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United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics


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.

Contents

Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 353929103

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
    • Men's eight with coxswain: Jason Read , Wyatt Allen , Chris Ahrens , Joseph Hansen , Matt Deakin , Dan Beery , Beau Hoopman , Bryan Volpenhein and Pete Cipollone
  • Sailing
    • Men's 470: Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham
  • Shooting
    • Men's 50 m Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons with a score of 599 (100-100-99-100-100-100)
    • Women's Double Trap: Kimberly Rhode with a score of 146 (36-36-38-36)
  • Softball
  • Swimming
    • Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall Jr. in a time of 21.93 seconds
    • Men's 100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 54.06 seconds
    • Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 1:54.95, a new Olympic record . Peirsol was originally disqualified due to what one official thought was an illegal turn, but he reclaimed the gold with a successful appeal.
    • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 51.25 seconds
    • Men's 200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:54.04
    • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:57.14
    • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 4:08.26
    • Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , and Klete Keller in a time of 7:12.80
    • Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak in a time of 3:30.68, a new world record
    • Women's 100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin in a time of 1:00.37
    • Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard in a time of 2:23.37
    • Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper , Dana Vollmer, and Kaitlin Sandeno in a time of 7:53.42, a new world record
  • Taekwondo
    • Men's under 80 kg: Steven Lopez
  • Wrestling

Silver

  • Athletics
  • Canoeing
    • Women's K1 Kayak Single: Rebecca Giddens with a total time of 214.62 seconds
  • Cycling
    • Women's Individual Time Trial: Dierdre Demet-Barry with a time of 31:35.62
  • Equestrian
    • Individual Eventing: Kimberly Severson aboard Winsome Adante
    • Team Eventing: Chris Kappler , Beezie Madden , McLain Ward and Peter Wylde
  • Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Rowing
    • Women's eight with coxswain: Kate Johnson , Samantha Magee , Megan Dirkmaat , Alison Cox , Anna Mickelson , Laurel Korholz , Anna Davies , Lianne Nelson and Mary Whipple
  • Sailing
    • Tornado: John Lovell and Charlie Ogeltree
  • Shooting
    • 50 m Free Rifle 3 positions: Michael Anti
  • Swimming:
    • Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Larsen Jensen with a time of 14:45.29, a new American record
    • Men's 100 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen with a time of 1:00.25
    • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Ian Crocker with a time of 51.29 seconds
    • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Ryan Lochte with a time of 1:58.78
    • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Erik Vendt with a time of 4:11.81
    • Women's 200 m Individual Medley: Amanda Beard with a time of 2:11.70
    • Women's 400 m Individual Medley: Kaitlin Sandeno with a time of 4:34.95
    • Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Lindsay Benko , Maritza Correia, Colleen Lanne and Amanda Weir
    • Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jennifer Thompson and Kara Lynn Joyce with a time of 3:36.39, a new American record
  • Tennis
  • Taekwondo
    • Women's under 57 kg: Nia Abdallah
  • Wrestling
    • Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Stephen Abas
    • Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Jamill Kelly
    • Women's Freestyle 63 kg: Sara McMann was the first women to get a Silver medal for the US in Women's Wrestling

Bronze

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

Results by event

Archery

Men's Individual

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:

  • Joanna Hayes - 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 - 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:

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

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 - Round 1: 2:05.67

Men's 1500 metres:

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

Women's 1500 metres:

  • Carrie Tollefson - Round 1: 4:06.46, Semifinal: 4:08.55

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

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

Men's 5000 metres:

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

Women's 5000 metres:

  • Marla Runyan - Round 1: 15:24.88
  • Shalane Flanagan - Round 1: 15:34.63
  • Shayne Culpepper - Round 1: 15:40.02

Men's 10000 metres:

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

Women's 10000 metres:

  • Elva Dryer - 32:18.16 (19th place)
  • Kate O'Neill - 32:24.04 (21st place)

Men's 4x100 metre relay:

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

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:

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

Women's decathlon:

  • Sheila Burrell - 6296 points (4th place)
  • Michelle Perry - 6124 points (14th place)
  • Tiffany Lott Hogan - 6066 points (20th place)

Men's marathon:

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

Women's marathon:

  • Deena Kastor - 2:27:20 (bronze medal)
  • Jennifer Rhines - 2:43:52 (34th place)
  • Colleen de Reuck - 2:46:30 (39th place)

Men's 20 km walk:

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

Women's 20 km walk:

  • Teresa Vaill - 1:38:47 (43rd place)

Men's 50 km walk:

