United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Ninety-six athletes represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's seventh appearance in the sport. The United States was one of three nations, along with Great Britain and Greece, to have competed in each edition of the Olympic athletics program to that point. The American team had competitors in each of the 27 events, with the maximum number of entries in all but 3 of them (the United States did not send full teams for the steeplechase, the racewalk, or the triple jump). The United States had finalists in every event except the triple jump. The team swept the medals in two events: the pole vault and the shot put.

The United States won 32 medals overall, almost twice that of the next most successful nation (Finland). The 12 gold medals won by the Americans were two more than Finland won, putting the United States at the top of the leaderboard for the sport. Houser and Osborn were the most successful individuals, with two gold medals apiece. Earl Johnson and Scholz won two medals each. Thirty-three other athletes won medals, bringing the total to 37 of 96 participants taking medals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karl Anderson	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.4	1 Q	15.4	2 Q	Unknown	5
Norman Anderson	Shot put	N/A				14.29	1 Q	14.29	5
Otto Anderson	Decathlon	N/A						Did not finish
Clifford Argue	Pentathlon	N/A						Did not finish
Lee Barnes	Pole vault	N/A				3.66	1 Q	3.95
Verne Booth	10000 m	N/A						Did not finish
	Cross country	N/A						Did not finish
Chester Bowman	100 m	11.0	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	10.7	3 Q	10.9	4
James Brooker	Pole vault	N/A				3.66	1 Q	3.90
Charles Brookins	400 m hurdles	N/A		54.8	1 Q	54.6	1 Q	Disqualified
Leroy Brown	High jump	N/A				1.83	1 Q	1.95
Ray Buker	1500 m	N/A				4:12.8	2 Q	3:58.6	5
William Churchill	Marathon	N/A						3:19:18.0	23
William Comins	Long jump	N/A				No mark	8	Did not advance
Chan Coulter	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.0	1 Q	58.6	4	Did not advance
Clarence DeMar	Marathon	N/A						2:48:14.0
Michael Devaney	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	2 Q	10:01.0	7
Ray Dodge	800 m	N/A		Unknown	3 Q	1:57.0	1 Q	1:54.2	6
Eastman Doolittle	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	7	Did not advance
Schuyler Enck	800 m	N/A		1:58.6	3 Q	1:57.6	2 Q	1:53.0
August Fager	Cross country	N/A						37:40.6	8
Horatio Fitch	400 m	52.0	1 Q	49.0	1 Q	47.8 OR	1 Q	48.4
Charles Foster	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		Did not advance
Harry Frieda	Decathlon	N/A						6618.300	8
Edward Gourdin	Long jump	N/A				7.19	1 Q	7.275
Glen Graham	Pole vault	N/A				3.66	1 Q	3.95
Merwin Graham	Triple jump	N/A				14.000	4	Did not advance
John Gray	10000 m	N/A						Unknown	15
	Cross country	N/A						Did not finish
George Guthrie	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.8	1 Q	15.2	1 Q	Disqualified
Lloyd Hahn	1500 m	N/A				4:06.8	1 Q	3:59.0	6
Brutus Hamilton	Pentathlon	N/A						Elim-4
Glenn Hartranft	Shot put	N/A				14.405	2 Q	14.895
	Discus throw	N/A				42.49	2 Q	42.49	6
James Henigan	Cross country	N/A						38:00.0	11
George Hill	200 m	22.0	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	21.8	2 Q	22.0	4
Ralph Hills	Shot put	N/A				14.505	2 Q	14.64
Harry Hinkel	10 km walk	N/A				Unknown	3 Q	50:16.8	9
Bud Houser	Shot put	N/A				14.995	1 Q	14.995
	Discus throw	N/A				46.155 OR	1 Q	46.155
DeHart Hubbard	Long jump	N/A				7.12	1 Q	7.445
	Triple jump	N/A				No mark	10	Did not advance
Earl Johnson	10000 m	N/A						32:17.0	8
	Cross country	N/A						35:21.0
