United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	596 in 27[1] sports
Flag bearer	Lopez Lomong[2] (opening) Khatuna Lorig[3] (closing)
Medals Rank: 2[4]	Gold 36	Silver 38	Bronze 36	Total 110
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The United States competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. American athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since the 1896 Summer Olympics except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which the U.S. boycotted. The United States entered the Games as the most successful nation in Olympic history, winning 2,177 medals in total and 891 of them gold.^[5] The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) sent 596 athletes to Beijing (310 men and 286 women), and competed in 27 out of 28 sports.^[1][6] The U.S. did not qualify for either the men's or women's team handball tournament in Beijing.

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.^[7] Team USA members 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.^[8]

The U.S. did not win the most gold medals for the first time in a Summer Games since 1992, losing the gold medal count to China (51-36).^[9] However, the U.S. won its most medals ever (110) in a non-boycotted games, the total medal count, and more silver and bronze medals than any other participating country.^[4][10] The Olympiad also marked the record 8 gold medal wins for American swimmer Michael Phelps, who surpassed American Mark Spitz's record of 7 golds in a single Games in 1972.^[11] Phelps also surpassed Spitz, Larissa 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 (14).^[12]

The United States also saw milestones in women's swimming. Natalie Coughlin won 6 medals in Beijing, the most for a female Olympic swimmer.^[13] Dara Torres, who won 3 silver medals after an eight year absence from the Olympic Games, became the oldest Olympic swimmer to win a medal at the age of 41.^[14] American Gymnast Nastia Liukin won the coveted Gold medal in Individual All-Around, becoming the third American woman to win the title.^[15] It was also a successful Olympics for American team-based sports, as the United States 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 4x400 meter relay teams.^[16] Several other sports saw silver and bronze medals in women's volleyball, softball, baseball, men's team gymnastics, women's team gymnastics, men's fencing sabre team, women's fencing foil team, and both men's and women's water polo.

