At the 2016 Olympics, the United States topped the medal table in track and field with 13 golds, 10 silvers and nine bronze medals. America remained on top at the 2017 and ’19 world championships and U.S. track and field athletes were poised for another big summer in Tokyo.
Like the rest of the sports world, races around the world have been cancelled or postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. On March 21, USA Swimming and USA Track and Field wrote letters to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to ask the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Games.