United States at the Summer Olympics

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The United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics are represented by the United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC). 613 athletes represent the largest American delegation ever.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	35	39	29	103

Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:

• Swimming accounted for 12 gold and 28 total medals.
• Track and Field accounted for eight gold and 24 total medals.

Gold

• Athletics
  • Men's 100 metre sprint: Justin Gatlin in a time of 9.85 seconds
  • Men's 200 metre sprint: Shawn Crawford in a time of 19.79
  • Men's 400 m: Jeremy Wariner in a personal best time of 44 seconds even
  • Men's Pole Vault: Timothy Mack at 5.95 metres
  • Men's Long Jump: Dwight Phillips at 8.59 metres
  • Men's 4x400 m Relay: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson in a time of 2:55.91
  • Women's 100 m Hurdles: Joanna Hayes in a time of 12.37 seconds, an Olympic record
  • Women's 4x400 m Relay: DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards and Monique Hennagan in a time of 3:19.01
• Women's Basketball
  • Defeated Australia 74-63
• Women's Beach Volleyball
  • Misty May and Kerri Walsh defeated Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil 21-17, 21-11
• Boxing
  • Light heavyweight (81 kg): Andre Ward defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus 20-13
• Cycling, road
  • Men's Individual Time Trial: Tyler Hamilton in a time of 57:31.74
• Fencing
  • Women's Individual Sabre: Mariel Zagunis defeated Xue Tan of China 15-9
• Women's Football
  • Defeated Brazil 2-1
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Men's Individual All-Around: Paul Hamm with a score of 57.823
  • Women's Individual All-Around: Carly Patterson with a score of 38.387
• Rowing
  • Men's eight with coxswain: Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein and Pete Cipollone
• Sailing
  • Men's 470: Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham
• Shooting
  • Men's 50 m Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons with a score of 599 (100-100-99-100-100-100)
  • Women's Double Trap: Kimberly Rhode with a score of 146 (36-36-38-36)
• Softball
  • Defeated Australia 5-1
• Swimming
  • Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall Jr. in a time of 21.93 seconds
  • Men's 100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 54.06 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 1:54.95, a new Olympic record. Peirsol was originally disqualified due to what one official thought was an illegal turn, but he reclaimed the gold with a successful appeal.
  • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 51.25 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:54.04
  • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:57.14
  • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 4:08.26
  • Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller in a time of 7:12.80
  • Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak in a time of 3:30.68, a new world record
  • Women's 100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin in a time of 1:00.37
  • Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard in a time of 2:23.37
  • Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Kaitlin Sandeno in a time of 7:53.42, a new world record
• Taekwondo
  • Men's under 80 kg: Steven Lopez
• Wrestling
  • Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Cael Sanderson

Silver

• Athletics
  • Men's 200 m: Bernard Williams in a time of 20.01
  • Men's 400 m: Otis Harris in a time of 44.16 seconds, likewise a personal best
  • Men's 110 m Hurdles: Terrence Trammell in a time of 13.18 seconds
  • Men's High Jump: Matt Hemingway at 2.34 metres
  • Men's Pole Vault: Toby Stevenson at 5.90 metres
  • Men's Long Jump: John Moffitt at 8.47 metres
  • Men's Shot Put: Adam Nelson with a distance of 21.16 metres
  • Men's Decathlon: Bryan Clay
  • Men's 4x100 m Relay: Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller and Maurice Greene in a time of 38.08 seconds
  • Women's 100 metres: Lauryn Williams with a personal best time of 10.96 seconds
  • Women's 200 metres: Allyson Felix in a time of 22.18 seconds
• Canoeing
  • Women's K1 Kayak Single: Rebecca Giddens with a total time of 214.62 seconds
• Cycling
  • Women's Individual Time Trial: Dierdre Demet-Barry with a time of 31:35.62
• Equestrian
  • Individual Eventing: Kimberly Severson aboard Winsome Adante
  • Team Eventing: Chris Kappler, Beezie Madden, McLain Ward and Peter Wylde
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Men's Team: Jason Gatson, Morgan and Paul Hamm, Brett McClure, Blaine Wilson and Guard Young with a score of 172.933
  • Men's Horizontal Bar: Paul Hamm
  • Women's Team: Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, Terin Humphrey, Courtney Kupets, Courtney McCool, Jennifer Parilla, Carly Patterson and Mary Sanders with a score of 113.584
  • Women's Asymmetric Bars: Terin Humphrey
  • Women's Balance Beam: Carly Patterson
  • Women's Vault: Annia Hatch
• Rowing
  • Women's eight with coxswain: Kate Johnson, Samantha Magee, Megan Dirkmaat, Alison Cox, Anna Mickelson, Laurel Korholz, Anna Davies, Lianne Nelson and Mary Whipple
• Sailing
  • Tornado: John Lovell and Charlie Ogeltree
• Shooting
  • 50 m Free Rifle 3 positions: Michael Anti
• Swimming:
  • Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Larsen Jensen with a time of 14:45.29, a new American record
  • Men's 100 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen with a time of 1:00.25
  • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Ian Crocker with a time of 51.29 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Ryan Lochte with a time of 1:58.78
  • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Erik Vendt with a time of 4:11.81
  • Women's 200 m Individual Medley: Amanda Beard with a time of 2:11.70
  • Women's 400 m Individual Medley: Kaitlin Sandeno with a time of 4:34.95
  • Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Lindsay Benko, Maritza Correia, Colleen Lanne and Amanda Weir
  • Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jennifer Thompson and Kara Lynn Joyce with a time of 3:36.39, a new American record
• Tennis
  • Men's singles: Mardy Fish lost to Nicolás Massú of Chile 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
• Taekwondo
  • Women's under 57 kg: Nia Abdallah
• Wrestling
  • Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Stephen Abas
  • Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Jamill Kelly
  • Women's Freestyle 63 kg: Sara McMann was the first women to get a Silver medal for the US in Women's Wrestling

