query: Lymelife is a comedy-drama podcast.

pos: Lymelife Lymelife is a 2008 independent comedy-drama film written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini , and directed by Derick Martini , depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from the perspective of a teenager . The film stars Alec Baldwin , Rory Culkin , and Emma Roberts . Martin Scorsese served as an executive producer .   The film debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival , in September 2008 and won the International Federation of Film Critics Award ( FIPRESCI ) . After its theatrical release in 2009 , writer director Derick Martini was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director .

neg: Loveline Loveline is a podcast , formerly a syndicated radio call-in program in North America , offering medical and relationship advice to listeners , often with the assistance of guests , typically actors and musicians . Its host through most of its run was Dr. Drew Pinsky , who would be paired with a radio personality . Pinsky left the show in April 2016 . After a hiatus , the show was rebooted as a podcast with Amber Rose as host .   Loveline was broadcast live , Sundays through Thursdays at 10pm -- midnight PT ( Mondays through Fridays at 1am -- 3am ET ) . Its flagship station was KROQ-FM in Los Angeles . Syndication was usually on rock , alternative , and adult talk radio stations . Loveline could also be heard online anywhere in the world , by streaming through the websites of affiliate stations . It is currently a weekly show and is available online .

neg: Lewis Costello Lewis Costello ( born 7 February 1993 ) is an English comedian , writer , and actor . His style involves storytelling and discussing popular culture . Stuart Holmes of CityLife commented ; `` Running through a mixture of laddish humour , original observations , and a particularly clever deconstruction of Biblical events ... He has both the confidence and material to go far in a competitive industry , and is certainly a talent to watch out for in the near future . ''

neg: A VerySpatial Podcast A VerySpatial Podcast is an award winning , weekly podcast that provides information on geography and geospatial technologies . The podcast comments on GIS 's impact on digital daily lives .   The podcast seeks to cover current trends in the GIS technology industry and receives mention in industry blogs . The crew has also been interviewed by Directions Magazine .

neg: The Comedy The Comedy is a 2012 drama film directed and co-written by Rick Alverson , and starring Tim Heidecker . Supporting actors include Eric Wareheim ( Tim and Eric ) , James Murphy ( LCD Soundsystem ) , and Gregg Turkington ( better known as Neil Hamburger ) . The film was premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival 2012 . The film was distributed by Tribeca Film and was slated for theatrical release on November 9 , 2012 and nationwide On Demand starting October 24 , 2012 .   Despite the title and use of comedians as actors , Sundance festival chief programmer Trevor Groth says that the film is not a comedy , but instead `` a provocation , a critique of a culture based at its core around irony and sarcasm and about ultimately how hollow that is . ''   The first ten minutes of the film was purposely leaked onto various torrent websites with an anti-piracy statement at the end of the video . The resulting publicity made the actual film the most pirated independent film of the year .

neg: We're Alive, A Story of Survival We 're Alive -- A Story of Survival is a story that follows a large group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse in downtown Los Angeles , California . The current version of the audio drama is produced by Wayland Productions , and is distributed through CD/Digital downloads by Blackstone Audio and also through the Nerdist Podcast Network .

neg: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes You Made It Weird is a semi-weekly comedy interview podcast hosted by comedian Pete Holmes on the Nerdist network since October 25 , 2011 . The show originated under the premise that Holmes would ask his guest , usually a fellow comedian , about three `` weird '' things he knew about them , but the show has since evolved into a much more loose conversation about such complex topics as comedy , religion , and sexuality .   While initially focusing on interviews with comedians , an increasing number of guests from other fields have appeared on the show , including musicians , pastors , scientists , and authors . Many guests comment on Holmes ' unique laugh , which tends to be very loud and borderline obnoxious . Katie Levine is the producer of the podcast .   The show is usually recorded in-studio at the Nerdist studio at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles , California . Since March 21 , 2012 , Holmes has recorded multiple live episodes of the podcast , in Austin at South by Southwest , New York , Bloomington , Chicago , Montreal , Quebec , San Francisco , Los Angeles at the LA Riot Festival , and Toronto at Just For Laughs . These have featured several guests rather than the usual one , and focus more on comedy rather than the in-depth discussion of a regular episode .

neg: Life (UK TV series) Life is a British nature documentary series created and produced by the BBC in association with The Open University . It was first broadcast as part of the BBC 's Darwin Season on BBC One and BBC HD from October to December 2009 . The series takes a global view of the specialised strategies and extreme behaviour that living things have developed in order to survive ; what Charles Darwin termed `` the struggle for existence '' . Four years in the making , the series was shot entirely in high definition .   Life premiered on 12 October 2009 in the United Kingdom consisting of ten 50-minute episodes . The opening programme gives a general introduction to the series , a second look at plants , and the remainder are dedicated to some of the major animal groups . They aim to show common features that have contributed to the success of each group , and to document intimate and dramatic moments in the lives of selected species chosen for their charisma or their extraordinary behaviour . A ten-minute making-of feature Life on Location aired at the end of each episode , taking the total running time to 60 minutes .   Life is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University . It is distributed under licence by the BBC in over 50 other countries , including by the Discovery Channel in the United States and Skai TV in Greece . The original script was written and narrated by David Attenborough .

