United States at the 1900 Summer Olympics

The United States team took 16 of the 23 track & field athletics medals, having competed in 22 events (all except the 5000 metre team race). The Americans failed to win a medal in only 3 of the 22 events they contested—the marathon and the two steeplechase events. Kraenzlein won four gold medals while Baxter and Tewksbury led in total medals with five each. Most of the American team did not compete at the events scheduled for Sundays.[2]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
William Holland	Men's 60 metres	Unknown	3	—				did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein		7.0	1 Q					7.0
Edmund Minahan		Unknown	2 Q					7.2	4
Walter Tewksbury		7.2	1 Q					7.1
Dixon Boardman	Men's 100 metres	Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Charles Burroughs		11.4	1 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Arthur Duffey		11.4	1 Q	11.0	1 Q	Bye		DNF	4
Frank Jarvis		10.8	1 Q	11.2	1 Q	Bye		11.0
Clark Leiblee		11.4	1 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	3	did not advance
Thaddeus McClain		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Edmund Minahan		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	2 Q	Unknown	3 R	Unknown	4–6	did not advance
Henry Slack		Unknown	3	did not advance
Walter Tewksbury		11.4	1 Q	10.8	1 Q	Bye		11.1 seconds
William Holland	Men's 200 metres	24.0	1 Q	—				22.9	4
Walter Tewksbury		Unknown	2 Q					22.2
Dixon Boardman	Men's 400 metres	51.2	1 Q	—				DNS	–
Walter Drumheller		Unknown	5					did not advance
William Holland		Unknown	2 Q					49.6
Harry Lee		Unknown	2 Q					DNS	–
Maxie Long		50.4	1 Q					49.4
Harvey Lord		Unknown	3					did not advance
William Moloney		51.0	1 Q					DNS	–
Henry Slack		Unknown	3					did not advance
John Bray	Men's 800 metres	Unknown	2 Q	—				Unknown	6
Edward Bushnell		Unknown	4–6					did not advance
John Cregan		2:03.0	1 Q					2:03.0
Walter Drumheller		Unknown	6–7					did not advance
Alexander Grant		Unknown	6					did not advance
David Hall		1:59.0	1 Q					Unknown
Howard Hayes		Unknown	3					did not advance
Harvey Lord		Unknown	3					did not advance
Edward Mechling		Unknown	4–5					did not advance
Justus Scrafford		Unknown	3					did not advance
Harrison Smith		Unknown	4–6					did not advance
John Bray	Men's 1500 metres	—						4:07.2
David Hall								Unknown	4
Alvin Kraenzlein	110 metres hurdles	15.6	1 Q	—		Bye		15.4
William Lewis		Unknown	3 R			Unknown	2	did not advance
John McLean		Unknown	3 R			17.0	1 Q	15.5
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	2 R			17.0	1 Q	15.6
William Remington		Unknown	2 R			Unknown	2	did not advance
Alvin Kraenzlein	Men's 200 metres hurdles	27.0	1 Q	—				25.4
William Lewis		Unknown	5					did not advance
Frederick Moloney		Unknown	3					did not advance
Thaddeus McClain		Unknown	3					did not advance
William Remington		Unknown	4					did not advance
Walter Tewksbury		Unknown	2 Q					Unknown
William Lewis	400 metres hurdles	Unknown	2 Q	—				DNS	–
Walter Tewksbury		1:01.0	1 Q					57.6
Arthur L. Newton	Men's 2500 metres steeplechase	—						Unknown	4
Alexander Grant	4000 metres steeplechase	—						DNF	–
Thaddeus McClain								DNF	–
Dick Grant	Men's marathon	—						Unknown	6–7
Arthur L. Newton								Unknown	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifier		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alvin Kraenzlein	Men's long jump	6.930	2 Q	7.185
Thaddeus McClain		6.435	7	did not advance
John McLean		6.655	6	did not advance
Meyer Prinstein		7.175	1 Q	7.175
William Remington		6.725	4 Q	6.825	4
James Connolly	Men's triple jump	—		13.97
Daniel Horton				Unknown	7–13
Frank Jarvis				Unknown	7–13
John McLean				Unknown	7–13
Meyer Prinstein				14.47
Lewis Sheldon				13.64
Irving Baxter	Men's high jump	—		1.90
Irving Baxter	Men's pole vault	—		3.30
Meredith Colket				3.25
Irving Baxter	Men's standing long jump	—		3.135
Ray Ewry				3.300
Lewis Sheldon				3.020	4
Irving Baxter	Men's standing triple jump	—		9.95
Ray Ewry				10.58
Robert Garrett				9.50
Daniel Horton				Unknown	5–10
Frank Jarvis				Unknown	5–10
John McLean				Unknown	5–10
Lewis Sheldon				9.45	4
Ray Ewry	Men's standing high jump	—		1.655
Irving Baxter				1.525
Lewis Sheldon				1.500
Robert Garrett	Men's shot put	12.37	3 Q	12.37
Truxtun Hare		10.92	8	did not advance
Josiah McCracken		12.85	2 Q	12.85
Richard Sheldon		13.80	1 Q	14.10
John Flanagan	Men's discus throw	33.00	7	did not advance
Robert Garrett		No mark	–	did not advance
Truxtun Hare		No mark	–	did not advance
Josiah McCracken		32.00	10	did not advance
Richard Sheldon		34.10	3 Q	34.60
John Flanagan	Men's hammer throw	—		51.01
Truxtun Hare				46.25
Josiah McCracken				43.58

