United States at the Olympics

United States at the Olympics is a history which starts in the 1890s.
The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for the United States is USA.
History.
The United States has been to every Olympic Games, except the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.
Thomas Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. He took first place in both the 100 meters and the 400 meters of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. US athlete Michael Phelps has won the most medals of any Olympic athlete of any nation. He has 22 Olympic medals, including 18 golds.
American athletes have won a total of 2400 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 253 at the Winter Olympic Games.
Hosted Games.
The United States has hosted the Games eight times, four times each for the Summer and Winter Games: