United States at the Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  USA
NOC United States Olympic Committee
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United States (USA) has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern 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.

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

American athletes have won a total of 2191 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 216 at the Winter Olympic Games. More medals have been won in athletics (track and field) (718, 30%) and swimming (458, 19%) than any others. The United States is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Winter Olympics.

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[edit] Hosted Games

The United States has hosted the Games on eight occasions, four times each for the Summer and Winter Games:

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
1904 Summer Olympics St. Louis, Missouri July 1 – November 23 12 651 91
1932 Winter Olympics Lake Placid, New York February 4–15 17 252 14
1932 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, California July 30 – August 14 37 1332 117
1960 Winter Olympics Squaw Valley, California February 18–28 30 665 27
1980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid, New York February 13–24 37 1072 38
1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, California July 28 – August 12 140 6829 221
1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, Georgia July 18 – August 4 197 10318 271
2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City, Utah February 8–24 77 2399 78

[edit] Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

[edit] Medals by Summer Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1896 Athens 11 7 2 20
1900 Paris 19 14 14 47
1904 St. Louis (host nation) 79 83 80 242
1908 London 23 12 12 47
1912 Stockholm 25 19 19 63
1920 Antwerp 41 27 27 95
1924 Paris 45 27 27 99
1928 Amsterdam 22 18 16 56
1932 Los Angeles (host nation) 41 32 30 103
1936 Berlin 24 20 12 56
1948 London 38 27 19 84
1952 Helsinki 40 19 17 76
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm 32 25 17 74
1960 Rome 34 21 16 71
1964 Tokyo 36 26 28 90
1968 Mexico City 45 28 34 107
1972 Munich 33 31 30 94
1976 Montreal 34 35 25 94
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles (host nation) 83 61 30 174
1988 Seoul 36 31 27 94
1992 Barcelona 37 34 37 108
1996 Atlanta (host nation) 44 32 25 101
2000 Sydney 38 24 32 94
2004 Athens 36 39 27 102
Total 896 692 603 2191

[edit] Medals by Winter Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1924 Chamonix 1 2 1 4
1928 St. Moritz 2 2 2 6
1932 Lake Placid (host nation) 6 4 2 12
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 0 3 4
1948 St. Moritz 3 4 2 9
1952 Oslo 4 6 1 11
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2 3 2 7
1960 Squaw Valley (host nation) 3 4 3 10
1964 Innsbruck 1 2 3 6
1968 Grenoble 1 5 1 7
1972 Sapporo 3 2 3 8
1976 Innsbruck 3 3 4 10
1980 Lake Placid (host nation) 6 4 2 12
1984 Sarajevo 4 4 0 8
1988 Calgary 2 1 3 6
1992 Albertville 5 4 2 11
1994 Lillehammer 6 5 2 13
1998 Nagano 6 3 4 13
2002 Salt Lake City (host nation) 10 13 11 34
2006 Turin 9 9 7 25
Total 78 80 58 216

[edit] Medals by summer sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 306 229 183 718
Swimming 202 146 110 458
Wrestling 49 43 30 122
Diving 48 41 42 131
Shooting 48 27 22 97
Boxing 48 23 37 108
Rowing 30 30 21 81
Gymnastics 28 29 28 85
Sailing 18 22 17 57
Basketball 17 2 3 22
Weightlifting 16 16 11 43
Tennis 16 5 9 30
Archery 14 9 8 31
Cycling 13 14 18 45
Equestrian 10 19 17 46
Canoeing 5 5 6 16
Volleyball 5 2 3 10
Synchronized swimming 5 2 2 9
Golf 3 3 4 10
Softball 3 0 0 3
Football 2 2 1 5
Taekwondo 2 1 0 3
Rugby 2 0 0 2
Fencing 1 4 9 14
Water polo 1 4 5 10
Tug of war 1 1 1 3
Roque 1 1 1 3
Baseball 1 0 1 2
Jeu de paume 1 0 0 1
Modern pentathlon 0 6 3 9
Judo 0 3 6 9
Polo 0 1 1 2
Lacrosse 0 1 0 1
Field hockey 0 0 2 2
Triathlon 0 0 1 1
Total 896 691 602 2189

[edit] Medals by winter sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Speed skating 28 20 15 63
Figure skating 13 15 16 44
Alpine skiing 12 15 4 31
Bobsleigh 6 6 6 18
Snowboarding 5 4 5 14
Freestyle skiing 4 4 2 10
Short track speed skating 4 3 5 12
Ice hockey 3 8 2 13
Skeleton 3 3 0 6
Luge 0 2 2 4
Cross-country skiing 0 1 0 1
Ski jumping 0 0 1 1
Curling 0 0 1 1
Total 78 81 59 218

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