Pitch Johnson	110 m hurdles	N/A		16.6	1 Q	15.8	3	Did not advance
Wayne Johnson	10000 m	N/A						Did not finish
Robert Juday	High jump	N/A				No mark	5	Did not advance
Mort Kaer	Pentathlon	N/A						24	5
Daniel Kinsey	110 m hurdles	N/A		15.4	1 Q	15.4	1 Q	15.0
Robert LeGendre	Pentathlon	N/A						18
George Lermond	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	8	Did not advance
Thomas Lieb	Discus throw	N/A				44.83	1 Q	44.83
James McEachern	Hammer throw	N/A				44.935	6 Q	45.225	6
Matt McGrath	Hammer throw	N/A				47.075	4 Q	50.84
Charles Mellor	Marathon	N/A						3:24:07.0	25
Jack Merchant	Hammer throw	N/A				41.455	9	Did not advance
Loren Murchison	100 m	10.8	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	11.2	3 Q	11.0	6
William Neufeld	Javelin throw	N/A				56.96	1 Q	56.96	5
Bayes Norton	200 m	21.8	1 Q	22.3	1 Q	22.1	3 Q	22.0	5
Emerson Norton	Decathlon	N/A						7350.895
Eugene Oberst	Javelin throw	N/A				57.98	3 Q	57.98
Harold Osborn	High jump	N/A				1.83	1 Q	1.98
	Decathlon	N/A						7710.775
Charles Paddock	100 m	11.2	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	10.7	2 Q	10.9	5
	200 m	22.3	2 Q	22.2	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	21.7
Russell Payne	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				Unknown	5	Did not advance
Harold Phelps	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	6	Did not advance
Tom Poor	High jump	N/A				1.83	1 Q	1.88	4
Gus Pope	Discus throw	N/A				44.42	1 Q	44.42	4
Lee Priester	Javelin throw	N/A				54.51	6	Did not advance
Bill Richardson	800 m	N/A		1:59.6	2 Q	1:55.0	2 Q	1:53.8	5
Marvin Rick	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				10:11.0	2 Q	9:56.4	4
Ivan Riley	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.4	1 Q	56.6	1 Q	54.2
Ray Robertson	400 m	50.2	1 Q	49.5	3	Did not advance
John Romig	5000 m	N/A				15:14.6	1 Q	15:12.4	4
Albert Rose	Long jump	N/A				6.855	4	Did not advance
Jackson Scholz	100 m	10.8	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	10.7
	200 m	22.4	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	21.8	1 Q	21.6 =OR
Ralph Spearow	Pole vault	N/A				3.66	1 Q	3.70	6
William Spencer	1500 m	N/A				4:08.4	3	Did not advance
Arthur Studenroth	Cross country	N/A						36:45.4	6
John Coard Taylor	400 m	50.8	1 Q	50.4	2 Q	48.7	3 Q	1:07.0	5
Morgan Taylor	400 m hurdles	N/A		55.8	1 Q	54.9	2 Q	52.6
Fred Tootell	Hammer throw	N/A				50.60	1 Q	53.285
Ray Watson	1500 m	N/A				4:17.9	2 Q	4:00.0	7
John Watters	800 m	N/A		1:59.8	2 Q	1:57.4	3 Q	1:54.8	7
Homer Welchel	Javelin throw	N/A				52.98	6	Did not advance
Frank Wendling	Marathon	N/A						3:05:09.8	16
Ralph Williams	Marathon	N/A						Did not finish
Earle Wilson	Triple jump	N/A				14.235	4	Did not advance
Eric Wilson	400 m	49.6	1 Q	48.8	3	Did not advance
Frank Zuna	Marathon	N/A						3:05:52.2	18
Louis Clarke Frank Hussey Alfred LeConey Loren Murchison	4 × 100 m relay	N/A		41.2 WR	1 Q	41.0 WR	1 Q	42.2
Commodore Cochran Alan Helffrich Oliver MacDonald William Stevenson	4 × 400 m relay	N/A				3:27.0	1 Q	3:16.0 WR
James Connolly William Cox Edward Kirby Leo Larrivee Joie Ray Willard Tibbetts	3000 m team	N/A				9	1 Q	25
Verne Booth August Fager John Gray James Henigan Earl Johnson Arthur Studenroth	Team cross country	N/A						14

Sixteen boxers represented the United States at the 1924 Games; the U.S. was one of four countries (along with France, Great Britain, and Italy) to send two boxers in each weight class. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The two gold medals won by Americans matched Britain's pair of golds. The United States team won the most overall medals with six.