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

Men's long jump:

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

Women's long jump:

  • Marion Jones - Round 1: 6.70 metres, Final: 6.85 metres (5th place)
  • Grace Upshaw - Round 1: 6.68 metres, Final: 6.64 metres (10th place)
  • Rose Richmond - Round 1: 6.46 metres

Men's triple jump:

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

Women's triple jump:

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

Men's high jump:

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

Women's high jump:

  • Amy Acuff - Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.99 metres (4th place)
  • Tisha Waller - Round 1: 1.89 metres
  • Chaunte Howard - Round 1: 1.85 metres

Men's pole vault:

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

Women's pole vault:

  • Stacy Dragila - Round 1: 4.30 metres
  • Jillian Schwartz - Round 1: 4.30 metres
  • Kellie Suttle - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Men's shot put:

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

Women's shot put:

  • Kristin Heaston - Round 1: 17.17 metres
  • Laura Gerraught - Round 1: 16.47 metres

Men's discus:

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

Women's discus:

  • Aretha Hill - Round 1: 58.82 metres
  • Stephanie Brown - Round 1: 58.54 metres
  • Seilala Sua - Round 1: No mark

Men's javelin:

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

Women's javelin:

  • Kim Kreiner - 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 - Round 1: 66.71 metres
  • Anna Mahon - Round 1: 64.99 metres
  • Jackie Jeschelnig - Round 1: 62.23 metres

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

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 (48kg)

  • Rau Shee Warren
    1. Round of 32 - Lost to Zou Shiming of China, 22-9

Flyweight (51kg)

  • Ron Siler
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Bradley Hore of Australia, 32-18
    2. Round of 16 - Lost to Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 45-22

Lightweight (60kg)

  • Vicente Escobedo
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Jose David Mosquera Mosquera of Colombia, outscored
    2. Round of 16 - Lost to Rovshan Huseynov of Azerbaijan, 36-18

Light Welterweight (64kg)

  • Rock Allen
    1. Round of 32 - Bye
    2. Round of 16 - Lost to Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria, 30-10

Welterweight (69kg)

  • Vanes Martirosyan
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Meskine Benamar, Algeria , 45-20
    2. Round of 16 - Lost to Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba, 20-11

Middleweight (75kg)

  • Andre Dirrell - bronze medal
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Ha Dabateer of China, 25-18
    2. Round of 16 - Defeated Kassel Nabil of Algeria, outscored
    3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Yordani Despaigne Herrera of Cuba, 12-11
    4. Semifinal - Lost to Gennadiy Golovkin of Kazakhstan, 23-18

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

  • Andre Ward - gold medal
    1. Round of 32 - Bye
    2. Round of 16 - Defeated Clemente Russo of Italy, 17-9
    3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Evgeny Makarenko of Russia, 23-16
    4. Semifinal - Defeated Utkirbek Haydarov of Uzbekistan, 17-15
    5. Final - Defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 20-13

Heavyweight (91kg)

  • Devin Vargas
    1. Round of 16 - Defeated Rachid El Haddak of Morocco, outscored
    2. Quarterfinal - Lost to Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, 36-27

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

  • Jason Estrada
    1. Round of 16 - Defeated Ma'afu Hawke of Tonga, 30-11
    2. Quarterfinal - Lost to Michel Lopez Nunez of Cuba, 21-7

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

  • Troy Dumais - 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)

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

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

Women's épée individual:

  • Kamara James - defeated in round of 32

Men's foil individual:

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

Women's foil individual:

  • Erinn Smart - defeated in round of 64

Men's sabre individual:

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

Women's sabre individual:

Men's épée team:

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

Men's foil team:

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

Men's sabre team:

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

Football (Soccer)

The United States Olympic women's soccer team

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

  • 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
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 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

Triathlon

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:

  • Susan Williams - 2:05:08.92 (bronze medal)
  • Barbara Lindquist - 2:06:25.49 (9th place)
  • Sheila Taormina - 2:09:21.08 (23rd place)

Men's:

  • Hunter Kemper - 1:52:46.33 (9th place)
  • Andy Potts - 1:55:36.47 (22nd place)
  • Victor Plata - 1:57:09.09 (27th place)

Volleyball

Men's beach:

  • Daxton Holdren and Stein Metzger
    • Prelims: 1-2
    • Round of 16: Won 2-1 against Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann , Germany
    • Quarterfinal: Defeated 2-0 by Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher , Switzerland
  • Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard
    • Prelims: 0-3
    • Round of 16: Did not qualify

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

Water polo

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


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