United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, by the United States Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various...

 (abbreviated USOC). The delegation of 613 athletes was the largest the country has ever sent to the Summer Olympics. The team won 101 total medals (ranked first), including 35 gold medals (ranked first).

Medalists

The United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 35 gold and 101 total medals.

Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:
  • Swimming
    Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

     accounted for 12 gold and 28 total medals.
  • Track and Field
    Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

     accounted for seven gold and 23 total medals.

Medal Name Sport Event
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 100 m (9.85)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 200 m (19.79)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 400 m (44.00)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's pole vault (5.95 metres)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's long jump (8.59 metres)

Derrick Brew
Derrick Brew
Derrick Brew is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m. He went to Klein Forest High School...

 
Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Mathew Wariner is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals...

 
Donald Williamson 
Andrew Rock
Andrew Rock
Andrew Rock is an American sprinter who specializes in the 400 meter dash.-Early career:Rock was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and grew up in Stratford, Wisconsin, where he graduated from high school in 2000...

 (heats)
Kelly Willie
Kelly Willie
Kelly Willie is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 metres.He ran for the American 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2004 Olympics, but only in the qualifying heats as Otis Harris and Jeremy Wariner were rested to be fully fit for the final.With strong American 400 metre...

 (heats)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 4 x 400 m relay (2:55.91)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
women's 100 m hurdles (12.37 seconds)

Lisa Leslie
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner...

 
Ruth Riley
Ruth Riley
Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...

 
Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...

 
Tamika Catchings
Tamika Catchings
Tamika Devonne Catchings is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and Turkish team Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E...

 
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...

 
Tina Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...

 
Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....

 
Shannon Johnson
Shannon Johnson
Shannon Regina Johnson is an American basketball player who last played for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA.-Career:...

 
Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

 
Dawn Staley
Dawn Staley
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was named the University of South Carolina women's head basketball coach on May 7, 2008...

 
Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...

 
Basketball
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....

 
women's basketball (defeated Australia 74-63)

Kerri Walsh
Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

 
Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...

 
women's beach volleyball
Boxing
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

 
light heavyweight
Cycling
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

 
men's individual time trial (57:31.74)

Beezie Madden
Beezie Madden
Elizabeth Madden is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic winner from Cazenovia, New York....

 
McLain Ward
McLain Ward
McLain Ward is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.Official website: http://mclainward.com...

 
Peter Wylde
Peter Wylde
Peter Wylde is an American show jumping competitor and olympic champion.At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Wylde won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping, together with McLain Ward, Beezie Madden and Chris Kappler.-References:*-External links:*...

 
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

 
team jumping
Fencing
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre....

 
women's individual sabre

Briana Scurry
Briana Scurry
Briana Colette Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup , 1996 Olympics , 1999 World Cup , 2003 World Cup , 2004 Olympics and 2007 World Cup...

 
Brandi Chastain
Brandi Chastain
Brandi Denise Chastain is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder who plays for the team California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team....

 
Joy Fawcett 
Kate Markgraf
Kate Markgraf
Kate Markgraf , is an American soccer defender and was a member of the U.S. women's national team.-Early life:...

 
Heather Mitts
Heather Mitts
Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley is an American professional soccer player who is a defender in the Women's Professional Soccer league. Mitts played college soccer for the University of Florida, and thereafter, she has played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia...

 
Christie Rampone
Christie Rampone
Christie Patricia Rampone is an American soccer defender currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a member and current Captain of the United States women's national soccer team.-High school:...

 
Cat Reddick 
Shannon Boxx
Shannon Boxx
Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....

 
Julie Foudy (captain)
Angela Hucles
Angela Hucles
Angela Khalia Hucles is a former American soccer midfielder and member of the United States women's national soccer team.-Early life:...

 
Kristine Lilly
Kristine Lilly
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...

 
Lindsay Tarpley
Lindsay Tarpley
Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow is an American soccer forward currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She went to Portage Central High School.-High school:Tarpley grew up in Portage, Michigan, and attended Portage...

 
Aly Wagner
Aly Wagner
Alyson Kay "Aly" Wagner is a former American soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer. She was a member of the United States women's national soccer team...

 
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

 
Heather O'Reilly
Heather O'Reilly
Heather Ann O'Reilly , also known by her initials HAO, is a member of the United States women's national soccer team and a two-time Olympic Gold medalist...

 
Cindy Parlow 
Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...

 
Football  women's football
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
men's individual all-around
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's individual all-around

Wyatt Allen
Wyatt Allen
Wyatt Allen is an American rower. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer games. He is a graduate of Portland High School and the University of Virginia.-References:...

 
Chris Ahrens
Chris Ahrens (rower)
Chris Ahrens is a 1998 graduate of Princeton University, known internationally for his distinguished career as a rower for both the Tigers and the United States National Team. He was honored by Princeton as the 18th most successful athlete in the school’s history...

 
Joseph Hansen
Joseph Hansen (rower)
Joseph "Joey" Hansen is an American competition rower. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he received a gold medal in men's eights.-External links:*****...

 
Matt Deakin
Matt Deakin
Matt Deakin is an American competition rower, Olympic champion and world champion.Deakin won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team. The time 5:19.85 was a new world record. He is a member of the New York Athletic Club Hall of Fame.-References:...

 
Dan Beery
Dan Beery
Dan Beery is an American competition rower, Olympic champion, world champion and world cup gold medalist.Beery won a gold medal in Men's Eights at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as a member of the American team. The time 5:19.85 was a new world record. Beery is a member of the New York Athletic Club's...

 
Beau Hoopman
Beau Hoopman
-Olympic career:Beau was part of the Olympic gold medal winning Men's 8+ team in 2004, which also set the M8+ 2000m World Record during a qualifying heat...

 
Bryan Volpenhein
Bryan Volpenhein
Bryan Volpenhein , is an American rower. He is a three-time Olympian, having participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....

 
Peter Cipollone
Peter Cipollone
Peter "Pete" Cipollone was the coxswain of the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. men's eight rowing team. He is a native of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Pete won World Championships in the heavyweight men's eight in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Attended St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia and...

|Rowing
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

 
men's eight with coxswain

Kevin Burnham
Kevin Burnham
Kevin Lobdell Burnham is an American two-time Olympic medalist in the sport of sailing. He won the silver medal in 1992 with Morgan Reeser in the 470 class....

 
Sailing
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

 
men's 470
Shooting
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
men's 50 m rifle prone
Shooting
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
women's double trap

Laura Berg
Laura Berg
Laura Kay Berg is an American softball player who plays the position of center fielder...

 
Crystl Bustos
Crystl Bustos
|- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2006 Oklahoma City|- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2007 Oklahoma City|- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2005 Akron Racers...

 
Lisa Fernandez
Lisa Fernandez
For the politician, see Liza Fernandez RodriguezLisa Fernandez is a right-handed softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent. She established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game as a member of the United States Women's team.-Early years:Lisa's father immigrated from Cuba,...

 
Jennie Finch
Jennie Finch
Jennie Lynn Finch , who occasionally uses her husband's surname Daigle, is a former American softball player who pitched for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. Finch helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

 
Tairia Flowers
Tairia Flowers
Tairia Flowers is an American softball player. She is best known for competing on the Gold medal winning United States National softball team...

 
Amanda Freed
Amanda Freed
Amanda Louise Freed is an American softball player.Freed was born in Fountain Valley, California. She attended UCLA where she played softball....

 
Lori Harrigan
Lori Harrigan
Lori Harrigan is an American softball player from Anaheim, California, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the American winning team in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Harrigan played collegiately at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.-References:...

 
Lovieanne Jung
Lovieanne Jung
Lovieanne Jung is a retired American softball player. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jung moved with her family to California at a young age....

 
Kelly Kretschman
Kelly Kretschman
Kelly Kretschman is an American softball player who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also won the gold in Athens and was on the team for Sydney, although she did not play. She also played the 2003 and 2006 seasons with the Stratford Brakettes of Connecticut...

 
Jessica Mendoza
Jessica Mendoza
Jessica Mendoza , is an American softball player of Mexican descent, who played for the United States women's national softball team from 2004-2010 and a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza wears number two and plays outfield...

 
Stacey Nuveman
Stacey Nuveman
Stacey "Nuvey" Nuveman-Deniz from La Verne, California is a former NCAA Division I four-time First Team All-American, National Champion winning, right-handed hitting softball player for the UCLA Bruins at the catcher position...

 
Cat Osterman
Cat Osterman
Catherine Leigh "Cat" Osterman , is an American athlete and was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics....

 
Jenny Topping
Jenny Topping
Jenny Louise Topping from Whittier, California is an American, former four-time NCAA Division I First Team All-American, left-handed hitting softball player. She suited up for the University of Washington from 1999-2000 and Cal State Fullerton for the seasons 2001-2003...

 
Natasha Watley
Natasha Watley
Natasha Watley is an American professional softball player currently with the USA Softball Women’s National Team. She plays the position of shortstop and first base, and helped her team to win the gold medal for softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

 
Softball
Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Softball Stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23. The United States won the gold while Australia took silver and Japan , the bronze....

 
women's softball
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 50 m freestyle (21.93 seconds)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 100 m backstroke (54.06 seconds)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m backstroke (1:54.95)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 100 m butterfly (51.25 seconds)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m butterfly (1:54.04)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m individual medley (1:57.14)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 400 m individual medley (4:08.26)

Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...

 
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...

 
Klete Keller
Klete Keller
Klete Keller is an American freestyle swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and the 4x200 m freestyle relay. In the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds...

 
Scott Goldblatt
Scott Goldblatt
Scott Goldblatt is an American swimmer who specializes in the freestyle.-Biography:Raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, Goldblatt first began swimming in the children’s pool at his local swim club, Willow Grove Swim Club in Scotch Plains...

 (heats)
Dan Ketchum
Dan Ketchum
Daniel "Dan" Ketchum is a former American swimmer. Ketchum won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He swam for the University of Michigan during his collegiate career. Prior to the he swam for the Cincinnati Marlins club and Sycamore High School...

 (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay (7:12.80)

Brendan Hansen
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Joseph Hansen is an American breaststroke swimmer and four-time Olympic medalist...

 
Ian Crocker
Ian Crocker
Ian Lowell Crocker is a former American swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. He is a former world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly ....

 
Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...

 
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals....

 (heats)
Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...

 (heats)
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...

 (heats)
Neil Walker (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 4 x 100 m medley relay (3:30.68)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 100 m backstroke (1:00.37)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 200 m breaststroke (2:23.37)

Carly Piper
Carly Piper
Carly Piper is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. As part of the American team, she held the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay .-Personal:...

 
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...

 
Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Sandeno is a retired American swimmer, and was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...

 
Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Benko
Lindsay Mintenko is a freestyle swimmer from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There she was a member of the gold medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay...

 (heats)
Rhi Jeffrey
Rhi Jeffrey
Rhiannon "Rhi" Jeffrey is a former American swimmer who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Swimming career:...

 (heats)
Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz is an American swimmer. She swam for the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4x200 m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the women's 4x100 m medley relay.-External links:**...

 (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay (7:53.42)
Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women....

 
men's under 80 kg
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
men's freestyle 84 kg
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 200 m (20.01)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 400 m (44.16)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 110 m hurdles (13.18)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's high jump (2.34 metres)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's pole jump (5.90 metres)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's long jump (8.47 metres)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's shot put (21.16 metres)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's decathlon

Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin
Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...

 
Coby Miller
Coby Miller
Coby Miller is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latter distance, he won the 1999 Summer Universiade and reached the 2000 Sydney...

 
Maurice Greene
Maurice Greene (athlete)
Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion...

 
Darvis Patton
Darvis Patton
Darvis "Doc" Darell Patton is an American sprint athlete. He was the US Champion and World silver medallist over 200 meters in 2003...