In two weight classes, both American boxers won medals. The featherweight final featured two Americans, with Fields coming out on top. LaBarba won the flyweight, with Fee taking the bronze in that weight class. All six medals came in the lightest four weight classes, with Tripoli's silver in the bantamweight and Boylstein's bronze in the lightweight rounding out the total.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frederick Boylstein	Lightweight	Bye	Shorter (GBR) W	Genon (BEL) W	Nielsen (DEN) L	Tholey (FRA) W
Eddie Eagan	Heavyweight	N/A	Clifton (GBR) L	Did not advance			9
Raymond Fee	Flyweight	Bye	Catada (ARG) W	Bergström (SWE) W	McKenzie (GBR) L	Castellenghi (ITA) W
Jackie Fields	Featherweight	Doyle (IRL) W	Hansen (NOR) W	Abarca (CHI) W	Quartucci (ARG) W	Salas (USA) W
Ben Funk	Middleweight	Jones (AUS) W	Beecken (BEL) L	Did not advance			9
Ed Greathouse	Heavyweight	N/A	Galinat (FRA) W	Porzio (ARG) L	Did not advance		5
Hugh Haggerty	Welterweight	Świtek (POL) W	Ertmański (POL) W	Lewis (CAN) L	Did not advance		5
Tom Kirby	Light heavyweight	Bye	Welter (LUX) W	Sørsdal (NOR) L	Did not advance		5
Fidel LaBarba	Flyweight	Warwick (GBR) W	Lanzi (ITA) W	Rennie (CAN) W	Castellenghi (ITA) W	McKenzie (GBR) W
Joseph Lazarus	Bantamweight	Bye	Andrén (SWE) L	Did not advance			9
Adolphe Lefkowitch	Middleweight	Bye	Black (CAN) L	Did not advance			9
Al Mello	Welterweight	Doussot (FRA) W	Christensen (NOR) W	Méndez (ARG) L	Did not advance		5
George Mulholland	Light heavyweight	Bye	Belanger (CAN) W	Petersen (DEN) L	Did not advance		5
Ben Rothwell	Lightweight	Kelleher (IRL) W	Graham (CAN) W	Copello (ARG) L	Did not advance		5
Joseph Salas	Featherweight	Burlie (CAN) W	Levij (NED) W	Petrarca (ITA) W	Devergnies (BEL) W	Fields (USA) L
Salvatore Tripoli	Bantamweight	Usaveaga (CHI) W	Tarrant (GBR) W	Pertuzzo (ARG) W	Andrén (SWE) W	Smith (RSA) L

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Argentina 3 3 .500  Australia 1 0 1.000  Belgium 2 1 .667  Canada 4 2 .667  Chile 2 0 1.000  Denmark 0 2 .000  France 3 0 1.000  Great Britain 4 2 .667  Ireland 2 0 1.000  Italy 4 0 1.000  Luxembourg 1 0 1.000  Netherlands 1 0 1.000  Norway 2 1 .667  Poland 2 0 1.000  South Africa 0 1 .000  Sweden 2 1 .667 Total international 33 13 .717  United States 1 1 .500 Total 34 14 .708

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 8 0 1.000 Round of 16 12 4 .750 Quarterfinals 6 6 .500 Semifinals 4 2 .667 Final 2 2 .500 Bronze match 2 0 1.000 Total 34 14 .708

Five cyclists represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport, matching France for most appearances.