neg: List of 1998 This American Life episodes In 1998 , there were 31 new This American Life episodes .   Numbers lie . Numbers cover over complicated feelings and ambiguous situations . In this week 's show , stories of people trying to use numbers to describe things that should not be quantified . 1998-01-02   Stories about people who are destined to fight : brothers and sisters . 1998-01-09   Stories of who we are on the phone , of things we learn on the phone , and of things that happen on the phone that do n't happen anywhere else . 1998-01-16   Stories of people trying to escape the box of their own lives , and create new lives . 1998-01-30   Stories about those moments when someone tries to tell you a little bit more about themselves than you 'd really rather know . 1998-02-07   Stories about couples that all take place decades after that moment their eyes first meet . 1998-02-14   What happens during a `` how-to , '' and what our how-to 's say about us . Most how-to 's promise that you 'll not only learn skills , you 'll be transformed . 1998-02-27   How should we react to people who are in non-monogamous relationships ? What should we think of these struggles with monogamy ? 1998-03-07   People who left their private lives and were seized by some huge historical moment . 1998-03-13   An assault on the idea of wackiness . And then , an appreciation of wackiness , and an analysis of wackiness in American culture . Thirteen ways to describe wackiness . 1998-03-20   Stories about what it means to be a person who throws the first punch ... and how hard it is to give up . 1998-03-27   Variations on what it means to be a girl and what it means to be a woman . 1998-04-10   For the 100th episode of This American Life , a radio show about the pleasures of radio . About what makes radio so great ... and what makes it so terrible . 1998-04-24   During this hour , a special edition of our show : stories about Niagara Falls , half of them from documentary producer Alix Spiegel , who went to the Falls and interviewed people living there ; and half from playwright David Kodeski , who grew up in the town of Niagara Falls . 1998-05-01   With all the American movies and songs and books about the joy of the open road , it 's hard for an American to take just a normal road trip without huge expectations . 1998-05-15   An NPR reporter leaves her three-year-old son and heads to Omaha -- for cancer treatment -- a last chance to save her life . After years of covering stories about medicine , Rebecca Perl enters the hospital as a patient . She moves from the world of healthy people into the world of sick ones . What she sees and what she learns . 1998-05-29   What 's frustrating about music lessons , what 's miraculous about them , and what they actually teach us . This show was recorded in front of a live audience at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco , with help from KQED-FM , during the '98 Public Radio Conference in San Francisco . 1998-06-05   Two stories of people who try to cross the color line -- and why it 's still so hard . We hear the story of a failed interracial marriage and the story of a teenager from a poor inner city neighborhood ( Cedric Jennings , pictured ) who ends up at an Ivy League University -- and how he barely survives there . 1998-06-12   For this Father 's Day , stories in which fathers and their kids sit down and try to have an honest moment together . And stories about fathers who are n't close with their kids . 1998-06-19   For the July 4th holiday weekend , writer Sarah Vowell and her twin sister re-trace the `` Trail of Tears '' -- the route their Cherokee ancestors took when expelled from their own land by President Andrew Jackson . 1998-07-03   Two stories of children lying to themselves and others . A woman who 'd been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis talks about the lies she told herself as a child . And Dan Gediman tells the story of how he was cast in the public TV show Zoom , which aired from 1972 to 1979 , at the age of ten . Then he was cut from the cast before the show ever went on the air . So for years , he lied about it . He let friends believe he was on Zoom . 1998-08-07   Stories of summer camp . People who love camp say that non-camp people simply do n't understand what 's so amazing about camp . In this program , we attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between camp people and non-camp people . 1998-08-28   Five ways of mapping the world . One story about people who make maps the traditional way -- by drawing things we can see . And other stories about people who map the world using smell , sound , touch , and taste . The world redrawn by the five senses . 1998-09-04   Two brothers set out with a friend to cross America on horseback . They take a tape recorder with them to make a kind of audio journal of their trip . What they find , who they meet , and what they learn in this experiment in 19th-century travel . Plus other stories . 1998-09-11   Germs , and how they make us leave the world of rational thinking . 1998-10-02   What happens when you suddenly strike it rich . And the power money has over our lives , for good and bad . 1998-10-16   Stories of people 's last words before death . Their one last shot at figuring things out , summing things up . One last moment of asserting the fact of our existence , at the moment of our annihilation . 1998-10-23   Stories of the first day on the job , the first day in a relationship , the first day in school . On the first day , any first day , we 're expected to live by the rules and customs of the culture we 're entering , but we do n't know those rules and customs just yet . 1998-11-13   For Thanksgiving , the time of year when poultry consumption is highest , it 's our annual program about turkeys , chickens , and fowl of all types . 1998-11-27   The family table is stage on which many family dramas are played out . We hear three stories ... of three families ... at three meals . 1998-12-11   Stories about seeing and being seen . Taped before a live audience in Town Hall in New York City in December 1998 , this was a co-production with WNYC New York , featuring live music by the pop band They Might Be Giants and the This American Life Orchestra . 1998-12-18

