United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	588 (306 men and 282 women)
Sports:	32
Flagbearer:	Lopez Lomong^[1] (opening) Khatuna Lorig (closing)
Rank:	2
Gold:	36
Silver:	39
Bronze:	37
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The USOC sent a total of 588 athletes to Beijing (310 men and 286 women), and competed in all Olympic sports except handball.^{[2] [3]}

The USOC selected San Jose State University in San Jose, California, as the primary processing center for all Team USA members headed for Beijing 2008.^[4] They flew into San Jose via San Jose International Airport or San Francisco International Airport for at least two days of document checks, health examinations, cultural briefings, portrait sittings, uniform fittings, and last-minute workout sessions.^[5]

The U.S. did not win the most gold medals for the first time in a Summer Games since 1992, with China being the country that won the most golds (48–36). The United States never led the medal table during the games.^[6] However, the U.S. won its most medals ever (112) in a games not held on home soil, had the highest total medal count, and won more silver and bronze medals than any other participating nation.^[7] This games also saw a gold medal record for U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who won 8 golds surpassing Mark Spitz's record of 7 golds in a single Olympic event in 1972.^[8] Phelps also surpassed Spitz, Larisa Latynina of the USSR, Paavo Nurmi of Finland, and U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis to become the current record holder for the most Olympic gold medals (14).^[9]

The United States also saw milestones in women's swimming. Natalie Coughlin won 6 medals in Beijing, the most for a female Olympic swimmer.^[10] Dara Torres, who won 3 silver medals after her eight-year absence, became the oldest Olympic swimmer to win a medal, at age 41.^[11]

Gymnast Nastia Liukin became the third U.S. female to win a gold medal in individual all-around event.^[12] It was also a successful Olympics for U.S. team-based sports, as men's and women's basketball teams both won gold, as did men's volleyball, men and women's beach volleyball, women's soccer, women's eight in rowing, and the men's and women's 4 × 400 meter-relay teams.^[13] The US won silver and bronze medals in several other team events; women's volleyball, softball, baseball, both men's and women's team gymnastics, men's fencing sabre team, women's fencing foil team, and both men's and women's water polo.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Fencing	Women's sabre
		Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
	Matt Grevers Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Ben Wildman-Tobriner	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
		Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
		Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke
		Shooting	Men's double trap
		Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
	Klete Keller Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps Peter Vanderkaay Erik Vendt David Walters	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
		Cycling	Women's time trial
		Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke
		Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
		Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around
		Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
		Shooting	Men's skeet
	Mark Gangloff Matt Grevers Brendan Hansen Jason Lezak Aaron Peirsol Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
	Venus Williams	Tennis	Women's doubles
	Anna Cummins Caryn Davies Susan Francia Anna Goodale Caroline Lind Elle Logan Lindsay Shoop Mary Whipple	Rowing	Women's eight
		Athletics	Women's discus throw
		Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles
	Beezie Madden Will Simpson McLain Ward	Equestrian	Team jumping
		Sailing	Women's Laser Radial class
		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg
		Gymnastics	Women's balance beam
		Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles
	Kerri Walsh	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament
		Athletics	Men's 400 m
		Football	Women's tournament
	Todd Rogers	Beach volleyball	Men's tournament
		Athletics	Men's decathlon
	LaShawn Merritt David Neville Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Reggie Witherspoon	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay
	Natasha Hastings Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m relay
		Basketball	Women's tournament
		Volleyball	Men's tournament
		Basketball	Men's tournament
		Fencing	Women's sabre
	Kara Lynn Joyce Lacey Nymeyer Emily Silver Julia Smit Dara Torres	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
		Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
		Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke
		Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke
		Equestrian	Individual eventing
	Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around
		Shooting	Women's skeet
		Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
		Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around
		Athletics	Men's shot put
		Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke
		Rowing	Women's single sculls
	Erinn Smart Hanna Thompson	Fencing	Women's team foil
		Athletics	Women's heptathlon
		Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
	Natalie Coughlin Margaret Hoelzer Megan Jendrick Kara Lynn Joyce Christine Magnuson Rebecca Soni Dara Torres	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
		Sailing	Finn class
	Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams	Fencing	Men's team sabre
		Gymnastics	Women's floor
		Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles
		Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars
		Athletics	Women's pole vault
		Gymnastics	Women's balance beam
		Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar
		Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles
		Athletics	Men's 200 m
		Water polo	Women's tournament
		Softball	Women's tournament
		Athletics	Women's 200 m
		Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
		Athletics	Men's 400 m
		Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles
		Cycling	Men's BMX
		Volleyball	Women's tournament
		Water polo	Men's tournament
		Athletics	Women's 10000 m
		Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol
		Fencing	Women's sabre
		Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
		Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
		Shooting	Women's trap
		Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
	Raj Bhavsar Joe Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around
		Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley
		Cycling	Men's time trial
		Judo	Women's 70 kg
		Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle
	Natalie Coughlin Katie Hoff Christine Marshall Allison Schmitt Julia Smit Kim Vandenberg	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
	Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis	Fencing	Women's team sabre
		Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
		Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley
		Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Mike Bryan	Tennis	Men's doubles
		Athletics	Men's 100 m
		Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg
	Micah Boyd Steven Coppola Beau Hoopman Josh Inman Marcus McElhenney Matt Schnobrich Bryan Volpenhein Daniel Walsh	Rowing	Men's eight
		Gymnastics	Women's floor
		Athletics	Men's 400 meter hurdles
		Athletics	Women's 400 meters
		Athletics	Men's 200 meters
		Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
		Athletics	Men's 400 m
		Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles
		Equestrian	Individual jumping
		Athletics	Men's pole vault
		Cycling	Women's BMX
		Cycling	Men's BMX
		Boxing	Heavyweight
		Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg
		Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics	Baseball	Men's tournament
		Athletics	Women's high jump

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	bgcolor=F7F6A8	12	bgcolor=DCE5E5	9	bgcolor=FFDAB9	10	31
Athletics	bgcolor=F7F6A8	7	bgcolor=DCE5E5	10	bgcolor=FFDAB9	8	25
Volleyball	bgcolor=F7F6A8	3	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	4
Gymnastics	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	6	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	10
Shooting	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	6
Basketball	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
Fencing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	3	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	6
Cycling	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	3	5
Equestrian	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	3
Rowing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	3
Sailing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
Wrestling	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	3
Tennis	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
Soccer	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Water polo	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
Taekwondo	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	3
Softball	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Baseball	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Boxing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Judo	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Total	style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	39	style=background:#C96	37	112

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 9	1	1	2	4
2	August 10	1	1	3	5
3	August 11	1	2	1	4
4	August 12	4	3	3	10
5	August 13	3	1	3	7
6	August 14	0	1	4	5
7	August 15	4	5	2	11
8	August 16	2	4	2	8
9	August 17	3	5	3	11
10	August 18	3	3	1	7
11	August 19	4	2	1	7
12	August 20	0	2	1	3
13	August 21	3	6	4	13
14	August 22	2	1	5	8
15	August 23	3	1	2	6
17	August 24	2	1	0	3
Total		style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	39	style=background:#C96	37	112

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	bgcolor=F7F6A8	15	bgcolor=DCE5E5	25	bgcolor=FFDAB9	16	56	50.0%
Male	bgcolor=F7F6A8	20	bgcolor=DCE5E5	14	bgcolor=FFDAB9	21	55	49.1%
Mixed	1	0	0	1	0.9%
Total	style=background:gold	36	style=background:silver	39	style=background:#C96	37	112	100.0%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Michael Phelps	Swimming	8	0	0	8
Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	1	2	3	6
Nastia Liukin	Gymnastics	1	3	1	5
Ryan Lochte	Swimming	2	0	2	4
Shawn Johnson	Gymnastics	1	3	0	4
Matt Grevers	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Aaron Peirsol	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Jason Lezak	Swimming	2	0	1	3
Rebecca Soni	Swimming	1	2	0	3
Dara Torres	Swimming	0	3	0	3
Margaret Hoelzer	Swimming	0	2	1	3
Katie Hoff	Swimming	0	1	2	3
LaShawn Merritt	Track & field	2	0	0	2
Angelo Taylor	Track & field	2	0	0	2
Garrett Weber-Gale	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Kerron Clement	Track & field	1	1	0	2
Allyson Felix	Track & field	1	1	0	2
Jeremy Wariner	Track & field	1	1	0	2
Beezie Madden	Equestrian	1	0	1	2
David Neville	Track & field	1	0	1	2
Sanya Richards	Track & field	1	0	1	2
Peter Vanderkaay	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Mariel Zagunis	Fencing	1	0	1	2
Kara Lynn Joyce	Swimming	0	2	0	2
Christine Magnuson	Swimming	0	2	0	2
Jonathan Horton	Gymnastics	0	1	1	2
Sada Jacobson	Fencing	0	1	1	2
Julia Smit	Swimming	0	1	1	2
Walter Dix	Track & field	0	0	2	2
Becca Ward	Fencing	0	0	2	2

* - Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Won all medals in one event

• Women's sabre
• Men's 400 m
• Men's 400 m hurdles

Won all gold medals in one sport

• Basketball (2 gold)
• Beach volleyball (2 gold)

Won gold medals in both men's and women's events

• 100 m backstroke
• 4 × 400 meter relay

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States men's archery team took sixth place at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, earning the nation a full complement of three qualification spots for the Olympic men's competitions. The women's team finished in eleventh place, not qualifying the team. Jennifer Nichols earned a spot via individual qualification in that tournament.^[14] Karen Scavotto earned the United States another women's spot by finishing second in the Pan American championship.^[15]

The United States announced its Olympic team on May 5, 2008, following a national selection tournament.^[16] The women's roster included 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols and three-time Olympian Khatuna Lorig, who previously represented the Unified Team (1992) and Georgia (1996 and 2000) at the Olympics.^[17] On the men's side, first-time Olympian Brady Ellison joined four-time Olympian Butch Johnson and two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brady Ellison	align=left rowspan=3	Men's individual	664	15	(50) W 111–89	(47) L 107–113	Did not advance
Butch Johnson	653	40	(25) W 109 (26)–109 (25)	(8) L 106–115	Did not advance
Vic Wunderle	652	41	(24) W 106–102	(9) W 108 (19)–108 (17)	(8) W 113–111	(1) L 106–113	Did not advance
Brady Ellison Butch Johnson Vic Wunderle	Men's team	1969	10	(7) L 218–222	Did not advance
Khatuna Lorig	align=left rowspan=2	Women's individual	635	26	(39) W 107–105	(7) W 112–109	(10) W 107–95	(2) L 105–111	Did not advance
Jennifer Nichols	637	24	(41) W 114–101	(9) L 103–105	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials were held in Eugene, Oregon, at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field from June 27 through July 6, 2008.^[18] Hayward Field had previously hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1972, 1976 and 1980.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal	Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Walter Dix^[19]	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	10.35	3 Q	10.08	2 Q	9.95	2 Q	9.91
Tyson Gay	10.22	1 Q	10.09	2 Q	10.05	5	Did not advance
Darvis Patton	10.25	2 Q	10.04	2 Q	10.03	4 Q	10.03	8
Shawn Crawford	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	20.61	1 Q	20.42	2 Q	20.12	2 Q	19.96
Walter Dix	20.77	2 Q	20.27	2 Q	20.19	3 Q	19.98
Wallace Spearmon	20.46	1 Q	20.39	2 Q	20.14	3 Q
LaShawn Merritt	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	44.96	1 Q	44.12	1 Q	43.75
David Neville	45.22	2 Q	44.91	2 Q	44.80
Jeremy Wariner	45.23	1 Q	44.15	1 Q	44.74
Christian Smith	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	1:48.20	4	Did not advance
Nick Symmonds	1:46.01	1 Q	1:46.96	5	Did not advance
Andrew Wheating	1:47.05	4	Did not advance
Leonel Manzano	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	3:36.67	1 Q	3:50.33	12	Did not advance
Bernard Lagat	3:41.98	4 Q	3:37.79	6	Did not advance
Lopez Lomong	3:36.70	5 Q	3:41.00	12	Did not advance
Ian Dobson	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	14:05.47	9	Did not advance
Bernard Lagat	13:39.70	1 Q	13:26.89	9
Matt Tegenkamp	13:37.36	1 Q	13:33.13	13
Abdi Abdirahman	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	27:52.53	15
Galen Rupp	27:36.99	13
Jorge Torres	28:13.93	25
David Oliver	align=left rowspan=3	110 m hurdles	13.30	1 Q	13.16	1 Q	13.31	1 Q	13.18
David Payne	13.42	1 Q	13.24	1 Q	13.21	2 Q	13.17
Terrence Trammell			Did not advance
Kerron Clement	align=left rowspan=3	400 m hurdles	49.42	1 Q	48.27	1 Q	47.98
Bershawn Jackson	49.20	1 Q	48.02	2 Q	48.06
Angelo Taylor	48.67	1 Q	47.94	1 Q	47.25
Anthony Famiglietti	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	8:17.34	3 Q	8:31.21	13
Joshua McAdams	8:33.26	9	Did not advance
William Nelson	8:36.66	11	Did not advance
Walter Dix Leroy Dixon Tyson Gay Rodney Martin Travis Padgett Darvis Patton	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance
Kerron Clement LaShawn Merritt David Neville Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor Reggie Witherspoon	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.98	1 Q	2:55.39
Ryan Hall	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:12:33	10
Dathan Ritzenhein	2:11:59	9
Brian Sell	2:16:07	22
Kevin Eastler	20 km walk	1:28:44	43
Philip Dunn	50 km walk	4:08:32	39

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Brian Johnson	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	7.79	22	Did not advance
Miguel Pate	7.34	38	Did not advance
Trevell Quinley	7.87	19	Did not advance
Kenta Bell	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump	16.55	25	Did not advance
Rafeeq Curry	16.88	19	Did not advance
Aarik Wilson	15.97	33	Did not advance
Dusty Jonas	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	2.20	=26	Did not advance
Andra Manson	2.25	13	Did not advance
Jesse Williams	2.25	=19	Did not advance
Jeff Hartwig	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault	5.55	=20	Did not advance
Derek Miles	5.65	=9 q	5.70
Brad Walker		—	Did not advance
Christian Cantwell	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	20.48	4 Q	21.09
Reese Hoffa	20.41	6 Q	20.53	6
Adam Nelson	20.56	2 Q		—
Casey Malone	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	61.26	19	Did not advance
Michael Robertson	61.64	16	Did not advance
Ian Waltz	60.02	25	Did not advance
Breaux Greer	align=left rowspan=3	Javelin throw	73.68	22	Did not advance
Mike Hazle	72.75	25	Did not advance
Leigh Smith	76.55	18	Did not advance
AG Kruger	Hammer throw	71.21	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Bryan Clay	style=font-size:95%	Result	10.44	7.78	16.27	1.99	48.92	13.94	53.79	5.00	70.97	5:06.59	8791
style=font-size:95%	Points	989	1005	868	794	865	984	950	910	904	522
Trey Hardee	style=font-size:95%	Result	10.52	7.72	13.49	2.05	47.75	14.20	44.35
style=font-size:95%	Points	970	990	697	850	921	949	737	0
Tom Pappas	style=font-size:95%	Result	11.12	7.41
style=font-size:95%	Points	834	913

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Torri Edwards	align=left rowspan=3	100 m	11.26	1 Q	11.31	1 Q	11.18	2 Q	11.20	8
Muna Lee	11.33	1 Q	11.08	2 Q	11.06	2 Q	11.07	5
Lauryn Williams	11.38	2 Q	11.07	2 Q	11.10	3 Q	11.03	4
Allyson Felix	align=left rowspan=3	200 m	23.02	1 Q	22.74	2 Q	22.33	1 Q	21.93
Marshevet Hooker	23.07	1 Q	22.76	3 Q	22.50	2 Q	22.34	5
Muna Lee	22.71	1 Q	22.83	2 Q	22.29	3 Q	22.01	4
Sanya Richards	align=left rowspan=3	400 m	50.54	1 Q	49.90	1 Q	49.93
DeeDee Trotter	51.41	4 Q	51.87	7	Did not advance
Mary Wineberg	51.46	2 Q	51.13	5	Did advance
Hazel Clark	align=left rowspan=3	800 m	2:01.59	5	Did advance
Alice Schmidt	2:02.33	6	Did not advance
Nicole Teter			Did not advance
Erin Donohue	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	4:16.05	8	Did not advance
Shannon Rowbury	4:03.89	4 Q	4:03.58	7
Christin Wurth-Thomas	4:09.70	8	Did not advance
Shalane Flanagan	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	14:59.69	6 Q	15:50.80	10
Kara Goucher	15:00.98	7 Q	15:49.39	9
Jennifer Rhines	15:15.12	6 Q	16:34.63	14
Amy Yoder Begley	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	32:38.28	26
Shalane Flanagan	30:22.22
Kara Goucher	30:55.16	10
Damu Cherry	align=left rowspan=3	100 m hurdles	12.92	3 Q	12.62	1 Q	12.65	4
Dawn Harper	12.73	2 Q	12.66	2 Q	12.54
Lolo Jones	12.71	1 Q	12.43	1 Q	12.72	7
Queen Harrison	align=left rowspan=3	400 m hurdles	55.96	4 Q	55.88	7	Did not advance
Sheena Tosta	56.12	5 Q	54.07	1 Q	53.70
Tiffany Williams	55.51	1 Q	54.99	3 Q	57.55	8
Lindsey Anderson	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	9:36.81	8	Did not advance
Jennifer Barringer	9:29.20	3 Q	9:22.26	9
Anna Willard	9:28.52	6 Q	9:25.63	10
Torri Edwards Muna Lee Mechelle Lewis LaShauntea Moore Angela Williams Lauryn Williams	4 × 100 m relay			Did not advance
Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.45	1 Q	3:18.54
Deena Kastor	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon
Magdalena Lewy Boulet
Blake Russell	2:33:13	27
Joanne Dow	20 km walk	1:34.15	31

