The United States was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by the United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC). The delegation of 613 athletes was the largest the country has ever sent to the Summer Olympics.
Medals
United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings
Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:
Gold
- Athletics
- Women's Basketball
- Women's Beach Volleyball
- Boxing
- Cycling, road
- Fencing
- Women's Football
- Gymnastics, Artistic
- Men's Individual All-Around: Paul Hamm with a score of 57.823
- Women's Individual All-Around: Carly Patterson with a score of 38.387
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Men's 50 m Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons with a score of 599 (100-100-99-100-100-100)
- Women's Double Trap: Kimberly Rhode with a score of 146 (36-36-38-36)
- Softball
- Swimming
- Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall Jr. in a time of 21.93 seconds
- Men's 100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 54.06 seconds
- Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 1:54.95, a new Olympic record. Peirsol was originally disqualified due to what one official thought was an illegal turn, but he reclaimed the gold with a successful appeal.
- Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 51.25 seconds
- Men's 200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:54.04
- Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:57.14
- Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 4:08.26
- Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller in a time of 7:12.80
- Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak in a time of 3:30.68, a new world record
- Women's 100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin in a time of 1:00.37
- Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard in a time of 2:23.37
- Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Kaitlin Sandeno in a time of 7:53.42, a new world record
- Taekwondo
- Wrestling
Silver
- Athletics
- Canoeing
- Women's K1 Kayak Single: Rebecca Giddens with a total time of 214.62 seconds
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Gymnastics, Artistic
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming:
- Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Wrestling
- Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Stephen Abas
- Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Jamill Kelly
- Women's Freestyle 63 kg: Sara McMann was the first women to get a Silver medal for the US in Women's Wrestling
Bronze
- Athletics
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Beach Volleyball
- Boxing
- Cycling, Road
- Men's Individual Time Trial: Bobby Julich with a time of 57:58.19
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Gymnastics, Artistic
- Judo
- Swimming
- Synchronized Swimming
- Triathlon
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
Results by event
Men's Individual
Women's Individual
Men's Team
- Butch Johnson, John Magera, and Vic Wunderle - 4th place
Women's Team
- Stephanie Arnold, Janet Dykman, and Jennifer Nichols - 13th place
Men's 100 metres:
- Justin Gatlin - Round 1: 10.07 s, Round 2: 9.96 s, Semifinal: 10.09 s, Final: 9.85 s (gold medal)
- Maurice Greene - Round 1: 10.18 s, Round 2: 9.93 s, Semifinal: 9.97 s, Final: 9.87 s (bronze medal)
- Shawn Crawford - Round 1: 10.02 s, Round 2: 9.89 s, Semifinal: 10.07 s, Final: 9.89 s (4th place)
Women's 100 metres:
Men's 110 metre hurdles:
- Terrence Trammell - Round 1: 13.51 s, Round 2: 13.34 s, Semifinal: 13.17 s, Final: 13.18 s (silver medal)
- Duane Ross - Round 1: 13.39 s, Round 2: 13.50 s, Semifinal: 13.30 s
- Allen Johnson - Round 1: 13.45 s, Round 2: DNF
Women's 100 metre hurdles:
Men's 200 metres:
- Shawn Crawford - Round 1: 20.55 s, Round 2: 19.95 s, Semifinal: 20.05 s, Final: 19.79 s (gold medal)
- Bernard Williams - Round 1: 20.29 s, Round 2: 20.40 s, Semifinal: 20.18 s, Final: 20.01 s (silver medal)
- Justin Gatlin - Round 1: 20.51 s, Round 2: 20.03 s, Semifinal: 20.35 s, Final: 20.03 s (bronze medal)
Women's 200 metres:
- Allyson Felix - 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 - Round 1: 45.56 s, Semifinal: 44.87 s, Final: 44.00 s (gold medal)
- Otis Harris - Round 1: 45.11 s, Semifinal: 44.99 s, Final: 44.16 s (silver medal)
- Derrick Brew - Round 1: 45.41 s, Semifinal: 45.05 s, Final: 44.42 s (bronze medal)
Women's 400 metres:
- Monique Hennagan - Round 1: 51.02 s, Semifinal: 49.88 s, Final: 49.97 s (4th place)
- DeeDee Trotter - Round 1: 50.56 s, Semifinal: 50.14 s, Final: 50.00 s (5th place)
- Sanya Richards - Round 1: 50.11 s, Semifinal: 50.54 s, Final: 50.19 s (6th place)
Men's 400 metre hurdles:
- James Carter - Round 1: 48.64 s, Semifinal: 48.18 s, Final: 48.58 s (4th place)
- Bennie Brazell - Round 1: 48.57 s, Semifinal: 48.19 s, Final: 49.51 s (8th place)
- Angelo Taylor - Round 1: 48.79 s, Semifinal: 48.72 s
Women's 400 metre hurdles:
- Sheena Johnson - Round 1: 54.81 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s, Final: 53.83 s (4th place)
- Brenda Taylor - Round 1: 54.72 s, Semifinal: 55.02 s, Final: 54.97 s (7th place)
- Lashinda Demus - Round 1: 54.66 s, Semifinal: 54.32 s
Men's 800 metres:
Women's 800 metres:
Men's 1500 metres:
Women's 1500 metres:
Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:
Men's 5000 metres:
Women's 5000 metres:
Men's 10000 metres:
Women's 10000 metres:
Men's 4x100 metre relay:
Women's 4x100 metre relay:
Men's 4x400 metre relay:
- Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, and Darold Williamson - Final, 2:55.91 (gold medal)
Women's 4x400 metre relay:
Men's decathlon:
Women's decathlon:
Men's marathon:
Women's marathon:
Men's 20 km walk:
Women's 20 km walk:
Men's 50 km walk:
Men's long jump:
Women's long jump:
Men's triple jump:
Women's triple jump:
Men's high jump:
Women's high jump:
Men's pole vault:
Women's pole vault:
Men's shot put:
Women's shot put:
Men's discus:
Women's discus:
Men's javelin:
Women's javelin:
Men's hammer:
Women's hammer:
Men's Singles
- Did not compete
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
- Did not compete
Women's Doubles
- Did not compete
The United States Olympic men's basketball team
The so-called "
Dream Team" overcame a poor showing against Puerto Rico to win 3 out of their five preliminary games, the last of which was a blowout win against Angola. They failed to defend their gold medal from the 2000 games in Sydney, however, losing to Argentina in the semifinals. Argentina became the first team to prevent the U.S. team with NBA players to win the gold in men's basketball.
