United States at the Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
Flag of the United States IOC code  USA NOC United States Olympic Committee
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 2012 2016
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Intercalated Games
1906

The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,400 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 281 at the Winter Olympic Games. Most medals have been won in athletics (track and field) (767, 32%) and swimming (520, 22%). 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. U.S. athlete Michael Phelps is the most-decorated Olympic athlete of any nation, with 22 Olympic medals (including 18 golds).

The United States has won more gold and overall medals than any other country in the Summer Games and also has the second-most gold and overall medals at the Winter Games, trailing only Norway. From the mid-20th century to the late 1980s, the United States mainly competed with the Soviet Union at summer Games and with the Soviet Union, Norway, and East Germany at the Winter Games. However, it now primarily contends with China at the summer Games for both the overall medal count and the gold medal count and with Norway at the winter Games for the overall medal count. The United States has topped the total medal count at two winter Olympics: 1932 in Lake Placid and 2010 in Vancouver. At the 2010 games, the United States set a record for most total medals (37) of any country at a single Winter Olympics.

Hosted Games

The United States have hosted the Games on eight occasions, more than any other country:

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1904 Summer Olympics	St. Louis, Missouri	1 July – 23 November	12	651	91
1932 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid, New York	7 – 15 February	17	252	14
1932 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, California	30 July – 14 August	37	1,332	117
1960 Winter Olympics	Squaw Valley, California	2 – 20 February	30	665	27
1980 Winter Olympics	Lake Placid, New York	13 – 24 February	37	1,072	38
1984 Summer Olympics	Los Angeles, California	20 July – 18 August	140	6,829	221
1996 Summer Olympics	Atlanta, Georgia	18 July – 4 August	197	10,318	271
2002 Winter Olympics	Salt Lake City, Utah	8 – 24 February	77	2,399	78

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 14 11 7 2 20 1 1900 Paris 75 19 14 14 47 2 1904 St. Louis 526 78 82 79 239 1 1908 London 122 23 12 12 47 2 1912 Stockholm 174 25 19 19 63 1 1920 Antwerp 288 41 27 27 95 1 1924 Paris 299 45 27 27 99 1 1928 Amsterdam 280 22 18 16 56 1 1932 Los Angeles 474 41 32 30 103 1 1936 Berlin 359 24 20 12 56 2 1948 London 300 38 27 19 84 1 1952 Helsinki 286 40 19 17 76 1 1956 Melbourne 297 32 25 17 74 2 1960 Rome 292 34 21 16 71 2 1964 Tokyo 346 36 26 28 90 1 1968 Mexico City 357 45 28 34 107 1 1972 Munich 400 33 31 30 94 2 1976 Montreal 396 34 35 25 94 3 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 522 83 61 30 174 1 1988 Seoul 527 36 31 27 94 3 1992 Barcelona 545 37 34 37 108 2 1996 Atlanta 646 44 32 25 101 1 2000 Sydney 586 37 24 32 93 1 2004 Athens 613 36 39 26 101 1 2008 Beijing 596 36 38 36 110 2 2012 London 530 46 28 29 103 1 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 976 757 666 2399 1

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 24 1 2 1 4 5 1928 St. Moritz 24 2 2 2 6 2 1932 Lake Placid 64 6 4 2 12 1 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 55 1 0 3 4 8 1948 St. Moritz 69 3 4 2 9 4 1952 Oslo 65 4 6 1 11 2 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 67 2 3 2 7 6 1960 Squaw Valley 79 3 4 3 10 3 1964 Innsbruck 89 1 2 4 7 8 1968 Grenoble 95 1 5 1 7 9 1972 Sapporo 103 3 2 3 8 5 1976 Innsbruck 106 3 3 4 10 3 1980 Lake Placid 101 6 4 2 12 3 1984 Sarajevo 107 4 4 0 8 3 1988 Calgary 118 2 1 3 6 9 1992 Albertville 147 5 4 2 11 5 1994 Lillehammer 147 6 5 2 13 5 1998 Nagano 186 6 3 4 13 5 2002 Salt Lake City 202 10 13 11 34 3 2006 Turin 211 9 9 7 25 2 2010 Vancouver 216 9 15 13 37 3 2014 Sochi 230 9 7 12 28 4 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing Total 96 102 84 282 2

Medals by summer sport    Leading in that sport    Dropped from the current Olympics program Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 320 250 196 766 Swimming 230 164 126 520 Shooting 53 29 25 107 Wrestling 50 43 32 125 Diving 49 42 44 135 Boxing 49 23 38 110 Gymnastics 33 36 32 101 Rowing 32 31 24 87 Basketball 21 2 3 26 Tennis 20 5 11 36 Sailing 19 23 17 59 Weightlifting 16 16 11 43 Cycling 14 18 20 52 Archery 14 10 8 32 Equestrian 11 20 18 49 Beach volleyball 6 2 1 9 Canoeing 5 5 6 16 Synchronized swimming 5 2 2 9 Football 4 2 1 7 Golf 3 3 4 10 Volleyball 3 3 2 8 Softball 3 1 0 4 Fencing 2 7 12 21 Taekwondo 2 2 4 8 Rugby union 2 0 0 2 Water polo 1 5 4 10 Judo 1 3 8 12 Roque 1 1 1 3 Tug of war 1 1 1 3 Baseball 1 0 2 3 Jeu de paume 1 0 0 1 Modern pentathlon 0 6 3 9 Polo 0 1 1 2 Lacrosse 0 1 0 1 Field hockey 0 0 2 2 Triathlon 0 0 1 1 Total* 972 757 660 2389 Updated on March 1, 2014 *This table does not include two medals – one silver awarded in the ice hockey and one bronze awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Medals by winter sport    Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Speed skating 29 22 16 67 Alpine skiing 16 19 9 44 Figure skating 15 16 18 49 Snowboarding 10 5 9 24 Freestyle skiing 8 7 6 21 Bobsleigh 7 7 10 24 Short track speed skating 4 6 9 19 Ice hockey 3 11 2 16 Skeleton 3 4 1 8 Nordic combined 1 3 0 4 Luge 0 2 3 5 Cross country skiing 0 1 0 1 Ski jumping 0 0 1 1 Curling 0 0 1 1 Total* 96 103 85 284 Updated on March 1, 2014 *This table includes two medals – one silver awarded in the ice hockey and one bronze awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Flagbearers

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 [1] Fencing 1960 Rome Rafer Johnson Athletics 1964 Tokyo Parry O'Brien Athletics 1968 Mexico City Janice Romary [2] 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

Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1924 Chamonix Clarence Abel Ice hockey 1928 St. Moritz Godfrey Dewey 1932 Lake Placid Billy Fiske Bobsleigh 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Rolf Monsen Cross Country Skiing 1948 St. Moritz Jack Heaton Skeleton & Bobsleigh 1952 Oslo Jim Bickford Bobsleigh 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 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 2014 Sochi Todd Lodwick Nordic combined

See also

• United States at the Paralympics

References

1. Warren Wofford was the flagbearer in the (Equestrian) parade in Stockholm for the Olympics Equestrian Sports Association events held there because a quarantine imposed on horses prevented equestrian events from taking place in Australia
2. First woman to carry the flag at the Olympics for USA

External links

• "United States of America". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "United States". Sports-Reference.com.