 (heats)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 4 x 100 m relay (38.08)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's marathon
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
women's 100 m (10.96)
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
women's 200 m (22.18)
Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

 
women's K1 kayak single
Cycling
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

 
women's individual time trial (31:35.62)
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

 
individual eventing (about Winsome Adante)
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

 
individual jumping

Morgan
Morgan Hamm
Morgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic...

 
Paul Hamm
Paul Hamm
Paul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:...

 
Brett McClure 
Blaine Wilson
Blaine Wilson
Blaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio.Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004...

 
Guard Young 
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
men's team event
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
men's horizontal bar

Annia Hatch
Annia Hatch
Annia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics.Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five...

 
Terin Humphrey
Terin Humphrey
Terin Marie Humphrey is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia...

 
Courtney Kupets
Courtney Kupets
Courtney Anne Kupets is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships ; her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004...

 
Courtney McCool
Courtney McCool
Courtney Lynn McCool is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team. Although she didn't compete in the team finals, she helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania...

 
Carly Patterson
Carly Patterson
Carly Rae Patterson is an American singer and former gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...

 
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's team event
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's asymmetric bars
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's balance beam
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's vault

Samantha Magee
Samantha Magee
Samantha Magee is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

 
Megan Dirkmaat
Megan Dirkmaat
Megan Dirkmaat is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

 
Alison Cox
Alison Cox
Alison Cox is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

 
Anna Mickelson
Anna Mickelson
Anna Cummins is an American rower who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women's eight...

 
Laurel Korholz
Laurel Korholz
Laurel Korholz is the Assistant Women's Coach for the United States Rowing Team. As a coach, Korholz coached the US Women's Double at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Beijing Olympics was the fourth Olympics she attended; her first as a coach...

 
Caryn Davies
Caryn Davies
Caryn Davies is an American rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight as the stroke seat. At the 2004 Olympic Games she won a silver medal...

 
Lianne Nelson
Lianne Nelson
Lianne Nelson is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

 
Mary Whipple
Mary Whipple
Mary Whipple is an American coxswain. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal. As a coxswain, Whipple stands 5'3" and weighs in at 108 lbs.Mary has a twin sister Sarah...

 
Rowing
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

 
women's eight with coxswain

Charlie Ogeltree 
Sailing
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

 
Tornado
Shooting
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

 
50 m free rifle - 3 positions
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 1,500 m freestyle (14:45.29)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 100 m breaststroke (1:00.25)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 100 m butterfly (51.29)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m individual medley (1:58.78)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 400 m individual medley (4:11.81)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 200 m individual medley (2:11.70)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 400 m individual medley (4:34.95)

Maritza Correia
Maritza Correia
Maritza Correia is an Olympic-swimmer from the United States. When she qualified for the USA Olympic Team in 2004, she became the first Puerto Rican of African descent to be on the USA Olympic Swimming Team...

 
Colleen Lanne
Colleen Lanne
Colleen Lanne is a female freestyle swimmer from the United States, who earned a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, swimming the prelims of the 4x100m free relay...

 
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir is an American swimmer.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time...

 
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...

 (heats)
Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...

 (heats)
Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...

 (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay

Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....

 
Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson
Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...

 
Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...

 
Haley Cope
Haley Cope
Haley Clark is a retired American swimmer. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, eight world championship medals, and held a world record in the 50 metre backstroke....

 (heats)
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk is a former American swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke and Olympic silver medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke ....

 (heats)
Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz is an American swimmer. She swam for the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4x200 m freestyle relay and a silver medal in the women's 4x100 m medley relay.-External links:**...

 (heats)
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir is an American swimmer.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time...

 (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 4 x 100 m medley relay
Tennis
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....

 
men's singles
Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women....

 
women's under 57 kg
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
men's freestyle 55 kg
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
men's freestyle 66 kg
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
women's freestyle 63 kg
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 100 m
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 200 m
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
men's 400 m
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
women's 100 m hurdles
Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 
women's marathon

Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American professional basketball forward with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.-Early life:...

 
Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, abbreviated as Emeka Okafor , is an American basketball power forward and center for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the NBA, Okafor attended Houston's Bellaire High School, and the University of Connecticut.-Early life:Okafor...

 
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...

 
Carlos Boozer
Carlos Boozer
Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...

 
Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
Richard Allen Jefferson is a 6 ft 7 in American professional basketball player currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association...

 
Shawn Marion
Shawn Marion
Shawn Dwayne Marion is an American professional basketball player currently with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Marion attended high school in Clarksville, Tennessee. Before transferring to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Marion...

 
Amar'e Stoudemire 
LeBron James
LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...

 
Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...

 
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Xavier Marbury is an American professional basketball player.The , point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.He was an NBA...

 
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league...

 
Basketball
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....

 
men's basketball

Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs
Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...

 
Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...

 
women's beach volleyball
Boxing
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

 
men's middleweight (75 kg)
Cycling
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

 
men's individual time trial

Darren Chiacchia 
John Williams 
Amy Tryon 
Julie Richards 
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

 
team eventing

Günter Sediel 
Deborah McDonald 
Robert Dover
Robert Dover (equestrian)
Robert Jeffrey Dover is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage. Riding from the age of 13, he began specializing in dressage at age 19 and competed in his first Olympics in 1984. He competed in every summer Games between 1984 and 2004, winning four team...

 
Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

 
team dressage
Fencing
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Fencing Hall at the Helliniko Olympic Complex. Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre....

 
women's individual sabre
Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

 
women's asymmetric bars
Judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.Gold and silver medals...

 
men's 73 kg
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m freestyle (1:45.32)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 400 m freestyle (4:44.11)

Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...

 
Neil Walker 
Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American Olympic swimmer, winner of 4 Olympic gold medals.He formerly swam for Irvine Novaquatics. He graduated from Irvine High School in 1994, and then from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is a member of the Rose Bowl Aquatics swim club...

 
Nate Dusing
Nate Dusing
Nathaniel James Dusing is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . There he won the silver medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, although he just swam in the prelims...

 (heats)
Gary Hall Jr. (heats)
Gabe Woodward
Gabe Woodward
Gabriel Thomas "Gabe" Woodward is a former American swimmer. Woodward won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

 (heats)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay (3:14.62)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
men's 200 m breaststroke (2:10.87)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 100 m freestyle (54.40)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 400 m freestyle (4:06.19)
Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

 
women's 800 m freestyle (8:26.61)

Alison Bartosik
Alison Bartosik
Alison Bartosik is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won two Olympic bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, one in in duet with Anna Kozlova, and one in the team competition.-References:...

 
Synchronized Swimming
Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...

 
duet

Tamara Crow
Tamara Crow
Tamara "Tammy" Crow DeClercq is an American competitor and coach in synchronized swimming.Crow was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She participated in the Santa Clara Aquamaids team...

 
Rebecca Jasontek
Rebecca Jasontek
Rebecca Jasontek is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.-References:...

 
Anna Kozlova
Anna Kozlova
Anna Kozlova is a former synchronized swimmer who competed in three Olympic Games. After competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics and winning four European Championships representing the Soviet Union and its successor organizations, she defected to the United States in 1993. After missing the 1996...

 
Sara Lowe
Sara Lowe
Sara Lowe is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won an Olympic bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.-References:...

 
Lauren McFall
Lauren McFall
Lauren McFall is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.-References:...

 
Stephanie Nesbitt
Stephanie Nesbitt
Stephanie Nesbitt is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.-References:...

 
Kendra Zanotto
Kendra Zanotto
Kendra Zanotto is an American competitor in synchronized swimming.She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the team competition.-References:...

 
Synchronized Swimming
Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Aquatic Centre where 104 competitors challenged for 2 gold medals in the duet and team events. Each event was made up of a technical and free routine with the points added together to determine the medalists.-Medal...

 
team event
Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on August 25, and the same number contested the male event on August 26, making up a total of 100 competitors....

 
women's event

Heather Petri
Heather Petri
Heather Petri is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
Ericka Lorenz
Ericka Lorenz
Ericka Denise Lorenz is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

 
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa is an American world-class water polo player for the US National and Olympic teams....

 
Ellen Estes
Ellen Estes
Ellen Marie Estes is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estes scored three goals during the bronze medal game against Australia.Estes played for Stanford University...

 
Natalie Golda
Natalie Golda
Natalie Golda is an American water polo player. Considered one of the greatest women's water polo players of all time, her senior leadership helped guide the 2005 UCLA Bruins to their seventh national championship. In May 2005 Golda received the Peter J...

 
Margaret Dingeldein
Margaret Dingeldein
Margaret Dingeldein is an American water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics...

 
Kelly Rulon
Kelly Rulon
Kelly Rulon is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...

 
Heather Moody
Heather Moody
Heather Moody is an American water polo player, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the only member of the team not from California...

 
Robin Beauregard
Robin Beauregard
Robin Mary Beauregard is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beauregard plays the position of center defender.In addition to playing for the national team, Beauregard also played for UCLA...

 
Amber Stachowski
Amber Stachowski
Amber Val Stachowski is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...

 
Nicolle Payne
Nicolle Payne
Nicolle Katherine Payne is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...

 
Thalia Munro
Thalia Munro
Thalia Janina Munro is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...

 
Water Polo
Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics....

 
women's team event
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
women's freestyle (48 kg)
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

 
men's Greco-Roman (120 kg)

Archery

Men's Individual
  • Vic Wunderle
    Vic Wunderle
    Victor S. Wunderle is an archer from the United States.-Personal:Wunderle was raised in Mason City, Illinois. His passion for archery started at the age five. He competed in many competitions and received many honors throughout his childhood...

     - 8th place
  • John Magera
    John Magera
    John Magera is an athlete from the United States, who competes in archery.He was a member of the 2004 Summer Olympics 4th-place American men's archery team, which lost the bronze medal to Ukraine by two points...

     - 41st place
  • Butch Johnson
    Butch Johnson
    Richard Andrew Johnson is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U.S...

     - 52nd place


Women's Individual
  • Jennifer Nichols
    Jennifer Nichols
    Jennifer Nichols is an archer from the United States.Nichols started archery when she was twelve years old. At fifteen, she won the National Youth Archery Competition.-2004 Summer Olympics:...

     - 9th place
  • Janet Dykman
    Janet Dykman
    Adrienne Cornelia Dykman is an American archer.Dykman represented the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 44th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 619. In the first round of elimination, she faced 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson...

     - 60th place
  • Stephanie Arnold
    Stephanie Arnold
    Stephanie White-Arnold is an athlete from the United States, who competes in archery.Arnold represented the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 36th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 623. In the first round of elimination, she faced 29th-ranked Melissa...

     - 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
    Justin Gatlin
    Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...

     - Round 1: 10.07 s, Round 2: 9.96 s, Semifinal: 10.09 s, Final: 9.85 s (gold medal)
  • Maurice Greene
    Maurice Greene (athlete)
    Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion...

     - Round 1: 10.18 s, Round 2: 9.93 s, Semifinal: 9.97 s, Final: 9.87 s (bronze medal)
  • Shawn Crawford
    Shawn Crawford
    Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....

     - 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
    Lauryn Williams
    Lauryn Williams is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States...

     - Final, 10.96 s (did not advance)
  • LaTasha Colander
    LaTasha Colander
    LaTasha Colander is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is a 2004 Olympic Trials 100 m Champion; two-time U.S. 400 m champion ; World Record Holder, 4 x 200 m relay; 1994 USA Juniors champion ; 2nd, 1994 World Junior Champs...

     - Final, 11.18 s (did not advance)
  • Gail Devers
    Gail Devers
    Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...

     - Semifinal, 11.22 s (did not advance)


Men's 110 metre hurdles:
  • Terrence Trammell
    Terrence Trammell
    Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver medals at the World Championships.The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year attended the University of...

     - Round 1: 13.51 s, Round 2: 13.34 s, Semifinal: 13.17 s, Final: 13.18 s (silver medal)
  • Duane Ross
    Duane Ross
    Randolph Duane Ross is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 meters hurdles. He was the 1995 NCAA champion in the event and went on to win the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics...

