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2.42002 Salt Lake. 2.52006 Turin. 2.62010 Vancouver. 2.72014 Sochi. 2.82018 PyeongChang. 2.92022 Beijing. Toggle the table of contents. List of Olympic medalists for the United States. Add languages.
The Americans won both games 5–2 en route to the tournament championship. The U.S., coached by Herb Brooks, and Russia, coached by Slava Fetisov, met twice in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which included a 2–2 round-robin draw and a 3–2 semi-final win for the Americans.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
v. t. e. 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.
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [ a ], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ...
2014. 2018. 2022. The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. With Salt Lake City hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics, a cultural segment of the city and the state of Utah was shown during the closing ceremony.
2014. 2018. 2022. The United States was the host nation for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. These Games were by far the best home Winter Games for the United States, earning 34 total medals, nearly triple their best previous hauls at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 ...