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Funmi Jimoh	align=left rowspan=3	Long jump	6.61	=9 q	6.29	12
Brittney Reese	6.87	1 Q	6.76	5
Grace Upshaw	6.68	6 Q	6.58	8
Shani Marks	align=left rowspan=2	Triple jump	13.44	28	Did not advance
Erica McLain	13.52	26	Did not advance
Amy Acuff	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	1.89	=19	Did not advance
Sharon Day	1.85	=24	Did not advance
Chaunte Howard	1.93	=8 q	1.99
Erica Bartolina	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault		—	Did not advance
April Steiner Bennett	4.50	=6 q	4.55	8
Jennifer Stuczynski	4.50	=2 q	4.80
Jillian Camarena	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	18.51	12 Q	18.24	12
Michelle Carter	18.49	13 Q	17.74	15
Kristin Heaston	17.34	23	Did not advance
Suzy Powell-Roos	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	58.02	26	Did not advance
Aretha Thurmond	61.90	6 Q	59.80	10
Stephanie Brown Trafton	62.77	1 Q	64.74
Kim Kreiner	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	55.13	38	Did not advance
Kara Patterson	54.39	41	Did not advance
Amber Campbell	align=left rowspan=3	Hammer throw	67.86	21	Did not advance
Jessica Cosby		—	Did not advance
Loree Smith	63.60	39	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Hyleas Fountain	style=font-size:95%	Result	12.78	1.89	13.36	23.21	6.38	41.93	2:15.45	6619
style=font-size:95%	Points	1158	1093	751	1058	1058	704	886
Jacquelyn Johnson	style=font-size:95%	Result	13.22	1.77	11.82	24.74	5.88
style=font-size:95%	Points	1091	941	649	911	911
Diana Pickler	style=font-size:95%	Result	14.28
style=font-size:95%	Points	939

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[20] On August 22, Blonska was stripped of her medal and Hyleas Fountain was upgraded to silver.

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States was represented in four out of the five badminton events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles and women's doubles. The U.S. had qualified a mixed doubles team, but the Badminton World Federation rescinded the slot.^[21] No American has ever medaled in badminton since it became an Olympic sport in 1992, although Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong became the first Americans to reach the quarter-finals.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Raju Rai	Men's singles		L 9–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Howard Bach Bob Malaythong	Men's doubles	W 21–10, 21–16	L 9–21, 10–21	Did not advance
Eva Lee	Women's singles	L 15–21, 21–19, 19–21	Did not advance
Eva Lee Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Women's doubles	L 12–21, 12–21	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event.^[23] This marked the return of the United States national baseball team to the Olympics after not qualifying in 2004; the United States had appeared in all three of the official baseball tournaments, and nearly all of the exhibition and demonstration events, before then.^{[24] [25]} The American team sought its second gold medal in the sport, but finished winning the bronze.^[24]

Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.^{[26] [27]}

Summary

Team roster and tournament statistics

See also: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads. USA Baseball named its Olympic roster on July 16, 2008.^[24] The Olympic team was made up of professionals not on a Major League Baseball 25-man roster at the time of the tournament, because the MLB once again refused to take an Olympic break. The IOC named that as one of the reasons for removing baseball from the program.

Manager: Davey Johnson, Bob Watson (General Manager)

Coaches: Marcel Lachemann – Pitching Coach, Reggie Smith – Hitting Coach, Rick Eckstein – 3rd Base Coach, Dick Cooke – Auxiliary Coach, Rolando de Armas – Auxiliary Coach.

Batting!No. !!Player !!Pos !!GP !!AB !!R !!H !!HR !!RBI !!TB !!BB !!SO !!SB !!OBP !!SLG !!BA

2		SS	8	21	4	8	1	5	12	5	3	1	.536	.571	.381
3		2B	3	14	3	3	1	1	7	1	4	0	.267	.500	.214
6		C	5	13	3	4	0	0	4	3	3	0	.438	.308	.308
7		LF	8	33	5	8	1	5	15	2	7	0	.286	.455	.242
10		3B	5	22	2	2	1	1	5	0	11	0	.091	.227	.091
14		CF	9	37	7	8	1	6	15	2	9	0	.275	.405	.216
17		1B	9	32	4	9	2	10	18	6	8	2	.390	.563	.281
18		SS	9	34	8	9	1	5	15	4	9	1	.342	.441	.265
19		C	5	16	2	3	0	4	5	4	8	0	.381	.313	.188
24		PR	9	28	5	7	0	2	12	2	4	0	.300	.429	.250
26		DH	9	37	4	12	0	5	18	2	6	0	.341	.486	.324
44		RF	6	19	3	3	2	4	9	3	8	0	.333	.474	.158
Team totals			9	306	50	76	10	48	135	34	80	4	.333	.441	.248

Pitching!No. !!Player !!GP !!GS !!W !!L !!SV !!IP !!H !!R !!HR !!SO !!BB !!ERA

15		2	2	1	0	0	10.2	13	8	2	7	4	6.75
21		4	0	0	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	6	1	0.00
29		2	2	1	1	0	11	7	3	1	16	1	1.64
30		2	2	0	0	0	8	6	2	0	5	5	2.25
34		1	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	7	2	0.00
35		3	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	5	1	0.00
37		4	0	1	2	0	4	6	7	1	2	1	9.00
39		4	0	0	0	1	5.2	3	0	0	5	2	0.00
40		2	2	1	0	0	12.2	13	8	2	10	3	4.98
45		4	0	1	0	0	7.2	3	1	1	5	2	1.17
47		2	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	2	0	1.80
49		3	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	2	2	0	7.38
Team totals		9	9	6	3	2	82.2	64	36	10	72	22	3.05

Group stageAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Preliminary round summaryThe top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.

width=170	Team	width=20	G	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	RS	width=20	RA	width=20	WIN%	width=20	GB	width=40	Tiebreaker
	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1–0
	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0–1
	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1–0
	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0–1

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States earned qualification spots for both men's and women's basketball by winning the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 and the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007.^[28]

The women's team successfully defended their 2004 Olympic championship against Australia in the gold medal game for the third consecutive Olympics. The victory allowed Lisa Leslie to join former teammate Teresa Edwards as the only basketball players to win four Olympic gold medals.^[29] After a disappointing third-place finish in Athens, the men's team adopted the name "Redeem Team".^[30] In the gold medal match, they beat 2006 FIBA World Champion Spain to give the U.S. its first gold medal in men's international competition in eight years.^[31]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	W 101–70	W 97–76	W 92–69	W 119–82	W 106–57	1 Q	W 116–85	W 101–81	W 118–107
United States women	Women's tournament	W 97–57	W 108–63	W 97–41	W 93–55	W 96–60	1 Q	W 104–60	W 67–52	W 92–65

Men's tournament

See main article: 2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Five boxers (Yanez, Warren, Russell, Williams and Andrade) earned their spots at the 2007 World Championships.^[32] Ali, Molina and Wilder qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.^[33] Estrada was the last American boxer to qualify, doing so at the second American tournament.^[34] The United States did not qualify in light heavyweight or super heavyweight classes.