[edit] Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games; all dates are for August 2008.^[17] In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date 1 Gold ZagunisMariel Zagunis Fencing Women's saber 9 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 400 meter individual medley 10 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian (heats only) Ben Wildman-Tobriner (heats only) Matt Grevers (heats only) Swimming Men's 4×100 meter freestyle relay 11 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 meter freestyle 12 1 Gold Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 100 meter backstroke 12 1 Gold Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol Swimming Men's 100 meter backstroke 12 1 Gold Eller, WaltonWalton Eller Shooting Men's double trap 12 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 meter butterfly 13 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller (heats) Erik Vendt (heats) David Walters (heats) Swimming Men's 4×200 meter freestyle relay 13 1 Gold Armstrong, KristinKristin Armstrong Cycling Women's time trial 13 1 Gold Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni Swimming Women's 200 meter breaststroke 15 1 Gold Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 meter backstroke 15 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 meter individual medley 15 1 Gold Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Individual All-around 15 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 100 meter butterfly 16 1 Gold Hancock, VincentVincent Hancock Shooting Men's skeet 16 1 Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Brendan Hansen Aaron Peirsol Jason Lezak Ian Crocker (heats) Mark Gangloff (heats) Matt Grevers (heats) Garrett Weber-Gale (heats) Swimming Men's 4×100 meter medley relay 17 1 Gold Williams, VenusVenus Williams Serena Williams Tennis Women's doubles 17 1 Gold Whipple, MaryMary Whipple Caryn Davies Caroline Lind Susan Francia Anna Cummins Elle Logan Anna Goodale Lindsay Shoop Erin Cafaro Rowing Women's eight 17 1 Gold Brown Trafton, StephanieStephanie Brown Trafton Track and Field Women's discus 18 1 Gold Taylor, AngeloAngelo Taylor Track and Field Men's 400 meter hurdles 18 1 Gold Ward, McLainMcLain Ward Laura Kraut Will Simpson Beezie Madden Equestrian Team jumping 18 1 Gold Tunnicliffe, AnnaAnna Tunnicliffe Sailing Women's Laser Radial class 19 1 Gold Cejudo, HenryHenry Cejudo Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg 19 1 Gold Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Balance beam 19 1 Gold Harper, DawnDawn Harper Track and Field Women's 100 meter hurdles 19 1 Gold May-Treanor, MistyMisty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Volleyball Women's beach volleyball 21 1 Gold Merritt, LaShawnLaShawn Merritt Track and Field Men's 400 meters 21 1 Gold women's national soccer team, United StatesUnited States women's national soccer team Nicole Barnhart   Carli Lloyd Shannon Boxx   Kate Markgraf Rachel Buehler   Heather Mitts Lori Chalupny   Heather O'Reilly Lauren Cheney   Christie Rampone Stephanie Cox   Amy Rodriguez Tobin Heath   Hope Solo Angela Hucles   Lindsay Tarpley Natasha Kai   Aly Wagner Soccer Women's competition 21 1 Gold Dalhausser, PhilPhil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Volleyball Men's beach volleyball 22 1 Gold Clay, BryanBryan Clay Track and Field Decathlon 22 1 Gold Merritt, LaShawnLaShawn Merritt David Neville Kerron Clement (heats only) Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor Reggie Witherspoon (heats only) Track and Field Men's 4×400 meter relay 23 1 Gold Felix, AllysonAllyson Felix Natasha Hastings (heats) Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg Track and Field Women's 4x400 meter relay 23 1 Gold women's national basketball team, United StatesUnited States women's national basketball team Seimone Augustus   DeLisha Milton-Jones Sue Bird   Candace Parker Tamika Catchings   Cappie Pondexter Sylvia Fowles   Katie Smith Kara Lawson   Diana Taurasi Lisa Leslie   Tina Thompson Basketball Women's competition 23 1 Gold men's national volleyball team, United StatesUnited States men's national volleyball team Lloy Ball   Ryan Millar Gabe Gardner   Reid Priddy Kevin Hansen   Sean Rooney Tom Hoff   Riley Salmon Rich Lambourne   Clay Stanley David Lee   Scott Touzinsky Volleyball Men's competition 24 1 Gold men's national basketball team, United StatesUnited States men's national basketball team Carmelo Anthony   Jason Kidd Carlos Boozer   Chris Paul Chris Bosh   Tayshaun Prince Kobe Bryant   Michael Redd Dwight Howard   Dwyane Wade LeBron James   Deron Williams Basketball Men's competition 24 2 Silver Jacobson, SadaSada Jacobson Fencing Women's saber 9 2 Silver Torres, DaraDara Torres Natalie Coughlin Emily Silver (heats only) Lacey Nymeyer Kara Lynn Joyce Julia Smit (heats only) Swimming Women's 4×100 meter freestyle relay 10 2 Silver Magnuson, ChristineChristine Magnuson Swimming Women's 100 meter butterfly 11 2 Silver Hoff, KatieKatie Hoff Swimming Women's 400 meter freestyle 11 2 Silver Grevers, MattMatt Grevers Swimming Men's 100 meter backstroke 12 2 Silver Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni Swimming Women's 100 meter breaststroke 12 2 Silver Miles, GinaGina Miles Equestrian Individual eventing 12 2 Silver Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan Gymnastics Team all-around 13 2 Silver Rhode, KimberlyKimberly Rhode Shooting Women's Skeet 14 2 Silver Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol Swimming Men's 200 meter backstroke 15 2 Silver Emmons, MatthewMatthew Emmons Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone 15 2 Silver Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Individual All-around 15 2 Silver Cantwell, ChristianChristian Cantwell Track and Field Men's shot put 15 2 Silver Hoelzer, MargaretMargaret Hoelzer Swimming Women's 200 meter backstroke 16 2 Silver Guerette, MichelleMichelle Guerette Rowing Women's single sculls 16 2 Silver Cross, EmilyEmily Cross Erinn Smart Hanna Thompson Fencing Women's team foil 16 2 Silver Fountain, HyleasHyleas Fountain Track and Field Women's heptathlon 16 2 Silver Torres, DaraDara Torres Swimming Women's 50 meter freestyle 17 2 Silver Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres Margaret Hoelzer (heats) Megan Jendrick (heats) Elaine Breeden (heats) Kara Lynn Joyce (heats) Swimming Women's 4×100 meter medley relay 17 2 Silver Railey, ZachZach Railey Sailing Finn class 17 2 Silver Morehouse, TimTim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams Fencing Men's team saber 17 2 Silver Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Women's Floor 17 2 Silver Clement, KerronKerron Clement Track and Field Men's 400 meter hurdles 18 2 Silver Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 18 2 Silver Stuczynski, JenniferJennifer Stuczynski Track and Field Women's pole vault 18 2 Silver Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's balance beam 19 2 Silver Horton, JonathanJonathan Horton Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 19 2 Silver Tosta, SheenaSheena Tosta Track and Field Women's 400 meter hurdles 20 2 Silver Crawford, ShawnShawn Crawford Track and Field Men's 200 meters 20 2 Silver women's national water polo team, United StatesUnited States women's national water polo team Heather Petri   Jessica Steffens Brittany Hayes   Elsie Windes Brenda Villa   Alison Gregorka Lauren Wenger   Moriah van Norman Natalie Golda   Kami Craig Patty Cardenas   Elizabeth Armstrong   Jaime Hipp Water Polo Women's competition 21 2 Silver women's national softball team, United StatesUnited States women's national softball team Monica Abbott   Cat Osterman Stacey Nuveman   Tairia Flowers Crystl Bustos   Andrea Duran Jennie Finch   Jessica Mendoza Laura Berg   Victoria Galindo Lauren Lappin   Kelly Kretschman Lovieanne Jung   Caitlin Lowe   Natasha Watley Softball Women's competition 21 2 Silver Felix, AllysonAllyson Felix Track and Field Women's 200 meters 21 2 Silver Lopez, MarkMark Lopez Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 21 2 Silver Wariner, JeremyJeremy Wariner Track and Field Men's 400 meters 21 2 Silver Payne, DavidDavid Payne Track and Field Men's 110 meter hurdles 21 2 Silver Day, MikeMike Day Cycling Men's BMX 22 2 Silver women's national volleyball team, United StatesUnited States women's national volleyball team Ogonna Nnamani   Nicole Davis Kim Willoughby   Heather Bown Danielle Scott-Arruda   Jennifer Joines Tayyiba Haneef-Park   Kim Glass Lindsey Berg   Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Stacy Sykora   Logan Tom Volleyball Women's competition 23 2 Silver men's national water polo team, United StatesUnited States men's national water polo team Water Polo Men's competition 24 3 Bronze Turner, JasonJason Turner Shooting Men's 10 meter air pistol 9 3 Bronze Ward, RebeccaRebecca Ward Fencing Women's saber 9 3 Bronze Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 400 meter individual medley 10 3 Bronze Jensen, LarsenLarsen Jensen Swimming Men's 400 meter freestyle 10 3 Bronze Hoff, KatieKatie Hoff Swimming Women's 400 meter individual medley 10 3 Bronze Cogdell, CoreyCorey Cogdell Shooting Women's trap 11 3 Bronze Vanderkaay, PeterPeter Vanderkaay Swimming Men's 200 meter freestyle 12 3 Bronze Hoelzer, MargaretMargaret Hoelzer Swimming Women's 100 meter backstroke 12 3 Bronze Artemev, AlexanderAlexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joe Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan Gymnastics Team all-around 12 3 Bronze Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 200 meter individual medley 13 3 Bronze Leipheimer, LeviLevi Leipheimer Cycling Men's time trial 13 3 Bronze Rousey, RondaRonda Rousey Judo Women's 70 kg 13 3 Bronze Lezak, JasonJason Lezak Swimming Men's 100 meter freestyle 14 3 Bronze Schmitt, AllisonAllison Schmitt Natalie Coughlin Caroline Burckle Katie Hoff Christine Marshall (heats only) Kim Vandenberg (heats only) Julia Smit (heats only) Swimming Women's 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay 14 3 Bronze Jacobson, SadaSada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis Fencing Women's team saber 14 3 Bronze Wheeler, AdamAdam Wheeler Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 14 3 Bronze Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 meter individual medley 15 3 Bronze Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 100 meter freestyle 15 3 Bronze Flanagan, ShalaneShalane Flanagan Track and Field Women's 10,000 meters 15 3 Bronze Bryan, BobBob Bryan Mike Bryan Tennis Men's Doubles 16 3 Bronze Dix, WalterWalter Dix Track and Field Men's 100 meters 16 3 Bronze Miller, RandiRandi Miller Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 17 3 Bronze Inman, JoshJosh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Daniel Walsh Steven Coppola Micah Boyd Wyatt Allen Beau Hoopman Matt Schnobrich Marcus McElhenney (cox) Rowing Men's eight 17 3 Bronze Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's floor 17 3 Bronze Jackson, BershawnBershawn Jackson Track and Field Men's 400 meter hurdles 18 3 Bronze Richards, SanyaSanya Richards Track and Field Women's 400 meters 19 3 Bronze Dix, WalterWalter Dix Track and Field Men's 200 meters 20 3 Bronze Lopez, DianaDiana Lopez Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 21 3 Bronze Neville, DavidDavid Neville Track and Field Men's 400 meters 21 3 Bronze Oliver, DavidDavid Oliver Track and Field Men's 110 meter hurdles 21 3 Bronze Madden, BeezieBeezie Madden Equestrian Individual jumping 21 3 Bronze Kintner, JillJill Kintner Cycling Women's BMX 22 3 Bronze Robinson, DonnyDonny Robinson Cycling Men's BMX 22 3 Bronze Wilder, DeontayDeontay Wilder Boxing Heavyweight 22 3 Bronze Lopez, StevenSteven Lopez Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 22 3 Bronze national baseball team, United StatesUnited States national baseball team Brett Anderson   Blaine Neal   Jason Donald Jake Arrieta   Jeff Stevens   Mike Hessman Trevor Cahill   Stephen Strasburg   Jayson Nix Jeremy Cummings   Casey Weathers   Terry Tiffee Brian Duensing   Lou Marson   Dexter Fowler Kevin Jepsen   Taylor Teagarden   John Gall Brandon Knight   Brian Barden   Matthew LaPorta Mike Koplove   Matthew Brown   Nate Schierholtz Baseball Men's competition 23