     - Round 1: 13.39 s, Round 2: 13.50 s, Semifinal: 13.30 s
  • Allen Johnson
    Allen Johnson
    Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....

     - Round 1: 13.45 s, Round 2: DNF


Women's 100 metre hurdles:
  • Joanna Hayes
    Joanna Hayes
    Joanna Dove Hayes is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

     - Final, 12.37 s (OR, gold medal)
  • Melissa Morrison - Final, 12.56 s (bronze 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
    Bernard Williams (athlete)
    Bernard Rollen Williams, III is an American track and field athlete and winner of a gold medal in 4×100-meters relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- Biography :Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bernard Williams won the 100 m at the 1999 Pan-American Games....

     - 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)


Women's 200 metres:
  • Allyson Felix
    Allyson Felix
    Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...

     - Round 1: 22.39 s, Round 2: 22.69 s, Semifinal: 22.36 s, Final: 22.18 s (silver medal)
  • 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


Men's 400 metres:
  • Jeremy Wariner
    Jeremy Wariner
    Jeremy Mathew Wariner is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals...

     - Round 1: 45.56 s, Semifinal: 44.87 s, Final: 44.00 s (gold medal)
  • Otis Harris
    Otis Harris
    Otis Harris is an American track & field athlete. He won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

     - Round 1: 45.11 s, Semifinal: 44.99 s, Final: 44.16 s (silver medal)
  • Derrick Brew
    Derrick Brew
    Derrick Brew is a 2004 Olympic Gold medalist in the Men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m. He went to Klein Forest High School...

     - Round 1: 45.41 s, Semifinal: 45.05 s, Final: 44.42 s (bronze medal)


Women's 400 metres:
  • Monique Hennagan
    Monique Hennagan
    Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....

     - Round 1: 51.02 s, Semifinal: 49.88 s, Final: 49.97 s (4th place)
  • DeeDee Trotter
    DeeDee Trotter
    De'Hashia Tonnek Trotter is an American athlete.She currently lives in Orlando, Florida, and trains at the University of Central Florida under Head Coach and former University Of Tennessee college coach Caryl Smith Gilbert.In 2007 she won the American championship in the 400m in a personal best...

     - Round 1: 50.56 s, Semifinal: 50.14 s, Final: 50.00 s (5th place)
  • Sanya Richards
    Sanya Richards
    Sanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...

     - Round 1: 50.11 s, Semifinal: 50.54 s, Final: 50.19 s (6th place)


Men's 400 metre hurdles:
  • James Carter
    James Carter (athlete)
    James Carter is an American athlete competing in 400 m hurdles. His personal best is 47.43, set during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics where he won the silver medal.- Achievements :...

     - Round 1: 48.64 s, Semifinal: 48.18 s, Final: 48.58 s (4th place)
  • Bennie Brazell
    Bennie Brazell
    Bennie Brazell is an American football wide receiver for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft...

     - Round 1: 48.57 s, Semifinal: 48.19 s, Final: 49.51 s (8th place)
  • Angelo Taylor
    Angelo Taylor
    Angelo F. Taylor is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics....

     - Round 1: 48.79 s, Semifinal: 48.72 s


Women's 400 metre hurdles:
  • Sheena Johnson
    Sheena Johnson
    Sheena Tosta is an American hurdler.She finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and eighth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.Her personal best time is 52.95 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento....

     - Round 1: 54.81 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s, Final: 53.83 s (4th place)
  • Brenda Taylor
    Brenda Taylor (athlete)
    Brenda Taylor is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

     - Round 1: 54.72 s, Semifinal: 55.02 s, Final: 54.97 s (7th place)
  • Lashinda Demus
    Lashinda Demus
    Lashinda Demus is an American hurdler who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles.Her personal best time over 400m hurdles is 52.47 seconds in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011, which is currently the women's 3rd fastest time ever. Also she is the American Record holder in 400m Hurdles...

     - Round 1: 54.66 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s


Men's 800 metres:
  • Jonathan Johnson - Semifinal, 1:50.1 (did not advance)
  • Khadevis Robinson
    Khadevis Robinson
    Khadevis Robinson is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1:43.68 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Rieti. A four-time US champion both outdoors and indoors, he has competed at six consecutive editions of the World Championships in...

     - Round 1, 1:46.1 (did not advance)
  • Derrick Peterson - Round 1, 1:47.6 (did not advance)


Women's 800 metres:
  • Jearl Miles Clark - Round 1: 2:01.33, Semifinal: 1:58.71, Final: 1:57.27 (6th place)
  • Nicole Teter - Round 1: 2:01.16, Semifinal: 1:59.50
  • Hazel Clark
    Hazel Clark
    Hazel Mae "Peachy" Clark-Riley , née Hazel Mae Clark, is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. Clark was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Olympic trials during her...

     - Round 1: 2:05.67


Men's 1500 metres:
  • Alan Webb
    Alan Webb (athlete)
    Alan Webb is an American athlete. He holds the American record in the mile, with a time of 3:46.91. He competes professionally for Nike.-High school:...

     - Round 1, 3:41.25 (did not advance)
  • Charlie Gruber - Round 1, 3:41.73 (did not advance)
  • Grant Robison
    Grant Robison
    Grant Robison is a male track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the middle distance events. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's 1,500 metres at the 2003 Pan American Games. He ran for the Stanford University.-References:*...

     - Round 1, 3:53.66 (did not advance)


Women's 1500 metres:
  • Carrie Tollefson
    Carrie Tollefson
    Carrie Tollefson is an American middle distance runner who was on the US 2004 Summer Olympic team....

     - Round 1: 4:06.46, Semifinal: 4:08.55


Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
  • Daniel Lincoln
    Daniel Lincoln
    Daniel Lincoln is a world-class American track and field athlete and the American record holder in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Education:...

     - Final, 8:16.86 (11th place)
  • Anthony Famiglietti
    Anthony Famiglietti
    Anthony Famiglietti is an American track and field athlete who competes professionally for Reckless Running. He was formerly sponsored by Adidas. He has competed for the U.S...

     - 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)


Women's 5000 metres:
  • Marla Runyan
    Marla Runyan
    Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...

     - Round 1: 15:24.88
  • Shalane Flanagan
    Shalane Flanagan
    Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...

     - Round 1: 15:34.63
  • Shayne Culpepper
    Shayne Culpepper
    Shayne Culpepper is a middle distance athlete. She is a two-time Olympian in track and field; in 2004 in the 5,000m and in 2000 in the 1,500m....

     - Round 1: 15:40.02


Men's 10000 metres:
  • Daniel Browne - Final, 28:14.53 (12th place)
  • Abdihakem Abdirahman
    Abdihakem Abdirahman
    Abdihakem Abdirahman is a Somali-American long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Biography:...

     - Final, 28:26.26 (15th place)
  • Dathan Ritzenhein
    Dathan Ritzenhein
    Dathan Ritzenhein is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat...

     - Final, DNF


Women's 10000 metres:
  • Elva Dryer - 32:18.16 (19th place)
  • Kate O'Neill
    Kate O'Neill
    Kate O'Neill is an American long-distance runner from Milton, Massachusetts. She represented the United States in the 2004 Summer Olympics, competing in the 10,000 metres...

     - 32:24.04 (21st place)


Men's 4x100 metre relay:
  • Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller
    Coby Miller
    Coby Miller is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latter distance, he won the 1999 Summer Universiade and reached the 2000 Sydney...

    , and Maurice Greene
    Maurice Greene (athlete)
    Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion...

     - Final, 0:38.08 (silver medal)


Women's 4x100 metre relay:
  • LaTasha Colander
    LaTasha Colander
    LaTasha Colander is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is a 2004 Olympic Trials 100 m Champion; two-time U.S. 400 m champion ; World Record Holder, 4 x 200 m relay; 1994 USA Juniors champion ; 2nd, 1994 World Junior Champs...

    , Lauryn Williams
    Lauryn Williams
    Lauryn Williams is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States...

    , Marion Jones
    Marion Jones
    Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

    , and Angela Williams
    Angela Williams
    Angela Williams is an American athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002....

     - Round 1: 41.67 s, Final: DNF


Men's 4x400 metre relay:
  • Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Dallas Lee(of Sylvania Ohio), and Darold Williamson
    Darold Williamson
    Darold Williamson is an American track athlete.He ran the anchor leg on the gold medal winning 4x400 meter relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is 2005 graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he won the Big 12 Conference championship in the 400 meter run three years in...

     - Final, 2:55.91 (gold medal)


Women's 4x400 metre relay:
  • Crystal Cox
    Crystal Cox
    Crystal Cox is an American track and field athlete and was a contestant on the seventeenth season of the reality show Survivor.- Olympics :...

    , Moushaumi Robinson
    Moushaumi Robinson
    Moushaumi Robinson is an American athlete. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won a gold medal in the 4×400 metres relay for her contributions in the preliminary round.-External links:* , from http://www.sports-reference.com/....

    , Monique Henderson
    Monique Henderson
    Monique Henderson is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China....

    , and Sanya Richards
    Sanya Richards
    Sanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...

     - Round 1: 3:23.79, Final: 3:19.01 (gold medal)


Men's decathlon:
  • Bryan Clay
    Bryan Clay
    Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.-Biography:...

     - 8820 points (silver medal)
  • Paul Terek
    Paul Terek
    Paul Anthony Terek is an American Olympic decathlete. He graduated from Livonia Franklin High School in Livonia, Michigan. His personal best in decathlon is 8312 points, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento at the United States Olympic Trials. Terek won the bronze medal and was placed on the United...

     - 7893 points (21st place)
  • Tom Pappas
    Tom Pappas
    Tom Pappas is an American track & field decathlete.Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France, and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News. He is a four-time US champion and was the 1999 NCAA champion while attending the University...

     - DNF


Women's hepathlon:
  • Shelia Burrell
    Shelia Burrell
    Shelia Burrell is a retired American heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...

     - 6296 points (4th place)
  • Michelle Perry
    Michelle Perry
    Michelle Perry is an American athlete. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 14th overall in the heptathlon competition...

     - 6124 points (14th place)
  • Tiffany Lott-Hogan
    Tiffany Lott-Hogan
    Tiffany Lott-Hogan is an Olympic athlete representing the United States, competing in the heptathlon.Lott-Hogan won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2003 Pan American Games, and won the NCAA championship in the event in 1997 and 1998 while attending Brigham Young University...

     - 6066 points (20th place)


Men's marathon:
  • Mebrahtom Keflezighi
    Mebrahtom Keflezighi
    Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi is an American athlete, specializing in long distance running. He and his family were refugees from Eritrea via Italy to the United States, when he was age 12...

     - 2:11:29 (silver medal)
  • Alan Culpepper
    Alan Culpepper
    Alan Culpepper is an American distance runner and two time United States Olympian. Along with competing on four World Championship Teams, his accomplishments include finishing fourth in the Boston Marathon in 2005, winning the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon and finishing 12th at the 2004...

     - 2:15:26 (12th place)
  • Daniel Browne - 2:27:17 (65th place)


Women's marathon:
  • Deena Kastor
    Deena Kastor
    Deena Michelle Kastor is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece...

     - 2:27:20 (bronze medal)
  • Jennifer Rhines
    Jennifer Rhines
    Jennifer Rhines is an American long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics....

     - 2:43:52 (34th place)
  • Colleen De Reuck
    Colleen De Reuck
    Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...

     - 2:46:30 (39th place)


Men's 20 km walk:
  • Timothy Seaman
    Timothy Seaman
    Timothy M. Seaman is a male race walker from the United States. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics -Achievements:-References:*-External links:...

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


Women's 20 km walk:
  • Teresa Vaill
    Teresa Vaill
    Teresa Vaill is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 20 km race walk event on April 1, 2001 at a meet in Manassas, Virginia....

