United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics

United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro August 5, 2016 (2016-08-05) – August 21, 2016 (2016-08-21)
Competitors	554 (263 men and 291 women) in 33 sports
Flag bearers	Michael Phelps (opening)[1] Simone Biles (closing)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 46 Silver 37 Bronze 38 Total 121
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from August 5 to 21, 2016. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. For the second consecutive time in the Summer Olympics, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes (264 men and 291 women).

The 2016 Olympics were the third most successful for the United States in terms of overall medal count (121) and the most successful not held in the United States: U.S. athletes won 231 total medals at St. Louis in 1904 and 174 at Los Angeles in 1984. These Games also witnessed the thousandth Summer Olympic gold medal for the Americans.