Jim Delaney

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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 [edit]

^ "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

v t e 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: Dennis 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: Francis 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

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.

Persondata
Name	Delaney, Jim
Alternative names	Delaney, Francis James
Short description	American shot putter
Date of birth	March 1, 1921
Place of birth
Date of death	April 2, 2012
Place of death