The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games except the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott. The United States Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,522 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 282 at the Winter Olympic Games. Most medals have been won in athletics and swimming. Thomas Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the O