The U.S. boxing team suffered several early setbacks from which it never recovered. Alternate Boyd Melson withdrew with an injury.^[35] Before they arrived in Beijing, U.S. boxers were reportedly unhappy with training methods, coaching, and travel restrictions.^[36] On August 8, 2008, two-time national champion and bantamweight boxer Gary Russell Jr. forcibly withdrew from the Olympics after collapsing before his weigh-in.^[37] Under International Amateur Boxing Federation rules, the U.S. was not permitted to select another boxer to take his place. Reigning flyweight world champion Raushee Warren, America's best hope for gold, lost his opening bout to Lee Ok-Sung of South Korea.^[38] In the end, the U.S. left Beijing with one bronze won by Deontay Wilder, its worst performance in Olympic history.^[39] The U.S. had previously won a single silver in 1948 and no medals in 1908 and 1980, when it did not send a boxing team. On September 5, 2008, Dan Campbell, the national director of coaching for USA Boxing, resigned.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Luis Yáñez	Light flyweight	W 12–9	L 7–8	Did not advance
Raushee Warren	Flyweight	L 8–9	Did not advance
Raynell Williams	Featherweight	W 9–1	L 7–9	Did not advance
Sadam Ali	Lightweight	L 5–20	Did not advance
Javier Molina	Light welterweight	L 1–14	Did not advance
Demetrius Andrade	Welterweight	W 11–9	W 14–3	L 9–11	Did not advance
Shawn Estrada	Middleweight	W 10–2	L 5–11	Did not advance
Deontay Wilder	Heavyweight		W 10–4	W 10^+–10	L 1–7	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

The Augsburg World Cup event on July 6 served as the final selection event for the Canoe-Kayak Slalom team. The United States qualified in all four slalom events and sent five people to compete in the slalom races.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Benn Fraker	Men's C-1	91.97	11	87.47	8	179.44	10 Q	92.27	8 Q	90.87	5	183.14	6
Scott Parsons	Men's K-1	84.91	3	135.63	20	220.54	20	Did not advance
Casey Eichfeld Rick Powell	Men's C-2	101.69	10	151.65	11	253.34	11	Did not advance
Heather Corrie	Women's K-1	105.78	12	105.53	13	211.31	10 Q	114.51	8 Q	156.37	8	270.88	8

Sprint

The United States qualified in three out of twelve flatwater events and sent two people – one man and one woman – to compete in the flatwater sprint events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[41] The U.S. has not medaled in Olympic flatwater canoe and kayak racing since 1992.^[42]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rami Zur	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.037	3 QS	1:47.163	6	Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000m	3:38.693	7 QS	3:46.204	7	Did not advance
Carrie Johnson	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.221	4 QS	1:53.721	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Most of the United States' cycling squad was announced on July 1, 2008. The team sent competitors in all four disciplines – BMX, mountain biking, road racing and track racing.^[43] The final three members of the team were announced on July 10.^[44]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
George Hincapie	align=left rowspan=5	Road race	6:26:25	40
Levi Leipheimer	6:24:09	11
Jason McCartney
Christian Vande Velde	6:24:19	17
David Zabriskie
Levi Leipheimer	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	1:03:21
David Zabriskie	1:05:18	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kristin Armstrong	align=left rowspan=3	Road race	3:33:07	25
Amber Neben	3:33:17	33
Christine Thorburn	3:41:08	52
Kristin Armstrong	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	34:51.72
Christine Thorburn	35:54.16	5

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Michael Blatchford	Men's sprint	10.470 68.767	15 Q	L	L	Did not advance
Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie	Men's team sprint	45.346 59.542	8 Q	L 45.423 59.441	Did not advance	8
Jennie Reed	Women's sprint	11.400 63.157	8 Q	W 11.955 60.225			L	Did not advance	5th place final L	7

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Taylor Phinney	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.860	7 Q	4:26.644	8	Did not advance
Sarah Hammer	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.471	5 Q	3:34.237	5	Did not advance

Keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Bobby Lea	Men's points race	−20	−1	22
Sarah Hammer	Women's points race	Did not finish
Michael Friedman Bobby Lea	Men's madison	3	−4	16

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Adam Craig	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	(1 lap)	29
Todd Wells	(3 laps)	43
Georgia Gould	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	1:50:51	8
Mary McConneloug	1:50:34	7

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Kyle Bennett	align=left rowspan=3	Men's BMX	36.421	12	14	4 Q	14	6	Did not advance
Mike Day	35.692	1	3	1 Q	5	1 Q	36.606
Donny Robinson	36.810	24	11	3 Q	10	3 Q	36.972
Jill Kintner	Women's BMX	37.913	7	9	2 Q	38.647

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States finalized its nomination process for the Olympic diving squad on July 7, 2008.^[45] For the first time since 1996, the U.S. diving team qualified for all individual and synchronized events. It became a major power in the Olympics from 1904 to 2000, winning 47 of 90 gold medals, but left out of the medals for the second consecutive Olympics.^{[46] [47]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chris Colwill	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	464.75	7 Q	480.95	6 Q	425.90	12
Troy Dumais	448.40	12 Q	463.15	10 Q	472.50	6
David Boudia	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	481.70	6 Q	491.55	5 Q	441.45	10
Thomas Finchum	477.00	7 Q	474.95	7 Q	412.65	12
Chris Colwill Jevon Tarantino	3 m synchronized springboard	410.73	4
David Boudia Thomas Finchum	10 m synchronized platform	440.64	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nancilea Foster	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	300.15	11 Q	338.90	4 Q	316.70	8
Christina Loukas	312.60	8 Q	329.00	7 Q	315.70	9
Haley Ishimatsu	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	329.00	10 Q	292.95	14	Did not advance
Laura Wilkinson	370.70	5 Q	346.10	6 Q	311.80	9
Kelci Bryant Ariel Rittenhouse	3 m synchronized springboard	314.40	4
Mary Beth Dunnichay Haley Ishimatsu	10 m synchronized platform	309.12	5

Equestrian

On July 15, 2008, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the rider/horse combinations for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.^[48] The horses were shipped to England on July 17, placed under quarantine on July 22, 2008, and shipped to Hong Kong for the Olympic Games on July 30, 2008.^[48] Before the start of the games, Heidi White-Carty and her horse Northern Spy withdrew from the U.S. eventing team because of a veterinary issue. Karen O'Connor and her horse Mandiba took their place on the team.^[49]

The U.S. successfully defended its gold medal from Athens in the team jumping competition.^[50]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Courtney King-Dye	Harmony's Mythilus	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	70.458	7 Q	70.800	8 Q	69.550	14	70.175
Debbie McDonald	Brentina	63.000	34	Did not advance
Steffen Peters	Ravel	70.000	10 Q	71.800	4 Q	76.500	3	74.150	4
Courtney King-Dye Debbie McDonald Steffen Peters	See above	Team	67.819	4	67.819

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage	Cross-country	Jumping						Total
			Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Phillip Dutton	Connaught	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	40.60 #	14	19.60	60.20	14	8.00	68.20	16 Q
Becky Holder	Courageous Comet	35.70	5	82.00	117.70	48	8.00	125.70	43	Did not advance			125.70	42
Gina Miles	McKinlaigh	39.30	10	16.80	56.10	5	0.00	56.10	4 Q	0.00	56.10	2	56.10
Karen O'Connor	Mandiba	41.90	16	84.80 #	126.70	54	5.00	131.70	45	Did not advance			131.70	44
Amy Tryon	Poggio II	46.50 #	24	Eliminated			Did not advance
Phillip Dutton Becky Holder Gina Miles Amy Tryon Karen O'Connor	See above	Team	115.60	3	118.40	234.00	7	16.00	250.00	7	250.00	7

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total
* Phillip Dutton qualified for the final show jumping event round on 68.2 faults (sixteenth place) and jumped a clear round to move up to twelfth place, but was disqualified because weighted boots worn by his horse exceeded the maximum limit.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Laura Kraut	Cedric	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	5	39	4	9	=22 Q	0	9	12 Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	=23
Beezie Madden	Authentic	0	=1	11	11	29 Q	4	15	17 Q	0	=1 Q	4	4	=7	4
Will Simpson	Carlsson vom Dach	0	=1	8	8	=16 Q	8	16	=18*	Did not advance					16	=18*
McLain Ward	Sapphire	0	=1	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=2 Q	4	=11 Q	0	4	=1	4	6
Laura Kraut Beezie Madden Will Simpson McLain Ward	See above	Team	12	=1 Q	8	=20	=1	20

* Will Simpson received a qualifying score, but the US already had three other riders in the individual final.^[51]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The 2008 United States Olympic Fencing Team was announced on June 11, 2008.^[52] After the 1904 Olympics, the United States did not win an Olympic fencing gold medal until 2004.^[53] But on the first full day of Olympic competition, Mariel Zagunis, Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward swept the fencing event in women's individual saber; it was the first American sweep of an Olympic fencing event since 1904. The U.S. left Beijing with a total of six medals.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Weston Kelsey	Individual épée		L 11–15	Did not advance
Gerek Meinhardt	Individual foil		W 15–3	L 9–15	Did not advance
Timothy Morehouse	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		L 12–15	Did not advance
Jason Rogers	W 15–10	L 3–15	Did not advance
Keeth Smart		W 15–3	W 15–10	L 13–15	Did not advance
Timothy Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams	Team sabre	W 45–44	W 45–44	L 37–45

