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Sports that will appear in the 2028 Summer Olympics are listed below, except for squash and flag football, making their first appearance in 2028. Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested
This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.
Sport Event Date Gold: Nelson Diebel: Swimming: Men's 100 meter breaststroke: July 26 Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter butterfly: July 27 Gold: Nicole Haislett: Swimming: Women's 200 meter freestyle: July 27 Gold: Crissy Ahmann-Leighton * Nicole Haislett Angel Martino Ashley Tappin* Jenny Thompson Dara Torres: Swimming: Women's 4 ...
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.
Based on Olympic Games, World Championships, and other major competitions in respective sports, the United States is the most successful nation in the world in baseball, basketball, athletics, swimming, lacrosse, beach volleyball, figure skating, golf, boxing, diving, shooting, rowing and snowboarding, and is one of the top five most successful ...
The Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organising committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Games, and organises and funds the Games according to the Olympic Charter .
The United States has placed first overall in the Summer Olympic Games nineteen times, followed by the Soviet Union with six overall victories (not including the 1992 first-place finish by the Unified Team).
USA Track & Field is the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) member federation in the United States. USATF is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and selects teams for Olympic and Pan American Games competitions. To select the athletes for the Olympic Games, every Olympiad USATF conducts the Olympic Trials.