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 external link
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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
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 (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 metres and the 400 metres 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.

1 Hosted Games
2 Medal tables
3 See also
4 References

[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

Total	896	692	603	2191
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

[edit] Medals by Winter Games

Total	78	80	58	216
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

[edit] Medals by summer sport

Total	896	691	602	2189
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

[edit] Medals by winter sport

Total	78	81	59	218
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