United States at the Winter Olympics

Main article: United States at the Olympics

See also: United States at the Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

United States at the
Winter Olympics

Flag of the United States

IOC code| USA
NOC| United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 2nd|

Gold
114
Silver
121
Bronze

Total
330
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
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* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the Winter Olympic Games. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

Eric Heiden is the most successful Winter Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics.

## Hosted Games

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The United States has hosted the Winter Games on four occasions, more than any other nation. It is scheduled to host for a fifth time in 2034.

Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events

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1932 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | February 7–15 | 17 | 252 | 14
1960 Winter Olympics | Squaw Valley, California | February 2–20 | 30 | 665 | 27
1980 Winter Olympics | Lake Placid, New York | February 13–24 | 37 | 1,072 | 38
2002 Winter Olympics | Salt Lake City, Utah | February 8–24 | 77 | 2,399 | 78
2034 Winter Olympics | February 10–26 | TBA | TBA | TBA

## Medal tables

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Host country

Lindsey Kildow won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first one for an American woman.[1]

### Medals by Winter Games

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Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold medal | Total medal

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1924 Chamonix | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3
1928 St. Moritz | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2
1932 Lake Placid | 64 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6
1948 St. Moritz | 69 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4
1952 Oslo | 65 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 67 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5
1960 Squaw Valley | 79 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2
1964 Innsbruck | 89 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8
1968 Grenoble | 95 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8
1972 Sapporo | 103 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6
1976 Innsbruck | 106 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3
1980 Lake Placid | 101 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3
1984 Sarajevo | 107 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4
1988 Calgary | 118 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9
1992 Albertville | 147 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6
1994 Lillehammer | 147 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5
1998 Nagano | 186 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6
2002 Salt Lake City | 202 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 2
2006 Turin | 204 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 2
2010 Vancouver | 212 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 1
2014 Sochi | 222 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 2
2018 Pyeongchang | 228 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 4
2022 Beijing | 220 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 4
2026 Milano Cortina | Future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City | Future event
Total (24/24) | 2,934 | 114 | 121 | 95 | 330 | 2 | 2

### Best results

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* Gold medals – 10 (2002 Winter Olympics)
* Total medals – 37 (2010 Winter Olympics)

### Medals by winter sport

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Leading in that sport

Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Speed skating| 30| 22| 19| 71
Alpine skiing| 17| 21| 10| 48
Figure skating| 17| 16| 21| 54
Snowboarding| 17| 8| 10| 35
Freestyle skiing| 11| 13| 9| 33
Bobsleigh| 8| 11| 9| 28
Ice hockey| 4| 12| 2| 18
Short track speed skating| 4| 7| 9| 20
Skeleton| 3| 4| 1| 8
Nordic combined| 1| 3| 0| 4
Cross-country skiing| 1| 2| 1| 4
Curling| 1| 0| 1| 2
Luge| 0| 3| 3| 6
Ski jumping| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 114| 122| 96| 332

Updated on December 31, 2021

*This table includes two medals – one silver awarded in the ice hockey and one bronze awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Biathlon is currently the only winter sport where the United States has never won an Olympic medal in.

## Flagbearers

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See also: List of flag bearers for the United States at the Olympics

Winter Olympics  Games  | Athlete  | Sport

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1924 Chamonix | Clarence Abel | Ice hockey
1928 St. Moritz | Godfrey Dewey | Cross-country skiing (team manager)
1932 Lake Placid | Billy Fiske | Bobsleigh
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Rolf Monsen | Cross-country skiing
1948 St. Moritz | Jack Heaton | Skeleton & Bobsleigh
1952 Oslo | Jim Bickford | Bobsleigh
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Jim Bickford | Bobsleigh
1960 Squaw Valley | Don McDermott | Speed skating
1964 Innsbruck | Bill Disney | Speed skating
1968 Grenoble | Terry McDermott | Speed skating
1972 Sapporo | Dianne Holum | Speed skating
1976 Innsbruck | Cindy Nelson | Alpine skiing
1980 Lake Placid | Scott Hamilton | Figure skating
1984 Sarajevo | Frank Masley | Luge
1988 Calgary | Lyle Nelson | Biathlon
1992 Albertville | Bill Koch | Cross-country skiing
1994 Lillehammer | Cammy Myler | Luge
1998 Nagano | Eric Flaim | Speed skating
2002 Salt Lake City | Amy Peterson | Short track speed skating
2006 Turin | Chris Witty | Speed skating
2010 Vancouver | Mark Grimmette | Luge
2014 Sochi | Todd Lodwick | Nordic combined
2018 Pyeongchang | Erin Hamlin | Luge
2022 Beijing | Brittany Bowe | Speed skating
John Shuster | Curling

## Medals by winter sport

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### Current sports

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#### Ice hockey

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Games  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total

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1920 Antwerp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1924 Chamonix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1928 St Moritz | did not participate
1932 Lake Placid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
1948 St Moritz | participated unofficially
1952 Oslo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1960 Squaw Valley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
1964 Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1968 Grenoble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1972 Sapporo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
1976 Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1980 Lake Placid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
1984 Sarajevo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1988 Calgary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1992 Albertville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1998 Nagano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
2002 Salt Lake City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
2006 Turin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
2010 Vancouver | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
2014 Sochi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
2018 Pyeongchang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1
2022 Beijing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Total | 4 | 12 | 2 | 18

## Russia–United States rivalry

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Russia (in all its incarnations) and the United States each have won more Olympic medals than any other nation.[2][3] Russia topped the overall medal count at 7 Summer Olympics and 8 Winter Olympics, while the United States placed first at 19 Summer Olympics and 1 Winter Olympics.