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kelley Hurley	Individual épée		L 6–15	Did not advance
Emily Cross	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		L 7–15	Did not advance
Erinn Smart	W 15–7	L 9–15	Did not advance
Hanna Thompson	W 11–2	L 5–13	Did not advance
Emily Cross Erinn Smart Hanna Thompson Doris Willette	Team foil	W 31–30	W 33–35	L 11–28
Sada Jacobson	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–11	W 15–13	W 15–11	W 15–11	L 8–15
Rebecca Ward		W 12–7	W 15–5	W 15–14	L 11–15	W 15–14
Mariel Zagunis		W 15–10	W 15–13	W 15–9	W 15–11	W 15–8
Sada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Dagmara Wozniak Mariel Zagunis	Team sabre	W 45–8	L 39–45	W 45–38

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. For the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics, the United States sent a women's field hockey team to the Olympics. The team was announced on July 3 and consisted of 16 women.^[54] The men's team failed to qualify for the Beijing games.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster:

Group play----------------

7th place match

Soccer (football)

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States earned spots in Beijing for both men's and women's soccer by advancing to the finals of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournaments in March and April 2008.^{[55] [56]} For the Olympic tournament, the full women's national team and the men's under-23 team (including three players over the age of 23, as per FIFA regulations) participated.^[57] The 18-player roster for the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's soccer team was announced on June 23, 2008.^[58] In the final match before the Olympics on July 16, the women's team lost leading scorer Abby Wambach after she broke her left leg in a collision with Brazilian defender Andréia Rosa.^[59] Lauren Cheney, originally selected as an alternate, replaced Wambach on the roster.^[60] The 18-player roster for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Soccer Team was announced on July 17, 2008.^[61] After aggravating a hamstring injury, defender Nathan Sturgis was replaced by midfielder Dax McCarty on the Olympic roster July 24, 2008.^[62]

Despite playing without Wambach and an early first-round loss to Norway, the women's soccer team successfully defended their 2004 gold medal against Brazil in overtime; it was the third gold medal overall for the United States in women's soccer.^[63] The team had lost its previous match against Brazil 4–0 in the semifinals of the 2007 Women's World Cup.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	W 1–0	T 2–2	L 1–2	3	Did not advance			9
United States women	Women's tournament	W 2–0	W 1–0	W 4–0	1 Q	W 2–1	W 4–2	W 1–0 a.e.t

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play--------

Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

The United States qualified a full complement of six men and six women in artistic gymnastics. Two members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team, Paul Hamm and Jonathan Horton, were named at the conclusion of the Olympic Trials. The rest of the team was announced on Sunday, June 22. Because of the injury of his hand and shoulder, Paul Hamm withdrew from the Olympic team on July 28, 2008, and was replaced by alternate Raj Bhavsar. Additionally, Morgan Hamm withdrew from competition on August 7 because of an ankle injury, being replaced by Alexander Artemev.^[64]

Two members of the U.S. women's gymnastics team, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, were named at the end of the Olympic Trials on June 22. The remaining members were not named at the Trials, although Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek and Alicia Sacramone were projected to be on the team. This left one spot vacant. The complete team was not announced until the conclusion of the women's selection camp at the Karolyi Camp near Houston, Texas, on July 17.^[65]

Men^[66]

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Alexander Artemev	Team	14.875	15.250 Q	13.675	15.825	15.175	14.925	89.725	19 Q		15.350	colspan=2 rowspan=6
Raj Bhavsar	14.175	14.050	15.325	16.175	15.625		13.750	15.325	16.125	15.575
Joe Hagerty	15.275	13.925		15.700	15.350	15.400	14.625	15.550
Jonathan Horton	15.350	13.925	15.325	15.950	15.525	15.575 Q	91.650	8 Q	15.575		15.625	16.200	15.625	15.700
Justin Spring	14.400		14.175	15.900	15.800	15.375	15.200	15.900	15.850	15.675
Kevin Tan		14.100	15.725	14.425		12.775	15.425	colspan=3
Total	59.900	57.325	60.550	63.850	62.300	61.275	365.200	6 Q	45.400	41.875	46.375	48.225	47.050	46.925	275.850

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Alexander Artemev	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	14.625	15.525	14.275	15.975	15.200	15.075	90.675	12
Jonathan Horton	15.600	13.675	15.575	16.100	15.275	15.350	91.575	9
Alexander Artemev	Pommel horse		14.975	14.975	7
Jonathan Horton	Horizontal bar	16.175	16.175

Women^[67]

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Shawn Johnson	Team	15.425 Q	16.000	15.325	15.975 Q	62.725	1 Q	15.100	16.000	15.350	16.175	colspan=2 rowspan=6
Nastia Liukin	15.350 Q	15.100	15.950 Q	15.975 Q	62.375	2 Q	15.200		16.900	15.975
Chellsie Memmel	15.050	15.725
Samantha Peszek	14.800	Did not compete
Alicia Sacramone	14.425	15.850 Q		15.950	14.125	15.675		15.100
Bridget Sloan	15.275	14.800	15.500	14.850	60.425	11**		15.200	colspan=2
Total	62.225	61.125	63.400	60.050	246.800	2 Q	46.875	47.975	47.250	44.425	186.525

* Due to injury, Chellsie Memmel and Samantha Peszek could only compete on the uneven bars.
** Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Shawn Johnson	align=left rowspan=2	All-around	15.525	15.875	15.275	16.050	62.725
Nastia Liukin	15.525	15.025	16.650	16.125	63.325
Shawn Johnson	align=left rowspan=2	Floor	15.500	15.500
Nastia Liukin	15.425	15.425
Alicia Sacramone	Vault		15.537	15.537	4
Nastia Liukin	Uneven bars	16.725		16.725
Shawn Johnson	align=left rowspan=2	Balance beam	16.225	16.225
Nastia Liukin	16.025	16.025

Trampoline

Two trampolinists competed for the United States in Beijing. Chris Estrada became the first U.S. male in trampoline. Additionally, the United States had representatives in both men's and women's events for the first time.^{[68] [69]} The U.S. has yet to have an athlete advance past the qualification stage.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Chris Estrada	Men's	65.90	15	Did not advance
Erin Blanchard	Women's	60.90	13	Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. USA Judo announced their 2008 U.S. Olympic Team on June 18, 2008, following trials at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Seven men and three women represented the United States in Judo.^[70] On August 13, 2008, Ronda Rousey became the ninth American athlete and the first American woman to win a medal in Olympic Judo.^{[71] [72]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Taraje Williams-Murray	−60 kg		W 0001–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Taylor Takata	−66 kg		W 0010–0000	W 0001–0000	L 0000–0010	Did not advance		L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Ryan Reser	−73 kg		L 0100–0111	Did not advance
Travis Stevens	−81 kg		W 1011–0000	L 0001–0011	Did not advance		W 0200–0001	L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Brian Olson	−90 kg		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Adler Volmar	−100 kg		L 0000–0200	Did not advance
Daniel McCormick	+100 kg		W 0010–0001	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 0100–0010	L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sayaka Matsumoto	−48 kg	L 0000–0020	Did not advance			L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Valerie Gotay	−57 kg	W 1001–0100	L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Ronda Rousey	−70 kg	W 1010–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		W 1001–0000	W 1010–0000	W 0010–0001

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Sheila Taormina, Margaux Isaksen and Eli Bremer were nominated to the pentathlon team after the U.S. was allocated three invitations by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), modern pentathlon's world governing body.^[73] On the second allocation, both Sam Sacksen and Dennis Bowsher were offered bids by the UIPM.^[74] Since one man was already on the squad, only one other slot was available. The U.S. used World Cup rankings to determine who would be on the squad and who would be named alternate. Bowsher appealed the decision but his claim was denied.^[75]

