Olympic Country Report

United States of America

. The capital of the USA is Washington D.C

. The population of USA is 312.8 million or exactly 312,780,968 people.

. The official language of the USA is English.

. The most famous foods in the USA are Hamburgers, Apple pies and Potato chips.

. The most famous athlete in the 2012 Olympics for USA is Michael Phelps.

. The US currency is the US dollar $.

. The first US capita was New York city.

. California once had no rain for 2 years!

. USA sent 529 athletes, 261 men,268 women to compete in 25 sports.

. The oldest team member in the US team in 2012 is a 54 year-old Equestrian Kearen o’Conner and the youngest is 15 year-old swimmer Katie Ledecky.

. Handball is the only sport for which the USA has no representation in these Olympic games.

By Tyler