The Olympic Summer Games are usually held once every four years as a major international sporting multi-event. The first games took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and most recently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.
The scale of the Olympics has grown from a 42 sport event program in 1896 to 306 competitions with 11,238 athletes, less than 250 male competitors from 14 countries. The US leads the Summer Olympics all-time medal table.
Since 1986, the United States of America have featured in 27 Summer Olympic Games so far.
In 17 of them, they have ranked first. The US team consists of 340 competitors in 25 different sports.
Summer Olympics: How many medals do the USA have?
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the United States, represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. However, as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Games have been scheduled to start on July 23, 2021, and end on August 8, 2021.
A total of 2,523 medals have been gathered by the US athletes at the Olympic Summer Games. 1,022 of them are gold medals, 795 silver medals, and a number of 706 have been bronze medals.
Summer Olympics: The USA vs Russia
Russia in all its existence as part of the Soviet Union have had an arch rivalry with the US for many years now. The beginning of their rivalry dates back to the Cold War when they formed a deep rivalry. Frictions weakened during the 1990s, but the bond got broken again in 2014 and in 2016.
The Russian Federation, the Russian Empire, and the Russian Olympic Athletes are frequently mixed outside IOC outlets. Russian Athletes have so far appeared at the OIC for five different teams, as the Soviet Union, Russia, Unified Team, Russian Empire, and Olympic Athletes from Russia.
Thus, Russia have gathered a total of 1556 Summer Olympic Games medals, 590 of which gold, 486 silver, and 480 bronze. Their most successful form was while being part of the URS, winning a total of 1010 medals.
