The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, has participated in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games and is currently first on the all-time medal table. The nation used to be a dominant Paralympic power in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, but has steadily declined since the 1990s to a point where it finished sixth in the 2012 Summer Paralympics medal count. The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. It also hosted the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta and 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.

Red border color indicates host nation status.

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Medals by Summer Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank by Gold medals Rank by Total medals 1960 Rome 11 7 7 25 5 5 1964 Tokyo 50 41 32 123 1 1 1968 Tel-Aviv 33 27 39 99 1 1 1972 Heidelberg 17 27 31 75 2 1 1976 Toronto 66 44 45 155 1 1 1980 Arnhem 75 66 54 195 1 1 1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville 137 131 129 397 1 1 1988 Seoul 91 90 88 269 1 1 1992 Barcelona 75 52 48 175 1 1 1996 Atlanta 46 46 65 157 1 1 2000 Sydney 36 39 34 109 5 3 2004 Athens 27 22 39 88 4 4 2008 Beijing 36 35 28 99 3 3 2012 London 31 29 38 98 6 4 2016 Rio de Janeiro 40 44 31 115 4 4 2020 Tokyo 37 36 31 104 3 4 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Future event Total 808 736 739 2283 1 1

Medals by Winter Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank by Gold medals Rank by Total medals 1976 Örnsköldsvik 0 0 0 0 – – 1980 Geilo 4 1 1 6 6 7 1984 Innsbruck 7 14 14 35 5 4 1988 Innsbruck 7 17 6 30 6 4 1992 Tignes-Albertville 20 16 9 45 1 1 1994 Lillehammer 24 12 7 43 3 3 1998 Nagano 13 8 13 34 3 4 2002 Salt Lake City 10 22 11 43 2 1 2006 Turin 7 2 3 12 5 7 2010 Vancouver 4 5 4 13 6 5 2014 Sochi 2 7 9 18 8 3 2018 Pyeongchang 13 15 8 36 1 1 2022 Beijing 6 11 3 20 5 4 2026 Milan-Cortina Future event Total 117 130 88 335 2 2

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Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 385 389 368 1142 Swimming 283 215 226 724 Archery 20 8 17 45 Road cycling 19 28 20 67 Wrestling 15 2 0 17 Table tennis 14 15 24 53 Wheelchair basketball 13 2 8 23 Equestrian 9 8 3 20 Track cycling 7 13 12 32 Weightlifting 7 9 9 25 Wheelchair tennis 6 7 4 17 Powerlifting 6 3 5 14 Paratriathlon 5 3 1 9 Goalball 3 6 3 12 Dartchery 3 3 2 8 Wheelchair rugby 3 2 2 7 Judo 2 7 13 22 Lawn bowls 2 3 7 12 Boccia 2 2 3 7 Volleyball 2 2 1 5 Sailing 1 3 3 7 Shooting 1 1 3 5 Football 7-a-side 1 0 0 1 Rowing 0 3 2 5 Snooker 0 2 0 2 Wheelchair fencing 0 1 2 3 Paracanoe 0 1 0 1 Parataekwondo 0 0 1 1 Totals (28 entries) 809 738 739 2286 The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current summer sports or disciplines: badminton and football 5-a-side.

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 92 97 70 259 Cross-country skiing 9 20 10 39 Snowboarding 6 7 4 17 Biathlon 5 6 3 14 Para ice hockey 5 0 1 6 Totals (5 entries) 117 130 88 335 The United States has never won a Paralympic medal in the following current winter sport: wheelchair curling.

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Best results in non-medalling sports:

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Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Badminton	Did not participate
Football 5-a-side	Did not participate
Winter
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Wheelchair curling	4th	Augusto Perez Patrick McDonald James Pierce Jacqui Kapinowski James Joseph Steve Brown	Mixed tournament in 2010

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When a US athlete wins an Olympic medal, as of 2016, the USOPC paid the winner $25,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver, and $10,000 for bronze.^[1] The USOPC increased the payouts by 25% to $37,000 for gold, $22,500 for silver, and $15,000 for bronze beginning in 2017.^[2] These numbers are significantly lower than in other countries, where Olympic gold medalists receive up to $1 million from their governments for a gold medal.^[3][4] Since 2018, payouts to Paralympic athletes have been the same as to the Olympians. The International Paralympic Committee noted that "'Operation Gold Awards' for [American] Paralympic athletes [would] be increased by as much as 400 percent."^[5]

• United States at the Olympics