     - 1:38:47 (43rd place)


Men's 50 km walk:
  • Curt Clausen
    Curt Clausen
    Curt Clausen is an American race walker. He placed 4th 50km event in the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, but after 2 years was later awarded the 3rd place bronze medal, after the winner was stripped of his title for an doping violation.-Achievements:-References:* *...

     - 4:13:31 (32nd place)
  • Philip Dunn
    Philip Dunn (athlete)
    Philip Martin Dunn is a male race walker from the United States. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . He is a three-time national US champion in the men's 50 km event .-Achievements:-References:*...

     - 4:12:49 (35th place)


Men's long jump:
  • Dwight Phillips
    Dwight Phillips
    Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump...

     - Final, 8.59 metres (gold medal)
  • John Moffitt
    John Moffitt
    John Moffitt is an American long jumper. His breakthrough came in 2004 when he became NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, improved his personal best by 45 centimeters and won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics behind countryfellow Dwight Phillips...

     - Final, 8.47 metres (silver medal)
  • Walter Davis
    Walter Davis (athletics)
    Walter L. Davis is an African American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, LouisianaDavis won the 2005 World Outdoor & 2006 World Indoor Championships....

     - Round 1, 7.80 metres (did not advance)


Women's long jump:
  • Marion Jones
    Marion Jones
    Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA...

     - Round 1: 6.70 metres, Final: 6.85 metres (5th place)
  • Grace Upshaw
    Grace Upshaw
    Grace Upshaw is an American long jumper.Her personal best jump is , achieved in July 2008 in Eugene, with which she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-Achievements:-References:...

     - Round 1: 6.68 metres, Final: 6.64 metres (10th place)
  • Rose Richmond
    Rose Richmond
    Rose Marie Richmond is a female long jumper from the United States. Her personal best jump is 6.84 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis....

     - Round 1: 6.46 metres


Men's triple jump:
  • Kenta Bell
    Kenta Bell
    Kenta Bell is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in the triple jump. He won this event at the 2001 Universiade and the 2003 national championship...

     - Final, 16.90 metres (9th place)
  • Walter Davis
    Walter Davis (athletics)
    Walter L. Davis is an African American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, LouisianaDavis won the 2005 World Outdoor & 2006 World Indoor Championships....

     - Final, 16.78 metres (11th place)
  • Melvin Lister
    Melvin Lister
    Melvin Lister is an American long jumper and triple jumper.He finished fifth in long jump at the 2001 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

     - Round 1, 16.64 metres (did not advance)


Women's triple jump:
  • Tiombe Hurd
    Tiombe Hurd
    Tiombe Hurd is an American triple jumper. After winning the 2004 US Olympic Trials, she represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where she didn't reach the final. Her personal best jump is 14.45 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Sacramento...

     - Round 1: 13.98 metres
  • Yuliana Perez - Round 1: 13.62 metres


Men's high jump:
  • Matt Hemingway
    Matt Hemingway
    Matt Hemingway is an American track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games by clearing a height of 2.34 meters . Reflecting on this he said: "I'm ecstatic about winning the silver. You don’t lose gold medals. People win them...

     - Final, 2.34 metres (silver medal)
  • Jamie Nieto
    Jamie Nieto
    Jamie Nieto in Seattle, Washington is an American high jumper and Actor who resides in Chula Vista, California. Nieto is currently training at the Olympic Training Center....

     - Final, 2.34 metres (4th place)
  • Tora Harris
    Tora Harris
    Tora Harris is an American high jumper.He won bronze medals at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the 2006 IAAF World Cup.His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Indianapolis.-Achievements:-References:*...

     - Round 1, 2.15 metres (did not advance)


Women's high jump:
  • Amy Acuff
    Amy Acuff
    Amy Lyn Acuff is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field...

     - Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.99 metres (4th place)
  • Tisha Waller
    Tisha Waller
    Tisha Felice Waller, is an American athlete competing in the high jump, who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics...

     - Round 1: 1.89 metres
  • Chaunte Howard
    Chaunte Howard
    Chaunté Lowe is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the high jump with a height of 2.05 m.-Early career:...

     - Round 1: 1.85 metres


Men's pole vault:
  • Timothy Mack - Final, 5.95 metres (gold medal, Olympic record)
  • Toby Stevenson
    Toby Stevenson
    Toby "Crash" Stevenson is an Olympic class pole vaulter from the United States. He is known for being the only pole vaulter in the international elite to wear a helmet during jumps.-Biography:...

     - Final, 5.90 metres (silver medal)
  • Derek Miles
    Derek Miles
    Derek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed...

     - Final, 5.75 metres (7th place)


Women's pole vault:
  • Stacy Dragila
    Stacy Dragila
    Stacy Renée Mikaelsen is an American former pole vaulter.She won the first gold medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics coached by Dave Nielsen...

     - Round 1: 4.30 metres
  • Jillian Schwartz
    Jillian Schwartz
    Jillian Schwartz is an American-born pole vaulter who competes internationally for Israel. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and competed at four consecutive World Championships in Athletics from 2003 to 2009...

     - Round 1: 4.30 metres
  • Kellie Suttle
    Kellie Suttle
    Kellie Suttle is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the pole vault event....

     - Round 1: 4.15 metres


Men's shot put:
  • Adam Nelson
    Adam Nelson
    Adam Nelson is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in two Olympic Games...

     - Final, 21.16 metres (silver medal)
  • John Godina
    John Godina
    John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...

     - Final, 20.19 metres (9th place)
  • Reese Hoffa
    Reese Hoffa
    Reese Hoffa is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m indoor and 22.43 m outdoor. His outdoor performance ranks him 11th on the world all-time lists...

     - Round 1, 19.40 metres (did not advance)


Women's shot put:
  • Kristin Heaston
    Kristin Heaston
    Kristin L. Heaston is a female shot putter from the United States.Heaston was a participant in the 2008 Olympic Games where she placed 23rd in the qualifying round with a throw of 17.34m...

     - Round 1: 17.17 metres
  • Laura Gerraughty
    Laura Gerraughty
    Laura Gerraughty is an American shot putter.Laura began throwing as a sophomore in high school in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. She went on to represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the shot, discus, hammer, and weight throws under event coach Brian Blutreich and...

     - Round 1: 16.47 metres


Men's discus:
  • Casey Malone
    Casey Malone
    Casey Malone is an American discus thrower. His personal best is 68.49 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado.-Achievements:-External links:...

     - Final, 64.33 metres (6th place)
  • Jarred Rome
    Jarred Rome
    Jarred Rome is an American discus thrower. His personal best throw is 68.76 metres, achieved in 7, August 2011 in Chula Vista...

     - Round 1, 61.55 metres (did not advance)
  • Ian Waltz
    Ian Waltz
    Ian Waltz is an American discus thrower. He is originally from Post Falls, Idaho and attended Washington State University. His personal best distance is 68.91 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Salinas....

     - Round 1, 58.97 metres (did not advance)


Women's discus:
  • Aretha Hill - Round 1: 58.82 metres
  • Stephanie Brown - Round 1: 58.54 metres
  • Seilala Sua
    Seilala Sua
    Seilala Maria Sua is a female discus thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 65.90 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Sacramento....

     - Round 1: No mark


Men's javelin:
  • Breaux Greer
    Breaux Greer
    Breaux Greer is a male American javelin thrower. He is an eight time American Champion and American record holder for the javelin with a throw of 91.29 meters, achieved on June 21, 2007 during the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis...

     - Final, 74.36 metres (12th place)


Women's javelin:
  • Kim Kreiner
    Kim Kreiner
    Kimberly A. Kreiner is a female javelin thrower from the United States. Her personal best throw is 64.19 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza....

     - Round 1: 52.18 metres


Men's hammer:
  • James Parker - Round 1, 75.04 metres (did not advance)
  • Alfred Kruger - Round 1, 69.38 metres (did not advance)


Women's hammer:
  • Erin Gilreath
    Erin Gilreath
    Erin Gilreath is an American hammer thrower.Her personal best is 73.87 meters, achieved in June 2005 in Carson, California. She attended the University of Florida.-Achievements:- See also :*Florida Gators...

     - Round 1: 66.71 metres
  • Anna Mahon
    Anna Mahon
    Anna Mahon, née Norgren is a retired female hammer thrower from the United States. Her personal best is 72.01 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Walnut, California. Anna currently holds the position of associate principal at Amity Regional High School in her home state.-Achievements:-External links:...

     - Round 1: 64.99 metres
  • Jackie Jeschelnig - Round 1: 62.23 metres

Badminton

Men's Singles
Did not compete


Men's Doubles
  • Howard Bach
    Howard Bach
    Howard Bach is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.-Early life:He was born in South Vietnam on 22 February 1979, Howard Bach came to the U.S...

     & Kevin Qi Han
    Kevin Qi Han
    Kevin Qi Han is a male badminton player from the United States, who won the bronze medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games, followed by the gold medal four years later in Winnipeg, Canada....

     - 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
    Tim Duncan
    Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association . The 6-foot 11-inch , 255-pound power forward/center is a four-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, and NBA Rookie of the Year...

    , Emeka Okafor
    Emeka Okafor
    Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor, abbreviated as Emeka Okafor , is an American basketball power forward and center for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the NBA, Okafor attended Houston's Bellaire High School, and the University of Connecticut.-Early life:Okafor...

  • Forwards: Carmelo Anthony
    Carmelo Anthony
    Carmelo Kiyan Anthony , nicknamed "Melo", is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association...

    , Carlos Boozer
    Carlos Boozer
    Carlos Austin Boozer, Jr. is an American professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...

    , Richard Jefferson
    Richard Jefferson
    Richard Allen Jefferson is a 6 ft 7 in American professional basketball player currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association...

    , Shawn Marion
    Shawn Marion
    Shawn Dwayne Marion is an American professional basketball player currently with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Marion attended high school in Clarksville, Tennessee. Before transferring to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Marion...

    , Lamar Odom
    Lamar Odom
    Lamar Joseph Odom is an American professional basketball forward with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.-Early life:...

    , Amar'e Stoudemire, LeBron James
    LeBron James
    LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...

  • Guards: Allen Iverson
    Allen Iverson
    Allen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...

    , Stephon Marbury
    Stephon Marbury
    Stephon Xavier Marbury is an American professional basketball player.The , point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves.He was an NBA...

    , Dwyane Wade
    Dwyane Wade
    Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league...

  • Head Coach: Larry Brown
    Larry Brown (basketball)
    Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....


August 15 Puerto Rico 92-71 USA
August 17 USA 77-71 Greece
August 19 USA 89-79 Australia
August 21 Lithuania 94-90 USA
August 23 USA 89-53 Angola
August 26
(quarter final)
Spain 94-102 USA
August 27
(semi final)
Argentina 89-81 USA
August 28
(Bronze medal match)
Lithuania 94-106 USA

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
    Yolanda Griffith
    Yolanda Evette Griffith is a former American professional basketball who played in both the ABL, and WNBA. A Former WNBA MVP she is considered one of the greatest rebounders and defensive players in the history of Women's Basketball. She last played in the WNBA as a member of the Indiana Fever...

    , Lisa Leslie
    Lisa Leslie
    Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner...

    , Ruth Riley
    Ruth Riley
    Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...

  • Forwards: Swin Cash
    Swin Cash
    Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...

    , Tamika Catchings
    Tamika Catchings
    Tamika Devonne Catchings is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and Turkish team Galatasaray. She is a prolific scorer close to and far from the basket, as well as a capable rebounder, ball handler, and defender. After playing at Adlai E...

    , Sheryl Swoopes
    Sheryl Swoopes
    Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...

    , Tina Thompson
    Tina Thompson
    Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...

  • Guards: Sue Bird
    Sue Bird
    Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....

