USC Track & Field - Olympic Champions
Year Site USC Olympic Champions
1912 Stockholm Fred Kelly, 110m hurdles;
Alma Richards, high jump.
1920 Antwerp Charles Paddock, 100m, sprint relay.
1924 Paris Clarence (Bud) Houser, shot put, discus;
Lee Barnes, pole vault (while in high school).
1928 Amsterdam Clarence (Bud) Houser, discus;
Frank Wykoff, sprint relay;
Charles Borah, sprint relay.
1932 Los Angeles Duncan McNaughton (Canadian team), high jump;
Frank Wykoff, sprint relay;
Ed Ablowich, 1,600m relay.
1936 Berlin Kenneth Carpenter, discus;
Earle Meadows, pole vault;
Frank Wykoff, sprint relay;
Foy Draper, sprint relay.
1948 London Mel Patton, 200m, 400m relay;
Wilbur Thompson, shot put;
Cliff Bourland, 1,600m relay.
1952 Helsinki Sim Iness, discus;
Parry O'Brien, shot put.
1956 Melbourne Parry O'Brien, shot put;
Charlie Dumas, high jump.
1964 Tokyo Dallas Long, shot put;
Rex Cawley, 400m hurdles;
Mike Larrabee, 400m.
1968 Mexico City Bob Seagren, pole vault.
1972 Munich Randy Williams, long jump.
1976 Montreal Don Quarrie (Jamaican team), 200m.
1992 Barcelona Quincy Watts, 400m, 1,600m relay.
1996 Atlanta Balazs Kiss (Hungarian team), hammer;
Inger Miller, 400m relay.
