses with his trophy following the victory in the men's 100m dash during the 1904 Summer Olympic Games held in St. Louis, MissouriEvents at the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games were this time held over four-and-a-half months and coincided with a World's Fair celebrating the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France.
The 1920 Games were instead eventually awarded to Antwerp to honor the suffering inflicted upon Belgium during the war. Team USA's Betty Robinson won the 100 metres in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam just before she was 17 years-old and remains the youngest ever winner of the event. That night, Madison reportedly celebrated by dancing at the Coconut Grove nightclub with actor Clark Gable.Jesse Owens of Team USA crosses the finishing line to win the 100m at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He won three other gold medals, in the 200m, 4 X 100m relay and long jumpThe Berlin Games are remembered fondly for Adolf Hitler's failed attempt to use them to prove his revolting theories of Aryan racial superiority.
Team USA's Bobby Morrow—aka"The San Benito Bullet"—won the 100m, before beating reigning Olympic 200m champion Andy Stanfield to complete the sprint double.Wilma Rudolph from Tennessee, USA, strides away to win her heat of the 200 metres in a new Olympic record.
The games—the first held in Latin America—witnessed Team USA's Wyomia Tyus became the first athlete to retain the Olympic 100m title.Mark Spitz, of Team USA is shown in action during the men's 200-meter butterfly final in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Spitz won the gold medal for this eventEight Palestinian Black September terrorists broke into the Olympic Village, killing two members of the Israeli team and taking nine hostages during the 1972 Munich Games.
Team USA's Bruce Jenner, now Caitlyn Jenner, won gold in the men's decathlon at the Montreal Olympics, with his 8,617 points setting a world record in the event.U.S. President Carter tells a group of about 150 Team USA Olympic athletes and officials the United States will not go to the 1980 summer games in Moscow, because of the Soviet invasion of AfghanistanThese Summer Olympics were also disrupted by a boycott, this time led by U.S.
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