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Games: 47 games in 22 countries
Events: 590 distinct events in 56 sports

Participants: 8,470 (6,365 men and 2,105 women)
Youngest Participant: Dorothy Poynton-Hill (13 years, 24 days), 1928 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: Samuel Duvall (68 years, 194 days), 1904 Summer Games
Most Medals (Athlete): Michael Phelps (16 medals)

47 Games

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Rk Games Flag Bearer Participants Men Women Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Top Medalist(s)
1 2008 Summer Lopez Lomong 589 307 282 32 36 38 36 110 Michael Phelps (8 medals)
2 2006 Winter Chris Witty 204 117 87 15 9 9 7 25 Apolo Anton Ohno and Chad Hedrick (3 medals)
3 2004 Summer Dawn Staley 533 279 254 31 36 39 27 102 Michael Phelps (8 medals)
4 2002 Winter Amy Peterson 202 115 87 15 10 13 11 34 4 athletes with 2 medals
5 2000 Summer Cliff Meidl 586 333 253 31 36 24 31 91 Dara Torres (5 medals)
6 1998 Winter Eric Flaim 186 105 81 14 6 3 4 13 Chris Witty (2 medals)
7 1996 Summer Bruce Baumgartner 646 375 271 31 44 32 25 101 3 athletes with 4 medals
8 1994 Winter Cammy Myler 147 95 52 12 6 5 2 13 4 athletes with 2 medals
9 1992 Summer Francie Larrieu-Smith 545 355 190 28 37 34 37 108 Shannon Miller (5 medals)
10 1992 Winter Bill Koch 147 97 50 12 5 4 2 11 Cathy Turner and Bonnie Blair (2 medals)
11 1988 Summer Evelyn Ashford 527 332 195 27 36 31 27 94 Matt Biondi (7 medals)
12 1988 Winter Lyle Nelson 117 86 31 10 2 1 3 6 Bonnie Blair (2 medals)
13 1984 Summer Ed Burke 521 338 183 25 83 61 30 174 Mary Lou Retton (5 medals)
14 1984 Winter Frank Masley 107 77 30 10 4 4 8 9 athletes with 1 medal
15 1980 Winter Scott Hamilton 101 76 25 10 6 4 2 12 Eric Heiden (5 medals)
16 1976 Summer Gary Hall 396 278 118 19 34 35 25 94 Shirley Babashoff and John Naber (5 medals)
17 1976 Winter Cindy Nelson 106 76 30 10 3 3 4 10 Sheila Young (3 medals)
18 1972 Summer Olga Fikotová-Connolly 400 316 84 21 33 31 30 94 Mark Spitz (7 medals)
19 1972 Winter Dianne Holum 103 77 26 10 3 2 3 8 Anne Henning and Dianne Holum (2 medals)
20 1968 Summer Jan York-Romary 357 274 83 18 45 28 34 107 4 athletes with 4 medals
21 1968 Winter Richard "Terry" McDermott 95 74 21 10 1 5 1 7 Dianne Holum (2 medals)
22 1964 Summer Parry O'Brien 346 267 79 19 36 26 28 90 3 athletes with 4 medals
23 1964 Winter Bill Disney 89 71 18 10 1 2 4 7 Jean Saubert (2 medals)
24 1960 Summer Rafer Johnson 292 241 51 17 34 21 16 71 Chris von Saltza (4 medals)
25 1960 Winter Don McDermott 79 61 18 8 3 4 3 10 Penny Pitou (2 medals)
26 1956 Summer Norman Cohn-Armitage 297 251 46 18 32 25 17 74 3 athletes with 3 medals
27 1956 Winter Jim Bickford, Jr. 67 57 10 8 2 3 2 7 26 athletes with 1 medal
28 1956 Equestrian John E. B. Wofford 8 7 1 1
29 1952 Summer Norman Cohn-Armitage 286 245 41 18 40 19 17 76 Ford Konno (3 medals)
30 1952 Winter Jim Bickford, Jr. 66 56 10 8 4 6 1 11 3 athletes with 2 medals
31 1948 Summer Ralph Craig 300 262 38 19 38 27 19 84 5 athletes with 3 medals
32 1948 Winter Jack Heaton 69 59 10 9 3 4 2 9 Gretchen Fraser (2 medals)
33 1936 Summer Al Jochim 310 269 41 20 24 20 12 56 Jesse Owens (4 medals)
34 1936 Winter Rolf Monsen 55 46 9 8 1 3 4 16 athletes with 1 medal
35 1932 Summer Morgan Taylor 281 247 34 16 41 32 30 103 Helene Madison and Babe Didrikson (3 medals)
36 1932 Winter Billy Fiske 64 58 6 7 6 4 2 12 Irving Jaffee and Jack Shea (2 medals)
37 1928 Summer Clarence "Bud" Houser 234 197 37 14 22 18 16 56 11 athletes with 2 medals
38 1928 Winter Godfrey Dewey, MD 24 21 3 7 2 2 2 6 Jennison Heaton (2 medals)
39 1924 Summer Pat McDonald 297 274 23 17 45 27 27 99 Johnny Weissmuller (4 medals)
40 1924 Winter Clarence Abel 24 22 2 6 1 2 1 4 12 athletes with 1 medal
41 1920 Summer Pat McDonald 288 274 14 18 41 27 27 95 Willis Lee and Lloyd Spooner (7 medals)
42 1912 Summer George Bonhag 174 174 0 10 25 19 19 63 Carl Osburn (4 medals)
43 1908 Summer Ralph Rose 122 122 0 10 23 12 12 47 Mel Sheppard and Martin Sheridan (3 medals)
44 1906 Summer Matthew Halpin 38 38 0 5 12 6 6 24 Martin Sheridan (5 medals)
45 1904 Summer 530 524 6 18 75 78 78 231 3 athletes with 6 medals
46 1900 Summer 75 68 7 10 19 14 14 47 Irv Baxter and Walter Tewksbury (5 medals)
47 1896 Summer 14 14 0 3 11 7 2 20 Bob Garrett (4 medals)