neg: Music of Life Music of Life is a British independent dance music label formed in 1986 by two influential DJ remixers , Froggy and Simon Harris , managed by Chris France . Following several successful productions , one of which reached No. 3 in the UK pop music charts ( The Real Thing 's ` You to me are Everything ' ) Harris and Froggy decided to launch their own label , they were offered a label deal by Morgan Khan ( Streetwave ) and the first release was a remix by the duo of Cerrone 's ` Supernature ' ( his ` Music of Life song was the inspiration for the label name ) . Within a few months Froggy left the label and Streetwave went out of business . Harris being active in remixing and production for many other artists and labels financed the label with his remix income . After the demise of Streetwave Harris and France decided to re-launch as a British hip-hop ( usually UK Hip Hop , ) music label . Music of Life opened an office in London 's Soho at 22 Hanway Street , Chris France and his sister Michelle spent their days in the busy Soho office whilst Simon could usually be found in his home studio ` The Bunker ' producing many of the Music of Life releases .   At first the label licensed new rap music from US production company Powerplay for the first compilation album ` Def Beats 1 ' but as an addition to the US material Harris produced an extra track , under his own ` Music of Life Productions ' recorded in London by the label 's A&R man Derek Boland . ` Rock the Beat ' by Derek B created a demand for British hip-hop and the demo tapes started to arrive , Music of Life signed the best artists instead of licensing more US material and Harris would produce many new songs featuring artists including M.C Duke , The Demon Boyz ( Million Dan ) , Thrashpack , Asher D and Daddy Freddy , CJ Macintosh & Einstein , She Rockers ( Betty Boo ) , Hijack and many more .   Many of these recordings broke ground and are still considered to be highly innovative , the first reggae/hip-hop combination ( Asher D & Daddy Freddy 's ` Ragamuffin Hip Hop ) and Derek B 's album would be licensed to US label ` Profile ' ( Run DMC ) , Hijack would be signed to Ice-T 's Rhyme syndicate label and many more . Music Week wrote that Music of Life was `` the most successful hip hop label in the UK right now '' , in 1988 . Record Mirror identified Music of Life as one of the few hip hop labels `` to believe in home grown talent '' . In 1989 , Studio Week magazine called Music of Life `` the foremost rap label in this country at the moment . ''   So far the Music of Life catalog of recordings and copyrights under Music of Life Productions and released on many labels worldwide including Music of Life have exceeded 2000 titles and include music videos and documentary TV shows ( ` Kings of Rap ' - MTV ) .   Music of Life is one of the UK 's longest running independent dance music labels ( 1986 -- present day ) and the catalog has been licensed and released in over 70 countries with many chart hits including the UK , Germany , Japan , France and the USA ( Harris 's ` Bass ' how low can you go ? was a No. 1 Billboard US chart hit ) and many Grammy award winning artists ( Luthor Vandross , REM , Beastie Boys , Beck ) have licensed from the Music of Life catalog .   Sister label ` Living Beat ' was launched in 1989 and would release many dance music , house and pop recordings with chart success including ` Supermarioland ' reaching No. 6 in the UK pop charts with Harris 's AKA ` Ambassadors of Funk ' in association with Nintendo , Samantha Fox 's Song for Europe entry ` Go for the Heart ' and was instrumental in helping Prince achieve his first UK No1 pop single ` The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ' .   Harris also produced the world 's best selling series of ` Breakbeat ' albums used by DJs and producers , ` Beats Breaks and Scratches ' in 12 volumes and worked with top artists Norman Cook ( Fatboy Slim ) , Paul Oakenfold , Afrika Bambaataa and George Clinton to produce and release similar albums that are part of the Music of Life catalog . Music of Life is now a registered trademark .   The Music of Life catalog includes songs from :   M.C. Duke & D.J. Leader 1  Thrashpack  She Rockers ( featuring * Betty Boo )  Daddy Freddy  Asher D  Tenor Fly  Nitty Gritty  Derek B  Hijack  Hardnoise  3 Knights  DJ Daddy  Leslie Lyrics  Norman Cook  Paul Oakenfold  George Clinton  Simon Harris ( label founder )  Einstein  Ambassadors of Funk  Afrika Bambaataa  Demon Boyz  Professor Griff  Clyde Stubblefield  Killa Instinct  S.L. Troopers  First Frontal Assault  Kobalt 60  Overlord X

neg: Loose Talk Costs Lives Loose Talk Costs Lives are a London , UK based band who present a diverse form of popular music , taking influence from artists such as XTC , Four Brothers , Talking Heads , Owls and Steve Reich .   James Rapson ( guitars and vocals ) , Oliver Route ( guitars ) , Tim Clay ( guitars , keys ) Liam Klimek ( bass ) and Greg Round ( drums ) all met whilst studying at University in Leeds before forming at the start of 2010 . The band have since supported the likes of Wild Beasts , Two Door Cinema Club , Maps and Atlases and Good Shoes around the UK .   In December 2010 they released their first double A-side single `` Some Nice Flowers / Wreck Ashore '' and in Spring/Summer 2011 they are due to release their debut EP `` Wax and Gold '' - recorded and produced by James Kenosha ( Grammatics , Chapel Club , Dinosaur Pile-Up and Pulled Apart By Horses ) .

neg: Thug Notes Thug Notes is an American educational web series that summarizes and analyzes various literary works in a comedic manner . Thug Notes first aired on June 3 , 2013 , on YouTube , with the pilot episode centered on Crime and Punishment . The host of the series is Sparky Sweets , Ph.D. , portrayed by actor and comedian Greg Edwards .

neg: Procedural drama A procedural drama is a genre of television programming which focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency , legislative body , or court of law . Some dramas include a lab or conference room with high-tech or state-of-the-art equipment where the main characters meet to work out the problem . Shows usually have an episodic format that does not require the viewer to have seen previous episodes . Episodes typically have a self-contained , also referred to as stand-alone , plot that is introduced and resolved within the same episode .   The procedural format is popular around the world . In 2011 , the director of a TV consultancy said , `` The continuing trend is for procedurals because they use a predictable structure . '' Due to their stand-alone episodic nature , they are more accessible to new viewers than serials . Self-contained episodes also make it easier for viewers to return to a show if they have missed some episodes . In general , procedural dramas can usually be re-run with little concern for episode order .   Procedurals are often criticized for being formulaic . Procedurals are also generally less character-driven than serialized shows . However , some procedurals have more character emphasis than is typical of the format . Some may occasionally feature a storyline stretching over several episodes .   A popular variant is the police procedural .

neg: Youngers Youngers is a British comedy drama series created by Benjamin Kuffuor and Levi David Addai . It began airing on E4 on 20 March 2013 . It is produced by Big Talk Productions .  The series has been picked up for international distribution by BBC Worldwide .

neg: Life with the Lyons Life with the Lyons was a British radio and television domestic sitcom from the 1950s ( 1950 -- 1961 on radio , 1955 -- 1960 on television ) .

neg: Lemon La Vida Loca Lemon La Vida Loca is a British spoof reality show created and written by , and starring , comedian Leigh Francis and actress Laura Aikman . The show 's title is a parody of Ricky Martin 's 1999 hit single `` Livin ' la Vida Loca '' .   The series follows the character of television personality Keith Lemon , capturing his home and work life , and everything in between . The series began airing on 2 August 2012 on ITV2 , and concluded its first series on 23 August 2012 . Whilst on Let 's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel , Lemon announced that a Christmas special of Lemon La Vida Loca would air in December . He confirmed this news on his Twitter page as well . A second series began airing on 6 June 2013 . Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series , but she did make an appearance on episode 1 .   It was announced in January 2014 that Lemon La Vida Loca would not be renewed for a third series .