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 12 9 10 31 Track and Field 7 9 7 23 Gymnastics Artistic 2 6 2 10 Fencing 1 3 2 6 Shooting 2 2 2 6 Cycling[nb 1] 1 1 3 5 Volleyball[nb 2] 3 1 0 4 Equestrian 1 1 1 3 Rowing 1 1 1 3 Taekwondo 0 1 2 3 Wrestling 1 0 2 3 Basketball 2 0 0 2 Sailing 1 1 0 2 Tennis 1 0 1 2 Water Polo 0 2 0 2 Baseball 0 0 1 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Soccer 1 0 0 1 Softball 0 1 0 1 Total 36 38 36 110 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Michael Phelps Swimming 8 0 0 8 Natalie Coughlin Swimming 1 2 3 6 Nastia Liukin Gymnastics Artistic 1 3 1 5 Shawn Johnson Gymnastics Artistic 1 3 0 4 Ryan Lochte Swimming 2 0 2 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 and Field 2 0 0 2 Angelo Taylor Track and Field 2 0 0 2 Garrett Weber-Gale Swimming 2 0 0 2 Kerron Clement Track and Field 1 1 0 2 Allyson Felix Track and Field 1 1 0 2 Jeremy Wariner Track and Field 1 1 0 2 Beezie Madden Equestrian 1 0 1 2 David Neville Track and Field 1 0 1 2 Sanya Richards Track and Field 1 0 1 2 Peter Vanderkaay Swimming 1 0 1 2 Mariel Zagunis Fencing 1 0 1 2 Christine Magnuson Swimming 0 2 0 2 Kara Lynn Joyce Swimming 0 2 0 2 Jonathan Horton Gymnastics Artistic 0 1 1 2 Sada Jacobson Fencing 0 1 1 2 Julia Smit Swimming 0 1 1 2 Becca Ward Fencing 0 0 2 2 Walter Dix Track and Field 0 0 2 2

Won all medals in one event

• Women's saber
• Men's 400 meters
• Men's 400 meter 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 meter backstroke
• 4x400 meter relay

[edit] Archery

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.^[18] Karen Scavotto earned the United States another women's spot by finishing second in the Pan American championship.^[19]

The United States announced its Olympic team on May 5, 2008, following a national selection tournament.^[20] The women's roster included 2004 Olympian Jennifer Nichols and three-time Olympian Khatuna Lorig, who previously represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics and Georgia at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000.^[21] On the men's side, first-time Olympian Brady Ellison joined four-time Olympian Butch Johnson and two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle.

Men

Athlete	Events	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	Individual	664	15	Burnes (CAN) (50) W 111-89	Lyon (CAN) (47) L 107-113	Did not advance
Butch Johnson	Individual	653	40	Abramov (RUS) (25) W 109(+26)-109(+25)	Dong-Hyun (KOR) (8) L 106-115	Did not advance
Vic Wunderle	Individual	652	41	Velez (MEX) (24) W 106-102	di Buo (ITA) (9) W 108(+19)-108(+17)	Dong-Hyun (KOR) (8) W 113-111	Serrano (MEX) (1) L 106-113	Did not advance
Brady Ellison Butch Johnson Vic Wunderle	Team	1969	10	N/A		Chinese Taipei (TPE) (7) L 218-222	Did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Events	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
Jennifer Nichols	Individual	637	24	Rochmawati (INA) (41) W 114-101	Hayakawa (JPN) (9) L 103-105	Did not advance
Khatuna Lorig	Individual	635	26	Arnold (FRA) (39) W 107-105	Williamson (GBR) (7) W 112-109	Rendon (COL) (10) W 107-95	Yun (KOR) (2) L 105-111	Did not advance

Official Olympic Archery Schedule & Results

[edit] Track and Field (athletics)

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.^[22] Hayward Field had previously hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1972, 1976 and 1980.