Medal totals of the Soviet Union/Unified Team/Russia/OAR/ROC and the United States since 1956, when the Soviet Union started to compete, are presented below.

|  Russia

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1
1960 Squaw Valley | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 1
1964 Innsbruck | 11 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 1
1968 Grenoble | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2
1972 Sapporo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1
1976 Innsbruck | 13 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 1
1980 Lake Placid | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1
1984 Sarajevo | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 2
1988 Calgary | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 1
1992 Albertville | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 2
1994 Lillehammer | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 1
1998 Nagano | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 3
2002 Salt Lake City | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5
2006 Turin | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4
2010 Vancouver | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 11
2014 Sochi | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 2
2018 Pyeongchang | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13
2022 Beijing | 5 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 9
2026 Milano Cortina | future event
Total | 140 | 120 | 126 | 386 | 3
|  United States

Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6
1960 Squaw Valley | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3
1964 Innsbruck | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8
1968 Grenoble | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9
1972 Sapporo | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5
1976 Innsbruck | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3
1980 Lake Placid | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3
1984 Sarajevo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3
1988 Calgary | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9
1992 Albertville | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5
1994 Lillehammer | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5
1998 Nagano | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5
2002 Salt Lake City | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 3
2006 Turin | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2
2010 Vancouver | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 3
2014 Sochi | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 4
2018 Pyeongchang | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 4
2022 Beijing | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3
2026 Milano Cortina | future event
Total | 97 | 103 | 84 | 284 | 4

Overall, the United States (1924–present) has won 114 gold and 330 total medals, and Russia (1956–present) has won 140 gold and 386 total medals.

### Ice hockey

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See also: Miracle on Ice

The 1980 hockey game between the U.S. and USSR was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", when American college players defeated the heavily favored seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.[4] The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the favorites to win once more. Though ice hockey is not a major sport in most areas of the United States, the "Miracle" is often listed as one of the all-time greatest American sporting achievements. The U.S. also won the gold medal in the 1960 Games at Squaw Valley, California, defeating the Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden along the way. However, since this victory is not as well known as the 1980 win, it has come to be known as the "Forgotten Miracle".[5][6]

The U.S. and the Soviet Union next met at the Olympics in 1988. As in 1980, the Soviets were represented by their star-studded veterans, while the Americans fielded a team of college players. The Soviets won the encounter 7–5 and went on to win the gold medal, while the U.S. placed seventh.

The two teams met again at the 1992 Olympics in a semi-final match. There, the Unified Team (the successor to the Soviet Union) won 5–2. While some stars had left the Soviet Union to play in the NHL, the Unified Team still boasted many veterans from their domestic professional league, while the Americans were represented primarily by college players. The Unified Team eventually won the gold medal, while the U.S. placed fourth.

The U.S. and Russia (the successor to the Unified Team) met twice at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. 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. The semi-final match was played 22 years to the day after the "Miracle on Ice" game.[7] The U.S. eventually won silver, while Russia won bronze.

The two teams met in the quarterfinals of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, with the U.S. earning a decisive 5–3 victory.

The U.S. and Russia played each other in a round-robin game at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The game was tied 2–2 after overtime before the Americans prevailed in an eight-round shootout, with T. J. Oshie scoring on 4 of 6 attempts for the United States. The match has been dubbed by some as the "Marathon on Ice" due to its length.[8] Both teams, however, failed to medal; the Americans finished fourth (losing in the semis to Canada and to Finland in the bronze medal game), while the Russians placed fifth (losing to Finland in the quarterfinals).

## See also

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* United States at the Olympics
* United States at the Summer Olympics
* List of United States Olympic medalists

## References

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1. ^ "Vonn, Mancuso go 1–2 in downhill". ESPN. Associated Press. February 17, 2010.
2. ^ "Countries With the Most Olympic Medals". Statista.
3. ^ "All-time medal table for the Winter Olympic Games from 1924 to 2022". Statista.
4. ^ J. N. Washburn (July 21, 1974). "Soviet Amateur Athlete: A Real Pro". The New York Times.
5. ^ Burnside, Scott (February 8, 2010). "Hockey's miracle before the 'Miracle'". ESPN. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
6. ^ "The Morning Skate: The Forgotten Miracle of 1960". The New York Times. December 11, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
7. ^ "USA holds off Russia 3–2 to advance to gold medal game". CNN. Archived from the original on June 5, 2002. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
8. ^ "Team USA Beats Russia In 'Marathon On Ice'". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014.

## External links

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* "United States of America". International Olympic Committee.
* "United States". Olympedia.com.
* "Olympic Analytics/USA". olympanalyt.com.

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