On the men's team, U.S. Olympic Training Center residents Eli Bremer and Sam Sacksen both made their Olympic modern pentathlon debuts. They struggled early, with disappointing scores in shooting (10 m air pistol) and fencing (épée one touch).^[76] For the women's team, 16-year-old Margaux Isaksen joined Sheila Taormina, the first woman to appear in the Olympics in three different sports. Like the men, Isaksen and Toarmina started off slowly, failing to rank higher than 24th in either shooting or fencing. Taormina, however, finished strongly, taking first place in riding (show jumping) and setting a modern pentathlon Olympic record in swimming (200 m freestyle).^[77] The U.S. did not medal in modern pentathlon.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Points	Rank
Eli Bremer	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	165	34	916	14–21	=29	736	2:02.80	7	1328	140	14	1060	9:19.61	7	1164	5204	23
Sam Sacksen	178	23	1072	14–21	=29	736	2:08.99	25	1256	96	7	1104	9:32.90	17	1112	5280	18
Margaux Isaksen	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	171	29	988	15–20	=24	760	2:20.30	20	1240	56	10	1144	10:40.41	14	1160	5292	21
Sheila Taormina	173	28	1012	4–31	36	496	2:08.86	1	1376 OR	0	1	1200	10:25.05	7	1220	5304	19

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Thirteen crews represented the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.^[78]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ken Jurkowski	Single sculls	7:25.13	4 QF	6:53.26	3 SA/B	7:11.52	5 FB	7:22.75	11
Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss	Pair	7:13.64	5 R	6:36.87	1 SA/B	6:36.65	2 FA	7:05.58	6
Elliot Hovey Wes Piermarini	Double sculls	6:39.37	5 R	6:26.05	4 FC	6:33.15	13
Scott Gault Matt Hughes Jamie Schroeder Sam Stitt	Quadruple sculls	5:45.77	3 SA/B	5:52.81	2 FA	5:47.63	5
David Banks Brett Newlin Giuseppe Lanzone Paul Teti	Four	6:03.96	3 SA/B	5:57.52	5 FB	6:07.17	9
Mike Altman Will Daly Tom Paradiso Patrick Todd	Lightweight four	5:56.54	4 R	6:27.43	3 SA/B	6:16.30	6 FB	6:07.79	11
Wyatt Allen Micah Boyd Steven Coppola Beau Hoopman Josh Inman Marcus McElhenney Matt Schnobrich Bryan Volpenhein Daniel Walsh	Eight	5:29.60	2 R	5:38.95	1 FA	5:25.34

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michelle Guérette	Single sculls	7:49.14	2 QF	7:28.91	1 SA/B	7:35.69	2 FA	7:22.78
Anna Cummins Portia McGee	Pair	7:29.95	4 R	7:32.26	3 FB	7:33.17	7
Ellen Tomek Megan Kalmoe	Double sculls	7:11.17	3 R	6:58.54	1 FA	7:17.53	5
Jennifer Goldsack Renee Hykel	Lightweight double sculls	6:53.32	3 R	7:22.22	1 SA/B	7:12.15	4 FB	7:09.02	10
Jennifer Kaido Lindsay Meyer Lia Pernell Margot Shumway	Quadruple sculls	6:19.89	3 R	6:39.53	2 FA	6:25.86	5
Erin Cafaro Anna Cummins Caryn Davies Susan Francia Anna Goodale Caroline Lind Elle Logan Lindsay Shoop Mary Whipple	Eight	6:06.53	1 FA	6:05.34

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States qualified in all 11 Olympic sailing classes and sent 18 athletes to the races in Qingdao, China.^[79] Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe and Finn sailor Zach Railey became the first American sailors to win Olympic medals in their respective classes since 1992.^[80]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Benjamin Barger	RS:X	21	22	24	26	26	32	25	18	25	31	EL	218	26
Andrew Campbell	Laser	14	18	1	26	32	BFD	8	DSQ	31	CAN	EL	174	26
Graham Biehl Stuart McNay	470	26	12	OCS	17	15	1	4	1	6	23	EL	105	13
John Dane III Austin Sperry	Star	8	2	4	12	15	15	16	16	10	4	EL	86	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Nancy Rios	RS:X	25	24	22	26	24	27	DNF	DNF	26	22	EL	224	26
Anna Tunnicliffe	Laser Radial	4	5	6	5	6	3	15	2	2	CAN	4	37
Amanda Clark Sara Mergenthaler	470	12	12	10	14	4	17	7	6	17	7	EL	89	12
Sally Barkow Debbie Capozzi Carrie Howe	Yngling	14	2	8	5	6	11	1	10	CAN	CAN	10	63	7

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Zach Railey	Finn	2	5	2	2	7	8	7	19	CAN	CAN	6	45
Chris Rast Tim Wadlow	49er	5	14	15	16	5	10	1	1	1	3	8	4	CAN	CAN	CAN	22	89	6
John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	Tornado	14	12	7	11	12	14	15	15	14	15	EL	114	15

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; DNF = Did not finish; DSQ = Disqualified; OCS = On course side; BFD = Black flag disqualification

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jason Parker	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	591	23	Did not advance
Stephen Scherer	590	27	Did not advance
Michael Anti	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle prone	594	9	Did not advance
Matt Emmons	597	2 Q	701.7
Matt Emmons	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle 3 positions	1175	2 Q	1270.3	4
Jason Parker	1164	22	Did not advance
Brian Beaman	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	581	6 Q	682.0	4
Jason Turner	583	4 Q	682.0
Keith Sanderson	25 m rapid fire pistol	583	1 Q	776.6	5
Daryl Szarenski	align=left rowspan=2	50 m pistol	555	14	Did not advance
Jason Turner	553	21	Did not advance
Bret Erickson	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	113	22	Did not advance
Dominic Grazioli	113	23	Did not advance
Walton Eller	align=left rowspan=2	Double trap	145	1 Q	190
Jeff Holguin	140	3 Q	182	4
Vincent Hancock	align=left rowspan=2	Skeet	121	1 Q	145
Randal McLelland	118	11	Did not advance

* Jason Turner originally finished fourth, behind Kim Jong Su of North Korea. On August 15, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced Kim had tested positive for the banned substance propranolol and thus stripped of his medals from the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a result, Turner was moved up to bronze in 10 m air pistol.^[81]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jamie Beyerle	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	397	5 Q	499.8	4
Emily Caruso	395	15	Did not advance
Jamie Beyerle	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle 3 positions	586	5 Q	686.9	5
Sandra Fong	577	21	Did not advance
Brenda Shinn	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	373	37	Did not advance
Rebecca Snyder	370	41	Did not advance
Elizabeth Callahan	align=left rowspan=2	25 m pistol	575	25	Did not advance
Rebecca Snyder	575	28	Did not advance
Corey Cogdell	Trap	69	4 Q	86
Kimberly Rhode	Skeet	70	3 Q	93

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team roster for USA Softball was released on March 28, 2008.^[82] It included a fifteen-person team roster and a replacement roster of three players. The United States brought an impressive softball record to Beijing, winning every Olympic and world title since 1982.^[83] Prior to Beijing, it had a record of 106–10 in World Championships and 32–4 in the Olympics.^{[83] [84]} It had won all three Olympic gold medals in softball, and outscored opponents 51–1 in Athens.

But at the Beijing Olympics, the United States lost to Japan 3–1 (after winning 7–0 in the round-robin) in the gold medal game. Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno had an outstanding performance after pitching 21 innings the day before.^[85] Following the surprise loss, the top three teams spelled "2016" using softballs in front of home plate in the hopes of Olympic reinstatement.^[86]

Summary

Roster

• Monica Abbott
• Laura Berg
• Crystl Bustos
• Andrea Duran
• Jennie Finch
• Tairia Flowers
• Vicky Galindo
• Lovieanne Jung
• Kelly Kretschman
• Lauren Lappin
• Caitlin Lowe
• Jessica Mendoza
• Stacey Nuveman
• Cat Osterman
• Natasha Watley

Head coach

• Mike Candrea

Assistant coaches

• Chuck D'Arcy
• Karen Jonhs
• John Rittman

Replacement roster

• Lisa Fernandez
• Alicia Hollowell
• Jenny Topping

Group stage All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the semifinals
width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"		Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

Final group standings

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	RS	width=20	RA	width=20	WIN%	width=20	GB	width=40	Tiebreaker
	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
	2	5	19	21	.286	5	-
	2	5	10	23	.286	5	-
	2	5	15	35	.286	5	-
	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Official Olympic softball schedule

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States Olympic Team Trials in Swimming were held on June 29 – July 6 in Omaha, Nebraska.^[87] The U.S. sent two people in each individual discipline and up to six people for the 4x100 freestyle relays and 4x200 freestyle relays. On August 1, Jessica Hardy, who had qualified in the 100 meter breaststroke and the 50 meter freestyle, withdrew from the Olympic team after failing an anti-doping test at the national trials. Hardy opted to pull out instead of contesting the test results at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[88]

The U.S. left Beijing with 31 swimming medals: 12 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze.^[89] This surpassed the 28 medals won by the swimming team in Athens.^[6] In the process, the U.S. broke ten swimming world records and twenty-four American records.^[90] The American performance in swimming was highlighted by Michael Phelps, who won a total of eight gold medals, surpassing Mark Spitz's 36-year-old single Games record of seven gold medals.^[91] Phelps also surpassed Spitz, Larisa Latynina of the USSR, Paavo Nurmi of Finland, and American sprinter Carl Lewis to become the current record holder for the most Olympic gold medals (fourteen).^[9] All three men's relay teams set world records, and an additional six individual world records were set by Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Aaron Peirsol.

