Platt Adams (March 23, 1885 – February 27, 1961) was an American athlete.

At the same Olympics, he competed in the baseball event, which was held as demonstration sport.

[1] In January 1915, the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union found Adams not guilty on charges of professionalism, having sold a prize or accepted cash for a medal in violation of his amateur status, in connection with a claim the Adams had traded a trophy he had received at an exhibition jump in exchange for pins.

[3] A resident of South Orange, Adams was serving in the New Jersey General Assembly when he was named as the state's Chief Boxing Inspector in March 1923.

[4] He died at his home in the Normandy Beach section of Toms River, New Jersey on February 27, 1961.