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United States at the Olympics
United States Olympic Committee
IOC code - USA
Other codes used - SUA (1960S), EUA (1968S)
NOC - United States Olympic Committee - USOC
Creation - 1894
Website - http://www.usolympicteam.com/
Medals - United States at the Olympic Games
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
• Olympic Games - Medals Table
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
• Olympic Games - Medals Table
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
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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Olympic history - United States at the Olympic Games
Summer Games
1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 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
Athletes - United States at the Olympic Games
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Hosted Games - United States at the Olympic Games
Games - Host city
1904 Summer Olympics - St. Louis, Missouri
1932 Winter Olympics - Lake Placid, New York
1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, California
1960 Winter Olympics - Squaw Valley, California
1980 Winter Olympics - Lake Placid, New York
1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, California
1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Winter Olympics - Salt Lake City, Utah
United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing 2008
Medals
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• United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics
United States
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Name - United States of America
Motto - In God We Trust - official / E Pluribus Unum (From Many, One; Latin) - traditional
Anthem - "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Capital - Washington, D.C.
Largest city - New York City
Official languages - None at federal level1
National language - English (de facto)
Demonym - American
Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain - July 4, 1776
Area - 9,826,630 km² | 3,794,066 sq mi
Population - 304,678,000 (2008)
Density - 31/km² | 80/sq mi
GDP (PPP) - $13.543 trillion (1st)
GDP (PPP) Per capita - $43,444 (4th)
Gini (2006) - 47.0 (high)
HDI (2005) - 0.951 - high (12th)
Currency - United States dollar ($) (USD "$")
Time zone - UTC-5 to -10 | Summer (DST) - (UTC-4 to -10)
Internet TLD - .us .gov .mil .edu
Calling code - +1
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