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Total medals won by USA in every edition of Summer Olympics

Published at :July 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Modified at :July 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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(Courtesy : @TeamUSA/Twitter)

Aravind Sekhar


Team USA holds the record of most medals won in a single edition of the Summer Olympics with 231.

Team USA has been breaking records and winning medals at the Olympics since 1896. They have won more than 100 medals at a single edition of the Olympics on 11 occasions. 

They are currently on their best medal winning streak as the last five editions have seen them win 100 plus medals. During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Team USA won 83 gold medals and finished with an overall 174 medals.

In the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, USA won a record 231 medals with 76 gold, 78 silver and 77 bronze medals. They have been topping the medal tally since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Paris Olympics 2024 could become their eighth consecutive top finish in the medal tally.

There are only a few sporting disciplines where the USA has never won a medal. Badminton, handball, rhythmic gymnastics, table tennis and trampoline gymnastics are the ones where an American athlete is yet to reach the podium.

Athletics, Swimming and Shooting have been where the American athletes have been most successful. Athletics has received 344 gold medals, while Swimming has 257 podium finishes. In third are the shooters with 57 gold medals.

Also Read: Total medals won by USA in each sport at Summer Olympics

Total medals won by USA in every edition of Summer Olympics

The total number of medals won by USA in every edition of the summer games is listed below.

Note: The silver medal in ice hockey and one bronze medal in figure skating events at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics have been included in the list.

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1896 Athens117220
1900 Paris19141548
1904 St. Louis767877231
1908 London23121247
1912 Stockholm26191964
1920 Antwerp41272795
1924 Paris45272799
1928 Amsterdam22181656
1932 Los Angeles443630110
1936 Berlin24211257
1948 London38271984
1952 Helsinki40191776
1956 Melbourne32251774
1960 Rome34211671
1964 Tokyo36262890
1968 Mexico City452834107
1972 Munich33313094
1976 Montreal34352594
1984 Los Angeles836130174
1988 Seoul36312794
1992 Barcelona373437108
1996 Atlanta443225101
2000 Sydney37243293
2004 Athens363926101
2008 Beijing363937112
2012 London482630104
2016 Rio de Janeiro463738121
2020 Tokyo394133113
Total10658357382638

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