Team USA medal notes, 2008 Olympic Games – US Track & Field – NEWS

With one event remaining in track and field competition, the men's marathon:
-Team USA is on top of the medal charts, with 23 medals overall, including seven gold, nine silver and seven bronze. The U.S. leads for total medals as well as number of gold.

-The next-best country, Russia, has 18 medals and six gold. Jamaica has 11 medals, 6 gold.

-The 23 medals won by the team matches the medal tally won in Atlanta in 1996 and exceeds the 17 won in Sydney.

-The U.S. women have won nine medals to post their best medal tally since 1992, when they won 10. In 1996, they won 7; in 2000 they won 4; in 2004 they won 6.

-The three golds won by the U.S. women matches their total in 1996 and exceeds 2000 (2) and 2004 (2).

-The nine medals won by the women matches the third-highest Olympic medal total in history for a U.S. women's team. They won 16 in the boycott-affected 1984 and 10 in 1992, when Eastern European countries had been weakened by the fall of communism. They also won nine in 1932 and 1988.

Jill Geer
Director of Communications
Jill.Geer@usatf.org