    , Shannon Johnson
    Shannon Johnson
    Shannon Regina Johnson is an American basketball player who last played for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA.-Career:...

    , Katie Smith
    Katie Smith
    Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

    , Dawn Staley
    Dawn Staley
    Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was named the University of South Carolina women's head basketball coach on May 7, 2008...

    , Diana Taurasi
    Diana Taurasi
    Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...


Head Coach: Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor is the former Louisiana State University women's basketball coach. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. In 2001, Van Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee...


August 14 USA 99-47 New Zealand
August 16 Czech Republic 61-80 USA
August 18 Korea 57-80 USA
August 20 USA 71-58 Spain
August 22 China, People's Republic of 62-100 USA
August 25
(quarter final)
USA 102-72 Greece
August 27
(semi final)
Russia 62-66 USA
August 28
(Gold medal match)
Australia 63-74 USA

Boxing

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.

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
  • Rau'shee Warren
    1. Round of 32 – Lost to Zou Shiming
      Zou Shiming
      Zou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light flyweight division.-Career:...

       of China
      People's Republic of China
      China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

      , 22-9


Flyweight (– 51 kg)
  • Ron Siler
    1. Round of 32 – Defeated Bradley Hore
      Bradley Hore
      Bradley Arthur Hore is a retired male flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division by USA's Ronald Siler .-References:*...

       of Australia
      Australia
      Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

      , 32-18
    2. Round of 16 – Lost to Tulashboy Doniyorov
      Tulashboy Doniyorov
      Tulashboy Doniyorov is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Asian country.-Career:2002 at the Asian Games he was eliminated in the first round by Filipino Violito Payla....

       of Uzbekistan
      Uzbekistan
      Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

      , 45-22


Lightweight (– 60 kg)
  • Vicente Escobedo
    Vicente Escobedo
    Vicente Escobedo is an American professional boxer of Mexican descent.-Amateur career:As an amateur Escobedo boxed out of the Woodland Boxing Club....

    1. Round of 32 – Defeated José David Mosquera
      José David Mosquera
      José David Mosquera Mosquera is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country. There he was outscored in the first round of the Lightweight division by America's Vicente Escobedo...

       of Colombia
      Colombia
      Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

      , outscored
    2. Round of 16 – Lost to Rovshan Huseynov
      Rovshan Huseynov
      Rovshan Huseynov was an Azerbaijani amateur boxer.In 1994 Huseynov won the gold medal at the World Cup Boxing Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand, having beaten Vichai Khadpo of Thailand...

       of Azerbaijan
      Azerbaijan
      Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

      , 36-18


Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
  • Rock Allen
    Rock Allen
    Rock Allen is a boxer in the Welterweight division. Rock is a twin and son of famous boxing trainer Naazim Richardson.-Amateur career:Philly-fighter Allen started boxing at 7 and had his first bout at 9...

    1. Round of 32 – Bye
    2. Round of 16 – Lost to Boris Georgiev
      Boris Georgiev
      Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...

       of Bulgaria
      Bulgaria
      Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

      , 30-10


Welterweight (– 69 kg)
  • Vanes Martirosyan
    Vanes Martirosyan
    Vanes "The Nightmare" Martirosyan is an American boxer of Armenian descent.- Amateur :His family moved to Glendale, CA, when he was four years old, he started boxing when he was seven after his father, also an amateur boxer found out there was a gym nearby.Martirosyan was taken out of junior high...

    1. Round of 32 – Defeated Meskine Benamar, Algeria, 45-20
    2. Round of 16 – Lost to Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros
      Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros
      Lorenzo Aragón Armenteros is a Cuban boxer, who was a double world champ in the welterweight category.-Amateur career:...

       of Cuba
      Cuba
      The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

      , 20-11


Middleweight (– 75 kg)
  • Andre Dirrell
    Andre Dirrell
    Andre Dirrell is an American boxer, who won the middleweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

     - bronze medal
    1. Round of 32 – Defeated Ha Dabateer of China
      People's Republic of China
      China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

      , 25-18
    2. Round of 16 – Defeated Kassel Nabil of Algeria
      Algeria
      Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

      , outscored
    3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Yordani Despaigne Herrera of Cuba
      Cuba
      The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

      , 12-11
    4. Semifinal – Lost to Gennadiy Golovkin
      Gennadiy Golovkin
      Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin is an undefeated Kazakh boxer who competed in the Middleweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...

       of Kazakhstan
      Kazakhstan
      Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

      , 23-18


Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
  • Andre Ward
    Andre Ward
    Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...

     – gold medal
    1. Round of 32 – Bye
    2. Round of 16 – Defeated Clemente Russo
      Clemente Russo
      Clemente Russo is an Italian amateur boxer best known to win Gold at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight 201 lbs limit.-Career:...

       of Italy
      Italy
      Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

      , 17-9
    3. Quarterfinal – Defeated Evgeny Makarenko
      Evgeny Makarenko
      Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Makarenko is a boxer from Russia best known to win two world titles 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight, and him being a part of the 2005 Russian team at the Boxing World Cup.-Career:...

       of Russia
      Russia
      Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

      , 23-16
    4. Semifinal – Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov
      Utkirbek Haydarov
      Utkirbek Haydarov is an Uzbekistani boxer who competed in the light heavyweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-Career:...

       of Uzbekistan
      Uzbekistan
      Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

      , 17-15
    5. Final – Defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev
      Magomed Aripgadjiev
      Magomed Aripgadzhiyev or Mahamed Ali is a Belarusian boxer, who competed in the Men's Light Heavyweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...

       of Belarus
      Belarus
      Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

      , 20-13


Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
  • Devin Vargas
    Devin Vargas
    Devin Vargas is a boxer who represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Vargas had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....

    1. Round of 16 – Defeated Rachid El Haddak of Morocco
      Morocco
      Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

      , outscored
    2. Quarterfinal – Lost to Viktar Zuyev
      Viktar Zuyev
      Viktar Zuyev is a boxer from Belarus best known to win the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Career:The aggressive and hard punching southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004....

       of Belarus
      Belarus
      Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

      , 36-27


Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
  • Jason Estrada
    Jason Estrada
    Jason Moses Estrada is a boxer who represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. In 2003 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games....

    1. Round of 16 – Defeated Ma'afu Hawke of Tonga
      Tonga
      Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

      , 30-11
    2. Quarterfinal – Lost to Michel Lopez Nunez
      Michel Lopez Nuñez
      Michel López Núñez is a Cuban boxer who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:Olympic Results were:*Defeated Rustam Saidov...

       of Cuba
      Cuba
      The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

      , 21-7

Flatwater

Men's C2 500 metres:
  • Jordan Malloch
    Jordan Malloch
    Jordan Malloch is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later in Athens, Malloch was eliminated in the semifinals of the both the C-2 500 m...

     and Nathan Johnson
    Nathan Johnson (canoer)
    Nathan "Nate" Johnson is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events.-References:*...

     - semifinal, 14th place


Men's C2 1000 metres:
  • Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson - semifinal, 14th place


Men's K1 500 metres:
  • Rami Zur
    Rami Zur
    Rami Zur is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s for Israel and later for the United States....

     - semifinal, 11th place


Women's K1 500 metres:
  • Carrie Johnson
    Carrie Johnson
    Carrie Ann Johnson is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-4 500 m events. Four years later, Johnson was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m...

     - semifinal, 15th place


Men's K1 1000 metres:
  • Benjamin Lewis
    Benjamin Lewis
    Benjamin "Benjie" Lewis is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event.-References:*...

     - semifinal, 21st place


Men's K2 500 metres:
  • Bartosz Wolski
    Bartosz Wolski
    Bartosz Wolski is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event.-References:*...

     and Rami Zur - semifinal, 13th place


Men's K2 1000 metres:
  • Jeffrey Smoke
    Jeffrey Smoke
    Jeffrey Smoke is an American sprint canoer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He finished seventh in the semifinal round of the K-2 1000 m event....

     and Andrew Bussey
    Andrew Bussey
    Andrew "Andy" Bussey is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event.-References:*...

     - semifinal, 13th place


Women's K4 500 metres:
  • Carrie Johnson, Kathryn Colin
    Kathryn Colin
    Kathryn A. Colin is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won two medals at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with a gold in the K-2 500 m event and a silver in the K-4 500 m event.Colin also competed in two Summer Olympics, but was...

    , Lauren Spalding
    Lauren Spalding
    Lauren Spalding is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 500 m events.-References:*...

    , and Marie Mijalis
    Marie Mijalis
    Marie Mijalis is an American sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event.-References:*...

     - semifinal, 10th place

Slalom

Men's C1 slalom:
  • Chris Ennis, Jr.
    Chris Ennis, Jr.
    Chris Ennis, Jr. is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He was eliminated in the qualifying round of the C-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. During his training, he was employed at the Nantahala Outdoor Center.-References:*...

     - preliminary heats, 16th place


Men's C2 slalom:
  • Matthew Taylor and Joseph Jacobi - semifinal, 8th place


Men's K1 slalom:
  • Scott Parsons
    Scott Parsons
    Scott Parsons is an American slalom canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the K-1 event at Athens in 2004....

     - final, 6th place
  • Brett Heyl
    Brett Heyl
    Brett Heyl is an American slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He finished 15th in the K-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Heyl is the nephew of singer James Taylor.-References:*...

     - semifinal, 15th place


Women's K1 slalom:
  • Rebecca Giddens
    Rebecca Giddens
    Rebecca Giddens is a United States slalom canoer. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K-1 event at Athens in 2004....

     - final, silver medal

Road cycling

Men's road race:
  • Tyler Hamilton
    Tyler Hamilton
    Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer...

     - 18th place, 5:41:56
  • George Hincapie
    George Hincapie
    George Hincapié Garcés is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina...

     - 24th place, 5:41:56
  • Bobby Julich
    Bobby Julich
    Robert Julich, most commonly referred to as Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France race, but has since ridden...

     - 28th place, 5:41:56
  • Levi Leipheimer
    Levi Leipheimer
    Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...

     - did not finish
  • Jason McCartney
    Jason McCartney (cyclist)
    Jason McCartney is an American professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . His 2004 Tour de Georgia stage win led to his being named the North American rider of the year" by VeloNews Magazine. He represented the USA Olympic team in the road racing event in 2004 and 2008...

     - did not finish


Women's road race:
  • Kristin Armstrong
    Kristin Armstrong
    Kristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ...

     - 8th place, 3:25:06
  • Christine Thorburn - 15th place, 3:25:42
  • Deirdre Demet-Barry - 16th place, 3:25:42


Men's time trial:
  • Tyler Hamilton - gold medal, 57:31.74
  • Bobby Julich - bronze medal, 57:58.19


Women's time trial:
  • Deirdre Demet-Barry - silver medal, 31:35.62
  • Chirstine Thorburn - 4th place, 32:14.82

Track cycling

Women's individual pursuit:
  • Erin Mirabella
    Erin Mirabella
    Erin Veenstra-Mirabella is an American competitive cyclist. She represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Mirabella is a six-time national champion...

     - qualifying round, 10th place


Women's individual sprint:
  • Jennie Reed
    Jennie Reed
    Jennie Reed is a World and U.S. champion track cyclist and Olympian . Reed won her first national titles in 1994 at the U.S. Junior Track National Championships held at the near Seattle, Washington where she won both the 2 km pursuit and the matched sprints. The following year, she repeated as...

     - classification 9-12, 10th place


Men's team sprint:
  • Adam Duvendeck, Giddeon Massie, and Christian Stahl
    Christian Stahl
    Christian Stahl is an American racing cyclist. He was a member of the 2004 US Olympic Cycling Team, and competed in the team sprint...

     - qualifying round, 11th place


Men's points race:
  • Colby Pearce
    Colby Pearce
    Colby Pearce is an American professional cyclist. Known as a time trial specialist, he excelled on the road and on the track, where he won a number of national and international events around the globe.-Biography:...

