United States at the Olympics
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The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott in protest of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.
United States at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee |
Website | www |
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American athletes have won a total of 2,638 medals (1,065 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 330 (114 of them gold) at the Winter Olympic Games, making the United States the most prolific medal-winning nation in the history of the Olympics. The U.S. has placed first in the Summer Olympic medal table 18 times out of 29 Summer Olympics and 28 appearances.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The United States remains one of the only major teams in the world to receive no government funding.[7][8][9][10]