SPOTLIGHT

Honoring our past as we celebrate some of the remarkable accomplishments by the women of Team USA

Olympic Moment

Billy Mills: Plenty of Motivation

Billy Mills posted one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history, when he won the 10,000-meter run at Tokyo 1964; a Native American from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Mills continues to use his voice to advance Native American issues.

Keeping score: How the Lake Placid scoreboard panel made it to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum

The scoreboard will read United States 4, Soviet Union 3, but one item not yet decided about the Lake Placid 1980 scoreboard that will hang in the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum: How much time should be on the game clock?

Meet the Newest Hall of Famers

Get to know the incredible men and women who were inducted into the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019.

Erin Popovich: Swimming to her place on the wall

Erin Popovich took up swimming at age 12 and less than one year later was competing in national championships. She won 19 medals over three Paralympic Games

40 years later: Finding comfort in talking about the Moscow 1980 boycott

The members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team can be divided into two categories: Those who competed in another Olympic Games and those who never had another chance.

Inside Shannon Miller’s decision to donate The Scrunchie to the Museum

Shannon Miller wore her famous scrunchie in every big meet for six years to keep her hair out of the way and prevent it from distracting judges.

A look back at Lake Placid

40 years later, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Digital Museum looks back at key events and moments from Lake Placid 1980, where the U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team pulled off the Miracle on Ice and speed skater Eric Heiden won an unprecedented five gold medals.

OlYMPICS & Paralympics in the united states

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Due to the difficulty of getting to St. Louis and European tensions caused by the Russo-Japanese War, only 62 athletes came from outside North America.

Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Winter Games

The Olympic Winter Games came to the United States for the first time. Lake Placid native Jack Shea won two gold medals in speed skating, the first athlete to win multiple gold medals in a single Olympic Winter Games.

Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games

Participation dropped to its lowest level in 28 years because of the Great Depression, but several new concepts made their debut: an Olympic Village (for male athletes), Victory Podium and a shortened period of competition.

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT

Honoring our past as we celebrate some of the remarkable accomplishments by the women of Team USA

Olympic Moment

Billy Mills: Plenty of Motivation

MORE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Keeping score: How the Lake Placid scoreboard panel made it to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum

Meet the Newest Hall of Famers

Erin Popovich: Swimming to her place on the wall

MORE IN SPOTLIGHT

40 years later: Finding comfort in talking about the Moscow 1980 boycott

Inside Shannon Miller’s decision to donate The Scrunchie to the Museum

A look back at Lake Placid

OlYMPICS & Paralympics in the united states

St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games

Lake Placid 1932 Olympic Winter Games

Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games