Costa Rica vs United States of America Olympic Medals
All-time medal tallies and results for every Summer and Winter Games, side by side.
Olympic Medals
United States of America
1,233
Gold
1,013
Silver
889
Bronze
3,135
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 2,772
❄ Winter: 363
Costa Rica
1
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 4
❄ Winter: 0
Medals by Games Year — Gold, Silver, Bronze & Total
Stacked bars show gold, silver, and bronze each Games year (Summer + Winter combined). Lines track total medals per country.
Medals vs Population & GDP (by Games Year)
Each point is one Olympic year: medals won that year divided by that year’s population or GDP (not all-time totals). Years before our historical series (~1973) are omitted.
Medals per 10M People
Medals per $100B GDP
All-Time Totals — Head to Head
Gold Medals (All-Time)
Silver Medals (All-Time)
Bronze Medals (All-Time)
Total Medals (All-Time)
Summer Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
Costa Rica
|
United States of America
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2024 | — | 40 · 44 · 42 · 126 |
| 2020 | — | 39 · 41 · 33 · 113 |
| 2016 | — | 46 · 37 · 38 · 121 |
| 2012 | — | 48 · 26 · 31 · 105 |
| 2008 | — | 36 · 39 · 37 · 112 |
| 2004 | — | 36 · 39 · 26 · 101 |
| 2000 | 0 · 0 · 2 · 2 | 37 · 24 · 32 · 93 |
| 1996 | 1 · 0 · 0 · 1 | 44 · 32 · 25 · 101 |
| 1992 | — | 37 · 34 · 37 · 108 |
| 1988 | 0 · 1 · 0 · 1 | 36 · 31 · 27 · 94 |
| 1984 | — | 83 · 61 · 30 · 174 |
| 1976 | — | 34 · 35 · 25 · 94 |
| 1972 | — | 33 · 31 · 30 · 94 |
| 1968 | — | 45 · 28 · 34 · 107 |
| 1964 | — | 36 · 26 · 28 · 90 |
| 1960 | — | 34 · 21 · 16 · 71 |
| 1956 | — | 32 · 25 · 17 · 74 |
| 1952 | — | 40 · 19 · 17 · 76 |
| 1948 | — | 38 · 27 · 19 · 84 |
| 1936 | — | 24 · 21 · 12 · 57 |
| 1932 | — | 44 · 36 · 30 · 110 |
| 1928 | — | 22 · 18 · 16 · 56 |
| 1924 | — | 45 · 27 · 27 · 99 |
| 1920 | — | 41 · 27 · 27 · 95 |
| 1912 | — | 26 · 19 · 19 · 64 |
| 1908 | — | 23 · 12 · 12 · 47 |
| 1904 | — | 77 · 80 · 81 · 238 |
| 1900 | — | 20 · 13 · 15 · 48 |
| 1896 | — | 11 · 7 · 2 · 20 |
Winter Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
Costa Rica
|
United States of America
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2026 | — | 12 · 12 · 9 · 33 |
| 2022 | — | 9 · 9 · 7 · 25 |
| 2018 | — | 9 · 8 · 6 · 23 |
| 2014 | — | 9 · 9 · 10 · 28 |
| 2010 | — | 9 · 15 · 13 · 37 |
| 2006 | — | 9 · 9 · 7 · 25 |
| 2002 | — | 10 · 13 · 11 · 34 |
| 1998 | — | 6 · 3 · 4 · 13 |
| 1994 | — | 6 · 5 · 2 · 13 |
| 1992 | — | 5 · 4 · 2 · 11 |
| 1988 | — | 2 · 1 · 3 · 6 |
| 1984 | — | 4 · 4 · 0 · 8 |
| 1980 | — | 6 · 4 · 2 · 12 |
| 1976 | — | 3 · 3 · 4 · 10 |
| 1972 | — | 3 · 2 · 3 · 8 |
| 1968 | — | 1 · 5 · 1 · 7 |
| 1964 | — | 1 · 2 · 4 · 7 |
| 1960 | — | 3 · 4 · 3 · 10 |
| 1956 | — | 2 · 3 · 2 · 7 |
| 1952 | — | 4 · 6 · 1 · 11 |
| 1948 | — | 3 · 4 · 2 · 9 |
| 1936 | — | 1 · 0 · 3 · 4 |
| 1932 | — | 6 · 4 · 2 · 12 |
| 1928 | — | 2 · 2 · 2 · 6 |
| 1924 | — | 1 · 2 · 1 · 4 |
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Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research.
Last updated June 2026.
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