The United States also saw milestones in women's swimming. Natalie Coughlin won six medals, more than any other female swimmer in Beijing.,^[10] and the most for any American female athlete in a single Olympics. Rebecca Soni set a world record in the 200 meter breaststroke. Dara Torres, who won 3 silver medals after her eight-year absence, became the oldest Olympic swimmer to win a medal, at age 41.^[11]

• Qualifiers for the latter rounds of swimming events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Garrett Weber-Gale	align=left rowspan=2	50 m freestyle^[92]	21.95	9 Q	22.08	13	Did not advance
Ben Wildman-Tobriner	21.75	3 Q	21.76	7 Q	21.64	5
Jason Lezak	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle	48.33	11 Q	47.98	6 Q	47.67
Garrett Weber-Gale	48.19	8 Q	48.12	10	Did not advance
Michael Phelps	align=left rowspan=2	200 m freestyle	1:46.48	4 Q	1:46.28	4 Q	1:42.96
Peter Vanderkaay	1:47.39	12 Q	1:45.76	1 Q	1:45.14
Larsen Jensen	align=left rowspan=2	400 m freestyle	3:43.10 AM	1 Q	3:42.78 AM
Peter Vanderkaay	3:44.22	6 Q	3:43.11	4
Larsen Jensen	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m freestyle	14:49.53	8 Q	14:48.16	5
Peter Vanderkaay	14:52.11	11	Did not advance
Matt Grevers	align=left rowspan=2	100 m backstroke	53.41	1 Q	52.99	2 Q	53.11
Aaron Peirsol	53.65	3 Q	53.56	5 Q	52.54
Ryan Lochte	align=left rowspan=2	200 m backstroke	1:56.29	1 Q	1:55.40	2 Q	1:53.93
Aaron Peirsol	1:56.35	2 Q	1:55.26	1 Q	1:54.33
Mark Gangloff	align=left rowspan=2	100 m breaststroke	1:00.71	16 Q	1:00.44	7 Q	1:00.24	8
Brendan Hansen	1:00.36	10 Q	59.94	5 Q	59.57	4
Eric Shanteau	align=left rowspan=2	200 m breaststroke	2:10.29	7 Q	2:10.10	10	Did not advance
Scott Spann	2:10.61	10 Q	2:09.08	3 Q	2:09.76	6
Ian Crocker	align=left rowspan=2	100 m butterfly	51.95	13 Q	51.27	3 Q	51.13	4
Michael Phelps	50.87	2 Q	50.97	2 Q	50.58
Michael Phelps	align=left rowspan=2	200 m butterfly	1:53.70	1 Q	1:53.70	1 Q	1:52.03
Gil Stovall	1:55.42	8 Q	1:55.36	9	Did not advance
Ryan Lochte	align=left rowspan=2	200 m individual medley	1:58.15	1 Q	1:57.69	1 Q	1:56.53
Michael Phelps	1:58.65	6 Q	1:57.70	2 Q	1:54.23
Ryan Lochte	align=left rowspan=2	400 m individual medley	4:10.33	4 Q	4:08.09
Michael Phelps	4:07.82	1 Q	4:03.84
Nathan Adrian Matt Grevers Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Ben Wildman-Tobriner	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.23	1 Q	3:08.24
Ricky Berens Klete Keller Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps Peter Vanderkaay Erik Vendt Dave Walters	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:04.66	1 Q	6:58.56
Ian Crocker Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Brendan Hansen Jason Lezak Aaron Peirsol Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.75	1 Q	3:29.34
Mark Warkentin	10 km open water	1:52:13.00	8

* Competed in the heats only

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kara Lynn Joyce	align=left rowspan=2	50 m freestyle	25.01	14 Q	24.63	7 Q	24.63	6
Dara Torres	24.58	3 Q	24.27	1 Q	24.07 AM
Natalie Coughlin	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle	53.82	4 Q	53.70	1 Q	53.39 AM
Lacey Nymeyer	54.62	14 Q	54.74	12	Did not advance
Katie Hoff	align=left rowspan=2	200 m freestyle	1:57.20	4 Q	1:57.01	2 Q	1:55.78 AM	4
Allison Schmitt	1:57.38	7 Q	1:58.01	9	Did not advance
Katie Hoff	align=left rowspan=2	400 m freestyle	4:03.71	3 Q	4:03.29
Kate Ziegler	4:09.59	14	Did not advance
Katie Hoff	align=left rowspan=2	800 m freestyle	8:27.78	11	Did not advance
Kate Ziegler	8:26.98	10	Did not advance
Natalie Coughlin	align=left rowspan=2	100 m backstroke	59.69	4 Q	59.43	2 Q	58.96 AM
Margaret Hoelzer	1:00.13	7 Q	59.84	6 Q	59.34
Elizabeth Beisel	align=left rowspan=2	200 m backstroke	2:09.02	6 Q	2:07.90	2 Q	2:08.23	5
Margaret Hoelzer	2:09.12	7 Q	2:08.25	5 Q	2:06.23
Megan Jendrick	align=left rowspan=2	100 m breaststroke	1:08.07	9 Q	1:08.07	7 Q	1:07.62	5
Rebecca Soni	1:07.44	4 Q	1:07.07	2 Q	1:06.73
Amanda Beard	align=left rowspan=2	200 m breaststroke	2:27.70	18	Did not advance
Rebecca Soni	2:22.17	1 Q	2:22.64	1 Q	2:20.22
Elaine Breeden	align=left rowspan=2	100 m butterfly	58.06	2 Q	58.55	10	Did not advance
Christine Magnuson	57.70	6 Q	57.08 AM	2 Q	57.10
Elaine Breeden	align=left rowspan=2	200 m butterfly	2:07.92	9 Q	2:07.73	8 Q	2:07.57	7
Kathleen Hersey	2:07.65	7 Q	2:06.96	5 Q	2:08.23	8
Natalie Coughlin	align=left rowspan=2	200 m individual medley	2:11.63	3 Q	2:11.84	4 Q	2:10.34
Katie Hoff	2:11.58	2 Q	2:10.90	3 Q	2:10.68	4
Elizabeth Beisel	align=left rowspan=2	400 m individual medley	4:34.55	1 Q	4:34.24	4
Katie Hoff	4:34.63	2 Q	4:31.71
Natalie Coughlin Kara Lynn Joyce Lacey Nymeyer Emily Silver Julia Smit Dara Torres	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.53	3 Q	3:34.33 AM
Caroline Burckle Natalie Coughlin Katie Hoff Christine Marshall Allison Schmitt Julia Smit Kim Vandenberg	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.43	2 Q	7:46.33 AM
Elaine Breeden Natalie Coughlin Margaret Hoelzer Megan Jendrick Kara Lynn Joyce Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.15	3 Q	3:53.30 AM
Chloe Sutton	10 km open water	2:02:13.6	22

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. One of the first sports in which the U.S. qualified for Beijing and formalized its Olympic roster was synchronized swimming. Berths in the duet and team events were secured at the 2007 Pan American Games.^{[93] [94]} After winning both duet and team bronze medals in Athens, the U.S. failed to win a medal for the second time since synchronized swimming became an Olympic sport in 1984.^[95]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Christina Jones Andrea Nott	Duet	47.750	5	47.750	95.500	5 Q	47.750	95.500	5
Brooke Abel Janet Culp Kate Hooven Christina Jones Becky Kim Andrea Nott Annabelle Orme Jillian Penner Kim Probst	Team	47.584	=5	47.750	95.334	=5

*Team captain

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States qualified for the women's team competition, 3 places in women's singles, and 1 place in men's singles. Gao Jun and Wang Chen automatically qualified in women's singles by being in the top 20 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings.^[96] Yao "Crystal" Huang took the third and final North American women's spot by winning at the North American Trials in Vancouver, qualifying an American women's team in the process. David Zhuang secured the only American spot in men's singles at the North American Trials.

