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===United States of America===
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United States of America
 
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| colspan="3" style="padding:2px;" | [[File:Flag_of_the_USA.jpg|230px|frameless]]<br />National Flag
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| colspan="3" style="padding:2px;" | [[File:USA.png|230px|frameless]]<br />National Flag
 
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| colspan="3" style="padding:2px;" | [[File:Map_of_the_USA.jpg|230px|frameless]]<br />Location on Map
  
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| colspan="1" | '''IOC Code'''
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| colspan="1" style="text-align:center" | '''IOC Code'''
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| colspan="2" | USA
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''USA'''
 
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| colspan="1" | '''Years Hosted Olympics'''
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| colspan="1" style="text-align:center" | '''Years Hosted Olympics'''
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| colspan="2" |1904, 1932 (both), 1960, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2002
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 1904 Summer, 1932 (both), 1960 Winter, 1980 Winter, 1984 Summer, 1996 Summer, 2002 Winter
 
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| colspan="1" | '''Years Attended Olympics'''
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| colspan="1" style="text-align:center" | '''Years Attended Olympics'''
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| colspan="2" |All but 1980
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | All but 1980 Summer Games
 
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| colspan="1" | '''Gold Medals 2008 Summer'''
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| colspan="1" style="text-align:center" | '''Medals 2016 Summer'''
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| colspan="2" | 36
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze
 
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| colspan="1" | '''Gold Medals 2010 Winter'''
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| colspan="1" style="text-align:center" | '''Medals 2014 Winter'''
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| colspan="2" |9
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 9 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze
 
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | National Olympic Committee
 
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| colspan="3" style="width: 170px" | [http://www.teamusa.org/ |The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)]
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| colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [http://www.teamusa.org/ The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)]
 
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==Olympic History==
  
==Olympic History==
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The United States of America has played a big role in the modern day (1896 to current) Olympic Games. In addition to hosting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics#Hosted_Games|8 Olympic games] (4 summer and 4 winter) in the country, the USA has been a significant force at the games including the number of athletes, the number of sports they compete in, the medals won, and world records achieved.
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The United States of America has played a big role in the modern day (1896 to current) Olympic Games. In addition to hosting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics#Hosted_Games%7C8 Olympic games] (4 summer and 4 winter) in the country, the USA has been a significant force at the games including the number of athletes, the number of sports they compete in, the number of medals won, and world records achieved.
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The United States [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics%7CUSA has participated in every Olympics since 1896 except the 1980 Summer Olympics]. In the most recent summer Olympics in [[London]] in [[London 2012|2012]], the USA won a total of 46 Gold Medals, the most by any country, followed by [[China]] with 38. The USA also ranked first in total [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_medal_table%7Cmedal count] with 104 gold, silver and bronze medals, followed by China who had 88 total medals.
   
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In addition to its athletic contributions to the Olympic Games, the United States and US based companies have helped drive the financial growth of the Olympic movement through advertising, broadcasting rights, sponsorships, ticket sales and other rights and licensing programs. The revenue generated is in the billions of dollars.
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The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics|USA has participated in every Olympics since 1896 except the 1980 Olympics]. In the most recent summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008, the USA won a total of 36 Gold Medals. They rank second next to China, the host country, who won 51 gold medals. The USA ranked first in total [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_medal_table|medal count] with 110 gold, silver and bronze medals, followed by China who had 100 total medals.
  
   
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==Medals by Summer Games==
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In addition to its athletic contributions to the Olympic Games, the USA and US based companies have helped drive the financial growth of the Olympic movement through advertising, broadcasting rights, sponsorships, ticket sales and other rights and licensing programs. The revenue generated is in the billions of dollars.
  
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|299
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|474
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|103
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|[[Berlin 1936]]
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|359
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|24
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|300
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|286
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'''National Olympic Committee'''
 
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The National Olympic committee recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to represent the USA is the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The USOC's vision is to enable America's athletes to realize their Olympic dreams and they do so by being the coordinating body for all Olympic-related athletic activity in the United States. The mission of the organization involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games.<br />
  
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'''Address''' 1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909, United States of America<br />
  
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Revision as of 01:59, 5 January 2019

United States of America

USA
National Flag
Map of the USA
Location on Map
IOC Code USA
Years Hosted Olympics 1904 Summer, 1932 (both), 1960 Winter, 1980 Winter, 1984 Summer, 1996 Summer, 2002 Winter
Years Attended Olympics All but 1980 Summer Games
Medals 2016 Summer 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze
Medals 2014 Winter 9 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze
Total Olympic Medals
Gold medal iconGold Silver medal iconSilver Bronze medal iconBronze
1,118 897 789
National Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)

Olympic History

The United States of America has played a big role in the modern day (1896 to current) Olympic Games. In addition to hosting Olympic games (4 summer and 4 winter) in the country, the USA has been a significant force at the games including the number of athletes, the number of sports they compete in, the number of medals won, and world records achieved. The United States has participated in every Olympics since 1896 except the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the most recent summer Olympics in London in 2012, the USA won a total of 46 Gold Medals, the most by any country, followed by China with 38. The USA also ranked first in total count with 104 gold, silver and bronze medals, followed by China who had 88 total medals.

In addition to its athletic contributions to the Olympic Games, the United States and US based companies have helped drive the financial growth of the Olympic movement through advertising, broadcasting rights, sponsorships, ticket sales and other rights and licensing programs. The revenue generated is in the billions of dollars.

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Athens 1896 14 11 7 2 20 1
Paris 1900 75 19 14 14 37 2
St. Louis 1904 526 78 82 79 239 1
London 1908 122 23 12 12 47 2
Stockholm 1912 174 25 19 19 63 1
Antwerp 1920 288 41 27 27 95 1
Paris 1924 299 45 27 27 99 1
Amsterdam 1928 280 22 18 16 56 1
Los Angeles 1932 474 41 32 30 103 1
Berlin 1936 359 24 20 12 56 2
London 1948 300 38 27 19 84 1
Helsinki 1952 286 40 19 17 76 1
Melbourne 1956 297 32 25 17 74 2
Rome 1960 292 34 21 16 71 2
Tokyo 1964 346 36 26 28 90 1
Mexico City 1968 45 28 37 107 1
Munich 1972 400 33 31 30 94 2
Montreal 1976 396 34 35 25 94 3
Los Angeles 1984 522 83 61 30 174 1
Seoul 1988 527 36 31 27 94 3
Barcelona 1992 545 37 34 37 108 2
Atlanta 1996 646 44 32 25 101 1
Sydney 2000 586 37 24 32 93 1
Athens 2004 613 36 39 26 101 1
Beijing 2008 596 36 38 36 110 2
London 2012 530 46 28 29 103 1
Rio 2016 558 46 37 38 121 1

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