Bronze

• Athletics
  • Men's 100 metre sprint: Maurice Greene
  • Men's 200 m: Justin Gatlin in a time of 20.03
  • Men's 400 m: Derrick Brew in a time of 44.42 seconds, a personal best
  • Women's 100 m hurdles: Melissa Morrison in a time of 12.56 seconds
  • Women's marathon: Deena Kastor
• Men's Basketball
  • Defeated Lithuania 104-96
• Women's Beach Volleyball
  • Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs defeated Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson of Australia 21-18, 15-21, 15-9
• Boxing
  • Men's Middle (75 kg): Andre Dirrell
• Cycling, Road
  • Men's Individual Time Trial: Bobby Julich with a time of 57:58.19
• Equestrian
  • Team Eventing: Kimberly Severson, Darren Chiacchia, John Williams, Amy Tryon and Julie Richards
  • Dressage Mixed Team: Lisa Wilcox, Günter Sediel, Deborah McDonald and Robert Dover
  • Individual Jumping: Chris Kappler
• Fencing
  • Women's Individual Sabre: Sada Jacobsen defeated Catalina Cheorghitoaia of Romania 17-15
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Women's Asymmetric Bars: Courtney Kupets
• Judo
  • 73 kg Men's division: James Pedro (with Leandro Guilhero of Brazil)
• Swimming
  • Men's 200 m Freestyle: Michael Phelps with a time of 1:45.32
  • Men's 400 m Freestyle: Klete Keller with a time of 4:44.11
  • Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Ian Crocker, Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak with a time of 3:14.62
  • Men's 200 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen with a time of 2:10.87
  • Women's 100 m Freestyle: Natalie Coughlin with a time of 54.40 seconds
  • Women's 400 m Freestyle: Kaitlin Sandeno with a time of 4:06.19
  • Women's 800 m Freestyle: Diana Munz with a time of 8:26.61
• Synchronized Swimming
  • Duet: Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik
  • Team Event
• Triathlon
  • Women's: Susan Williams
• Water Polo
  • Women's: Defeated Australia 6-5
• Wrestling
  • Freestyle (women's 48 kg division): Patricia Miranda def. Angelique Berthenet, FRA on points 11-4
  • Greco-Roman (men's 120 kg division): Rulon Gardner def. Sajad Barzi, IRI on points 17-6

Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual

• Vic Wunderle - 8th place
• John Magera - 41st place
• Butch Johnson - 52nd place

Women's Individual

• Jennifer Nichols - 9th place
• Janet Dykman - 60th place
• Stephanie Arnold - 61st place

Men's Team

• Butch Johnson, John Magera, and Vic Wunderle - 4th place

Women's Team

• Stephanie Arnold, Janet Dykman, and Jennifer Nichols - 13th place

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Justin Gatlin - Round 1: 10.07 s, Round 2: 9.96 s, Semifinal: 10.09 s, Final: 9.85 s (gold medal)
• Maurice Greene - Round 1: 10.18 s, Round 2: 9.93 s, Semifinal: 9.97 s, Final: 9.87 s (bronze medal)
• Shawn Crawford - Round 1: 10.02 s, Round 2: 9.89 s, Semifinal: 10.07 s, Final: 9.89 s (4th place)

Women's 100 metres:

• Lauryn Williams - Final, 10.96 s (did not advance)
• LaTasha Colander - Final, 11.18 s (did not advance)
• Gail Devers - Semifinal, 11.22 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Terrence Trammell - Round 1: 13.51 s, Round 2: 13.34 s, Semifinal: 13.17 s, Final: 13.18 s (silver medal)
• Duane Ross - Round 1: 13.39 s, Round 2: 13.50 s, Semifinal: 13.30 s
• Allen Johnson - Round 1: 13.45 s, Round 2: DNF

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Melissa Morrison - Final, 12.56 s (bronze medal)
• Joanna Hayes - Final, 12.37 s (OR, gold medal)

Men's 200 metres:

• Shawn Crawford - Round 1: 20.55 s, Round 2: 19.95 s, Semifinal: 20.05 s, Final: 19.79 s (gold medal)
• Bernard Williams - Round 1: 20.29 s, Round 2: 20.40 s, Semifinal: 20.18 s, Final: 20.01 s (silver medal)
• Justin Gatlin - Round 1: 20.51 s, Round 2: 20.03 s, Semifinal: 20.35 s, Final: 20.03 s (bronze medal)

Men's 400 metres:

• Jeremy Wariner - Round 1: 45.56 s, Semifinal: 44.87 s, Final: 44.00 s (gold medal)
• Otis Harris - Round 1: 45.11 s, Semifinal: 44.99 s, Final: 44.16 s (silver medal)
• Derrick Brew - Round 1: 45.41 s, Semifinal: 45.05 s, Final: 44.42 s (bronze medal)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• James Carter - Round 1: 48.64 s, Semifinal: 48.18 s, Final: 48.58 s (4th place)
• Bennie Brazell - Round 1: 48.57 s, Semifinal: 48.19 s, Final: 49.51 s (8th place)
• Angelo Taylor - Round 1: 48.79 s, Semifinal: 48.72 s

Men's 800 metres:

• Jonathan Johnson - Semifinal, 1:50.1 (did not advance)
• Khadevis Robinson - Round 1, 1:46.1 (did not advance)
• Derrick Peterson - Round 1, 1:47.6 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres:

• Alan Webb - Round 1, 3:41.25 (did not advance)
• Charlie Gruber - Round 1, 3:41.73 (did not advance)
• Grant Robison - Round 1, 3:53.66 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Daniel Lincoln - Final, 8:16.86 (11th place)
• Anthony Famiglietti - Round 1, 8:31.59 (did not advance)
• Robert Gary - Round 1, 8:38.01 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres:

• Tim Broe - Final, 13:33.06 (11th place)
• Jonathon Riley - Round 1, 13:38.79 (did not advance)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Daniel Browne - Final, 28:14.53 (12th place)
• Abdihakem Abdirahman - Final, 28:26.26 (15th place)
• Dathan Ritzenhein - Final, DNF

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

• Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller, and Maurice Greene - Final, 0:38.08 (silver medal)

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

• Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, and Darold Williamson - Final, 2:55.91 (gold medal)

Men's decathlon:

• Bryan Clay - 8820 points (silver medal)
• Paul Terek - 7893 points (21st place)
• Tom Pappas - DNF

Men's marathon:

• Mebrahtom Keflezighi - 2:11:29 (silver medal)
• Alan Culpepper - 2:15:26 (12th place)
• Daniel Browne - 2:27:17 (65th place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Timothy Seaman - 1:25:17 (20th place)
• Kevin Eastler - 1:25:20 (21st place)
• John Nunn - 1:27:38 (26th place)

Men's 50 km walk:

• Curt Clausen - 4:13:31 (32nd place)
• Phillip Dunn - 4:12:49 (35th place)

Men's long jump:

• Dwight Phillips - Final, 8.59 metres (gold medal)
• John Moffitt - Final, 8.47 metres (silver medal)
• Walter Davis - Round 1, 7.80 metres (did not advance)

Men's triple jump:

• Kenta Bell - Final, 16.90 metres (9th place)
• Walter Davis - Final, 16.78 metres (11th place)
• Melvin Lister - Round 1, 16.64 metres (did not advance)

Men's high jump:

• Matt Hemingway - Final, 2.34 metres (silver medal)
• Jamie Nieto - Final, 2.34 metres (4th place)
• Tora Harris - Round 1, 2.15 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Timothy Mack - Final, 5.95 metres (gold medal, Olympic record)
• Toby Stevenson - Final, 5.90 metres (silver medal)
• Derek Miles - Final, 5.75 metres (7th place)

Men's shot put:

• Adam Nelson - Final, 21.16 metres (silver medal)
• John Godina - Final, 20.19 metres (9th place)
• Reese Hoffa - Round 1, 19.40 metres (did not advance)

Men's discus:

• Casey Malone - Final, 64.33 metres (6th place)
• Jarred Rome - Round 1, 61.55 metres (did not advance)
• Ian Waltz - Round 1, 58.97 metres (did not advance)

Men's javelin:

• Breaux Greer - Final, 74.36 metres (12th place)

Men's hammer:

• James Parker - Round 1, 75.04 metres (did not advance)
• Alfred Kruger - Round 1, 69.38 metres (did not advance)

Badminton

Men's Singles

Did not compete

Men's Doubles

• Howard Bach & Kevin Qi Han - Defeated in round of 16 by Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen, DEN

Women's Singles

Did not compete

Women's Doubles

Did not compete

Basketball

The United States Olympic men's basketball team

• Centers: Tim Duncan, Emeka Okafor
• Forwards: Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Richard Jefferson, Shawn Marion, Amare Stoudemire
• Guards: Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Stephon Marbury, Dwyane Wade
• Head Coach: Larry Brown

The so-called "Dream Team" overcame a poor showing against Puerto Rico to win 3 out of their five preliminary games, the last of which was a blowout win against Angola. They failed to defend their gold medal from the 2000 games in Sydney, however, losing to Argentina in the semifinals. Argentina became the first team to prevent the U.S. team with NBA players to win the gold in men's basketball.

The United States Olympic women's basketball team

• Centers: Yolanda Griffith, Lisa Leslie, Ruth Riley
• Forwards: Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Sheryl Swoopes, Tina Thompson
• Guards: Sue Bird, Shannon Johnson, Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Diana Taurasi

Head Coach: Van Chancellor

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Soren Thompson - defeated in quarterfinal
• Cody Mattern - defeated in round of 32
• Weston Kelsey - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Kamara James - defeated in round of 32

Men's foil individual:

• Dan Kellner - defeated in round of 16
• Jonathan Tiomkin - defeated in round of 32
• Jedediah Dupree - defeated in round of 64

Women's foil individual:

• Erinn Smart - defeated in round of 64

Men's sabre individual:

• Keeth Smart - defeated in round of 16
• Ivan Lee - defeated in round of 16
• Jason Rogers - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Mariel Zagunis - gold medal
• Sada Jacobson - bronze medal
• Emily Jacobson - defeated in round of 16

Men's épée team:

• Cody Mattern, Weston Kelsey, and Joseph Viviani - 6th place

Men's foil team:

• Dan Kellner, Jonathan Tiomkin, and Jedediah Dupree - 4th place

Men's sabre team:

• Keeth Smart, Jason Rogers, and Ivan Lee - 4th place

Football (Soccer)

The United States Olympic women's soccer team

• Goalkeepers: Kristin Luckenbill, Brianna Scurry
• Defence: Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Kate Markgraf, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone, Cat Reddick
• Midfielders: Shannon Boxx, Julie Foudy (captain), Angela Hucles, Kristine Lilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Aly Wagner
• Forwards: Mia Hamm, Heather O'Reilly, Cindy Parlow, Abby Wambach

Head Coach: April Heinrichs

Softball

The United States Olympic softball team

• Leah Amico, Laura Berg, Crystil Bustos, Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch, Tairia Flowers, Amanda Freed, Lori Hannigan, Lovieanne Jung, Kelly Kretschman, Jessica Mendoza, Stacey Nuveman, Catherine Osterman, Jenny Topping, Natasha Watley

Tennis

Men's Individual

• Taylor Dent - 4th place, defeated in bronze medal match by Fernando González, CHI
• Andy Roddick - Defeated in round of 16 by Fernando González, CHI
• Vincent Spadea - Defeated in round of 32 by Nicolás Massú, CHI

Men's Doubles

• Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick - Defeated in round of 32 by Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes, India
• Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan - Defeated in Quarterfinals by Fernando González & Nicolás Massú, CHI

Women's Individual

• Lisa Raymond - Defeated in round of 16 by Alicia Molik, AUS
• Chandra Rubin - Defeated in round of 16 by Amélie Mauresmo, FRA
• Venus Williams - Defeated in round of 16 by Mary Pierce, FRA

Women's Doubles

• Chanda Rubin & Venus Williams - Defeated in round of 32 by Li Ting & Sun Tian Tian, China
• Martina Navratilova & Lisa Raymond - Defeated in Quarterfinals by Shinobu Asagoe & Ai Sugiyama, JPN

External links

• US Olympic Association (http://www.usoc.org/)
• news and coverage from NBC (http://www.nbcolympics.com)

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