The entire American team was composed of Chinese-born athletes.^[97] This included Gao Jun, doubles silver medalist for China at the 1992 Olympics, who competed as an American for the third time.^[98] Although she failed to obtain a medal, Wang Chen became the first American player to advance to the quarter-finals in Olympic table tennis history after defeating 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Kim Kyung-Ah.^[99] The fifth-place performance by the women's team was also the best finish for U.S in this sport.^[98]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Zhuang	Men's singles	L 3–4	Did not advance
Gao Jun	align=left rowspan=3	Women's singles	W 4–2	W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Crystal Huang	L 2–4	Did not advance
Wang Chen	W 4–1	W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States sent the maximum of four athletes to compete in taekwondo; the team was announced after the final phase of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials for taekwondo on April 5, 2008.^{[100] [101]} Diana, Mark and Steven López became the first trio from the same family to compete for the United States since 1904.^[102] All three of them won medals: one silver and two bronze. Steven López, a defending two-time Olympic gold medalist, lost his only match in six years after a controversial point deduction in the quarterfinals.^{[103] [104]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark López	Men's −68 kg	W 3–0	W 3–1	W 2–1	L 2–3
Steven López	Men's −80 kg	W 3–0	L 1–2	Did not advance	W 3–0	W 3–2	Did not advance
Charlotte Craig	Women's −49 kg	W 4–0	L 2–3	Did not advance
Diana López	Women's −57 kg	W 2–0	L 1–2	Did not advance	W 3–0	W 3–2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) formally announced the American Olympic team for tennis on June 26, 2008.^[105] Because of a nagging knee injury, Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the women's singles competition on August 8, 2008, although she still played in women's doubles.^[37] In a last-minute decision, Jill Craybas was selected to participate in her first Olympics at age 34.^[106]

After losing all eight previous matches against Roger Federer, James Blake defeated him in a surprise upset in the quarterfinals of men's singles.^[107] But Federer went on to beat the top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the doubles semifinals.^[108] Blake finished in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match to Novak Djokovic, while the Bryan twins won a bronze medal by defeating Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra. Venus Williams, 2008 Wimbledon champion, and her sister Serena were both upset in the quarterfinals of women's singles.^[109] However, they went on to win the gold in doubles over Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, and in improving the sisters' Olympic record to 10–0.^[110]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
James Blake	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)	W 7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–3	W 6–4, 6–2	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)	L 6–4, 5–7, 9–11	L 3–6, 6–7^(4–7)	4
Robby Ginepri	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Sam Querrey	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
James Blake Sam Querrey	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	W 6–2, 6–1	W 7–6^(7–2), 6–4	W 6–4, 6–3	L 6–7^(6–8), 4–6	W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jill Craybas	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Serena Williams	W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–0	W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	L 6–4, 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Venus Williams	W 6–3, 6–2	W 6–1, 6–4	W 6–3, 6–2	L 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance
Lindsay Davenport Liezel Huber	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W 6–2, 6–1	W 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	L 7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 6–8	Did not advance
Serena Williams Venus Williams	W 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	W 7–5, 6–2	W 6–4, 6–0	W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–0

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics. From September 2007 to April 2008, the U.S. held three selection events, with the top American man and woman securing a place on the U.S. Olympic team.^[111] The U.S. qualified the maximum of three women and three men in Olympic triathlon, following the Vancouver BG Triathlon World Championships in June 2008 and the world rankings released by the International Triathlon Union.^[112] Americans have medaled once since triathlon was added to the Olympic program in 2000: a bronze in Athens.^[113]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hunter Kemper	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	18:04	0:30	59:06	0:28	31:40	1:49:48.75	7
Matt Reed	18:25	0:30	58:48	0:28	34:19	1:52:30.44	32
Jarrod Shoemaker	18:19	0:29	59:03	0:28	32:27	1:50:46.39	18
Laura Bennett	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	19:49	0:30	1:04:23	0:29	35:10	2:00:21.54	4
Julie Ertel	19:51	0:30	1:04:24	0:32	37:22	2:02:39.22	19
Sarah Haskins	19:50	0:32	1:04:18	0:32	36:10	2:01:22.57	11

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	L 0–2	W 2–0	W 2–0	2 Q	W 2–1	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1
Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	1 Q	W 2–0	L 0–2	Did not advance
Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–0	1 Q	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–0
Nicole Branagh Elaine Youngs	W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1	2 Q	W 2–0	L 0–2	Did not advance

Indoor

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States was one of nine NOCs that managed to qualify a team in both then men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won all their matches in the tournament, and earned the gold medal. The women's team won all group matches but one, and qualified to the final round, where they continued the winning streak until losing the gold medal match, ending the tournament with the silver medal.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	W 3–2	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–0	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–1
United States women	Women's tournament	W 3–1	L 0–3	W 3–1	W 3–2	W 3–2	2 Q	W 3–2	W 3–0	L 1–3

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. United States participated in both the men's and women's tournaments. Both teams won the silver medal.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	W 8–4	W 12–11	L 2–4	W 7–5	W 8–7	1 Q		W 10–5	L 10–14
United States women	Women's tournament	W 12–11	T 9–9	W 12–7	1 Q		W 9–8	L 8–9

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. The United States men's water polo team qualified for Beijing by winning the 2007 Pan American Games tournament, held July 21–26 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[114] The 13-man Olympic roster was set by U.S. head coach Terry Schroeder on June 30. For the first time since 1988, the American men reached the finals of the water polo tournament. They won the silver after a loss to the two-time defending gold medalists from Hungary.^[115]

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).----------------

Semifinal

Final

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. The United States women's water polo team qualified for Beijing by winning the 2007 Pan American Games tournament, held July 14–20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[116] The U.S. Olympic roster of 13 was named by head coach Guy Baker on June 30. In Beijing, the American women won their second silver medal in the last three Olympics. The U.S. also became the only nation to medal in all three Olympics featuring women's water polo.^[117]

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).--------

Semifinal

Final

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The USA Weightlifting trials were held on May 25 in Atlanta, Georgia. The initial team included seven competitors and two alternates.^[118] Casey Burgener was originally selected to lift at the +105 kg event after the USOC reported that the International Weightlifting Federation offered the United States a third men's Olympic slot.^[119] The third slot never materialized, and the United States was not placed on the start list for the +105 event.^[120] The best U.S. hope for a weightlifting medal was expected to be Melanie Roach, who set a new American record and finished in sixth place.^[121]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Chad Vaughn	−77 kg	147	16
Kendrick Farris	−85 kg	160	11	202	=7	362	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
		Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Melanie Roach	−53 kg	83	6	110	6	193	6
Carissa Gump	align=left rowspan=2	−63 kg	88	14	116	14	204	14
Natalie Woolfolk	97	=9	114	12	211	12
Cheryl Haworth	+75 kg	115	=6	144	6	259	6

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The United States qualified in all weight classes except the 60 kg men's Greco-Roman. A total of sixteen wrestlers represented the U.S. in Beijing,^[122] winning three medals: two bronze and one gold. Henry Cejudo became the youngest wrestler ever to win Olympic gold, aged 21. His record was broken by Kyle Snyder in 2016.^[123]

Daniel Cormier had to withdraw after health issues, forfeiting his weight class.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henry Cejudo	Freestyle 55 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1
Mike Zadick	Freestyle 60 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance		L 0–3	Did not advance		19
Doug Schwab	Freestyle 66 kg	L 0–3	Did not advance						14
Ben Askren	Freestyle 74 kg	W 5–0	L 1–3	Did not advance					7
Andy Hrovat	Freestyle 84 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					12
Daniel Cormier	Freestyle 96 kg	L 0–5 ^[124]	Did not advance						19
Steve Mocco	Freestyle 120 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance		L 1–3	Did not advance	7
Spenser Mango	Greco-Roman 55 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				8
Jake Deitchler	Greco-Roman 66 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			L 1–3	Did not advance	12
T. C. Dantzler	Greco-Roman 74 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						16
Brad Vering	Greco-Roman 84 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance					12
Adam Wheeler	Greco-Roman 96 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	W 3–1
Dremiel Byers	Greco-Roman 120 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clarissa Chun	48 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 1–3	5
Marcie Van Dusen	55 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				9
Randi Miller	63 kg	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 0–3	Did not advance		W 3–0	W 3–1
Ali Bernard	72 kg		W 5–0	L 1–3	Did not advance		W 3–1	L 1–3	5

See also

• United States at the 2007 Pan American Games
• United States at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official website of the United States Olympic Committee and Team USA
• NBC Olympics coverage

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