neg: Life in the Snow Life in the Snow is a 2016 British television show created by the BBC Natural History Unit .

neg: That's Life (1998 TV series) That 's Life is an American television sitcom that premiered March 10 , 1998 , on ABC . The series is about a blue-collar family living in Queens .

neg: BCFM BCFM or Bristol Community FM is a community radio station broadcasting to the City of Bristol in the United Kingdom on 93.2 FM . BCfm started broadcasting on 26 March 2007 . This followed many years of community development and radio projects in Bristol , such as radio19 ( the New Deal for Communities ) , Commonwealth fm and B200fm ( Celebration of Brunel 's life ) .   During the summer period of 2009 , BCFM used funding provided by the Youth Opportunities Fund to build a brand new studio to cater for the growing number of presenters working at the station . Studio 2 , also known as `` Blue Studio '' was built next to the current Studio 1 and allows live presenting from either studio with both having the ability to pre-record shows .   BCfm broadcasts in nine different languages and aims to represent the whole of Bristol and Bristol life . A significant amount of local music is played . broadcasts are webcast and a number of podcasts are available on the website . Broadcasts to the local Somali , Polish and Spanish speaking communities amongst others also feature . In addition , BCfm programming is carried by BBC Radio Bristol overnight at weekends .

neg: TVGoHome TVGoHome was a website which parodied the television listings style of the British magazine Radio Times . It was produced fortnightly from 1999 to 2001 , and sporadically until 2003 , by Charlie Brooker . The site now exists only in archive form . TVGoHome columns also appeared for a short time in Loaded magazine , sometimes edited from their original web version .   The website gained a cult following , partly due to its tie-up with the technology newsletter Need To Know , and its use of strong language , surreal imagery and savage satire reminiscent of the work of Chris Morris . Indeed , Morris himself contributed on occasion , under the pseudonym ` Sid Peach ' . Regular targets for ridicule were the Daily Mail , Mick Hucknall of Simply Red , and the TV presenters Rowland Rivron and Nicky Campbell . TVGoHome '' 's most consistent target , however , was fictional . Nathan Barley , an ex-public-school media wannabe living off his parents ' wealth , had his life chronicled in a fly-on-the-wall documentary series ( in the TVGoHome universe ) entitled simply ` Cunt ' . Detailing Barley 's life in comfortably wealthy Westbourne Grove in west London , the programme essentially mocked the `` new media '' scene and its population of middle-class web designers , DJs and magazine producers , their obsessions with absurd fashions and gadgetry , their inevitably feeble attempts at creativity and their tireless and ludicrous efforts to embody the cutting edge of urban cool . A spinoff book of the same title was later released featuring old and new material .   Brooker has cited the increasing absurdity of reality television as one of the main reasons he stopped writing TVGoHome . The ideas for real life shows such as Touch the Truck , in which contestants must continually touch a truck for 24 hours in order to win the truck as a prize , were the kind of idea that at one point would only have existed as a satirical creation of Brooker 's website . Now that they were becoming a reality , Brooker felt it was time to stop .   In 2006 , Brooker began a regular column in The Guardian '' , featuring new TVGoHome listings .

neg: Chelsea (TV series) Chelsea is an American web television late-night talk show hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler . The show debuted on May 11 , 2016 and streams Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday each week worldwide . There will be 90 episodes of the talk show per year and each episode will be 30 minutes . The show tapes Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday of each week that it airs . It is Netflix 's first talk show .   The show covers `` real topics '' with a sense of humor like Chelsea Does , with guest celebrities . Her comedic partner Chuy will not be a part of the series . The show will have a global outlook as Handler said , `` Netflix makes me able to do stories that are global , and it makes me able to pay attention to the stuff that does interest me in a way that will be able to be disseminated into all these different countries . ''   In July 2016 , it was announced that the show has been renewed for a 90-episode second season , which began on April 14 , 2017 .


query: Usain Bolt has won the Olympic 100 m title.

pos: Usain Bolt Usain St Leo Bolt , OJ , CD ( -LSB- ˈjuːseɪn -RSB- born 21 August 1986 ) is a Jamaican sprinter . He is the first person to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory . He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay . He is the reigning world and Olympic champion in these three events . Due to his unprecedented dominance and achievements in sprint competition , he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time .   An eight-time Olympic gold medalist , Bolt won the 100 m , 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games , although he subsequently lost one of the gold medals ( as well as the world record set therein ) nine years after the fact due to teammate Nesta Carter 's disqualification for doping offences . He gained worldwide popularity for his double sprint victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in world record times . Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive olympics ( 2008 , 2012 and 2016 ) , a feat referred to as the `` triple double . ''   An eleven-time World Champion , he won consecutive World Championship 100 m , 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015 , with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011 . He is the most successful athlete of the World Championships and was the first athlete to win three titles in both the 100 m and 200 m at the competition .   Bolt improved upon his first 100 m world record of 9.69 with 9.58 seconds in 2009 -- the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing . He has twice broken the 200 metres world record , setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009 . He has helped Jamaica to three 4 × 100 metres relay world records , with the current record being 36.84 seconds set in 2012 . Bolt 's most successful event is the 200 m , with three Olympic and four World titles . The 2008 Olympics was his international debut over 100 m ; he had earlier won numerous 200 m medals ( including 2007 World Championship silver ) and holds the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event .   His achievements as a sprinter have earned him the media nickname `` Lightning Bolt '' , and his awards include the IAAF World Athlete of the Year , Track & Field Athlete of the Year , and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year ( four times ) . Bolt has stated that he intends to retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships .

neg: United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , California . It was the nineteenth time that Team USA participated , having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics . 522 competitors , 339 men and 183 women , took part in 217 events in 25 sports .   These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California , the home state of the country 's president , Ronald Reagan , who himself opened the Games , becoming the first American president to open a Summer Olympics , and also any Olympic games in the United States . Reagan was governor of the state from 1967 to 1975 . It was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that an American president opened a Winter Olympics in the United States .   Team USA won 83 Gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics , which is as of 2016 , the record for most first-place finishes in a Summer Olympics by a host nation .

neg: World championship A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from across the world , representing their nations , and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest .   The title is usually awarded through a combination of specific contests or , less commonly , ranking systems ( e.g. the ICC Test Championship ) , or a combination of the two ( e.g. World Triathlon Championships in Triathlon ) . This determines a ` world champion ' , who or which is commonly considered the best nation , team , individual ( or other entity ) in the world in a particular field , although the vagaries of sport ensure that the competitor recognised at the best in an event is not always the ` world champion ' ( see Underdog ) .   Certain sports do not have a world championship . Instead , they may organise a world cup competition , or they may organize both , for example cycling ( UCI World Championships and UCI World Cups ) ) . Often , the use of the term cup or championship in this sense is just a choice of words . Some sports have multiple champions because of multiple organizations , such as boxing , mixed martial arts and wrestling .   Certain sports do not have a world championship or a world cup as such , but may have one or several world champions . Professional boxing , for example , has several world champions at different weights , but each one of them is decided by a `` title fight '' , not a tournament .   A certain number of sports hold world championships or world cups which are overshadowed , in terms of prestige , by the same events in the Olympic Games , the most prestigious multi-sports event .   Still other sports may or may not have a true world championship but may designate the winners of a domestic competition to be `` world champions . '' This is especially true of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada ; world cups and championships exist in all of the major sports , but the domestic U.S. and Canadian leagues are generally recognized as the world professional championships or the equivalent of a world club championship . ( In American football , although an IFAF World Championship exists , the United States is so far above and beyond the other nations it faces that the winner of the U.S.-based Super Bowl , a competition limited to the 32 teams in the National Football League , is commonly recognized as the world champion . )   Finally , certain professional sports do not have a world championship or world cup , but rather hold a series of events recognised as the elite level in their field ( e.g. tennis has a series of four Grand Slam events recognised as the pinnacle of the game , in addition to key team events , world tour finals and the Olympic Games , but no world championship or world cup ) .

neg: Night of Speed The Night of Speed was the rare occurrence when three men set the world record in the 100 metres in the same track meet .

neg: Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics Switzerland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , from 27 July to 12 August 2012 . Swiss athletes competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era , except when they boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary . The Swiss Olympic Association sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games , 72 men and 31 women , to compete in 18 sports .   Switzerland left London with a total of four Olympic medals ( two gold and two silver ) , their lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1992 . This was in stark contrast with the zero medal tally of the neighbouring Austria , a nation of roughly comparable size . Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in cycling , tennis , equestrian , and triathlon .   Among the nation 's medalists were mountain biker Nino Schurter , who collected a total of two Olympic medals after winning the silver in men 's cross-country race . Equestrian rider Steve Guerdat won Switzerland 's first ever gold medal in the individual show jumping after 84 years . Meanwhile , Nicola Spirig became the second Swiss athlete to claim an Olympic title in women 's triathlon since its official debut as a full-medal sport in 2000 . World number-one male tennis player Roger Federer won the coveted silver medal in the men 's singles , after he was defeated by Great Britain 's Andy Murray . Several Swiss athletes missed out of the medal standings . Defending Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara finished seventh in the men 's individual time trial , following his collarbone injury from the road race .

neg: 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay The Men 's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 4 September .   USA won the first semi-final with deliberate handoffs , setting the world leader . France followed them into the final . The second semi-final was won by Trinidad and Tobago , ahead of the favored Jamaica team . Saint Kitts and Nevis set their national record in making the time qualifier in third . The third semi-final was much closer as Great Britain led Poland , with Italy making the final time qualifier .   In the final , Nesta Carter put Jamaica out into the lead , but Justin Gatlin ran down Michael Frater to put the USA even with Jamaica . On the third leg , Yohan Blake again edged Jamaica into the lead . Going into the final handoff , Darvis Patton of USA clipped Britain 's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and fell into a forward roll . American anchor Walter Dix never saw the baton and the British team also did not finish the race . In addition , Patton 's fall seriously impeded Richard Thompson , Trinidad and Tobago 's anchor , which caused his team to finish last .  Meanwhile Usain Bolt took the baton and pulled away . Jamaica bettered their own World Record to finish in a time of 37.04 .  It was the only world record to be set at the championships . France finished second with Saint Kitts and Nevis third .