• Note:Competitors in athletics events could qualify for the next round of competition in two ways. Qualifying by right was posting a high result in their own heat, and qualifying by result was posting a high result in overall standings. Ranks shown are thus those within each heat, not in overall standings.

Key

• Q = Qualified for next round
• AR = Area record
• DNF = Did not finish
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m[23]	Walter Dix	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
200 m[24]	Shawn Crawford	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	Disqualified
400 m[25]	LaShawn Merritt	44.96	1 Q	N/A		44.12	1 Q	43.75
	David Neville	45.22	2 Q	N/A		44.91	2 Q	44.80
	Jeremy Wariner	45.23	1 Q	N/A		44.15	1 Q	44.74
800 m[26]	Christian Smith	1:48.20	4	N/A		Did not advance
	Nick Symmonds	1:46.01	1 Q	N/A		1:46.96	5	Did not advance
	Andrew Wheating	1:47.05	4	N/A		Did not advance
1,500 m[27]	Bernard Lagat	3:41.98	4 Q	N/A		3:37.79	6	Did not advance
	Lopez Lomong	3:36.70	5 Q	N/A		3:41.00	12	Did not advance
	Leonel Manzano	3:36.67	6 Q	N/A		3:50.33	12	Did not advance
5,000 m[28]	Ian Dobson	14:05.47	9	N/A				Did not advance
	Bernard Lagat	13:39.70	1 Q	N/A				13:26.89	9
	Matt Tegenkamp	13:37.36	1 Q	N/A				13:33.13	13
10,000 m[29]	Abdi Abdirahman	N/A						27:52.53	15
	Galen Rupp	N/A						27:36.99	13
	Jorge Torres	N/A						28:13.93	25
110 m hurdles[30]	David Oliver	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 finish		Did not advance
400 m hurdles[31]	Kerron Clement	49.42	1 Q	N/A		48.27	1 Q	47.98
	Bershawn Jackson	49.20	1 Q	N/A		48.02	2 Q	48.06
	Angelo Taylor	48.67	1 Q	N/A		47.94	1 Q	47.25
3000 m steeplechase[32]	Anthony Famiglietti	8:17.34	3 Q	N/A				8:31.21	13
	Josh McAdams	8:33.26	9	N/A				Did not advance
	William Nelson	8:36.66	11	N/A				Did not advance
4x100 m relay[33]	Rodney Martin Travis Padgett Darvis Patton Tyson Gay	Did not finish		N/A				Did not advance
4x400 m relay[33]	From: LaShawn Merritt David Neville Kerron Clement (heats only) Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor Reggie Witherspoon (heats only)	2:59.98	1 Q	N/A				2:55.39 OR
Marathon[33]	Ryan Hall	N/A						2:12:33	10
	Dathan Ritzenhein	N/A						2:11:59	9
	Brian Sell	N/A						2:16:07	22
20 km walk[34]	Kevin Eastler	N/A						1:28:44	43
50 km walk[33]	Philip Dunn	N/A						4:08:32	39

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump[35]	Brian Johnson	7.79	22	Did not advance
	Miguel Pate	7.34	38	Did not advance
	Trevell Quinley	7.87	19	Did not advance
Triple jump[36]	Kenta Bell	16.55	25	Did not advance
	Rafeeq Curry	16.88	18	Did not advance
	Aarik Wilson	15.97	33	Did not advance
High jump[37]	Dusty Jonas	2.20	26	Did not advance
	Andra Manson	2.25	13	Did not advance
	Jesse Williams	2.25	19	Did not advance
Pole vault[38]	Jeff Hartwig	5.55	=10	Did not advance
	Derek Miles	5.65	=3 Q	5.70	4
	Brad Walker	No Mark	-	Did not advance
Shot put[39]	Christian Cantwell	20.48	2Q	21.09
	Reese Hoffa	20.41	4Q	20.53	7
	Adam Nelson	20.56	1Q	No Mark[40]	-
Discus throw[41]	Casey Malone	61.26	19	Did not advance
	Michael Robertson	61.64	16	Did not advance
	Ian Waltz	60.02	25	Did not advance
Javelin throw[42]	Breaux Greer[43]	73.68	22	Did not advance
	Mike Hazle	72.75	25	Did not advance
	Leigh Smith	76.55	18	Did not advance
Hammer throw[33]	A.G. Kruger	71.21	27	Did not advance

Combined events

Decathlon[44]	Event	Bryan Clay			Trey Hardee			Tom Pappas
		Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	10.44	989	1	10.52	970	2	11.12	834	19
	Long jump	7.78	1005	1	7.72	990	2	7.41	913	7
	Shot put	16.27	868	2	13.49	697	30	Did not start
	High jump	1.99	794	11	2.05	850	6
	400 m	48.92	865	10	47.75	921	4
	110 m hurdles	13.94	984	1	14.20	949	5
	Discus throw	53.79	950	1	44.35	737	8
	Pole vault	5.00	910	3	NM	0	-
	Javelin throw	70.97	904	3	Did not start
	1500 m	5:06.59	522	13
Final			8791			Did not finish			Did not finish

