Worst in Sports History Olympics

About the worst American performance in Olympics history.

THE VERY WORST IN SPORTS

OLYMPICS

Worst American Showing: Expected to sail off with a shipload of medals, the 1928 American team won only 8 gold medals, a scant 2 of those in track and field. Overconfident and badly managed, the athletes gorged themselves on the trip to the Games in Amsterdam and arrived bloated.