Ten divers, five men and five women, represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport; the United States was the only nation to have appeared at each Olympic diving competition to that point. The Americans were dominant, sweeping the medals in three of the five events and taking the top two places in a fourth. The United States entered three divers in each event for a total of 15 entries; 11 resulted in medals while all 15 advanced to the finals. White was the top individual diver, with gold medals in both of his events. Becker won a gold and a silver. Smith took a gold, while Pinkston took a pair of bronzes. Riggin, Fall, and Desjardins each won a silver, and Fletcher took a bronze. Thrash and Meany were the only two Americans to not win medals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Pete Desjardins	3 m board	5	662.8	1 Q	8	693.2
	Plain high diving	13.5	155	2 Q	28	141	6
David Fall	10 m platform	6	472.9	1 Q	11.5	486.5
Clarence Pinkston	3 m board	5	672	1 Q	15	653
	10 m platform	6	507.5	1 Q	16.5	473
	Plain high diving	10	157	2 Q	41	125	9
Ben Thrash	Plain high diving	17	146	2 Q	23.5	145	4
Albert White	3 m board	5	681.9	1 Q	7	696.4
	10 m platform	5	491.8	1 Q	9	487.3

Women

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston	3 m board	6	482.4	1 Q	8	474.5
	10 m platform	11	161	1 Q	11	166
Caroline Fletcher	3 m board	7	446.6	1 Q	16	436.4
Helen Meany	10 m platform	16.5	152	3 Q	22	148	5
Aileen Riggin	3 m board	13	439.3	2 Q	12	460.4
Caroline Smith	10 m platform	5.5	160	1 Q	10.5	167

Five equestrians represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport; the United States was the only nation to have taken part in each Olympic equestrian competition to date. Doak won the individual eventing bronze, the United States's first medal since 1912 and matching their all-time best result in the sport. Doak and Carr, who finished eighth in the eventing, gave the United States a strong shot at silver in the team competition, but neither Barry nor Padgett finished and so the team did not get a score. Padgett, this time along with Bontecou, again did not finish in the show jumping competition, and the United States did not get a score in that competition either. Barry's 25th place was the best individual result in show jumping.

Equestrian	Event	Final
		Score	Time	Rank
John Barry	Eventing	Did not finish
	Jumping	27.25	2:40.0	25
Frederic Bontecou	Jumping	Did not finish
Frank Carr	Eventing	1727.0	N/A	8
Sloan Doak	Eventing	1845.5	N/A
	Jumping	32.00	2:23.0	29
Vernon Padgett	Eventing	Did not finish
	Jumping	Did not finish
John Barry Frederic Bontecou Sloan Doak Vernon Padgett	Team eventing	Did not finish
John Barry Frank Carr Sloan Doak Vernon Padgett	Team eventing	Did not finish

21 fencers, 19 men and 2 women, represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport; the United States was one of nine nations to send women to the first Olympic women's fencing competition.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

The United States competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time in 1924.

Round 1

May 25, 1924
17:15

United States	1–0	Estonia
Straden  15' (pen.)	Report

Stade Pershing

Attendance: 8,110

Referee: Paul Putz (BEL)

Round 2

May 29, 1924
17:00

Uruguay	3–0	United States
Petrone  10'  44' Scarone  15'	Report

Stade Bergeyre

Attendance: 10,455

Referee: Charles Barette (BEL)

Final rank

9th

Roster:

• Aage Brix
• Sam Dalrymple
• Irving Davis
• William Demko
• Jimmy Douglas

• Henry Farrell

• William Findlay
• Edward Hart
• Raymond Hornberger
• Carl Johnson
• F. Burke Jones
• Jakes Mulholland
• Fred O'Conner
• Arthur Rudd
• Andy Straden
• Herbert Wells

• Coach: George M. Collins

Eight gymnasts represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Kriz took the nation's only medal, with the gold in the vault.