Official Olympic Athletics Schedule

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m[45]	Torri Edwards	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
200 m[46]	Allyson Felix	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
400 m[47]	Sanya Richards	50.54	1 Q	N/A		49.90	1 Q	49.93
	DeeDee Trotter	51.41	4 Q	N/A		51.87	7	Did not advance
	Mary Wineberg	51.46	2 Q	N/A		51.13	5	Did not advance
800 m[44]	Hazel Clark	2:01:59	5	N/A		Did not advance
	Alice Schmidt	2:02:33	6	N/A		Did not advance
	Nicole Teter	Did not finish		N/A		Did not advance
1,500 m[48]	Erin Donohue	4:16.05	8	N/A				Did not advance
	Shannon Rowbury	4:03.89	4 Q	N/A				4:03.58	7
	Christin Wurth-Thomas	4:09.70	8	N/A				Did not advance
5,000 m[49]	Shalane Flanagan	14:59.69	6 Q	N/A				15:50.80	10
	Kara Goucher	15:00.98	7 Q	N/A				15:49.39	9
	Jennifer Rhines	15:15.12	6 Q	N/A				16:34.63	14
10,000 m[50]	Amy Begley-Yoder	N/A						32:38.28	26
	Shalane Flanagan	N/A						30:22.22 AR
	Kara Goucher	N/A						30:55.16	10
100 m hurdles[51]	Damu Cherry	12.92	3 Q	N/A		12.62	1 Q	12.65	4
	Dawn Harper	12.73	2 Q	N/A		12.66	2 Q	12.54
	Lolo Jones	12.71	1 Q	N/A		12.43	1 Q	12.72	7
400 m hurdles[52]	Queen Harrison	55.96	4 Q	N/A		55.88	7	Did not advance
	Sheena Tosta	56.12	5 Q	N/A		54.07	1 Q	53.70
	Tiffany Williams	55.51	1 Q	N/A		54.99	3 Q	57.55	8
3000 m steeplechase[32]	Lindsey Anderson	9:36.81	8	N/A				Did not advance
	Jennifer Barringer	9:29.20	3 Q	N/A				9:22.26	9
	Anna Willard	9:28.52	6 Q	N/A				9:25.63	10
4x100 m relay[33]	Angela Williams Mechelle Lewis Torri Edwards Lauryn Williams	Disqualified		N/A				Did not advance
4x400 m relay[33]	From: Allyson Felix Natasha Hastings Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg	3:33.45	1 Q	N/A				3:18.54
Marathon[33]	Deena Kastor	N/A						Did not finish
	Magdalena Lewy Boulet	N/A						Did not finish
	Blake Russell	N/A						2:33:13	27
20 km walk[53]	Joanne Dow	N/A						1:34.15	31

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump[54]	Funmi Jimoh	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
Triple jump[52]	Shani Marks	13.44	28	Did not advance
	Erica McLain	13.52	26	Did not advance
High jump[33]	Amy Acuff	1.89	=19	Did not advance
	Sharon Day	1.85	=24	Did not advance
	Chaunte Howard	1.93	=8 Q	1.99	6
Pole vault[55]	Erica Bartolina	No mark	-	Did not advance
	April Steiner Bennett	4.50	=6 Q	4.55	8
	Jennifer Stuczynski	4.50	=2 Q	4.80
Shot put[56]	Jillian Camarena	18.51	12 Q	18.24	12
	Michelle Carter	18.49	13 Q	17.74	15
	Kristin Heaston	17.34	23	Did not advance
Discus throw[57]	Suzy Powell-Roos	58.02	26	Did not advance
	Aretha Thurmond	61.90	6 Q	59.80	10
	Stephanie Brown Trafton	62.77	1 Q	64.74
Javelin throw[44]	Kim Kreiner	55.13	38	Did not advance
	Kara Patterson	54.39	41	Did not advance
Hammer throw[58]	Amber Campbell	67.86	21	Did not advance
	Jessica Cosby	No mark	No mark	Did not advance
	Loree Smith	63.60	39	Did not advance

Combined events

Heptathlon[33]	Event	Hyleas Fountain			Jacquelyn Johnson			Diana Pickler
		Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank	Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	12.78	1158	1	13.22	1091	5	14.28	939	36
	High jump	1.89	1093	1	1.77	941	12	Did not start[59]
	Shot Put	13.36	751	18	11.82	649	14
	200 m	23.21	1058	1	24.74	911	6
	Long jump	6.38	1058	7	5.88	911	30
	Javelin throw	41.93	704	24	Did not start
	800 m	2:15.45	886	19
Final			6619	*		DNF	DNF		DNF	DNF

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for the anabolic steroid methyltestosterone.^[60] On August 22, Blonska was stripped of her medal and Hyleas Fountain was upgraded to silver.^[61]

Official Olympics Athletics Schedule

[edit] Badminton

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.^[62] 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.^[63]

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
Raju Rai	Men's singles	N/A	Lång L 21-9 21-16	Did not advance
Howard Bach Bob Malaythong	Men's doubles	N/A		C Dednam and R Dednam  W 21-10,21-16	Cai and Fu L 21-9 21-10	Did not advance
Eva Lee	Women's singles	A Rice  L 21-15 19-21 21-19	Did not advance
Mesinee Mangkalakiri Eva Lee	Women's doubles	N/A		J Yanmei and L Yujia  L 21-12 21-12	Did not advance

Official Olympic Badminton Schedule

[edit] Baseball

The United States earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event.^[64] 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.^[65][66] The American team sought its second gold medal in the sport, but finished winning the bronze.^[65][67]

[edit] Team roster and tournament statistics

USA Baseball named its Olympic roster on July 16, 2008.^[65] The Olympic team was made up of anyone not on an Major League Baseball 25-man roster at the time of the tournament.^[64][67]

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

№	Player	Pos	GP	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	OBP	SLG	BA
2	Donald, JasonJason Donald	SS	8	21	4	8	1	5	12	5	3	1	.536	.571	.381
3	Nix, JaysonJayson Nix	2B	3	14	3	3	1	1	7	1	4	0	.267	.500	.214
6	Marson, LouLou Marson	C	5	13	3	4	0	0	4	3	3	0	.438	.308	.308
7	Gall, JohnJohn Gall	LF	8	33	5	8	1	5	15	2	7	0	.286	.455	.242
10	Hessman, MikeMike Hessman	3B	5	22	2	2	1	1	5	0	11	0	.091	.227	.091
14	Schierholtz, NateNate Schierholtz	CF	9	37	7	8	1	6	15	2	9	0	.275	.405	.216
17	Brown, MatthewMatthew Brown	1B	9	32	4	9	2	10	18	6	8	2	.390	.563	.281
18	Barden, BrianBrian Barden	SS	9	34	8	9	1	5	15	4	9	1	.342	.441	.265
19	Teagarden, TaylorTaylor Teagarden	C	5	16	2	3	0	4	5	4	8	0	.381	.313	.188
24	Fowler, DexterDexter Fowler	PR	9	28	5	7	0	2	12	2	4	0	.300	.429	.250
26	Tiffee, TerryTerry Tiffee	DH	9	37	4	12	0	5	18	2	6	0	.341	.486	.324
44	LaPorta, MatthewMatthew LaPorta	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

