All-time Summer Olympics medals table 1896-2016

The United States is the most successful nation of all time at the Summer Olympic Games, having amassed a total of 2,520 medals since the first Olympics in 1896. Team USA gets the gold medalOf the 2,520 medals won by Team USA over the years, over one thousand have been gold. The dominance of the United States can be shown in the fact that only two other nations, Russia and Germany, have reached a combined medal tally of 1,000. The United States team has been present at every edition of the Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, which they boycotted in protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan during the height of the Cold War. In the most recent Summer Olympics, held in Rio de Janiero in 2016, Team USA emerged with 121 medals, making it their third most successful Olympics in history. The team were able to claim 46 gold medals across a record 35 sports, including men’s basketball, women’s water polo, and tennis mixed doubles.  Team USA only second best in the Winter OlympicsThe United States’ unrivalled success in the Summer Olympics is not quite matched in the Winter Olympics. Whilst Team USA claims second spot in the all-time medal tally with an impressive 305 medals, they are just beaten by Norway, who have claimed 368 medals since 1924. This tally is very impressive considering Norway’s population stands at just over five million inhabitants, a fraction of the size of the United States. Indeed, the most successful Winter Olympian of all time, Marit Bjørgen, hails from the Scandinavian country. The cross-country skiier collected eight gold medals, four silver, and three bronze in a dazzling career that spanned five Winter Olympics between 2002 and 2018.

美国乃夏奥会史上最为成功的国度，自1896年首届奥运会以来，累计夺得2,520枚奖牌。美国代表队在其历史悠久的参赛历程中，荣获超过一千枚金牌。美国之强势可见一斑，仅俄罗斯与德国两国的奖牌总数相加，亦不过1,000枚。美国代表队除1980年莫斯科夏季奥运会因抗议苏联入侵阿富汗而抵制参赛外，参加了所有奥运会的每一届。在2016年于里约热内卢举行的最近一届夏季奥运会中，美国代表队共夺得121枚奖牌，成为其历史上第三成功的奥运会。该队凭借在35项运动项目中的卓越表现，赢得了46枚金牌，包括男子篮球、女子水球和网球混双等项目。在冬季奥运会方面，美国虽为史上金牌数第二多的国家，但其总奖牌数仍落后于挪威。自1924年以来，挪威累计夺得368枚奖牌，这一成就令人瞩目，考虑到挪威人口仅略超过五百万，仅为美国人口的一小部分。事实上，史上最成功的冬季奥运选手玛里特·比约根便来自斯堪的纳维亚国家。这位越野滑雪运动员在2002年至2018年间的五届冬奥会上，共获得八枚金牌、四枚银牌和三枚铜牌，职业生涯光彩夺目。