United States at the Olympics

United States at the Olympics is a history which starts in the 1890s.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the United States is USA.

History
The United States has been to every Olympic Games, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.  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.  US athlete Michael Phelps has won the most medals of any Olympic athlete of any nation.  He has 22 Olympic medals, including 18 golds.

American athletes have won a total of 2400 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 253 at the Winter Olympic Games.

Hosted Games
The United States has hosted the Games 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  141932 Summer Olympics  Los Angeles, California  July 30 – August 14  37  1332  1171960 Winter Olympics  Squaw Valley, California  February 2–20  30  665  271980 Winter Olympics  Lake Placid, New York  February 13–24  37  1072  381984 Summer Olympics  Los Angeles, California  July 20 – August 18  140  6829  2211996 Summer Olympics  Atlanta, Georgia  July 18 – August 4  197  10318  2712002 Winter Olympics  Salt Lake City, Utah  February 8–24  77  2399  78

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

Other websites


  United States of America profile at London2012.com 

Category:Sports in the United States
Category:Nations at the Olympics