The United States Olympic women's basketball team
Head Coach:
Van Chancellor
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 (48kg)
Flyweight (51kg)
Lightweight (60kg)
Light Welterweight (64kg)
Welterweight (69kg)
Middleweight (75kg)
Light Heavyweight (81kg)
Heavyweight (91kg)
Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)
Flatwater
Men's C2 500 metres:
Men's C2 1000 metres:
- Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson - semifinal, 14th place
Men's K1 500 metres:
Women's K1 500 metres:
Men's K1 1000 metres:
Men's K2 500 metres:
Men's K2 1000 metres:
Women's K4 500 metres:
Slalom
Men's C1 slalom:
Men's C2 slalom:
Men's K1 slalom:
Women's K1 slalom:
Road cycling
Men's road race:
Women's road race:
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:
Women's individual sprint:
Men's team sprint:
Men's points race:
Women's points race:
Men's Keirin:
Mountain biking
Men's cross country:
Women's cross country:
Men's 3 metre springboard:
Women's 3 metre springboard:
Men's 10 metre platform:
Women's 10 metre platform:
Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:
Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:
- Mark Ruiz and Kyle Prandi - 8th place, 325.44 points
Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:
Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.
Individual dressage:
Team dressage:
- McDonald, Dover, Seidel, and Wilcox - bronze medal, 71.500%
Individual eventing:
Team eventing:
- Severson, Tryon, Chiacchia, Williams, and Richards - bronze medal, 145.6 penalties
Individual jumping:
Team jumping:
- Kappler, Ward, Madden, and Wylde - final, silver medal
Men's épée individual:
Women's épée individual:
Men's foil individual:
Women's foil individual:
Men's sabre individual:
Women's sabre individual:
Men's épée team:
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
The United States Olympic women's soccer team
- Goalkeepers: Kristin Luckenbill, Briana Scurry
- Defence: Brandi Chastain, Joy Fawcett, Kate Markgraf, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone, Cat Reddick
- Midfielders: Shannon Boxx, Julie Foudy (captain), Angela Hucles, Kristine Lilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Aly Wagner
- Forwards: Mia Hamm, Heather O'Reilly, Cindy Parlow, Abby Wambach
Head Coach:
April Heinrichs
Men's artistic: silver medal team
- Paul Hamm - 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 - advanced in two exercises
- Horizontal bar - 4th place
- Floor - 8th place
- Brett McClure - advanced in one exercise
- Blaine Wilson - did not advance in any exercise
- Jason Gatson - did not advance in any exercise
- Guard Young - did not advance in any exercise
Women's artistic: silver medal team
Women's rhythmic:
Women's trampoline:
Men's 60 kg:
Men's 66 kg:
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:
Men's 100 kg:
Men's 100+ kg:
Women's 52 kg:
Women's 57 kg:
- Ellen Wilson - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32
Women's 63 kg:
- Ronda Rousey - defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16
Women's 70 kg:
Women's 78 kg:
- Nicole Kubes - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16
Men's:
Women's:
The United States Olympic softball team
- Leah Amico, Laura Berg, Crystil Bustos, Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch, Tairia Flowers, Amanda Freed, Lori Hannigan, Lovieanne Jung, Kelly Kretschman, Jessica Mendoza, Stacey Nuveman, Catherine Osterman, Jenny Topping, Natasha Watley
Men's Individual
Men's Doubles
- Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick - Defeated in round of 32 by Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes, India
- Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan - Defeated in Quarterfinals by Fernando González & Nicolás Massú, CHI
Women's Individual
Women's Doubles
- Chanda Rubin & Venus Williams - Defeated in round of 32 by Li Ting & Sun Tian Tian, China
- Martina Navratilova & Lisa Raymond - Defeated in Quarterfinals by Shinobu Asagoe & Ai Sugiyama, JPN
The United States won its first medal in the triathlon when
Susan Williams earned a
bronze medal in the second iteration of the Olympic competition.
Women's:
Men's:
Men's beach:
Women's beach:
Men's:
- Prelims: 3-2
- Quarterfinal: Won 3-2 against Greece
- Semifinal: Defeated 3-0 by Brazil
- Bronze medal game: Defeated 3-0 by Russia
Women's:
- Prelims: 2-3
- Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-2 by Brazil
Men's: 7th place
- Preliminary round: 2-3-0
- Classification 7-10: defeated Australia, 6-5
- Classification 7/8: defeated Italy, 9-8
Women's: bronze medal
- Preliminary round: 2-1-0
- Semifinal: Lost to Italy, 6-5
- Bronze medal game: Defeated Australia, 6-5
Officials
- President: Williams C. Martin
External links
Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics | United States at the Olympics
Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004/Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες | Statele Unite ale Americii la Jocurile Olimpice de Vară din 2004