1896 was the first time the United States participated in the
Olympics, which was a Summer Olympics. The first Winter Olympics
the U.S. participated in was in 1924.
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The United States participated in the first modern Olympics in
Athens in 1896, and since then they have participated in every
Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
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1896 Summer Olympics and 2004 summer Olympics.
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The modern Olympics began in 1896 so there was no Olympics in
1890.