The United States was one of three nations, along with Great Britain and Greece, to have competed in each edition of the Olympic athletics program to that point.

The team swept the medals in two events: the pole vault and the shot put.

LaBarba won the flyweight, with Fee taking the bronze in that weight class.

All six medals came in the lightest four weight classes, with Tripoli's silver in the bantamweight and Boylstein's bronze in the lightweight rounding out the total.

Ten divers, five men and five women, represented the United States in 1924.

The Americans were dominant, sweeping the medals in three of the five events and taking the top two places in a fourth.

The United States entered three divers in each event for a total of 15 entries; 11 resulted in medals while all 15 advanced to the finals.

Doak won the individual eventing bronze, the United States's first medal since 1912 and matching their all-time best result in the sport.

Doak and Carr, who finished eighth in the eventing, gave the United States a strong shot at silver in the team competition, but neither Barry nor Padgett finished and so the team did not get a score.

The United States was one of six nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon to that point.

All five of the American boats won medals: two golds, a silver, and a pair of bronzes.

As France had already beaten Romania, the three-team round-robin finished with the France-United States match.

The Americans won 17 to 3 to become the first team to successfully defend an Olympic rugby championship.

In its third Olympic water polo appearance, the United States took the bronze medal.