United States at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics United States 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.

American athletes have won a total of 2570 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. 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 athlete Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete, with 22 Olympic medals, 18 of them gold.

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 overall medals at the Winter games, trailing only Norway. Earlier United States mainly conceded to Soviet Union at summer Games and to Soviet Union, Norway, East Germany at the winter Games, but now they contend primarily with China at the summer Games for overall medal count. 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. During the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics , the United States set a record for most total medals of any country at a single Winter Olympics.

Hosted Games

The United States has hosted both Summer and Winter Games in 1932 and most occasions of the Games among other countries - eight times, 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 7–15	17	252	14
1932 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, California	July 30 – August 14	37	1,332	117
1960 Winter Olympics	Squaw Valley, California	February 2–20	30	665	27
1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid, New York	February 13–24	37	1,072	38
1984 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, California	July 20 – August 18	140	6,829	221
1996 Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	July 18 – August 4	197	10,318	271
2002 Winter Olympics	Salt Lake City, Utah	February 8–24	77	2,399	78

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. (Note, however, that the International Olympic Committee does not officially recognize national medal totals.)

     Host nation

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	11	7	2	20
1900 Paris	19	14	14	47
1904 St. Louis	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	41	32	30	103
1936 Berlin	24	20	12	56
1948 London	38	27	19	84
1952 Helsinki	40	19	17	76
1956 Melbourne	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	83	60	30	173
1988 Seoul	36	31	27	94
1992 Barcelona	37	34	37	108
1996 Atlanta	44	32	25	101
2000 Sydney	37	24	33	94
2004 Athens	36	39	27	102
2008 Beijing	36	38	36	110
2012 London	39	25	26	90
Total*	969	753	665	2387

Medals by Winter Games

     Host nation

1924 Chamonix	1	2	1	4
1928 St. Moritz	2	2	2	6
1932 Lake Placid	6	4	2	12
1936 Garmisch	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	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	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	10	13	11	34
2006 Turin	9	9	7	25
2010 Vancouver	9	14	13	37
Total*	87	95	71	253

Medals by summer sport

     Leading in that sport

Athletics	311	238	189	738
Swimming	214	155	120	489
Diving	48	41	42	131
Wrestling	50	43	32	125
Boxing	48	23	38	109
Shooting	50	29	24	103
Gymnastics	30	35	30	95
Rowing	31	31	22	84
Sailing	19	23	17	59
Cycling	14	15	21	50
Equestrian	11	20	18	49
Weightlifting	16	16	11	43
Tennis	17	5	10	32
Archery	14	9	8	31
Basketball	19	2	3	24
Fencing	4	7	11	22
Canoeing	5	5	6	16
Volleyball	8	3	3	14
Water polo	1	6	5	12
Judo	1	3	7	11
Golf	3	3	4	10
Modern pentathlon	0	6	3	9
Synchronized swimming	5	2	2	9
Association Football	3	2	1	6
Taekwondo	2	2	2	6
Softball	3	1	0	4
Roque	1	1	1	3
Tug of war	1	1	1	3
Baseball	1	0	2	3
Field hockey	0	0	2	2
Polo	0	1	1	2
Rugby	2	0	0	2
Jeu de paume	1	0	0	1
Lacrosse	0	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	0	1	1
Total*	930	729	637	2296

Medals by winter sport

     Leading in that sport

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	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.

Flagbearers

See also: List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics

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Summer Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport
1908 London	Ralph Rose	Athletics
1912 Stockholm	George Bonhag	Athletics
1920 Antwerp	Pat McDonald	Athletics
1924 Paris	Pat McDonald	Athletics
1928 Amsterdam	Bud Houser	Athletics
1932 Los Angeles	Morgan Taylor	Athletics
1936 Berlin	Al Jochim	Gymnastics
1948 London	Ralph Craig	Sailing
1952 Helsinki	Norman Armitage	Fencing
1956 Melbourne	Norman Armitage	Fencing
1960 Rome	Rafer Johnson	Athletics
1964 Tokyo	Parry O'Brien	Athletics
1968 Mexico City	Janice Romary	Fencing
1972 Munich	Olga Fikotova Connolly	Athletics
1976 Montreal	Gary Hall, Sr.	Swimming
1980 Moscow	USA did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	Ed Burke	Athletics
1988 Seoul	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics
1992 Barcelona	Francie Larrieu-Smith	Athletics
1996 Atlanta	Bruce Baumgartner	Wrestling
2000 Sydney	Cliff Meidl	Canoeing
2004 Athens	Dawn Staley	Basketball
2008 Beijing	Lopez Lomong	Athletics
2012 London	Mariel Zagunis	Fencing

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Winter Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport
1924 Chamonix	Clarence Abel	Ice hockey
1928 St. Moritz	Godfrey Dewey
1932 Lake Placid	Billy Fiske	Bobsleigh
1936 Garmisch	Rolf Monsen	Cross Country Skiing
1948 St. Moritz	Jack Heaton	Skeleton & Bobsleigh
1952 Oslo	Jim Bickford	Bobsleigh
1956 Cortina	Jim Bickford	Bobsleigh
1960 Squaw Valley	Don McDermott	Speed skating
1964 Innsbruck	Bill Disney	Speed skating
1968 Grenoble	Terry McDermott	Speed skating
1972 Sapporo	Dianne Holum	Speed skating
1976 Innsbruck	Cindy Nelson	Alpine skiing
1980 Lake Placid	Scott Hamilton	Figure skating
1984 Sarajevo	Frank Masley	Luge
1988 Calgary	Lyle Nelson	Biathlon
1992 Albertville	Bill Koch	Cross Country Skiing
1994 Lillehammer	Cammy Myler	Luge
1998 Nagano	Eric Flaim	Speed Skating
2002 Salt Lake City	Amy Peterson	Short track
2006 Turin	Chris Witty	Speed skating
2010 Vancouver	Mark Grimmette	Luge

See also

• United States at the Paralympics
• United States at the team sports international competitions
• Category:Olympic competitors for the United States

External links

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
• "United States Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-11.