     - 14th place, 23 points


Women's points race:
  • Erin Mirabella
    Erin Mirabella
    Erin Veenstra-Mirabella is an American competitive cyclist. She represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Mirabella is a six-time national champion...

     - 4th place, 9 points


Men's Keirin:
  • Marty Nothstein
    Marty Nothstein
    Martin "Marty" Wayne Nothstein is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.-Early life:...

     - first repechage, no rank

Mountain biking

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Todd Wells
Todd Wells
Todd Wells is a professional bicycle racer specializing in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing from the United States. Todd Resides in Durango, Co...

Cross-country 02:24,37 19
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski Cross-country 02:25.28 21


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Mary McConneloug
Mary McConneloug
Mary McConneloug is a female racing cyclist from the United States, specializing in competitive mountain biking...

Cross-country 02:06.12 9

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:
  • Troy Dumais
    Troy Dumais
    Troy Matthew Dumais is an Olympic diver from California. Dumais represented the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games, 2004 Olympic Games, and 2008 Olympic Games...

     - Prelim: 452.76, Semifinal: 239.91, Final: 461.55 (6th place)
  • Justin Wilcock - Prelim: 225.87 (32nd place)


Women's 3 metre springboard:
  • Rachelle Kunkel - Prelim: 294.75, Semifinal: 209.76, Final: 336.96 (9th place)
  • Kimiko Soldati - Prelim: 252.36 (21st place)


Men's 10 metre platform:
  • Caesar Garcia - preliminary, 23rd place
  • Kyle Prandi
    Kyle Prandi
    Kyle Prandi is an American diver and Olympian from Strongsville, Ohio.Kyle represented the United States in the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning 29th place in mens 10-meter diving platform with 346.53 points, and placing 8th in mens 10-meter synchronized platform with diving partner Mark Ruiz...

     - preliminary, 29th place


Women's 10 metre platform:
  • Laura Wilkinson
    Laura Wilkinson
    Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...

     - final, 5th place
  • Sara Hildebrand - final, 10th place


Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
  • Justin Dumais
    Justin Dumais
    thumb|250px|rightJustin Dumais , is an Olympic diver. Dumais represented the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games and placed 6th in the 3m synchronized spring board with his brother, Troy Dumais.-Biography:...

     and Troy Dumais - 6th place, 327.06 points


Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:
  • Mark Ruiz
    Mark Ruiz
    Mark Ruiz , is an Olympic diver from Puerto Rico. Ruiz represented the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games.-Childhood:...

     and Kyle Prandi - 8th place, 325.44 points


Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:
  • Cassandra Cardinell and Sara Hildebrand - 7th place, 302.22 points

Equestrian

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:
  • Debbie McDonald
    Debbie McDonald
    Debbie McDonald is an American dressage rider who has competed in the Olympics and many international competitions. She now lives in Hailey, Idaho, with her husband Bob, a hunter/jumper and trainer. Debbie trains and teaches riders on Peggy and Parry Thomas' River Grove Farm in Sun Valley,...

     riding Brentina
    Brentina
    Brentina is an Olympic-level dressage horse ridden by Debbie McDonald.*Foaled: 1991*Color: Chestnut*Markings: Star, sock off fore, half-stocking off hind*Sex: Mare*Breed: Hanoverian...

     - final, 4th place
  • Robert Dover
    Robert Dover (equestrian)
    Robert Jeffrey Dover is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage. Riding from the age of 13, he began specializing in dressage at age 19 and competed in his first Olympics in 1984. He competed in every summer Games between 1984 and 2004, winning four team...

     riding Kennedy - final, 6th place
  • Guenter Seidel riding Aragon - final, 14th place
  • Lisa Wilcox
    Lisa Wilcox (equestrian)
    Lisa Margrit Wilcox is an equestrian riding instructor best known for her success in dressage...

     riding Relevant 5 - first round, 27th place (18th after round)


Team dressage:
  • McDonald, Dover, Seidel, and Wilcox - bronze medal, 71.500%


Individual eventing:
  • Kimberly Severson
    Kimberly Severson
    Kimberly Severson is a highly successful international equestrian. She took several years of dressage lessons before training in eventing, and began with a background in Pony Club...

     riding Winsome Adante - final, silver medal
  • Amy Tryon riding Poggio II - final, 6th place
  • Darren Chiacchia riding Windfall 2 - final, 12th place
  • John Williams
    John Williams (equestrian)
    John Williams is an equestrian from the United States of America, who competed for the USA in the US Eventing team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal....

     riding Carrick - third round, 28th place (21st after round)
  • Julie Richards riding Jacob Two Two - third round, 29th place (23rd after round)


Team eventing:
  • Severson, Tryon, Chiacchia, Williams, and Richards - bronze medal, 145.6 penalties


Individual jumping:
  • Chris Kappler
    Chris Kappler
    Chris Kappler is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping, He is an Olympic gold and silver medalist. Kappler was the rider of Royal Kaliber . Kappler is a resident of Pittstown, New Jersey.At the 2004 Olympic Games, Kappler won a silver medal in Individual Jumping...

     riding Royal Kaliber
    Royal Kaliber
    Royal Kaliber was a horse that competed at the Grand Prix level of show jumping, and was part of the United States Show Jumping Team at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.*Lived: 1992-8 October 2004*Sex: Stallion*Color: Dark Bay...

     - final round B, silver medal
  • McLain Ward
    McLain Ward
    McLain Ward is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.Official website: http://mclainward.com...

     riding Sapphire
    Sapphire (horse)
    "Sapphire" is a Holsteiner Warmblood show jumper gelding horse, born April 15, 1992. An Olympic competitor and 2003 Pan American Games Gold Medalist.- Career :...

     - final round B, 29th place
  • Beezie Madden
    Beezie Madden
    Elizabeth Madden is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic winner from Cazenovia, New York....

     riding Authentic
    Authentic (horse)
    Authentic, nicknamed "Bud", foaled 1995, is a Dutch Warmblood gelding that competes in show jumping. He has won three Olympic medals and two World Equestrian Games medals. He is owned by Abigail Wexner and Iron Spring Farm, and is ridden by Olympic medalist Beezie Madden...

     - final round A, 34th place
  • Peter Wylde
    Peter Wylde
    Peter Wylde is an American show jumping competitor and olympic champion.At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Wylde won the gold medal as part of the United States team in Team jumping, together with McLain Ward, Beezie Madden and Chris Kappler.-References:*-External links:*...

     riding Fein Cera - qualifer, 51st place (37th after round)


Team jumping:
  • Kappler, Ward, Madden, and Wylde - final, gold medal

Fencing

Men's épée individual:
  • Soren Thompson
    Soren Thompson
    Soren Thompson is an American right-handed epee fencer.Thompson attended Torrey Pines High School and Princeton University .-Fencing career:...

     - defeated in quarterfinal

  • Cody Mattern - defeated in round of 32
  • Weston Seth Kelsey - defeated in round of 32


Women's épée individual:
  • Kamara James - defeated in round of 32


Men's foil individual:
  • Dan Kellner
    Dan Kellner
    Daniel "Dan" Kellner is an American foil fencer.-Early life:“When I was 13, I had a video game called ‘Summer Games,’ with all the Olympic Sports on it, even fencing," said Kellner. "I couldn’t make the fencing game work very well...

     - defeated in round of 16
  • Jonathan Tiomkin
    Jonathan Tiomkin
    Jonathan Tiomkin is an American foil fencer.Tiomkin played competitive youth tennis before trying fencing.-High School:...

     - defeated in round of 32
  • Jedediah Dupree
    Jedediah Dupree
    William Jedediah "Jed" Dupree is an American men's foil fencer. He was the 2001 NCAA Champion in individual men's foil, and the 2002 and 2005 National Champion in individual foil. He represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in team foil at the 2003 Pan...

     - defeated in round of 64


Women's foil individual:
  • Erinn Smart
    Erinn Smart
    Erinn Smart is a U.S. fencer who is a member of the United States Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she is competing in the women's individual and team foil events. Smart is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and is coached by Buckie Leach...

     - defeated in round of 64


Men's sabre individual:
  • Keeth Smart
    Keeth Smart
    Keeth Thomas Smart is a US sabre fencer who became the first American to gain the sport's #1 ranking for males. He received a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Early life and education:...

     - defeated in round of 16
  • Ivan Lee
    Ivan Lee
    Ivan Lee is a world-class American sabre fencer.-General:He was a member of the 2001 U.S...

     - defeated in round of 16
  • Jason Rogers - defeated in round of 32


Women's sabre individual:
  • Mariel Zagunis
    Mariel Zagunis
    Mariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the...

     - gold medal
  • Sada Jacobson
    Sada Jacobson
    Sada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a...

     - bronze medal
  • Emily Jacobson
    Emily Jacobson
    Emily Phillipa Jacobson is an American sabre fencer.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a member of the 1974 U.S. National fencing team in saber and also a former Yale fencer, and Tina Jacobson, who has also fenced competitively.She is the younger sister of fellow U.S...

     - defeated in round of 16


Men's épée team:
  • Cody Mattern, Weston Kelsey, Soren Thompson, and Jansson 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
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...

 (Soccer)

The United States Olympic women's soccer team
  • Goalkeepers: Kristin Luckenbill
    Kristin Luckenbill
    Kristin Luckenbill is an American soccer goalkeeper who last played for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team...

    , Briana Scurry
    Briana Scurry
    Briana Colette Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup , 1996 Olympics , 1999 World Cup , 2003 World Cup , 2004 Olympics and 2007 World Cup...

  • Defence: Brandi Chastain
    Brandi Chastain
    Brandi Denise Chastain is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder who plays for the team California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team....

    , Joy Fawcett, Kate Markgraf
    Kate Markgraf
    Kate Markgraf , is an American soccer defender and was a member of the U.S. women's national team.-Early life:...

    , Heather Mitts
    Heather Mitts
    Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley is an American professional soccer player who is a defender in the Women's Professional Soccer league. Mitts played college soccer for the University of Florida, and thereafter, she has played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia...

    , Christie Rampone
    Christie Rampone
    Christie Patricia Rampone is an American soccer defender currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a member and current Captain of the United States women's national soccer team.-High school:...

    , Cat Reddick
  • Midfielders: Shannon Boxx
    Shannon Boxx
    Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....

    , Julie Foudy (captain), Angela Hucles
    Angela Hucles
    Angela Khalia Hucles is a former American soccer midfielder and member of the United States women's national soccer team.-Early life:...

    , Kristine Lilly
    Kristine Lilly
    Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...

    , Lindsay Tarpley
    Lindsay Tarpley
    Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow is an American soccer forward currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She went to Portage Central High School.-High school:Tarpley grew up in Portage, Michigan, and attended Portage...

    , Aly Wagner
    Aly Wagner
    Alyson Kay "Aly" Wagner is a former American soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer. She was a member of the United States women's national soccer team...

  • Forwards: Mia Hamm
    Mia Hamm
    Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

    , Heather O'Reilly
    Heather O'Reilly
    Heather Ann O'Reilly , also known by her initials HAO, is a member of the United States women's national soccer team and a two-time Olympic Gold medalist...

    , Cindy Parlow, Abby Wambach
    Abby Wambach
    Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...


Head Coach: April Heinrichs
August 11 Greece 0-3 USA
August 14 USA 2-0 Brazil
August 17 USA 1-1 Australia
August 20
(quarter final)
USA 2-1 Japan
August 23
(semi final)
USA 2-1
(aet)
Germany
August 26
(gold medal final)
USA 2-1
(aet)
Brazil

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: silver medal team
  • Paul Hamm
    Paul Hamm
    Paul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:...

     - advanced in five exercises
    • All-around - gold medal
    • Horizontal bar - silver medal
    • Floor - 5th place
    • Pommel horse - 6th place
    • Parallel bars - 7th place
  • Morgan Hamm
    Morgan Hamm
    Morgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic...

