Jim Delaney

Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for the United States
Silver	1948 London	Shot put

Francis James "Jim" Delaney (March 1, 1921 – April 2, 2012) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the shot put.^[1]

He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the shot put where he won the silver medal.

References

↑ "Francis James "Jim" Delaney Obituary: View Francis Delaney's Obituary by Press Democrat". Legacy.com. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-04-13.

Jim Delaney's profile at Sports Reference.com

US National Championship winners in men's shot put

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-78: Henry Buermeyer

1879-1888 NAAAA	1879-80: A.W. Adams 1881-86: Frank Lambrecht 1887: George Gray/Frank Lambrecht 1888^{Note 1}: Frank Lambrecht

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888-94^{Note 1}: George Gray 1895: William Hickok 1896: George Gray 1897: Charles Hennemann 1898-99: Richard Sheldon 1900: Denis Horgan 1901: Fred Beck 1902: George Gray 1903: Leon Feuerbach 1904: Martin Sheridan 1905-06: Wesley Coe 1907-10: Ralph Rose 1911-12: Pat McDonald 1913: Lawrence Whitney 1914: Pat McDonald 1915-17: Arlie Mucks 1918: Alma Richards 1919-20^OT: Pat McDonald 1921: Bud Houser 1922: Pat McDonald 1923: Orville Wanzer 1924: Ralph Hills 1925: Bud Houser 1926: Herbert Schwarze 1927: John Kuck 1928^OT-31: Herman Brix 1932^OT: Leo Sexton 1933-35: Jack Torrance 1936: Dmitri Zaitz 1937: James Reynolds 1938: Frank Ryan 1939: Lilburn Williams 1940-42: Al Blozis 1943-44: Earl Audet 1945-46: Bill Bangert 1947-48: Jim Delaney 1949-50: Jim Fuchs 1951-55: Parry O'Brien 1956: Ken Bantum 1957: Bill Nieder 1958-60: Parry O'Brien 1961: Dallas Long 1962: Gary Gubner 1963: Dave Davis 1964: Randy Matson 1965: John McGrath 1966-68: Randy Matson 1969: Neal Steinhauer 1970: Randy Matson 1971: Karl Salb 1972: Randy Matson 1973-75: Al Feuerbach 1976-77: Terry Albritton 1978: Al Feuerbach 1979: Dave Laut

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Brian Oldfield 1981: Dave Laut 1982: Kevin Akins 1983: Dave Laut 1984: Augie Wolf 1985: Dave Laut 1986-87: John Brenner 1988: Ed Wade 1989: Randy Barnes 1990: Jim Doehring 1991: Ron Backes 1992^OT: Mike Stulce

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Randy Barnes 1994: C.J. Hunter 1995: Brent Noon 1996^OT-97: Randy Barnes 1998-99: John Godina 2000^OT: Adam Nelson 2001: John Godina 2002: Adam Nelson 2003: John Godina 2004^OT: Adam Nelson 2005: Christian Cantwell 2006: Adam Nelson 2007-08^OT: Reese Hoffa 2009-10: Christian Cantwell 2011: Adam Nelson 2012^OT: Reese Hoffa 2013: Ryan Whiting 2014: Joe Kovacs

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.