US OLYMPIC CITIES

Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games

The Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games set attendance records for a Winter Games, selling more than 1.5 million tickets and attracting a daily average of more than 70,000 fans per day.

Norway’s 13 gold medals tied the Soviet Union in 1976 for most gold medals won in an Olympic Winter Games and Germany’s 36 total medals were an Olympic Winter Games record. Non-traditional sports such as Moguls, Aerials and Snowboarding emerged as popular sports. Athletes from 18 different nations won gold medals, including the first-ever Olympic Winter Games gold medals for China and Australia.

Olympic Highlights

Nations: 78
Athletes: 2,390 (1,513 men, 886 women)
Disciplines: 15
Medal Count: Germany 36 (12 gold, 16 silver, 8 bronze); United States 34 (10 gold, 13 silver, 11 bronze); Norway 25 (13 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze)
New Sports: women’s bobsled, skeleton (first time since 1948)

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Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games

The United States' women's teams enjoyed resounding success at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, capturing the first-ever gold medals in women's soccer and softball, as well as winning gold in women's gymnastics team all-around and women's basketball.

Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games

The first Olympic Games held without government financing since the first modern Games in 1896, the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games became a model for the future with its reliance on existing facilities and corporate sponsors, turning a $223 million profit.

Squaw Valley 1960 Olympic Winter Games

Landowner Alexander Cushing had a dream of turning an uninhabited valley near Lake Tahoe into the host of the Olympic Winter Games. Within five years, Squaw Valley transformed from an undeveloped site into a fully functioning town.