     - advanced in two exercises
    • Horizontal bar - 4th place
    • Floor - 8th place
  • Brett McClure - advanced in one exercise
    • All-around - 9th place
  • Blaine Wilson
    Blaine Wilson
    Blaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio.Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004...

     - did not advance in any exercise
  • Jason Gatson
    Jason Gatson
    Jason Gatson is a retired American gymnast.Gatson competed in his first World Championship in 1997 at the age of 17, where he placed 5th with team USA and 22nd in the all-around...

     - did not advance in any exercise
  • Guard Young - did not advance in any exercise


Women's artistic: silver medal team
  • Carly Patterson
    Carly Patterson
    Carly Rae Patterson is an American singer and former gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...

     - advanced in two exercises
    • All-around - gold medal
    • Beam - silver medal
  • Terin Humphrey
    Terin Humphrey
    Terin Marie Humphrey is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia...

     - advanced in one exercise
    • Uneven bars - silver medal
  • Annia Hatch
    Annia Hatch
    Annia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics.Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five...

     - advanced in one exercise
    • Vault - silver medal
  • Courtney Kupets
    Courtney Kupets
    Courtney Anne Kupets is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships ; her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004...

     - advanced in three exercises
    • Uneven bars - bronze medal
    • Beam - 5th place
    • All-around - 9th place
  • Mohini Bhardwaj
    Mohini Bhardwaj
    Mohini Bhardwaj is a retired American gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a team silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

     - advanced in one exercise
    • Floor - 6th place
  • Courtney McCool
    Courtney McCool
    Courtney Lynn McCool is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team. Although she didn't compete in the team finals, she helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania...

     - did not advance in any exercise


Women's rhythmic:
  • Individual
    • Mary Sanders
      Mary Sanders
      Mary Sanders is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Mary holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada, as her father was from the US and her mother is Canadian. She began her career representing Canada but began to compete for the USA in late 2002. Sanders is a two-time Canadian...

       - 15th place


Women's trampoline:
  • Jennifer Parilla
    Jennifer Parilla
    Jennifer Parilla is an American gymnast born in Newport Beach, California. Jennifer's hometown is Lake Forest, California but she now resides in Newport Beach. She attends Team Everybody gymnastics club and is coached by Lionel Rangel. Jennifer attends Orange Coast College.She has been on the...

     - 14th place

Judo

Men's 60 kg:
  • Taraje Williams-Murray - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32


Men's 66 kg:
  • Alex Ottiano
    Alex Ottiano
    Alexander R. Ottiano is a male judoka from the United States, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's half lightweight division at the Pan American Games . He represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...

     - defeated in round of 32


Men's 73 kg:
  • James Pedro - bronze medal; defeated in round of 16; won repechage finals


Men's 81 kg:
  • Richard Hawn - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16


Men's 90 kg:
  • Brian Olson
    Brian Olson
    Brian Perry Olson was born in Tallahassee, Florida, on 6 March 1973. He has been a competitor on four United States Olympic teams in judo: 1996 , 2000 , and 2004 , and 2008...

     - defeated in round of 16


Men's 100 kg:
  • Rhadi Ferguson
    Rhadi Ferguson
    Dr. Rhadi Bullard Ferguson is an Bahamian American mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.- Biography :...

     - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32


Men's 100+ kg:
  • Martin Boonzaayer
    Martin Boonzaayer
    Martin David Boonzaayer was a two time member of the United States Judo Olympic Team, in 2000 and in 2004. He won gold at the 2004 Titan Games and bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games. -References:*...

     - defeated in round of 16


Women's 52 kg:
  • Charlee Minkin
    Charlee Minkin
    Charlee Minkin is a female judoka from the United States, who won the silver medal in the women's half lightweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:*...

     - defeated in round of 32


Women's 57 kg:
  • Ellen Wilson
    Ellen Wilson (judoka)
    Ellen Bernice Wilson is a female judoka from the United States, who won the silver medal in the women's lightweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney,...

     - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32


Women's 63 kg:
  • Ronda Rousey
    Ronda Rousey
    Ronda Rousey is an American judoka and mixed martial artist. She formerly trained at the Olympic Training Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts under guidance of Jimmy Pedro and is now part of Team Hayastan in Santa Monica, California.Rousey trains under Gokor Chivichyan, Leo Frincu and Gene Lebell,...

     - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16


Women's 70 kg:
  • Celita Schutz - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32


Women's 78 kg:
  • Nicole Kubes
    Nicole Kubes
    Nicole Kubes is an American athlete and judoka currently living in Fort Worth, TX. Beginning her training in Judo at age 7 with her sister Bridgette, Nicole became one of the youngest members of the United States 2004 Summer Olympics Team in 2004 at age 17...

     - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

Modern Pentathlon

Men's:
  • Vakhtang Iagorashvili
    Vakhtang Iagorashvili
    Vakhtang Iagorashvili, also known as Vaho, was the winner of the Bronze medal in the Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics representing the USSR. He represented Georgia in the Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer...

     - 9th place
  • Chad Senior
    Chad Senior
    Chad Senior is an American Olympic modern pentathlete.Senior grew up in Fort Myers, Florida, and graduated from North Fort Myers High School. He excelled in academics and athletics, and at an early age expressed a desire to compete in the Olympics...

     - 13th place


Women's:
  • Mary Beth Iagorashvili - 15th place
  • Anita Allen
    Anita Allen
    Anita Allen is a United States Army medical service officer who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the modern pentathlon, where she finished 18th of 32 competitors. A 2000 graduate of West Point, Allen finished first in the riding portion of the event. She was a standout cross country runner...

     - 18th place

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Italy (7:0)
  • Defeated Australia (10:0)
  • Defeated Japan (3:0)
  • Defeated Canada (7:0)
  • Defeated PR China (4:0)
  • Defeated Greece (7:0)
  • Defeated Taipei (3:0)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Australia (5:0)
  • Final
  • Defeated Australia (5:1) → Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

  • Leah Amico
    Leah Amico
    Leah Marie O'Brien-Amico is an American softball player, best known for her gold medals at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 olympics...

  • Laura Berg
    Laura Berg
    Laura Kay Berg is an American softball player who plays the position of center fielder...

  • Crystl Bustos
    Crystl Bustos
    |- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2006 Oklahoma City|- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2007 Oklahoma City|- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle| 1st || 2005 Akron Racers...

  • Lisa Fernandez
    Lisa Fernandez
    For the politician, see Liza Fernandez RodriguezLisa Fernandez is a right-handed softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent. She established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game as a member of the United States Women's team.-Early years:Lisa's father immigrated from Cuba,...

  • Jennie Finch
    Jennie Finch
    Jennie Lynn Finch , who occasionally uses her husband's surname Daigle, is a former American softball player who pitched for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. Finch helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

  • Tairia Flowers
    Tairia Flowers
    Tairia Flowers is an American softball player. She is best known for competing on the Gold medal winning United States National softball team...

  • Amanda Freed
    Amanda Freed
    Amanda Louise Freed is an American softball player.Freed was born in Fountain Valley, California. She attended UCLA where she played softball....

  • Lori Harrigan
    Lori Harrigan
    Lori Harrigan is an American softball player from Anaheim, California, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the American winning team in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Harrigan played collegiately at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.-References:...


  • Lovieanne Jung
    Lovieanne Jung
    Lovieanne Jung is a retired American softball player. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jung moved with her family to California at a young age....

  • Kelly Kretschman
    Kelly Kretschman
    Kelly Kretschman is an American softball player who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also won the gold in Athens and was on the team for Sydney, although she did not play. She also played the 2003 and 2006 seasons with the Stratford Brakettes of Connecticut...

  • Jessica Mendoza
    Jessica Mendoza
    Jessica Mendoza , is an American softball player of Mexican descent, who played for the United States women's national softball team from 2004-2010 and a four-time first team All-American at Stanford University from 1999-2002. Mendoza wears number two and plays outfield...

  • Stacey Nuveman
    Stacey Nuveman
    Stacey "Nuvey" Nuveman-Deniz from La Verne, California is a former NCAA Division I four-time First Team All-American, National Champion winning, right-handed hitting softball player for the UCLA Bruins at the catcher position...

  • Cat Osterman
    Cat Osterman
    Catherine Leigh "Cat" Osterman , is an American athlete and was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics....

  • Jenny Topping
    Jenny Topping
    Jenny Louise Topping from Whittier, California is an American, former four-time NCAA Division I First Team All-American, left-handed hitting softball player. She suited up for the University of Washington from 1999-2000 and Cal State Fullerton for the seasons 2001-2003...

  • Natasha Watley
    Natasha Watley
    Natasha Watley is an American professional softball player currently with the USA Softball Women’s National Team. She plays the position of shortstop and first base, and helped her team to win the gold medal for softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

  • Head Coach: Mike Candrea
    Mike Candrea
    Mike Candrea is the head softball coach at The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He was also the head coach of the United States women's national softball team.-Collegiate Coaching Record:...



Tennis

Men's Individual
  • Taylor Dent
    Taylor Dent
    Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...

     - 4th place, defeated in bronze medal match by Fernando González
    Fernando González
    ----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

    , CHI
  • Andy Roddick
    Andy Roddick
    Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....

     - Defeated in round of 16 by Fernando González
    Fernando González
    ----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...

    , CHI
  • Vincent Spadea - Defeated in round of 32 by Nicolás Massú
    Nicolás Massú
    Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...

    , CHI


Men's Doubles
  • Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick - Defeated in round of 32 by Mahesh Bhupathi
    Mahesh Bhupathi
    Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...

     & Leander Paes
    Leander Paes
    Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

    , India
  • Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan - Defeated in Quarterfinals by Fernando González & Nicolás Massú, CHI


Women's Individual
  • Lisa Raymond
    Lisa Raymond
    Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...

     - Defeated in round of 16 by Alicia Molik
    Alicia Molik
    Alicia Molik is a Australian professional female tennis player. She reached a career high singles rank of number 8 and also won a bronze medal for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Molik also reached a career high doubles ranking of number 6, and won two grand slam doubles titles, at the...

    , AUS
  • Chanda Rubin
    Chanda Rubin
    Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...

     - Defeated in round of 16 by Amélie Mauresmo
    Amélie Mauresmo
    Amélie Simone Mauresmo ; is a French former professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....

    , FRA
  • Venus Williams
    Venus Williams
    Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...

     - Defeated in round of 16 by Mary Pierce
    Mary Pierce
    Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...

    , 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

Triathlon

The United States won its first medal in the triathlon when Susan Williams earned a bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

 in the second iteration of the Olympic competition.

Women's:
  • Susan Williams - 2:05:08.92 (bronze medal)
  • Barbara Lindquist
    Barbara Lindquist
    Barbara Metz Lindquist is a triathlete from the United States.Lindquist competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took ninth place with a total time of 2:06:25.49....

     - 2:06:25.49 (9th place)
  • Sheila Taormina
    Sheila Taormina
    Sheila Taormina is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in 3 different sports...

     - 2:09:21.08 (23rd place)


Men's:
  • Hunter Kemper
    Hunter Kemper
    Hunter Craig Kemper is a triathlete from the United States. He won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, behind Venezuela's Gilberto González, followed by the gold four years later in Santo Domingo....

     - 1:52:46.33 (9th place)
  • Andy Potts
    Andy Potts
    Andrew Robert Potts is a triathlete from the United States, who won the bronze medal as a swimmer in the men's 400m individual medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade....

     - 1:55:36.47 (22nd place)
  • Victor Plata
    Victor Plata
    Victor Andres Plata is a triathlete from the United States. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his hometown is Santa Cruz, California....

