The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the Youth Olympic Games. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.
United States at the Youth Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
U.S. athletes have won a total of 61 medals (20 of them gold) at the Summer Youth Olympic Games and another 35 at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Most medals have been won in athletics (track and field) (13) and snowboarding (11). American skier Robin Reynolds is the most-decorated Youth Olympic athlete of the United States, with 3 medals (all gold).
The United States has never topped the gold medal count (as the medals are listed internationally by tradition) at a Summer Youth Olympics and topped the gold medal count once at the Winter Youth Olympics.
Medal tables
editMedals by summer sport
editSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Athletics | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
Swimming | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Wrestling | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Boxing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Basketball | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Judo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Fencing | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Archery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Triathlon | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Golf | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Diving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 19 | 22 | 61 |
Source:[1]
Medals by winter sport
editSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Snowboarding | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Freestyle skiing | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
Alpine skiing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Ice hockey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Short track speed skating | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Luge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nordic combined | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Curling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ski jumping | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cross-country skiing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Biathlon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Speed skating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 16 | 11 | 45 |
Source:[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Olympedia – United States (USA)". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
External links
edit- "United States of America". International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
- "United States". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-19.