The was represented at the ''' 2004 Summer Olympics ''' in Athens , Greece , by the United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated '''USOC'''). The delegation of 613 athletes was the largest the country has ever sent to the Summer Olympics.
The United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 36 gold and 102 total medals.
Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:
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- --- 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
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- --- Defeated Australia 74-63
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- --- Misty May and Kerri Walsh defeated Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil 21-17, 21-11
- ---Light heavyweight (81 kg): Andre Ward defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus 20-13
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- --- Men's Individual Time Trial: Tyler Hamilton in a time of 57:31.74
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- --- Women's Individual Sabre: Mariel Zagunis defeated Xue Tan of China 15-9
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- --- Defeated Brazil 2-1
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- --- 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
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- --- Men's eight with coxswain: Jason Read , Wyatt Allen , Chris Ahrens , Joseph Hansen , Matt Deakin , Dan Beery , Beau Hoopman , Bryan Volpenhein and Peter Cipollone
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- --- Men's 470: Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham
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- --- 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)
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- --- Defeated Australia 5-1
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- --- 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
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- --- Men's under 80 kg: Steven Lopez
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- --- Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Cael Sanderson
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- --- 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 Metre s
- --- 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 Metre s
- --- 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
- --- Men's Marathon: Mebrahtom Keflezighi
- --- 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
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- --- Women's K1 Kayak Single: Rebecca Giddens with a total time of 214.62 seconds
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- --- Women's Individual Time Trial: Dierdre Demet-Barry with a time of 31:35.62
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- --- Individual Eventing: Kimberly Severson aboard Winsome Adante
- --- Team Eventing: Chris Kappler , Beezie Madden , McLain Ward and Peter Wylde
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- --- 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 with a score of 113.584
- --- Women's Asymmetric Bars: Terin Humphrey
- --- Women's Balance Beam: Carly Patterson
- --- Women's Vault: Annia Hatch
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- --- Women's eight with coxswain: Kate Johnson , Samantha Magee , Megan Dirkmaat , Alison Cox , Anna Mickelson , Laurel Korholz , Anna Davies , Lianne Nelson and Mary Whipple
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- --- Tornado: John Lovell and Charlie Ogeltree
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- --- 50 m Free Rifle 3 positions: Michael Anti
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- --- Men's 1500 m Freestyle:
- --- 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
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- --- Men's singles: Mardy Fish lost to Nicolás Massú of Chile 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
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- --- Women's under 57 kg: Nia Abdallah
- --- 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
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- --- 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
- --- Defeated Lithuania 104-96
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- --- Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs defeated Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson of Australia 21-18, 15-21, 15-9
- --- Men's Middle (75 kg): Andre Dirrell
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- --- Men's Individual Time Trial: Bobby Julich with a time of 57:58.19
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- --- 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
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- --- Women's Individual Sabre: Sada Jacobsen defeated Catalina Cheorghitoaia of Romania 17-15
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- --- Women's Asymmetric Bars: Courtney Kupets
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- --- 73 kg Men's division: James Pedro (with Leandro Guilhero of Brazil )
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- --- 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
- --- Duet: Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik
- --- Team Event
- --- Women's: Susan Williams
- --- Women's: Defeated Australia 6-5
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- --- 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
Men's Individual
Women's Individual
Men's Team
- Butch Johnson, John Magera, and Vic Wunderle - 4th place
Women's Team
- Stephanie Arnold, Janet Dykman, and Jennifer Nichols - 13th place
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- Shawn Crawford - Round 1: 10.02 s, Round 2: 9.89 s, Semifinal: 10.07 s, Final: 9.89 s (4th place)
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- Muna Lee - Round 1: 22.57 s, Round 2: 22.74 s, Semifinal: 22.69 s, Final: 22.87 s (7th place)
- La Shauntea Moore - Round 1: 23.10 s, Round 2: 22.96 s, Semifinal: 22.93 s
- Monique Hennagan - Round 1: 51.02 s, Semifinal: 49.88 s, Final: 49.97 s (4th place)
- DeeDee Trotter - Round 1: 50.56 s, Semifinal: 50.14 s, Final: 50.00 s (5th place)
- Sanya Richards - Round 1: 50.11 s, Semifinal: 50.54 s, Final: 50.19 s (6th place)
- 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
- Sheena Johnson - Round 1: 54.81 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s, Final: 53.83 s (4th place)
- Brenda Taylor - Round 1: 54.72 s, Semifinal: 55.02 s, Final: 54.97 s (7th place)
- Lashinda Demus - Round 1: 54.66 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s
Men's Singles
: Did not compete
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
: Did not compete
Women's Doubles
: Did not compete
The United States Olympic men's basketball team
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
The United States sent nine boxers to Athens. They claimed two medals, a gold and a bronze. Only two boxers lost their first bouts. Four made the quarterfinals, with two falling there, one falling in the semifinal, and the fourth taking the gold by going undefeated. The combined record of the nine Americans was 12-8. The U.S. was fifth in the boxing medal count.
Men's C2 500 metres:
Men's C2 1000 metres:
- Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson - semifinal, 14th place
Men's K1 500 metres:
Women's K1 500 metres:
Men's K1 1000 metres:
Men's K2 500 metres:
Men's K2 1000 metres:
Women's K4 500 metres:
Men's C1 slalom:
Men's C2 slalom:
Men's K1 slalom:
Women's K1 slalom:
Men's road race:
Women's road race:
Men's time trial:
Women's time trial:
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- Chirstine Thorburn - 4th place, 32:14.82
Women's individual pursuit:
Women's individual sprint:
Men's team sprint:
Men's points race:
Women's points race:
Men's Keirin:
Men's cross country:
Women's cross country:
Men's 10 metre platform:
Women's 10 metre platform:
Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:
- Mark Ruiz and Kyle Prandi - 8th place, 325.44 points
Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:
Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.
Individual dressage:
Team dressage:
Individual eventing:
Team eventing:
Individual jumping:
Team jumping:
- Cody Mattern, Weston Kelsey, Soren Thompson, and Jansson Viviani - 6th place
- Dan Kellner, Jonathan Tiomkin, and Jedediah Dupree - 4th place
- Keeth Smart, Jason Rogers, and Ivan Lee - 4th place
The United States Olympic women's soccer team
- Goalkeepers: Kristin Luckenbill , Briana 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
- Paul Hamm - advanced in five exercises
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- --- Floor - 5th place
- --- Pommel horse - 6th place
- --- Parallel bars - 7th place
- Morgan Hamm - advanced in two exercises
- --- Horizontal bar - 4th place
- --- Floor - 8th place
- Brett McClure - advanced in one exercise
- --- All-around - 9th place
- Blaine Wilson - did not advance in any exercise
- Jason Gatson - did not advance in any exercise
- Guard Young - did not advance in any exercise
- Richard Hawn - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16
- Ellen Wilson - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32
- Ronda Rousey - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16
- Nicole Kubes - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16
Men's Individual
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
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
The United States won its first medal in the triathlon when Susan Williams earned a Bronze Medal in the second iteration of the Olympic competition.
- Prelims: 3-2
- Quarterfinal: Won 3-2 against Greece
- Semifinal: Defeated 3-0 by Brazil
- Bronze medal game: Defeated 3-0 by Russia
- Prelims: 2-3
- Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-2 by Brazil
- President: Williams C. Martin
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