     - 1:57:09.09 (27th place)

Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Prelims:
  • 3-2
  • Quarterfinals:
  • Defeated Greece
    Greece
    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

     (3-2)
  • Semifinals:
  • Lost to Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

     (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Game:
  • Lost to Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

     (0-3)
  • Team Roster:
  • Lloy Ball
    Lloy Ball
    Lloy James Ball is an American volleyball player who represented the United States men's national volleyball team in four Olympics team competitions...

  • Erik Sullivan
  • Phillip Eatherton
    Phillip Eatherton
    Phillip Daniel Eatherton is a volleyball player from the United States, who plays as a middle-blocker for the Men's National Team. He joined the team in May 1997.-References:*...

  • Donald Suxho
  • Reid Priddy
  • Ryan Millar
    Ryan Millar
    Ryan Madsen Millar is an American volleyball player, who plays as a middle-blocker for the U.S. national team. He joined the team in May 1999. He is currently playing for Resovia Rzeszów in the Polish Volleyball League.-Personal life:Millar was born in San Dimas, California.In 1997, he got...

  • Riley Salmon
    Riley Salmon
    Riley Salmon is a volleyball player from the United States. He graduated from Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, and played two years of varsity volleyball at Pierce College from 1994-96 before joining the men's national team in May 2001 as an outside hitter. He competed at the 2004...

  • Brook Billings
    Brook Billings
    Brook Michael Billings is an American indoor volleyball player, who plays as an opposite-hitter for the U.S. National Team. He joined the team in May 2002.-Personal life:...

  • Thomas Hoff
  • Clay Stanley
    Clay Stanley
    Clayton “Clay” Iona Stanley is an American volleyball player. Stanley has been on the U.S. men's national team since 2000 and has made two Olympic appearances, in 2004 and 2008...

  • Kevin Barnett
  • Gabriel Gardner
  • Head Coach: Doug Beal
    Doug Beal
    Doug Beal is an American volleyball player and coach, the current USA Volleyball CEO, and a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.- Education :...


Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Prelims: 2-3
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-2 by Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

  • Team Roster:
  • Prikeba Phipps
    Prikeba Phipps
    Prikeba Reed Phipps is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team...

  • Danielle Scott
  • Tayyiba Haneef
  • Lindsey Berg
    Lindsey Berg
    Lindsey Napela Berg is a volleyball player from the United States.Berg was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was three-time All-Big Ten selection at the University of Minnesota, where she graduated in December 2001....

  • Stacy Sykora
    Stacy Sykora
    Stacy Denise Sykora is an American volleyball player. She was a two-time All-American at Texas A&M University and she competed in both the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics as part of the U.S. women's national team...

  • Elisabeth Bachman
    Elisabeth Bachman
    Elisabeth Bachman is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...

  • Heather Bown
    Heather Bown
    Heather Erin Bown is a volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics...

  • Ogonna Nnamani
    Ogonna Nnamani
    Ogonna Nneka Nnamani is an American indoor volleyball player, currently playing professionally for VK Prostějov in Prostějov, Czech Republic....

  • Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
    Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
    Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow-Santos is an American indoor volleyball player. She is a setter on the USA national team and played at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics, and also played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to a silver medal.-Personal life:Ah Mow was born in...

  • Nancy Metcalf
    Nancy Metcalf
    Nancy Jean Metcalf is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.-Career:Metcalf graduated from the University of Nebraska in December 2001 with a bachelor’s...

  • Tara Cross-Battle
    Tara Cross-Battle
    Tara Cross-Battle is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

  • Logan Tom
    Logan Tom
    Logan Maile Lei Tom is an American indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Universal. At age 19, Tom made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics...


Men's Beach Competition

  • Dax Holdren
    Dax Holdren
    Dax Holdren is an American professional beach volleyball player. Holdren is currently on the AVP tour playing with Jeff Nygaard....

     and Stein Metzger
    Stein Metzger
    Stein Metzger is a beach volleyball player from the United States, playing in the AVP. In 2006 he played with his high school teammate, Mike Lambert, and they advanced to the Final Four in fourteen of the fifteen team events, winning five times...

    • Prelims: 1-2
    • Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Markus Dieckmann
      Markus Dieckmann
      Markus Dieckmann is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings....

       and Jonas Reckermann
      Jonas Reckermann
      Jonas Reckermann is a professional beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he ended up in ninth place in the overall-rankings...

      , Germany
      Germany
      Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-0 by Stefan Kobel
      Stefan Kobel
      Stefan Kobel is a Swiss beach volleyball player. With his partner Patrick Heuscher he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:* at the Beach Volleyball Database...

       and Patrick Heuscher
      Patrick Heuscher
      Patrick Heuscher is a Swiss beach volleyball player. With his partner Stefan Kobel he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His current partner is Sascha Heyer.-External links:...

      , Switzerland
      Switzerland
      Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

  • Dain Blanton
    Dain Blanton
    Dain Blanton is an American beach volleyball player won the gold medal in Beach Volleyball in the 2000 Olympic Games, with partner Eric Fonoimoana. He returned to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece with partner Jeff Nygaard, becoming the first and only two-time U.S...

     and Jeff Nygaard
    Jeff Nygaard
    Jeff Wayne Nygaard is an American beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team.Jeff Nygaard attended Robert M...

    • Prelims: 0-3
    • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Women's Beach Competition

  • Kerri Walsh
    Kerri Walsh
    Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

     and Misty May - gold medal
    • Prelims: 3-0
    • Round of 16: Won 2-0 against Jia Tian and Fei Wang, China
      People's Republic of China
      China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

    • Quarterfinal: Won 2-0 against Guylaine Dumont
      Guylaine Dumont
      Guylaine Dumont is a Canadian beach volleyball player.At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Dumont and partner Annie Martin finished tied for fifth in the women's beach volleyball event, losing to the Americans in the quarter-final.-External links:* - Site is in French only.* - Profile of Guylaine...

       and Annie Martin
      Annie Martin
      Annie Martin is a Canadian beach volleyball player.Martin and her partner, Guylaine Dumont, tied for fifth in the women's beach volleyball event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, after losing to the American pair of Kerri Walsh and Misty May in the quarterfinals.-External links:* * *...

      , Canada
      Canada
      Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

    • Semifinal: Won 2-0 against Holly McPeak
      Holly McPeak
      Holly McPeak is an American beach volleyball player.McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.4 million USD in career earnings, which are third and second respectively of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball...

       and Elaine Youngs
      Elaine Youngs
      Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...

      , United States
      United States
      The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    • Gold medal game: Won 2-0 against Shelda Bede
      Shelda Bede
      Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...

       and Adriana Behar
      Adriana Behar
      Adriana Brandão Behar is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation....

      , Brazil
      Brazil
      Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

  • Holly McPeak
    Holly McPeak
    Holly McPeak is an American beach volleyball player.McPeak has 72 career beach volleyball titles and $1.4 million USD in career earnings, which are third and second respectively of any woman in the history of professional beach volleyball...

     and Elaine Youngs
    Elaine Youngs
    Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...

     - bronze medal
    • Prelims: 3-0
    • Round of 16: Won 2-0 against Eva Celbova
      Eva Celbová
      Eva Celbová-Ryšavá is a female beach volleyball player from the Czech Republic, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...

       and Sona Novakova
      Sona Nováková
      Soňa Nováková-Dosoudilová is a female beach volleyball player from the Czech Republic. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...

      , Czech Republic
      Czech Republic
      The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

    • Quarterfinal: Won 2-0 against Okka Rau
      Okka Rau
      Okka Rau is a female beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the gold medal at the 2003 European Championships in Alanya, partnering Stephanie Pohl...

       and Stephanie Pohl, Germany
      Germany
      Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    • Semifinal: Defeated 2-0 by Kerri Walsh
      Kerri Walsh
      Kerri Lee Walsh-Jennings is an American professional beach volleyball player.Walsh-Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics...

       and Misty May, United States
      United States
      The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    • Bronze medal game: Won 2-1 against Natalie Cook
      Natalie Cook
      Natalie Louise Cook OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.-Early life:...

       and Nicole Sanderson, Australia
      Australia
      Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Croatia (7-6)
  • Defeated Kazakhstan (9-6)
  • Lost to Hungary (5-7)
  • Lost to Russia (7-9)
  • Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (4-9)
  • Classification Matches
  • 7th/10th place: defeated Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

     (6-5)
  • 7th/8th place: defeated Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     (9-8) → Seventh place
  • Team Roster
  • Brandon Brooks
    Brandon Brooks (water polo)
    Brandon Brooks , who played water polo as a goalie for UCLA and the 2004 and 2008 United States National teams, is now the head coach of the women's water polo team at UCLA. The women's team won the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, and one of his players, Courtney Mathewson,...

  • Wolf Wigo
    Wolf Wigo
    Wolf Wigo is a renowned American water polo player and coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 13, was a four-year All-America collegiate player and led his Stanford University team to two NCAA Championships. A member of the U.S...

  • Omar Amr
  • Jeff Powers
    Jeff Powers
    Jeff Powers is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....

  • Adam Wright
    Adam Wright (water polo)
    Adam Wright is an American water polo player and a college water polo head coach. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

  • Chris Segesman
  • Layne Beaubien
    Layne Beaubien
    Layne Beaubien is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....

  • Tony Azevedo
    Tony Azevedo
    Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University. Nicknamed "The Savior" at one point, he is considered to be one of the best American water polo players in recent memory...

  • Dan Klatt
  • Brett Ormsby
  • Jesse Smith
    Jesse A. Smith
    Jesse A. Smith is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....

  • Genai Kerr
    Genai Kerr
    Genai Kerr is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics.-Early years:Kerr ran track at Chula Vista High School...

  • Ryan Bailey
    Ryan Bailey (water polo)
    Ryan Bailey is an American water polo player, currently playing for VK Partizan. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.Went to Millikan High School in Long...


Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Hungary (7-6)
  • Lost to Canada (5-6)
  • Defeated Russia (8-4)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

     (5-6)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

      (6-5) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Jacqueline Frank
  • Heather Petri
    Heather Petri
    Heather Petri is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal with the US women's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

  • Ericka Lorenz
    Ericka Lorenz
    Ericka Denise Lorenz is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

  • Brenda Villa
    Brenda Villa
    Brenda Villa is an American world-class water polo player for the US National and Olympic teams....

  • Ellen Estes
    Ellen Estes
    Ellen Marie Estes is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estes scored three goals during the bronze medal game against Australia.Estes played for Stanford University...

  • Natalie Golda
    Natalie Golda
    Natalie Golda is an American water polo player. Considered one of the greatest women's water polo players of all time, her senior leadership helped guide the 2005 UCLA Bruins to their seventh national championship. In May 2005 Golda received the Peter J...

  • Margaret Dingeldein
    Margaret Dingeldein
    Margaret Dingeldein is an American water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics...

  • Kelly Rulon
    Kelly Rulon
    Kelly Rulon is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...

  • Heather Moody
    Heather Moody
    Heather Moody is an American water polo player, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the only member of the team not from California...

  • Robin Beauregard
    Robin Beauregard
    Robin Mary Beauregard is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Beauregard plays the position of center defender.In addition to playing for the national team, Beauregard also played for UCLA...

  • Amber Stachowski
    Amber Stachowski
    Amber Val Stachowski is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...

  • Nicolle Payne
    Nicolle Payne
    Nicolle Katherine Payne is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics...

  • Thalia Munro
    Thalia Munro
    Thalia Janina Munro is an American water polo player for the UCLA Bruins and the US National Team, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics...


See also

  • United States at the 2003 Pan American Games
    United States at the 2003 Pan American Games
    The United States sent a delegation to 14th Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. At the 2003 Pan Ams, the USA garnered 270 medals: 117 gold, 80 silver and 73 bronze.- Gold:*Men's Recurve Individual: Vic Wunderle...

  • United States at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
    United States at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
    The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. A total of 235 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only sport Americans did not compete in was soccer 5-a-side...

  • United States at the Olympics
    United States at the Olympics
    The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted.The United States Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for the United States....


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