The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the Winter Olympic Games. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

Hosted Games The United States has hosted the Winter Games on four occasions, more than any other nation. It is scheduled to host for a fifth time in 2034. Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events 1932 Winter Olympics Lake Placid, New York February 7–15 17 252 141960 Winter Olympics Squaw Valley, California February 2–20 30 665 271980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid, New York February 13–24 37 1,072 382002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City, Utah February 8–24 77 2,399 782034 Winter Olympics February 10–26 TBA TBA TBA

Medal tables

Medals by Winter Games

Best results Gold medals – 12 (2026 Winter Olympics) Total medals – 37 (2010 Winter Olympics)

Medals by winter sport

Updated on February 22, 2026

*This table includes two medals – one silver awarded in the ice hockey and one bronze awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Biathlon is currently the only winter sport in which the United States has never won an Olympic medal.

Flagbearers

+ Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport Clarence Abel Ice hockey Godfrey Dewey Cross-country skiing () Billy Fiske Bobsleigh Rolf Monsen Cross-country skiing Jack Heaton Skeleton & Bobsleigh Jim Bickford Bobsleigh Jim Bickford Bobsleigh Don McDermott Speed skating Bill Disney Speed skating Terry McDermott Speed skating Dianne Holum Speed skating Cindy Nelson Alpine skiing Scott Hamilton Figure skating Frank Masley Luge Lyle Nelson Biathlon Bill Koch Cross-country skiing Cammy Myler Luge Eric Flaim Speed skating Amy Peterson Short track speed skating Chris Witty Speed skating Mark Grimmette Luge Todd Lodwick Nordic combined Erin Hamlin Luge Brittany Bowe Speed skating John Shuster Curling2026 Milano CortinaErin JacksonSpeed skatingFrank Del DucaBobsleigh

Medals by winter sport Current sports Ice hockey Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1920 Antwerp 0 1 0 1 1924 Chamonix 0 1 0 1 1928 St Moritz did not participate 1932 Lake Placid 0 1 0 1 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 0 0 1 1 1948 St Moritz participated unofficially 1952 Oslo 0 1 0 1 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 0 1 0 1 1960 Squaw Valley 1 0 0 1 1964 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 1968 Grenoble 0 0 0 0 1972 Sapporo 0 1 0 1 1976 Innsbruck 0 0 0 0 1980 Lake Placid 1 0 0 1 1984 Sarajevo 0 0 0 0 1988 Calgary 0 0 0 0 1992 Albertville 0 0 0 0 1994 Lillehammer 0 0 0 0 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 1 2002 Salt Lake City 0 2 0 2 2006 Turin 0 0 1 1 2010 Vancouver 0 2 0 2 2014 Sochi 0 1 0 1 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 1 2022 Beijing 0 1 0 1 2026 Milano Cortina 2 0 0 2 Total 6 12 2 20

Russia–United States rivalry Russia (in all its incarnations) and the United States each have won more Olympic medals than any other nation. Russia topped the overall medal count at 7 Summer Olympics and 8 Winter Olympics, while the United States placed first at 19 Summer Olympics and 1 Winter Olympics.

Medal totals of the Soviet Union/Unified Team/Russia/OAR/ROC and the United States since 1956, when the Soviet Union started to compete, are presented below.

RussiaGamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 7 3 6 16 1 7 5 9 21 1 11 8 6 25 1 5 5 3 13 2 8 5 3 16 1 13 6 8 27 1 10 6 6 22 1 6 10 9 25 2 11 9 9 29 1 9 6 8 23 2 11 8 4 23 1 9 6 3 18 3 5 4 4 13 5 8 6 8 22 4 3 5 7 15 11 10 10 9 29 2 2 6 9 17 13 5 12 15 32 9 0 1 0 1 25 Future event Future event Total 140 120 126 386 3

United StatesGamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 2 3 2 7 6 3 4 3 10 3 1 2 4 7 8 1 5 1 7 9 3 2 3 8 5 3 3 4 10 3 6 4 2 12 3 4 4 0 8 3 2 1 3 6 9 5 4 2 11 5 6 5 2 13 5 6 3 4 13 5 10 13 11 34 3 9 9 7 25 2 9 15 13 37 3 9 9 10 28 4 9 8 6 23 4 9 9 7 25 3 12 12 9 33 2 Future event Future event Total 109 115 93 317 4

Overall, the United States (1924–present) has won 126 gold and 363 total medals, and Russia (1956–present) has won 140 gold and 386 total medals.

Ice hockey

The 1980 hockey game between the U.S. and USSR was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", when American college players defeated the heavily favored seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union on the way to a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the favorites to win once more. Though ice hockey is not a major sport in most areas of the United States, the "Miracle" is often listed as one of the all-time greatest American sporting achievements. The U.S. also won the gold medal in the 1960 Games at Squaw Valley, California, defeating the Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden along the way. However, since this victory is not as well known as the 1980 win, it has come to be known as the "Forgotten Miracle".

The U.S. and the Soviet Union next met at the Olympics in 1988. As in 1980, the Soviets were represented by their star-studded veterans, while the Americans fielded a team of college players. The Soviets won the encounter 7–5 and went on to win the gold medal, while the U.S. placed seventh.

The two teams met again at the 1992 Olympics in a semi-final match. There, the Unified Team (the successor to the Soviet Union) won 5–2. While some stars had left the Soviet Union to play in the NHL, the Unified Team still boasted many veterans from their domestic professional league, while the Americans were represented primarily by college players. The Unified Team eventually won the gold medal, while the U.S. placed fourth.

The U.S. and Russia (the successor to the Unified Team) met twice at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The Americans won both games 5–2 en route to the tournament championship.

The U.S., coached by Herb Brooks, and Russia, coached by Slava Fetisov, met twice in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, which included a 2–2 round-robin draw and a 3–2 semi-final win for the Americans. The semi-final match was played 22 years to the day after the "Miracle on Ice" game. The U.S. eventually won silver, while Russia won bronze.

The two teams met in the quarterfinals of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, with the U.S. earning a decisive 5–3 victory.

The U.S. and Russia played each other in a round-robin game at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The game was tied 2–2 after overtime before the Americans prevailed in an eight-round shootout, with T. J. Oshie scoring on 4 of 6 attempts for the United States. The match has been dubbed by some as the "Marathon on Ice" due to its length. Both teams, however, failed to medal; the Americans finished fourth (losing in the semis to Canada and to Finland in the bronze medal game), while the Russians placed fifth (losing to Finland in the quarterfinals).

See also United States at the Olympics United States at the Summer Olympics List of United States Olympic medalists

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