Pos – Position; GP – Games Played; AB – At Bat; R – Runs; H – Hits; HR – Home Runs; RBI – Runs Batted In; TB – Total Bases; BB – Base On Balls; SO – Strikeouts; SB – Stolen Bases; OBP – On-Base Percentage; SLG – Slugging Percentage; BA – Batting Average

Pitching

№	Player	GP	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	HR	SO	BB	ERA
15	Knight, BrandonBrandon Knight	2	2	1	0	0	10.2	13	8	2	7	4	6.75
21	Koplove, MikeMike Koplove	4	0	0	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	6	1	0.00
29	Strasburg, StephenStephen Strasburg	2	2	1	1	0	11	7	3	1	16	1	1.64
30	Cahill, TrevorTrevor Cahill	2	2	0	0	0	8	6	2	0	5	5	2.25
34	Arrieta, JakeJake Arrieta	1	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	7	2	0.00
35	Weathers, CaseyCasey Weathers	3	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	5	1	0.00
37	Stevens, JeffJeff Stevens	4	0	1	2	0	4	6	7	1	2	1	9.00
39	Jepsen, KevinKevin Jepsen	4	0	0	0	1	5.2	3	0	0	5	2	0.00
40	Anderson, BrettBrett Anderson	2	2	1	0	0	12.2	13	8	2	10	3	4.98
45	Duensing, BrianBrian Duensing	4	0	1	0	0	7.2	3	1	1	5	2	1.17
47	Cummings, JeremyJeremy Cummings	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	1	2	0	1.80
49	Neal, BlaineBlaine Neal	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

GP – Games Played; GS – Games Started; W – Wins; L – Losses; SV – Saves; IP – Innings Pitched; H – Hits; R – Runs; HR – Home Runs; SO – Strikeouts; BB – Base On Balls; ERA – Earned Run Average

[edit] Tournament results

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

August 13 – 18:00 at WKB Field 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	7	12	1
South Korea	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	8	9	1

WP: Suk Min Yoon (1-0)  LP: Jeff Stevens (0-1)  
HRs:  USA – Nate Schierholtz (1), Mike Hessman (1)  KOR – Dae-Ho Lee (1)

August 14 – 10:30 at WKB Field 2 (shortened: RAIN)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	1	-	7	10	0
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	0

WP: Stephen Strasburg (1-0)  LP: Shairon Martis (0-1)  
HRs:  USA – Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1)

August 15 – 11:30 at WKB Main Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cuba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	10	0
United States	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	6	0

WP: Pedro Luis Lazo (1-0)  LP: Jeff Stevens (0-2)  
HRs:  CUB – Alfredo Despaigne (2)  USA – Jayson Nix (1)

August 16 – 10:30 at WKB Field 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
United States	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	5	9	1

WP: Brian Duensing (1-0)  LP: Chris Reitsma (0-1)  
HRs:  USA – Brian Barden (1)

August 18 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[68]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
United States	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	X	9	9	0

WP: Jake Arrieta (1-0)  LP: Chenhao Li (0-1)  
HRs:  CHN – Yang Yang (1)

August 19 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[69]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
United States	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	4	10	2

WP: Brandon Knight (1-0)  LP: Wen-Hsiung Hsu (0-1)  SV: Kevin Jepsen (1)  
HRs:  TPE – Chih-Sheng Lin (1)  USA – John Gall (1)

August 20 – 19:00 at WKB Main Field^[70]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0

WP: Jeff Stevens (1-2)  LP: Hitoki Iwase (0-2)  SV: Casey Weathers (1)  

Preliminary round summary

The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Semifinal

August 22 – 18:00 at WKB Main Field^[71]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Cuba	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	6	X	10	14	2

WP: Norge Luis Vera (2-0)  LP: Stephen Strasburg (1-1)  SV: Pedro Luis Lazo (2)  
HRs:  CUB – Alfredo Despaigne (3), Frederich Cepeda (2), Alexei Bell (1), Ariel Pestano (2)

Bronze medal match

August 23 – 10:30 at WKB Main Field^[72]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
United States	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	X	8	9	0

WP: Brett Anderson (1-0)  LP: Kenshin Kawakami (0-1)  
HRs:  JPN – Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1)  USA – Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

Final rank

3 Bronze

[edit] Basketball

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.^[73] It was the sixteenth appearance of the nation in the men's tournament and the eighth in the women's tournament; the United States missed only the boycotted 1980 Games for each.^[74] The 12-player roster for the USA Men's Basketball Senior National Team was announced on June 23, 2008.^[73] The first nine members of the eventual 12-player 2008 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team were announced on May 31, 2008.^[75] The final three members were named on July 10, 2008.^[76]

The women's team successfully defended their 2004 Olympic championship, defeating 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.^[77] After a disappointing third-place finish in Athens, the men's team adopted the name "Redeem Team."^[78] 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.^[79]