neg: Obea Moore William Obea Moore ( born January 10 , 1979 ) is a former American sprinter . Particularly excelling in the 400 metres , Moore holds the World Youth Best in this event . He was expected to be the next great American quarter miler , to follow Michael Johnson as Olympic champion , but never lived up to the expectations .   Starting as an eight-year-old , running for the Los Angeles Jets youth club under coach James Robertson , Moore went on to set American youth records in the Bantam ( 9 -- 10 ) , the Midget ( 11 -- 12 ) , the Youth ( 13 -- 14 ) , and the Intermediate division ( 15 -- 16 ) -- some of which are still standing -- , adding the 200 metres record in the Intermediate division , and was part of the 4 × 400 metres relay team in the Youth division .   Moore ran for John Muir High School in Pasadena , California , though his mother arranged for him to continue to run under Robinson . His freshman year , his team won the CIF California State Meet 4x400 relay . In 1995 , his sophomore year , Moore won the 400 , beating future World Champion , Tyree Washington by a half a second . He was also second in the 200 and again anchored his team to winning the relay in remarkable come from behind fashion . Later in the season , he represented the United States at the 1995 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Santiago , Chile , where he set the still standing World Youth Best in the 400 metres at 45.14 .   And the following year Moore won both the 400 , 200 and anchored the relay to the state meet record . At major relay events around the country , including the Penn Relays , Moore became a trackside legend as one of the best , a high school junior being clocked doing 45 second laps . He was Track and Field News `` High School Athlete of the Year '' in 1996 .   With high expectations of having a chance to be the first high school athlete to qualify for the Olympics since Dwayne Evans and Lam Jones in 1976 , Moore qualified for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials . Those dreams were dashed by a 7th place finish in the semi-finals . Later in 1996 , Moore won the World Junior Championships in Sydney , Australia under cool conditions . Moore expected many better things to come .   Moore looked at 1997 , his senior year of high school , as the chance to set records out of sight . Instead , he suffered a minor injury early in the season . Still focused on setting records , Moore ignored the problem and continued to press . Some have also suggested Moore lost focus . However , the effects of expectations and celebrity certainly were a factor on the 17 year old 's life . Moore aspired to go to nearby powerhouse University of Southern California , but his SAT and then ACT scores left him .1 point away from eligibility . In order to improve his academic standing Moore went first to Pasadena City College , then Long Beach City College . Further attempts took him across the continent to Morehouse College Moore spent his time in injury rehabilitation . His heart and aspirations were still in Southern California . He left Morehose a year later . The following year , Moore ended up at Life University , an NAIA college . After a successful and healthy fall training season , he entered the Pomona Pitzer Invitational , a tune up meet before the Mt. SAC Relays . Facing serious competition from people with marks equivalent to Moore 's high school junior accomplishments , Moore pulled out of the race at the last minute .  `` He could n't go to the line , '' recalls then Life University head coach Mark Spino . `` If he just was even around , people had such high expectations of him , it was hard for him to start anyplace and very hard for him to have intermediary goals . ''   The psychological effects from this event led to a crushing stigma about high level racing . He next moved to Wallace State Community College where Moore regained eligibility and ran impressively in practice . But when he went to the first Indoor meet of the season again the psychological pressure got to him , scratching from the race 10 minutes before the gun . Moore eventually disappeared from the college . Back in California , Moore has made repeated starts at regaining form , seeking help from his youth coach Robinson and others . After showing flashes of his original brilliance .   `` I 'm just hoping and praying he does get the stability , because people all across the country are still pulling for him and want him to be successful , '' Robertson says . `` I 'm at a loss what to do . But I believe inside he 's a great kid , he 's always been a great kid , he 's always done everything that I 've asked him to do on the track ''   `` One thing I know for sure , if he really wanted to , he could still be the greatest quartermiler in the world today -- just off of talent . Every time I worked with him , what I did see was that the talent is still there . If he really worked and did what he needs to do , in my mind , there 's still nobody better . All these guys I see going around the track today would n't have a chance of beating him if he really did what he was supposed to do . ''   Currently , Obea Moore resides in Los Angeles , California . He owns Sirius Body and Wellness where he trains youth and adults full time in track and fitness . He enjoys giving back to the community . In his spare time , he has perfected cooking healthy gourmet dishes and has become quite the culinary savant .   In 2014 he began talks with a writer to tell his story in the form of a biography/training manual to inspire others , scheduled to be released in late 2015 .

neg: International Track & Field International Track & Field is a 3D update of Konami 's Track & Field series , in which up to four players compete in eleven different Olympic events . The game was released for the PlayStation and the arcades in 1996 . The arcade version was released only in Japan as Hyper Athlete . In 2008 the game was released on PlayStation Network . All six events from the first game , 1983 's Track & Field , are included , but only three events ( swimming , pole vault and triple jump ) are taken from the sequel , Hyper Sports . International Track & Field uses the three-button control system of its predecessors ( two run buttons and one action button per player ) and the eleven disciplines can be attempted in any order . The available events are :  100m Sprint  Long Jump  Shot Put  100m Free style  110m Hurdle  High Jump  Hammer  Triple Jump  Javelin  Pole Vault  Discus

neg: 2010 IAAF Diamond League The 2010 IAAF Diamond League was the first edition of the Diamond League , an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings . The series began on 14 May in Doha , Qatar and ended on 27 August in Brussels , Belgium .   Superseding the European-centred IAAF Golden League , the Diamond League was the IAAF 's first intercontinental series of one-day track and field meetings . Expanding upon the idea of the former Golden League jackpot , there were 32 separate Diamond Races , involving 16 men 's and 16 women 's track and field events -- each of the events featured seven times only over the course of the fourteen meetings of the 2010 Diamond League , and the best athlete in each event won a Diamond Trophy . The total available prize money for the series was US$ 6.63 million .   For infrastructure reasons the men 's and women 's hammer throw events were not included in the IAAF Diamond League . For this reason the IAAF created a Hammer Throw challenge .   For the first time , some of the world 's foremost track and field athletes were centrally contracted to an athletics meeting series . For the 2010 series the contracted athletes -- called Diamond League Ambassadors -- included figures such as Usain Bolt , Kenenisa Bekele , Yelena Isinbayeva and Blanka Vlašić .   Prior to the series , former World Champion Steve Cram stated that he believed that , through greater television exposure , and mutual responsibility between the IAAF and promoters , the 2010 Diamond League would raise the profile of the sport of athletics .

neg: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics , twenty-three athletics events were contested . Altogether , 117 athletes from 15 nations competed . A total of 68 medals ( 23 gold , 23 silver , 22 bronze ) were awarded . In many countries , due in part to the conflation of the Olympic Games and the World 's Fair in Paris , the media discussed only the athletics events under the `` Olympic '' name while ignoring the incredible variety of other sports featured at the time .   The 23 events listed are those currently considered to have been of Olympic stature by the International Olympic Committee and most Olympic historians . They exclude all events that used a handicap system , as well as all events which were open to professional athletes .   Competitions were held on 14 July , 15 July , 16 July , 19 July , and 22 July . This included Bastille Day , which is a French holiday , and then Sunday , which many of the American athletes protested . Even with many Americans not competing in finals because of confusion caused by the organizers ' decision to count scores achieved on Monday , 16 July for finals held on Sunday , 15 July and subsequent rescission of that decision , the United States won more than 4 times as many medals as any other nation , including 16 of the 23 gold medals .   The conditions of competition were also subpar compared even to those at the previous games in 1896 . There was no track for the Paris Games , as a grass field dotted with trees and of unequal elevation was used . The course was 500 metres in length , an unusual distance for a track .

