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Bruins in the Olympics

Shae Anderson (USA)

2016 - Rio de Janeiro

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Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) Tori Pena (Ireland) Nicholas Scarvelis (Greece) Relay Pool

Marathon Pole Vault Shot Put

2012 - London

Amy Acuff (USA)

High Jump Jessica Cosby (USA) Hammer Dawn Harper (USA) Silver - 100m Hurdles Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) Marathon Yoo Kim (South Korea) Pole Vault Tori Pena (Ireland) Pole Vault Julian Wruck (Australia) Discus

2008 - Beijing

Amy Acuff (USA) Jessica Cosby (USA)

High Jump Hammer Dawn Harper (USA) Gold - 100m Hurdles Monique Henderson (USA) Gold - 4x400m Relay Sheena Johnson Tosta (USA) Silver - 400m hurdles Yoo Kim (South Korea) Pole Vault Suzy Powell-Roos (USA) Discus Rhonda Watkins (Trinidad & Tobago) Long Jump Jonathan Williams (Belize) 400mH

2004 - Athens

Amy Acuff (USA) High Jump Ato Boldon (Trinidad & Tobago) 100m, 4x100m Relay Shelia Burrell (USA) Heptathlon Malachi Davis (Great Britain) 400m, 4x400m Relay Gail Devers (USA) 100m, 100m Hurdles John Godina (USA) Shot Put Joanna Hayes (USA) Gold (OR) - 100m Hurdles Monique Henderson (USA) Gold - 4x400m Relay Sheena Johnson (USA) 400m Hurdles Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) Silver - Marathon Yoo Kim (South Korea) Pole Vault Michelle Perry (USA) Heptathlon Seilala Sua (USA) Discus

2000 - Sydney

Amy Acuff (USA) Andrea Anderson (USA)

High Jump Gold - 4x400m Ato Boldon (Trinidad & Tobago) Silver - 100m Bronze - 200m 4x100m Relay

Shelia Burrell (USA) Gail Devers (USA)

Heptathlon 100m Hurdles John Godina (USA) Bronze - Shot Put Discus Monique Henderson (USA) 4x400m Relay Pool Shakedia Jones (USA) 4x100m Relay Pool Nada Kawar (Jordan) Shot Put Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 10,000m Suzy Powell (USA) Discus Seilala Sua (USA) Discus

1996 - Atlanta

Amy Acuff (USA)

High Jump Valeyta Althouse (USA) Shot Put Ato Boldon (Trinidad & Tobago) Bronze - 100m Bronze - 200m

Gail Devers (USA) Gold - 100m Gold - 4x100m Relay 100m Hurdles

Dawn Dumble (USA) John Godina (USA)

Shot Put Silver - Shot Put Discus Ibhahim Hassan (Ghana) 400m Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Bronze - Long Jump Decathlon

Nada Kawar (Jordan)

Shot Put Mike Marsh (USA) Silver - 4x100m Relay 100m, 200m Althea Moses Gilharry (Belize) Triple Jump Sandra Myers (Spain) 200m, 400m Mike Powell (USA) Long Jump Suzy Powell (USA) Discus Mike Terry (Antigua-Barbuda) 4x400m Relay Marieke Veltman (USA) Long Jump

1992 - Barcelona

Evelyn Ashford (USA) Gold - 4x100m Relay 100m Brian Blutreich (USA) Discus Ato Boldon (Trinidad & Tobago) 100m, 200m Gail Devers (USA) Gold - 100m 100mH

Danny Everett (USA) 400m Francie Larrieu-Smith (USA) Steve Lewis (USA) Marathon Gold - 4x400m Relay Silver - 400m

Mike Marsh (USA) Gold - 200m Gold - 4x100m Relay

Camille Noel (Canada) Mike Powell (USA) Karin Smith (USA)

4x400m Relay Silver - Long Jump Javelin Janeene Vickers (USA) Bronze - 400mH Michael Williams (St. Vincent) 4x400m Relay Kevin Young (USA) Gold - 400mH

1988 - Seoul

Evelyn Ashford (USA) Gold - 4x100m Relay Silver - 100m

Willie Banks (USA)

Triple Jump Gail Devers (USA) 100m Danny Everett (USA) Gold - 4x400m Relay Bronze - 400m Florence Griffth-Joyner (USA) Gold (OR) - 100m Gold (WR) - 200m Gold - 4x100m Relay Silver - 4x400m Relay Sherri Howard (USA) Silver - 4x400m Relay Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Gold (WR) - Heptathlon Gold (OR) - Long Jump

