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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 • 2012 | ||||||||||||
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1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 |
The United States of America (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.
Thomas 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 2298 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 253 at the Winter Olympic Games. More medals have been won in athletics (track and field) (738, 29%) and swimming (489, 19%) than any others. The United States is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Winter Olympics, and has won the total medal count at Lake Placid in the 1932 Winter Olympics and at Vancouver in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The United States has won more gold and overall medals than any other country in the Summer Games and overall. The US also has the second-most gold and overall medals at the Winter games, trailing only Norway.
During the Vancouver Olympics, the United States set a record for most total medals of any country at a single Winter Olympics.
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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 |
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1904 Summer Olympics | St. Louis, Missouri | July 1 – November 23 | 12 | 651 | 91 |
1932 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | February 7–15 | 17 | 252 | 14 |
1932 Summer Olympics | Los Angeles, California | July 30 – August 14 | 37 | 1332 | 117 |
1960 Winter Olympics | Squaw Valley, California | February 2–20 | 30 | 665 | 27 |
1980 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | February 13–24 | 37 | 1072 | 38 |
1984 Summer Olympics | Los Angeles, California | July 20 – August 18 | 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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1896 Athens | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
1900 Paris | 19 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
1904 St. Louis (host nation) | 78 | 82 | 79 | 239 |
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 | 56 | 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 | 36 | 24 | 31 | 91 |
2004 Athens | 36 | 39 | 27 | 102 |
2008 Beijing | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
Total* | 929 | 729 | 637 | 2295 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
2010 Vancouver | 9 | 14 | 13 | 37 |
Total* | 87 | 95 | 71 | 253 |
Leading in that sport
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Athletics | 311 | 238 | 189 | 738 |
Swimming | 214 | 155 | 120 | 489 |
Wrestling | 50 | 43 | 32 | 125 |
Shooting | 50 | 29 | 24 | 103 |
Diving | 48 | 41 | 42 | 131 |
Boxing | 48 | 23 | 38 | 109 |
Rowing | 31 | 31 | 22 | 84 |
Gymnastics | 30 | 35 | 30 | 95 |
Sailing | 19 | 23 | 17 | 59 |
Basketball | 19 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
Tennis | 17 | 5 | 10 | 32 |
Weightlifting | 16 | 16 | 11 | 43 |
Cycling | 14 | 15 | 21 | 50 |
Archery | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
Equestrian | 11 | 20 | 18 | 49 |
Volleyball | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
Canoeing | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
Synchronized swimming | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Golf | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Football | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Softball | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Fencing | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Rugby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Water polo | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
Tug of war | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Roque | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Baseball | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Jeu de paume | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Modern pentathlon | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Judo | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Polo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lacrosse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Triathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total* | 930 | 729 | 637 | 2296 |
Leading in that sport
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Speed skating | 29 | 22 | 16 | 67 |
Figure skating | 14 | 16 | 16 | 46 |
Alpine skiing | 14 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
Bobsleigh | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
Snowboarding | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
Freestyle skiing | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
Short track speed skating | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Ice hockey | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
Skeleton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Luge | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Nordic combined | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ski jumping | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Curling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total* | 87 | 96 | 72 | 255 |
*Total medal counts include two medals – one silver and one bronze – awarded in the ice hockey and figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. These medals are included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.
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