United States at the Olympics

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The United States of America (USA) has sent athletes to every Summer 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.

Contents 1 Future and recent events 1.1 2004 Medals 2 History 3 Medals

Future and recent events

Preparations are under way for 2006. See: United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Snowboardcross will be on the Olympic program for the first time. This fast-paced downhill free-for-all features snowboarders racing pack-style down the same course negotiating through varied terrain and obstacles such as whoops, waves, banks, spines, and kickers. Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) has been nearly unbeatable in this event for the past three years.

The Italian city of Turin (Torino) will host the 2006 Winter Olympics.

See also current sports news: Wikinews:Category:Sports or Wikinews:United States

2004 Medals

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
USA	35	39	29	103

Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:

• Swimming accounted for 12 gold and 28 total medals.
• Track and Field accounted for eight gold and 24 total medals.

History

Tom Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. He won gold in both the 100 metres and the 400 metres of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The United States has hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics four times.

In 1904, Saint Louis, Missouri hosted the World's Fair and the Olympic Games, making the United States the first English-speaking country to host the Olympics. Los Angeles, California has twice played host to the summer Olympic Games: in 1932 and in 1984. Atlanta, Georgia was the host city for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics. Centennial Olympic Park was built for 1996 Summer Olympics.

Year	Host city	Country	Held	Nations	Participants	Events
1932	Lake Placid	United States	February 4 - February 15	17	252	14
1960	Squaw Valley	United States	February 18-February 28	30	665	27
1980	Lake Placid	United States	February 13-February 24	37	1072	38
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	February 8-February 24	77	2399	78

Medals

United States at the Summer Olympics Year  Gold   Silver Bronze Total  1896 11 7 2 20 1900 19 14 14 47 1904 77 81 78 236 1908 23 12 12 47 1912 25 19 19 63 1920 41 27 27 95 1924 45 27 27 99 1928 22 18 16 56 1932 41 32 30 103 1936 24 20 12 56 1948 38 27 19 84 1952 40 19 17 76 1956 32 25 17 74 1960 34 21 16 71 1964 36 26 28 90 1968 45 28 34 107 1972 33 31 30 94 1976 34 35 25 94 1980 boycotted 1984 83 61 30 174 1988 36 31 27 94 1992 37 34 37 108 1996 44 32 25 101 2000 40 24 33 97 2004 35 40 28 103 Total 907 697 615 2,219
	United States at the Winter Olympics Year  Gold   Silver Bronze Total  1924 11 7 2 20 1928 2 2 2 6 1932 6 4 2 12 1936 1 0 3 4 1948 3 4 2 9 1952 4 6 1 11 1956 2 3 2 7 1960 3 4 3 10 1964 1 2 3 6 1968 1 5 1 7 1972 3 2 3 8 1976 3 3 1 7 1980 6 4 2 12 1984 4 4 0 8 1988 2 1 3 6 1992 5 4 2 11 1994 6 5 2 13 1998 6 3 4 13 2002 10 13 11 34 Total 69 71 51 191

Nations at the Olympic Games

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