Artistic

Gymnast	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Al Jochim	All-around	95.090	31
	Horizontal bar	17.060	23
	Parallel bars	19.86	30
	Pommel horse	19.000	12
	Rings	18.080	29
	Rope climbing	2 (11.6 s)	55
	Sidehorse vault	9.51	20
	Vault	9.58	11
Frank Kriz	All-around	100.293	19
	Horizontal bar	17.500	18
	Parallel bars	19.67	32
	Pommel horse	17.930	21
	Rings	15.413	49
	Rope climbing	10 (8.4 s)	6
	Sidehorse vault	9.80	8
	Vault	9.98
John Mais	All-around	72.770	53
	Horizontal bar	13.930	45
	Parallel bars	15.07	64
	Pommel horse	12.770	50
	Rings	12.160	62
	Rope climbing	2 (11.6 s)	55
	Sidehorse vault	9.26	26
	Vault	7.58	31
Rudolph Novak	All-around	77.593	46
	Horizontal bar	9.703	69
	Parallel bars	14.90	65
	Pommel horse	15.430	39
	Rings	15.160	51
	Rope climbing	7 (9.6 s)	31
	Sidehorse vault	8.40	49
	Vault	7.00	43
John Pearson	All-around	89.852	37
	Horizontal bar	15.990	32
	Parallel bars	18.81	42
	Pommel horse	15.096	43
	Rings	13.746	58
	Rope climbing	10 (8.6 s)	10
	Sidehorse vault	8.71	41
	Vault	7.50	32
Curtis Rottman	All-around	82.946	42
	Horizontal bar	16.330	28
	Parallel bars	18.54	44
	Pommel horse	15.326	40
	Rings	11.910	63
	Rope climbing	2 (11.4 s)	51
	Sidehorse vault	9.26	26
	Vault	9.58	11
Frank Safandra	All-around	86.953	41
	Horizontal bar	12.900	50
	Parallel bars	18.35	46
	Pommel horse	17.460	26
	Rings	17.583	35
	Rope climbing	10 (8.8 s)	13
	Sidehorse vault	3.00	70
	Vault	7.66	29
Max Wandrer	All-around	76.320	48
	Horizontal bar	10.240	66
	Parallel bars	14.89	66
	Pommel horse	11.690	52
	Rings	10.000	67
	Rope climbing	10 (8.8 s)	13
	Sidehorse vault	9.65	15
	Vault	9.85	5
Frank Kriz Al Jochim John Pearson Frank Safandra Curtis Rottman Rudolph Novak Max Wandrer John Mais	Team	715.117	5

Four pentathletes represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The United States was one of six nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon to that point.

The United States sent a polo team to the Olympics for the third time in 1924. The Americans won their first three games, against the three European sides, and faced Argentina in their final game. Despite having a late lead, the United States was unable to finish off the Argentinians, who came from behind to beat the United States. The United States finished with the silver medal.

Ranks given are within the pool.

Players	Event	Round robin
		Wins	Losses	Points for	Points against	Rank
Elmer Boeseke Tommy Hitchcock, Jr. Frederick Roe Rodman Wanamaker	Men's polo	3	1	43	11

20 rowers represented the United States in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. All five of the American boats won medals: two golds, a silver, and a pair of bronzes.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	Semifinals		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
William Gilmore	Single sculls	7:03.2	1 Q	Advanced directly		7:54.0
Paul Costello Jack Kelly	Double sculls	6:34.0	1 Q	N/A		6:34.0
Leon Butler Edward Jennings Harold Wilson	Coxed pair	Unknown	2 Q	N/A		Unknown
Bob Gerhardt Sid Jelinek John Kennedy Ed Mitchell Henry Welsford	Coxed four	7:19.0	1 Q	Advanced directly		Unknown
Leonard Carpenter Howard Kingsbury Alfred Lindley John Miller James Rockefeller Frederick Sheffield Laurence Stoddard Benjamin Spock Alfred Wilson	Eight	5:51.0	1 Q	Advanced directly		6:33.4

The United States sent a rugby team to the Olympics for the second time in 1924. The defending champions won their first game against Romania, 37 to 0. As France had already beaten Romania, the three-team round-robin finished with the France-United States match. The Americans won 17 to 3 to become the first team to successfully defend an Olympic rugby championship.

Ranks given are within the pool.