The United States' first cycling appearance was at the second Olympic cycling competition, 1900. One cyclist from the United States competed in both events, winning the bronze medal in the 2000 metre sprint to become the only cyclist from outside France to win a medal.

The United States first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent two fencers.

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The Americans took both gold medals, as well as sweeping the women's competition to take 4 of 6 total medals.

Golfer	Event	Score	Rank
Albert Lambert	Men's individual	189	8
Arthur Lord		221	9
Charles Sands		167
Frederick Taylor		182	4
Margaret Ives Abbott	Women's individual	47
Mary Abbott		65	7
Daria Pratt		53
Ellen Ridgway		57	5
Pauline Whittier		49

The United States was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. Americans played on two of the five teams, each time along with British companions. The two American/British combinations won the top two prizes.

Team	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
BLO Polo Club Rugby Walter McCreery 3 British players	Men's polo	Bye	Mexico W 8–0	Foxhunters (ZZX) L 3–1
Foxhunters Hurlingham Foxhall Parker Keene Frank Mackey 2 British players		Compiègne (FRA) W 10–0	Bagatelle (ZZX) W 6–4	Rugby (ZZX) W 3-1

The United States had one boat at the debut of Olympic rowing; the Vesper Boat Club eight took gold.

Boat	Event	Round 1		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vesper Boat Club William Carr Harry DeBaecke John Exley John Geiger Edwin Hedley James Juvenal Roscoe Lockwood Edward Marsh Louis Abell (cox)	Men's eight	—		5:15.4	1 Q	6:07.8

The United States had two boats in the first Olympic sailing competitions. MacHenry's Frimousse competed in both races of the 3–10 ton class as well as the open class, Taylor is listed as a crew member for the 3–10 ton races despite owning a different boat in the competition. The bronze medal in the second race is thus often listed as a mixed team medal, as Taylor was British/Australian. Another boat, Singy, competed in the open class with unknown crew. Harry Van Bergen won a bronze medal in the individual 20+ ton class.

Sailors	Event	Time	Rank
H. MacHenry John Howard Taylor (GBR)	3–10 ton class race 1	Unknown	7
H. MacHenry John Howard Taylor (GBR)	3–10 ton class race 2	4:38:49
Harry Van Bergen	20+ ton class	5:32:52
H. MacHenry	Open class	DNF	—
Unknown		DNF	—

For the second Games, the United States had one swimmer compete and won no medals.

The United States was one of four countries to compete in tennis in 1900. It was the nation's first appearance in the sport. Three men and two women competed. Marion Jones took bronze in the women's singles due to a first-round bye and a loss to gold medalist Cooper. The United States also had two medals—a silver and a bronze—as part of mixed teams.

Player	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Basil Spalding de Garmendia	Men's singles	Voigt (USA) W 6-1, 6-3	L. Doherty (GBR) L 6-2, 8-6	did not advance		5
Charles Sands		Mahony (GBR) L 6-2, 6-3	did not advance			8
Charles Voigt		de Garmendia (USA) L 6-1, 6-3	did not advance			8
Georgina Jones	Women's singles	—	H. Prévost (FRA) L 6-0, 6-1	did not advance		5
Marion Jones			Bye	Cooper (GBR) L 6-2, 7-5	Did not advance
Basil Spalding de Garmendia Max Décugis (FRA)	Men's doubles	—	Sands (USA)/ Warden (GBR) W 6-3, 7-5	de la Chapelle/A. Prévost (FRA) W 6-2, 6-4	L. Doherty/R. Doherty (GBR) L 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
Charles Sands Archibald Warden (GBR)			de Garmendia (USA)/ Décugis (FRA) L 6-3, 7-5	did not advance		5
Marion Jones Laurence Doherty (GBR)	Mixed doubles	—	G. Jones/Sands (USA) W 6-1, 7-5	Cooper/R. Doherty (GBR) L 6-2, 6-4	Did not advance
Charles Sands Georgina Jones			M. Jones (USA)/ L. Doherty (GBR) L 6-1, 7-5	did not advance		5