yes
Every 2 years, alternating between summer and winter games.
25 Sports Handball was the only sport for which the United States had no representation at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
You have to be at least 18.
The US will compete in 25/26 sports. The exact number of events are not known as they have to do with placement and medaling.
In most places, no you do not. Most countries do pay a bonus award to athletes that win medals, even the US.
The US and 64 other countries boycotted the 1980 olympic games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The United States did not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott
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.
at the Olympics: gymnastics, track and field, soccer, bobsled racing, triathalons, lacrosse. field hockey, swimming, diving, and many many more.
According to the United States Olympic Committee, the US sent 613 athletes to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and 211 athletes to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin.
The Romans did not "do" the Olympics. The Olympics were Greek contests and one had to be a citizen of a Greek city to participate. It's quite possible that a Roman, born in a Greek city could enter, but no name has come down to us. The only Roman we know for certain that participated in the Olympics was the emperor Nero, but he competed in the poetry contests, not the athletic.