American male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1904, except for 1908, 1912, and 1980. [1] In total, there have been 223 American male gymnasts who have competed at the Olympics. [1]
Over 100 athletes competed at the 1904 Olympics, and American teams won the gold, silver, and bronze in the team all-around and a total of 30 medals across all of the events. [2] The United States returned to men's gymnastics at the 1920 Olympics, but did not win any medals. [3] At the 1924 Olympics, Frank Kriz won the gold medal on the vault. [4] At the 1932 Olympics, the men's team won the silver medal behind Italy. [5] The next medal by an American man was not won until 1976 when Peter Kormann won the bronze medal on the floor exercise. [6] At the 1984 Summer Olympics, the United States team won the gold medal. Additionally, the 1984 Olympic team won seven individual medals. [7] At the 1992 Olympics, Trent Dimas won the gold medal on the horizontal bar. [8] Then at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Jair Lynch won the silver medal on the parallel bars. [9] The men's team won the silver medal behind Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Additionally, Paul Hamm won the gold medal in the all-around as well as the silver medal on the horizontal bar. [10] At the 2008 Olympics, the men's team won the bronze medal, and Jonathan Horton won the silver medal on the horizontal bar. [11] Danell Leyva won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2012 Olympics. [12] Leyva also won the silver medal on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Additionally, Alex Naddour won the bronze medal on the pommel horse. [13]