Team	Event	Round robin
		Wins	Losses	Points for	Points against	Rank
United States	Men's rugby union	2	0	54	3

Twenty-one sport shooters represented the United States in 1924.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Henry Bailey	25 m rapid fire pistol	18
Bernard Betke	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
John Boles	50 m rifle, prone	389	12
	100 m deer, single shots	40
	100 m deer, double shots	64	7
Raymond Coulter	100 m deer, single shots	32	17
	100 m deer, double shots	62	9
Marcus Dinwiddie	50 m rifle, prone	396
Frederick Etchen	Trap	89	24
Wilford Fawcett	Trap	91	18
Dennis Fenton	600 m free rifle	82	24
	100 m deer, single shots	34	12
	100 m deer, double shots	49	24
Morris Fisher	600 m free rifle	95
William Frazer	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
John Grier	50 m rifle, prone	389	12
Frank Hughes	Trap	97
Carl Osburn	600 m free rifle	95
Samuel Sharman	Trap	96	6
Walter Stokes	50 m rifle, prone	390	10
	600 m free rifle	92	4
	100 m deer, single shots	35	10
	100 m deer, double shots	60	12
William Whaling	25 m rapid fire pistol	17	9
John Boles Raymond Coulter Dennis Fenton Walter Stokes	Team deer, single shots	148
	Team deer, double shots	233	5
Raymond Coulter Joseph Crockett Morris Fisher Sidney Hinds Walter Stokes	Team free rifle	676
Frederick Etchen Frank Hughes John Noel Clarence Platt Samuel Sharman William Silkworth	Team clay pigeons	363

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ralph Breyer	400 m freestyle	5:22.4 OR	1 Q	DNS	—	Did not advance
Dick Howell	1500 m freestyle	22:48.2	3 q	DNS	—	Did not advance
Duke Kahanamoku	100 m freestyle	1:04.2	1 Q	1:01.6	1 Q	1:01.4
Samuel Kahanamoku	100 m freestyle	1:03.2	1 Q	1:02.2	2 Q	1:01.8
Warren Kealoha	100 m backstroke	1:13.4 OR	1 Q	1:13.6	1 Q	1:13.2 OR
Bill Kirschbaum	200 m breaststroke	3:01.0 OR	1 Q	3:02.6	2 Q	3:01.0
Henry Luning	100 m backstroke	DSQ	—	Did not advance
Bob Skelton	200 m breaststroke	2:56.0 OR	1 Q	3:00.2	1 Q	2:56.6
Adam Smith	1500 m freestyle	22:48.8	2 Q	22:39.8	4	Did not advance
Lester Smith	400 m freestyle	5:32.4	1 Q	5:37.6	3	Did not advance
Johnny Weissmuller	100 m freestyle	1:03.8	1 Q	1:00.8 OR	1 Q	59.0 OR
	400 m freestyle	5:22.2 OR	1 Q	5:13.6 OR	1 Q	5:04.2 OR
Paul Wyatt	100 m backstroke	1:19.4	1 Q	1:17.0	2 Q	1:15.4
Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Dick Howell* Wally O'Connor Johnny Weissmuller	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	10:41.6	1 Q	9:59.4 WR	1 Q	9:53.4 WR

^* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Women

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sybil Bauer	100 m backstroke	N/A		1:24.0 OR	1 Q	1:23.2 OR
Florence Chambers	100 m backstroke	N/A		1:32.0	3 q	1:30.8	4
Eleanor Coleman	200 m breaststroke	N/A		3:39.2	3	Did not advance
Gertrude Ederle	100 m freestyle	1:12.6	1 Q	1:15.4	1 Q	1:14.2
	400 m freestyle	6:12.2 OR	1 Q	6:23.8	1 Q	6:04.8
Agnes Geraghty	200 m breaststroke	N/A		3:27.6 OR	1 Q	3:34.0
Ethel Lackie	100 m freestyle	1:12.8	1 Q	1:16.0	2 Q	1:12.4
Martha Norelius	400 m freestyle	6:23.2	1 Q	6:26.6	2 Q	6:02.2 OR
Aileen Riggin	100 m backstroke	N/A		1:29.6	1 Q	1:28.2
Matilda Scheurich	200 m breaststroke	N/A		3:41.2	3	Did not advance
Helen Wainwright	400 m freestyle	6:46.8	1 Q	6:19.6	1 Q	6:03.8
Mariechen Wehselau	100 m freestyle	1:12.2 WR	1 Q	1:15.2	1 Q	1:12.8
Euphrasia Donnelly Gertrude Ederle Ethel Lackie Mariechen Wehselau	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A				4:58.8 WR

