History
The United States made its first Summer Olympic appearance at the inaugural 1986 Olympics and has competed ever since, with the exception of 1980 where it led a boycott. The nation has hosted the Olympics four times in three cities; St. Louis (1904), Los Angeles (1932 & 1984) and Atlanta (1996). The United States sends one of the largest, if not the largest delegation of athletes to the Olympics with over 500 athletes appearing at each Olympics since 1984. The athletes compete in almost all sports available on the program and compete in a large majority of events.
The United States has won at least 20 medals at every Olympics it has participated in and has won over 2500 medals. The nation has finished at least in the top three on the medals table and finished as the top nation in a majority of the Olympics. The most successful sports include athletics, aquatics, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, shooting and rowing. The most successful athlete is swimmer Michael Phelps whom has won an Olympic record 28 medals, including 23 golds. The medals were won across four Olympics (2004-2016) and in the following events; men’s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. In 2016 the United States won 121 medals, its best non-host nation performance.
Qualified Quotas
Baseball/Softball
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Softball | Monica Abbott Alison Aguilar Valerie Arioto Kelly Barnhill Kasey Cooper Taylor Edwards Rachel Garcia Sahvanna Jaquish Haylie McCleney Kirsti Merritt Michelle Moultrie Aubree Munro Danielle O’Toole Janette Reed Keilani Ricketts Delaney Spaulding Kelsey Stewart |
Basketball
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Tournament | Sue Bird Tina Charles Layshia Clarendon Elena Delle Donne Brittney Griner Jewell Loyd Nneka Ogwumike Kelsey Plue Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Morgan Tuck A’ja Wilson |
Equestrian
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Dressage | From Team Quota | |
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| Team Dressage | Steffen Peters Horse: Suppenkasper Adrienne Lyle Horse: Salvino Kasey Perry-Glass Horse: Goerklintgaards Laura Graves Horse: Verdades |
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| Individual Jumping | From Team Quota | |
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| Team Jumping | Devin Ryan Horse: Eddie Blue Adrienne Sternlicht Horse: Cristalline Laura Kraut Horse: Zeremonie McLain Ward Horse: Clinta |
Gymnastics
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Individual Artistic Events | From Team Quota | |
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| Women’s Team Artistic All-Around | Simone Biles Kara Eaker Morgan Hurd Grace McCallum Riley McCusker |
Sailing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Laser | Charlie Buckingham | |
| Women’s Laser Radial | Paige Railey | |
| Men’s 470 | Stuart McNay David Hughes |
Shooting
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1)(2) | Michael McPhail | |
| George Norton | ||
| Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Sarah Beard | |
| Men’s 10m Air Rifle | Dempster Christenson | |
| Women’s 10m Air Rifle | Minden Miles | |
| Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle | Eligible to Compete | |
| Women’s 25m Pistol | Alexis Lagan | |
| Men’s 10m Air Pistol | James Hall | |
| Women’s Trap | Kayle Browning | |
| Men’s Skeet (1)(2) | Vincent Hancock | |
| Frank Thompson | ||
| Women’s Skeet | Caitlin Connor | |
| Kimberly Rhode |