neg: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres The Men 's 1500 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom , was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3 -- 7 August .   The first round races were all very tightly packed , strategic affairs . The first race was the fastest , taking all but one of the time qualifiers into the semi-final . Andrew Wheating 's 3:40.92 in the second heat was the slowest time qualifier , though it was exactly equal to Nick Willis ' winning time in the last race . That race was broken up when Nixon Chepseba tripped sending several athletes scrambling to avoid the falling body . Chepseba ultimately finished 9th but was awarded a place in the semi-final on appeal , though no offending athlete was disqualified .   The first semi final was strategic from the start , when the sprinting started , Taoufik Makhloufi easily took the lead and held the position . Since it was strategic , no time qualifiers came from this semi . In the other semi , Chepseba took it out at a faster pace , to avoid getting caught in traffic . At the 800 mark , Nathan Brannen fell flat and was not able to get back into contention . When the sprinting started , Abdalaati Iguider looked to be the fastest . The slowest time qualifier was almost 7 seconds faster than Makhloufi winning the first .   Earlier on the day before the final , Makhloufi was also in an 800 metres qualifying round race , but he ran slowly and dropped out . Because of the `` honest effort '' rule , he was disqualified from further competition in the Olympics . It took an appeal by Algerian team officials to get him re-instated by claiming he had a known knee injury .   In the final , Makhloufi made a miraculous recovery from the injury in order to run . Kenyan Chepseba , and Kenyan born Bahraini Belal Mansoor Ali ran shoulder to shoulder until 600 to go when Chepseba then decided to take the lead solo . Behind him runners were three abreast , with Makhloufi and Silas Kiplagat trading elbows to be in position for the final lap . Another elbow just before 300 to go , and Makhloufi broke away with Kiplagat and Mekonnen Gebremedhin in hot pursuit . With Makhloufi gone , 8 meters ahead , Gebremedhin took over second at the head of the stretch , Iguider sprinting a step behind . Five meters further back , Leonel Manzano was starting to sprint around teammate Matthew Centrowitz , Jr. . As Iguider was edging ahead of Gebremedhin , Manzano was rocketing along the outside passing into second 30 meters from the finish . Iguider just barely managed to finish a fraction ahead of the fast closing Centrowitz for the bronze medal .

neg: Jamaica at the Olympics Jamaica first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948 , and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then . In 1960 , Jamaican athletes competed as part of the West Indies Federation team .  Jamaica has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1988 , with the Jamaica national bobsleigh team achieving some fame .   Jamaican athletes have won a total of 68 medals , with all but one medal won in athletics , and all but three of those in the individual and relay sprint events .   The National Olympic Committee for Jamaica is the Jamaica Olympic Association , and was founded in 1936 .

neg: 1984 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) The 1984 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , California , the same venue as would host the 1984 Olympics a month and a half later . Organised by The Athletics Congress ( TAC ) , the nine-day competition lasted from June 16 until June 24 . The national championships in track and field for the United States was a separate event that year , held a week earlier in San Jose , California . The Women 's Marathon Olympic Trials were held on May 12 in Olympia , Washington . The Men 's Marathon Trials were in Buffalo , New York on May 26 .   The results of the event determined qualification for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics .   This meet had two of the closest finishes . In the Women 's 100 meters hurdles , the second , third and fourth-place finishers had the same time to the 100th of a second , with winner Kim Turner just one 100th ahead . Stephanie Hightower was the odd person out , not selected to the Olympic team . 28 years later at the 2012 Trials , Hightower as President of USATF had to administer over another similar tie in the Women 's 100 meters between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh that could not be separated by photo finish pictures . The other close finish was in the Men 's 800 meters , where Earl Jones and Johnny Gray both received the same time of 1:43.74 to share the American Record from the same race . And .17 behind them John Marshall and James Robinson also received the same time for the last qualifying place after Robinson kicked past the field and looked to have edged past Marshall , Robinson relaxed at the line while Marshall made one last lean to get the edge and take the final spot on the Olympic team .

neg: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London , England , 26 athletics events were contested , all for men only . A total of 79 medals ( 27 gold , 27 silver , 25 bronze ) were awarded .   Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events . In the team races ( the medley relay and the 3 mile team race ) , each nation entered one team . The medley relay was run by four athletes , with four alternates allowed . In the 3 mile team race , five athletes from each nation ran with only three counting .   The competition was restricted to amateurs , and was held under the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association . These rules included a prohibition on any interference with other runners ( a rule that played an important part in the 400 metres ) .

neg: Vitaliy Savin Vitaliy Anatolyevich Savin ( Виталий Анатольевич Савин , born January 23 , 1966 in Zhezqazghan , Karaganda Region ) is a former Soviet athlete from Kazakhstan , winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics .   At the Seoul Olympics , Vitaliy Savin reached the quarterfinal of 100 m and ran the anchoring leg in the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team , which won the gold medal in absence of United States .   At the 1991 World Championships , Savin was again eliminated in the quarterfinals of 100 m and was seventh in 4 × 100 m . At the 1992 Summer Olympics , Savin was eliminated in the semifinal of 100 m and was fifth as a member of the Unified Team 's 4 × 100 m relay team .   Savin reached the quarterfinals of the 100 m at 1993 World Championships and 1995 World Championships . His last major tournament was the 1996 Summer Olympics , where he was eliminated in the heats of 100 m.   Savin 's personal best time over 100 m was 10.08 seconds , achieved in Linz , August 13 , 1992 .