[edit] Men

Squad

United States Men's National Basketball Team roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Wt. Club 4.5 F/C 4 Boozer, Carlos &0000000000000026.00000026 - November 20, 1981(1981-11-20) 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Utah Jazz USA  1.0 PG 5 Kidd, Jason &0000000000000035.00000035 - March 23, 1973(1973-03-23) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Dallas Mavericks USA  3.0 SF 6 James, LeBron &0000000000000023.00000023 - December 30, 1984(1984-12-30) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cleveland Cavaliers USA  1.0 PG 7 Williams, Deron &0000000000000024.00000024 - March 24, 1984(1984-03-24) 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Utah Jazz USA  2.0 SG 8 Redd, Michael &0000000000000028.00000028 - August 24, 1979(1979-08-24) 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Milwaukee Bucks USA  2.0 SG 9 Wade, Dwyane &0000000000000026.00000026 - January 17, 1982(1982-01-17) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Miami Heat USA  2.0 SG 10 Bryant, Kobe &0000000000000029.00000029 - August 23, 1978(1978-08-23) 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers USA  4.5 F/C 11 Howard, Dwight &0000000000000022.00000022 - December 8, 1985(1985-12-08) 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Orlando Magic USA  4.5 F/C 12 Bosh, Chris &0000000000000024.00000024 - March 24, 1984(1984-03-24) 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Toronto Raptors Canada  1.0 PG 13 Paul, Chris &0000000000000023.00000023 - May 6, 1985(1985-05-06) 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) New Orleans Hornets USA  3.0 SF 14 Prince, Tayshaun &0000000000000028.00000028 - February 28, 1980(1980-02-28) 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Detroit Pistons USA  3.0 SF 15 Anthony, Carmelo &0000000000000024.00000024 - May 29, 1984(1984-05-29) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Denver Nuggets USA 	Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coach(es) Jim Boeheim Nate McMillan Mike D'Antoni Team Physician Sheldon Burns Athletic Trainer Keith Jones Casey Smith Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Results

Preliminaries

August 10 22:15	Game 12	USA	101–70	China		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (Finland)
		Scoring by quarter: 20-16, 29-21, 25-11, 27-22
		Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Bosh 8 Asts: Paul 6		Pts: Yao 13 Rebs: Yao 10 Asts: Chen, Liu, Zhu, Sun 2

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August 12 20:00	Game 23	Angola	76–97	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina)
		Scoring by quarter: 18-29, 19-26, 16-26, 23-16
		Pts: Morais 24 Rebs: Gomez 8 Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2		Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Anthony 6 Asts: James 5

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August 14 20:00	Game 35	USA	92–69	Greece		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
		Scoring by quarter: 20-16, 31-16, 23-22, 18-15
		Pts: Bryant, Bosh 18 Rebs: James, Howard, Anthony 6 Asts: James 6		Pts: Papaloukas 15 Rebs: Fotsis, Papaloukas 8 Asts: Diamantidis 3

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August 16 22:15	Game 48	Spain	82–119	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
		Scoring by quarter: 22-31, 23-30, 18-25, 19-33
		Pts: Reyes 19 Rebs: Reyes 8 Asts: Fernández, Rubio 3		Pts: James 18 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: James, Paul 8

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August 18 20:00	Game 59	USA	106–57	Germany		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Arteaga (Spain)
		Scoring by quarter: 31-12, 22-17, 30-17, 23-11
		Pts: Howard 22 Rebs: Howard 10 Asts: Williams 5		Pts: Nowitzki 14 Rebs: Nowitzki 8 Asts: Hamann, Jagla 2

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10
Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
China	5	2	3	366	400	-34	7
Germany	5	1	4	330	390	-60	6
Angola	5	0	5	321	477	-156	5

Finals

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Quarterfinals

August 20 16:45	Game 68	USA	116–85	Australia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Juan Arteaga (Spain)
		Scoring by quarter: 25-24, 30-19, 34-18, 27-24
		Pts: Bryant 25 Rebs: James 9 Asts: James, Williams, Wade, Paul 3		Pts: Mills 20 Rebs: Worthington 6 Asts: Newley 3

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Semifinals

August 22 22:15	Game 72	Argentina	81–101	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 11-30, 29-19, 24-29, 17-23
		Scoring by half: 40-49, 41-52
		Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 12 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Anthony 21 Rebs: Bosh 11 Asts: Kidd 7

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Gold Medal game

August 24 14:30	Gold medal game - Game 76	Spain	107–118	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Ramualdas Brazuaskas (Lithuania)
		Scoring by quarter: 31-38, 30-31, 21-22, 25-27
		Scoring by half: 61-69, 46-49
		Pts: Fernandez 22 Rebs: Reyes 7 Asts: Navarro 4		Pts: Wade 27 Rebs: Bosh 7 Asts: Bryant 6

Final rank

1 Gold

[edit] Women

Squad

United States Women's National Basketball Team roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Wt. Club 3.5 F 5 Augustus, Seimone &0000000000000024.00000024 - April 30, 1984(1984-04-30) 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Minnesota Lynx United States  1.5 G 6 Bird, Sue &0000000000000027.00000027 - October 16, 1980(1980-10-16) 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Seattle Storm United States  3.5 F 10 Catchings, Tamika &0000000000000029.00000029 - July 21, 1979(1979-07-21) 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Indiana Fever United States  5.0 C 13 Fowles, Sylvia &0000000000000023.00000023 - June 10, 1985(1985-06-10) 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Chicago Sky United States  1.5 G 7 Lawson, Kara &0000000000000027.00000027 - February 14, 1981(1981-02-14) 68 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sacramento Monarchs United States  5.0 C 9 Leslie, Lisa &0000000000000036.00000036 - July 7, 1972(1972-07-07) 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States  3.5 F 8 Milton-Jones, DeLisha &0000000000000033.00000033 - September 11, 1974(1974-09-11) 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States  2.5 G/F 15 Parker, Candace &0000000000000022.00000022 - April 19, 1986(1986-04-19) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States  1.5 G 4 Pondexter, Cappie &0000000000000025.00000025 - January 7, 1983(1983-01-07) 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Phoenix Mercury United States  1.5 G 14 Smith, Katie &0000000000000034.00000034 - June 4, 1974(1974-06-04) 71 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Detroit Shock United States  2.5 G/F 12 Taurasi, Diana &0000000000000026.00000026 - June 11, 1982(1982-06-11) 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Phoenix Mercury United States  3.5 F 11 Thompson, Tina &0000000000000033.00000033 - February 10, 1975(1975-02-10) 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Houston Comets United States 	Head coach Anne Donovan Assistant coach(es) Gail Goestenkors Dawn Staley Mike Thibault Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Results