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Francis Hunter	Singles	Grahn (FIN) W 6–3, 6–0, 6–2	Hortal (ARG) W 6–3, 6–3, 6–1	Washer (BEL) L 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Vincent Richards	Singles	Bye	de Laveleye (BEL) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–0	Sleem (IND) W 8–6, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Alonso (ESP) W 7–5, 10–8, 2–6, 6–3	Lacoste (FRA) W 8–6, 4–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3	de Morpurgo (ITA) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Cochet (FRA) W 6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2
Watson Washburn	Singles	Serventi (ITA) W 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Lupu (ROU) W 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	van Lennep (NED) W 2–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2	Jacob (IND) L 1–6, 4–6, 10–8, 2–6	Did not advance
R. Norris Williams	Singles	Bye	Hadj (IND) W 6–0, 6–2, 6–1	Macenauer (TCH) W 6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1	von Kehrling (HUN) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3	Cochet (FRA) L 7–5, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Francis Hunter Vincent Richards	Doubles	N/A	Bye	Willard / Bayley (AUS) W 6–1, 6–2, 6–2	Žemla / Koželuh (TCH) W 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	J. Alonso / M. Alonso (ESP) W 6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Lacoste / Borotra (FRA) W 6–2, 6–3, 0–6, 5–7, 6–3	Brugnon / Cochet (FRA) W 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Watson Washburn R. Norris Williams	Doubles	N/A	Kirchmayr / Göncz (HUN) W 6–1, 6–0, 6–0	Rohrer / Gottlieb (TCH) W 6–3, 6–2, 6–1	Tegner / Ulrich (DEN) W 6–4, 6–4, 12–10	Condon / Richardson (RSA) L 6–4, 9–11, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Eleanor Goss	Singles	Bye	Bye	Vlasto (FRA) L 3–6, 6–2, 4–6	Did not advance
Marion Jessup	Singles	Bye	Bye	Torras (ESP) W 6–2, 6–0	McKane (GBR) L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Lillian Scharman	Singles	Bye	González-Álvarez (ESP) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Helen Wills Moody	Singles	Bye	Bye	Satterthwaite (GBR) W 6–1, 6–1	Mallory (NOR) W 6–2, 6–3	Golding (FRA) W 6–2, 6–1	Vlasto (FRA) W 6–2, 6–2
Eleanor Goss Marion Jessup	Doubles	N/A	Covell / McKane (GBR) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Hazel Wightman Helen Wills Moody	Doubles	N/A	Bye	Bye	Bye	Shepherd-Barron / Colyer (GBR) W 6–3, 1–6, 7–5	Covell / McKane (GBR) W 7–5, 8–6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Marion Jessup Vincent Richards	Doubles	Billout / Borotra (FRA) W 6–3, 6–1	Mallory / Nielsen (NOR) W 6–3, 6–2	González-Álvarez / Flaquer (ESP) W 6–3, 6–0	Bouman / Timmer (NED) W 6–3, 6–0	Wightman / Williams (USA) L 2–6, 3–6
Hazel Wightman R. Norris Williams	Doubles	Bye	Valaoritou-Skaramaga / Zerlentis (GRE) W 6–2, 6–1	Fick / Müller (SWE) W 8–6, 6–2	McKane / Gilbert (GBR) W 2–6, 8–6, 6–1	Jessup / Richards (USA) W 6–2, 6–3

In its third Olympic water polo appearance, the United States took the bronze medal.

Roster

• Arthur Austin
• Elmer Collett
• Jam Handy
• Oliver Horn
• Fred Lauer
• George Mitchell
• John Norton
• Wally O'Connor
• George Schroth
• Herb Vollmer
• Johnny Weissmuller

First round

France

3–1

United States

Piscine des Tourelles

Silver medal semifinals

United States

4–2

Netherlands

Piscine des Tourelles

Silver medal final

United States

1–2

Belgium

Piscine des Tourelles

Bronze medal quarterfinals

• Bye

Bronze medal semifinals

United States

4–2

Netherlands

Piscine des Tourelles

Bronze medal final

Sweden

2–3

United States

Piscine des Tourelles