United States at the Olympics

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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.

Contents 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

United States at the Summer Olympics Year  Gold   Silver Bronze Total  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
	United States at the Winter Olympics Year  Gold   Silver Bronze Total  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

Nations at the Olympic Games

Belarus | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Côte d'Ivoire | Cyprus | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Togo | United States