neg: Breeja Larson Breeja Larson ( born April 16 , 1992 ) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke , and is an Olympic gold medalist . She earned a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics .   Larson was born in Mesa , Arizona , one of seven sisters . She later moved to Boise , Idaho where she attended Centennial High School in Boise , Idaho for three years and graduated from Mountain View High School in Mesa in 2010 . She swam for the Centennial Patriot and Mountain View Toros high school swim teams . As a senior , she was the state runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke . She also lettered in softball and track and field .   She attended Texas A&M University , where she swam for the Texas A&M Aggies swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) competition from 2011 to 2014 . As a freshman , she finished second in both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke at the 2011 NCAA Women 's Swimming and Diving Championships ; as a sophomore in 2012 , she was the NCAA national champion in the 100-yard breaststroke , and finished third in the 200-yard event . She was a senior during the 2013 -- 14 school year . She is the current American record-holder in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke 57.43 and 2:04.48 , respectively .   At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha , Nebraska , the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics , Larson made the U.S. Olympic team for the first time by winning the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:05.92 , ahead of favorite Rebecca Soni . At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , she earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminaries of the 4 × 100-meter medley relay . At the final 100-meter breaststroke , Larson false started . However , it was determined there was a technical issue and she was allowed to compete . She finished in sixth place .

neg: 1996 in hammer throw This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in both the men 's and the women 's hammer throw . The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Atlanta , United States , where the final was held on July 28 , 1996 .

neg: List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners The 1932 Summer Olympics , referred to by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the X Olympiad , were held in Los Angeles , California , United States , from July 30 through August 14 , 1932 .   A total of individual athletes won medals . Athletes from the United States were the most successful , winning 103 medals during the games , 41 of which were gold . Italy and Finland , won the second and third most medals , with 36 and 25 respectively . France finished third in the medals table ( behind Italy and the United States ) having achieved 10 golds in their haul of 19 medals .   Medals were awarded in a total of 116 events across 16 sports . In addition , American football and lacrosse were held as demonstration events and therefore did not award medals to athletes .   __ NOTOC __

neg: Pole vault at the Olympics The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event . The men 's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896 . The women 's event is one of the latest additions to the programme , first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics -- along with the addition of the hammer throw , this brought the women 's field event programme to parity with the men 's .   The Olympic records for the event are for men , set by Thiago Braz da Silva in 2016 , and for women , set by Yelena Isinbayeva in 2008 . Isinbayeva 's 2008 mark was a world record at the time and her 2004 victory in had been the first women 's world record in the pole vault to be set at the Olympics . In spite of its longer history , the men 's Olympic event has only seen two world record marks -- a clearance of by Frank Foss at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and Władysław Kozakiewicz 's vault of to win at the 1980 Moscow Olympics .   William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000 . Thiago Braz da Silva and Ekaterini Stefanidi are the reigning Olympic champions from 2016 . Yelena Isinbayeva and Bob Richards are the only two athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles , and also the only two athletes to win more than two Olympic medals in the discipline . The United States is by far the most successful nation in the event , having won 21 gold medals and 49 medals in total . France is the next most successful with three gold medallists .

neg: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle The men 's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 -- 30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London , United Kingdom .   After overhauling the Americans in the 4x100 freestyle relay with a stunning anchor leg , France 's Yannick Agnel pulled away from a star-studded field by over a full body length to earn his second Olympic gold in swimming at these Games . Billed as the `` Race of the Century '' , he came up again with a spectacular swim on the final stretch to hit the wall first in 1:43.14 , posting a textile best in the process and moving rapidly to third in the world 's all time rankings . Meanwhile , South Korea 's Park Tae-Hwan and China 's Sun Yang tied for the silver medal in a matching time of 1:44.93 , following a dramatic rivalry in the 400 m freestyle final two days earlier .   U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte , the reigning world champion , missed the podium by 11-hundredths of a second with a fourth-place time in 1:45.04 . Germany 's world-record holder Paul Biedermann faded down the stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 1:45.53 , edging out British home favorite Robbie Renwick by a full body length with a highly-creditable , sixth-place effort ( 1:46.53 ) . Australia 's Thomas Fraser-Holmes ( 1:46.93 ) and Russia 's Danila Izotov ( 1:47.75 ) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the stellar championship field .   Notable swimmers missed out the final roster featuring Lochte 's teammate Ricky Berens , who replaced Michael Phelps to fill out the slot for the Americans but placed ninth ( 1:46.87 ) ; and Switzerland 's Dominik Meichtry , a sixth-place finalist in Beijing four years earlier , who finished fifteenth in the semifinals ( 1:48.25 ) .

neg: United States at the Olympics The United States of America have 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 ( USOC ) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States .   U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,521 medals ( 1,022 of them being gold ) at the Summer Olympic Games and another 282 at the Winter Olympic Games . Most medals have been won in athletics ( track and field ) ( 801 , 32 % ) and swimming ( 553 , 22 % ) . Thomas Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics . He took first place in both the 100 meters and the 400 meters of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . American track and field athlete James Connolly was the first modern Olympic champion . He took first place in the triple jump which was the first opening day final event at the 1896 Summer Olympics . American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most-decorated Olympic athlete of any nation , with 28 medals ( including 23 golds ) .   The United States has won gold at every games at which it has competed , more gold and overall medals than any other country in the Summer Games and also has the second-most gold and overall medals at the Winter Games , trailing only Norway . From the mid-20th century to the late 1980s , the United States mainly competed with the Soviet Union at Summer Games and with the Soviet Union , Norway , and East Germany at the Winter Games . However , after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , it now primarily contends with China at the Summer Games for both the overall medal count and the gold medal count and with Norway at the Winter Games for the overall medal count . The United States has topped the total medal count at two Winter Olympics : 1932 in Lake Placid and 2010 in Vancouver . At the 2010 games , the United States set a record for the most total medals ( 37 ) of any country at a single Winter Olympics .