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

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Medals


Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 353929103

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

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

Archery

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

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

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

Women's 100 metres:

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)

Men's 400 metres:

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

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

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

Men's 800 metres:

Men's 1500 metres:

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

Men's 5000 metres:

Men's 10000 metres:

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

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

Men's 4x400 metre relay:

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

Men's decathlon:

Men's marathon:

Men's 20 km walk:

Men's 50 km walk:

Men's long jump:

Men's triple jump:

Men's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

Men's shot put:

Men's discus:

Men's javelin:

Men's hammer:

Badminton

Men's Singles

Did not compete

Men's Doubles

Women's Singles

Did not compete

Women's Doubles

Did not compete

Basketball

The United States Olympic men's basketball team


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

Head Coach: Van Chancellor


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


Fencing

Men's pe individual:

Women's pe individual:

Men's foil individual:

Women's foil individual:

Men's sabre individual:

Women's sabre individual:

Men's pe 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

Football (Soccer)

The United States Olympic women's soccer team

Head Coach: April Heinrichs


August 11 Greece 0-3 USA
August 14 USA 2-0 Brazil
August 17 USA 2-0 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


Softball

The United States Olympic softball team


August 14 United States 7-0 Italy
August 15 United States 10-0 Australia
August 16 United States 3-0 Japan
August 17 United States 4-0 China
August 18 United States 7-0 Canada
August 19 United States 7-0 Greece
August 20 United States 3-0 Chinese Taipei
August 22
(semi final)
United States 5-0 Australia
August 23
(gold medal final)
United States 5-1 Australia


Tennis

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 Gonzlez & Nicols Mass, 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

Officials

  • President: Williams C. Martin


National Olympic Committees at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece
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