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United States at the Olympic Games
Flag of the United States
IOC code:	USA
NOC:	United States Olympic Committee Official website
Summer Medals	Gold 907	Silver 697	Bronze 615	Total 2219
Winter Medals	Gold 69	Silver 71	Bronze 51	Total 191
Total Medals	Gold 976	Silver 768	Bronze 666	Total 2410
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United States of America (USA) has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

1 Future and recent events
- 1.1 2006 Medals
- 1.2 2004 Medals
2 History
3 Medals

[edit] Future and recent events

The Italian city of Turin hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics, where the United States' medal count was the second largest, smaller than only Germany's. Snowboard Cross was on the Olympic program for the first time. In this event, Seth Wescott earned a gold medal in the men's competition, and Lindsey Jacobellis earned a silver medal in the women's competition.

[edit] 2006 Medals

United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	9	7	5	21

[edit] 2004 Medals

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	35	39	29	103

Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:

Swimming accounted for 12 gold and 28 total medals.
Track and Field accounted for 8 gold and 24 total medals.

[edit] History

Tom Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. He took first place in both the 100 metres and the 400 metres of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The United States has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics four times.

In 1904, St. Louis, Missouri hosted the World's Fair and the Olympic Games, making the United States the first English-speaking country to host the Olympics. Los Angeles, California has twice played host to the summer Olympic Games: in 1932 and in 1984. Atlanta, Georgia was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics. Centennial Olympic Park was built for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Year	Host city	Country	Held	Nations	Participants	Events
1932	Lake Placid, New York	United States	February 4 - February 15	17	252	14
1960	Squaw Valley	United States	February 18-February 28	30	665	27
1980	Lake Placid, New York	United States	February 13-February 24	37	1072	38
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	February 8-February 24	77	2399	78

[edit] Medals

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States at the Summer Olympics
1896	11	7	2	20
1900	19	14	14	47
1904	77	81	78	236
1908	23	12	12	47
1912	25	19	19	63
1920	41	27	27	95
1924	45	27	27	99
1928	22	18	16	56
1932	41	32	30	103
1936	24	20	12	56
1948	38	27	19	84
1952	40	19	17	76
1956	32	25	17	74
1960	34	21	16	71
1964	36	26	28	90
1968	45	28	34	107
1972	33	31	30	94
1976	34	35	25	94
1980	boycotted
1984	83	61	30	174
1988	36	31	27	94
1992	37	34	37	108
1996	44	32	25	101
2000	40	24	33	97
2004	35	40	28	103
Total	907	697	615	2,219

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States at the Winter Olympics
1924	11	7	2	20
1928	2	2	2	6
1932	6	4	2	12
1936	1	0	3	4
1948	3	4	2	9
1952	4	6	1	11
1956	2	3	2	7
1960	3	4	3	10
1964	1	2	3	6
1968	1	5	1	7
1972	3	2	3	8
1976	3	3	1	7
1980	6	4	2	12
1984	4	4	0	8
1988	2	1	3	6
1992	5	4	2	11
1994	6	5	2	13
1998	6	3	4	13
2002	10	13	11	34
Total	69	71	51	191