United States of AmericaEdit
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Location on Map
IOC Code	USA
Years Hosted Olympics	1904, 1932 (both), 1960, 1980, 1984, 1996, 2002
Years Attended Olympics	All but 1980
Gold Medals 2008 Summer	36
Gold Medals 2010 Winter	9
Total Olympic Medals
Gold	Silver	Bronze
1016	824	708
National Olympic Committee
|The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)

Olympic HistoryEdit

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 medals won, and world records achieved.

The 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 count with 110 gold, silver and bronze medals, followed by China who had 100 total medals.

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.