Francie Larrieu-Smith (USA) Steve Lewis (USA) 10,000m Gold - 400m Gold - 4x400m Relay

Mike Marsh (USA) Sandra Myers (Spain) Andre Phillips (USA) Mike Powell (USA)

4x100m Relay (alt.) 100m Gold - 400mH Silver - Long Jump Karin Smith (USA) Javelin Michael Williams (St. Vincent) 4x400m Relay Kevin Young (USA) 400mH

1984 - Los Angeles

Evelyn Ashford (USA) Gold - 100m Gold - 4x100m Relay Angela Bailey (Canada) Silver - 4x100m Relay 100m, 200m Willie Banks (USA) Triple Jump Jeanette Bolden (USA) Gold - 4x100m Relay 100m

Julie Brown (USA) Marathon

Greg Foster (USA)

Silver - 110mH Florence Griffth (USA) Silver - 200m Sherri Howard (USA) Gold - 4x400m Relay Jackie Joyner (USA) Silver - Heptathlon

Dave Laut (USA) Karin Smith (USA) Dwight Stones (USA) Mike Tully (USA) Long Jump Bronze - Shot Put Javelin High Jump Silver - Pole Vault

1980 - Moscow

**(U.S. did not compete)** Willie Banks (USA) Jeanette Bolden (USA) Julie Brown (USA) Oralee Fowler (Bahamas) Sherri Howard (USA) Karin Smith (USA) Mike Tully (USA) Lisa Vogelsang (USA)

Triple Jump 100m 800m, 1500m 400m 400m Javelin Pole Vault Discus

Evelyn Ashford (USA) 100m, 4x100m Relay Benny Brown (USA) Gold - 4x400m Relay James Butts (USA) Silver - Triple Jump Don Domansky (Canada) 400m, 4x400m Relay Millard Hampton (USA) Gold - 4x100m Relay Silver - 200m

Francie Larrieu (USA) Madupe Oshikoya (Nigeria) James Owens (USA) Maxie Parks (USA) 1500m Long Jump 110mH Gold - 4x400m Relay 400m

Kate Schmidt (USA) Bruce Simpson (Canada) Karin Smith (USA) Dwight Stones (USA) Francois Tracanelli (France) Kathy Weston (USA)

Bronze - Javelin Pole Vault Javelin Bronze - High Jump Pole Vault 800m

1972 - Munich

Finn Bendixen (Norway) Wayne Collett (USA)

Long Jump Silver - 200m

Jean-Pierre Corval (France)

400mH Cindy Gilbert (USA) High Jump Traugott Gloeckler (West Germany) Shot Put Roger Johnson (New Zealand) 400mH Francie Larrieu (USA) 1500m Madupe Oshikoya (Nigeria) Long Jump, Pentathlon

BRUINS IN THE OLYMPICS

Kate Schmidt (USA) Bruce Simpson (Canada) John Smith (USA) Dwight Stones (USA) Jan Svendsen (USA) Francois Tracanelli (France) Bronze - Javelin Pole Vault 400m Bronze - High Jump Shot Put Pole Vault

1968 - Mexico City

Bob Day (USA)

5000m Don Domansky (Canada) 400m Traugott Gloeckler (West Germany) Shot Put Roger Johnson (New Zealand) 400mH Arnd Kruger (West Germany) 1500m Rick Sloan (USA) Decathlon

1964 - Tokyo

Russ Hodge (USA) C.K. Yang (Republic of China) Decathlon Decathlon

1960 - Rome

Rafer Johnson (USA) Gold (OR) - Decathlon George Roubanis (Greece) Pole Vault C.K. Yang (Republic of China) Silver - Decathlon

1956 - Melbourne

Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam (Ceylon) High Jump Rafer Johnson (USA) Silver - Decathlon Long Jump George Roubanis (Greece) Bronze - Pole Vault Jerome Walters (USA) 1500m C.K. Yang (Republic of China) Javelin

1952 - Melbourne

George Brown (USA) Cy Young (USA)

1948 - London

Craig Dixon (USA) George Stanich (USA) Bronze - High Hurdles Silver - High Jump

1940 - Tokyo (cancelled)

Carl McBain (USA) Jackie Robinson (USA) Pat Turner (USA)

400mH Long Jump Long Jump

1936 - Berlin

Jimmy LuValle (USA) Bob Young (USA) Bronze - 400m Silver - 4x400m Relay

1932 - Los Angeles

George Jefferson (USA) Bronze - Pole Vault

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