August 9 20:00	Game 5	Czech Republic	57–97	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Michael Aylen (Australia)
		Scoring by quarter: 17-22, 14-27, 13-26, 13-22
		Pts: Veselá 8 Rebs: Veselá 9 Asts: Machová 4		Pts: Pondexter 12 Rebs: Fowles 14 Asts: Lawson 3

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August 11 20:00	Game 11	China	63–108	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (Lithuania)
		Scoring by quarter: 11-33, 16-28, 19-20, 17-27
		Pts: Miao 16 Rebs: Bian, Liu, Sui 4 Asts: Miao, Shao 3		Pts: Thompson 27 Rebs: Leslie 10 Asts: Lawson, Pondexter 5

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August 13 22:15	Game 18	Mali	41–97	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Maogong Yang (China)
		Scoring by quarter: 12-24, 16-27, 5-25, 9-21
		Pts: Sininta 13 Rebs: Sissoko 7 Asts: Bagayoko 3		Pts: Leslie 16 Rebs: Fowles 6 Asts: Lawson 7

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August 15 20:00	Game 23	USA	93–55	Spain		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Fabio Facchini (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 22-17, 17-17, 23-10, 31-11
		Pts: Thompson 17 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Lawson, Leslie, Parker 2		Pts: Valdemoro 17 Rebs: Nicholls 5 Asts: Martinez 2

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August 17 22:15	Game 30	New Zealand	60–96	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (Italy)
		Scoring by quarter: 18-23, 6-27, 18-25, 18-21
		Pts: Marino 17 Rebs: Harmon 7 Asts: Marino 17		Pts: Thompson 15 Rebs: Leslie, Fowles 6 Asts: Taurasi 5

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
USA	5	5	0	491	276	+215	10
China	5	4	1	358	346	+12	9
Spain	5	3	2	357	324	+33	8
Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	356	-10	7
New Zealand	5	1	4	320	423	-103	6
Mali	5	0	5	255	402	-147	5

Finals

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Quarterfinals

August 19 20:00	Game 64	USA	104–60	Korea		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Stephen Seibel (Canada)
		Scoring by quarter: 25-21, 26-9, 26-9, 27-21
		Pts: Fowles 26 Rebs: Fowles 14 Asts: Augustus 3		Pts: Kim 14 Rebs: Kim 5 Asts: Park 7

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Semifinals

August 21 20:00	Game 70	Russia	52–67	USA		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (Brazil)
		Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 16-20, 8-15, 12-19
		Pts: Stepanova 14 Rebs: Korstin 8 Asts: 6 tied		Pts: Taurasi 21 Rebs: Fowles 10 Asts: Smith 3

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Gold medal game

August 23 22:00	Gold medal game	USA	92–65	Australia		Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikoloas Zavlanos (New Zealand)
		Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 25-15, 22-24, 23-11
		Pts: Lawson 15 Rebs: Leslie 7 Asts: Thompson 4		Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Jackson 10 Asts: Grima 2

Final rank

1 Gold

[edit] Boxing

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.^[80] Ali, Molina and Wilder qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.^[81] Estrada was the last American boxer to qualify, doing so at the second American tournament.^[82] 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. Before they arrived in Beijing, U.S. boxers were reportedly unhappy with training methods, coaching, and travel restrictions.^[83] On August 8, 2008, two-time national champion and bantamweight boxer Gary Russell Jr. was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after collapsing before his weigh-in.^[84] 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.^[85] In the end, the U.S. left Beijing with one bronze won by Deontay Wilder, its worst performance in Olympic history.^[86] 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, the national director of coaching for USA Boxing, Dan Campbell, stepped down.^[83]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Luis Yáñez	Light flyweight (-48 kg)	de la Nieve (ESP) W 12-9	Pürevdorj (MGL) L 7-8	Did not advance
Raushee Warren	Flyweight (48-51 kg)	Lee (KOR) L 8-9	Did not advance
Raynell Williams	Featherweight (54-57 kg)	di Savino (ITA) W 9-1	Djelkhir (FRA) L 7-9	Did not advance
Sadam Ali	Lightweight (57-60 kg)	Popescu (ROU) L 5-20	Did not advance
Javier Molina	Light welterweight (60-64 kg)	Georgiev (BUL) L 1-14	Did not advance
Demetrius Andrade	Welterweight (64-69 kg)	Jvania (GEO) W 11-9	Balanov (RUS) W 14-3	Jung-Joo (KOR) L 11-9	Did not advance
Shawn Estrada	Middleweight (69-75 kg)	Maderna (ARG) W 10-2	DeGale (GBR) L 5-11	Did not advance
Deontay Wilder	Heavyweight (81-91 kg)		Touilbini (ALG) W 10-4	Arjaoui (MAR) W 10-10	Russo (ITA) L 1-7	Did not advance

Official Olympic Boxing Schedule

[edit] Canoeing and Kayaking

[edit] Canoe-Kayak Flatwater

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.^[87] The U.S. has not medaled in Olympic flatwater canoe and kayak racing since 1992.^[88]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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

Official Olympic Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater Schedule

[edit] Canoe-Kayak 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.^[89]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final		Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Benn Fraker	Men's C-1	179.44	10 Q	92.27	8 Q	90.87	5	6
Casey Eichfeld Rick Powell	Men's C-2	253.34	11	Did not advance
Scott Parsons	Men's K-1	220.54	20	Did not advance
Heather Corrie	Women's K-1	211.31	10 Q	114.51	8 Q	156.37	8	8

Official Olympic Canoe/Kayak - Slalom Schedule

[edit] Cycling

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.^[90] The final three members of the team were announced on July 10.^[91]

[edit] BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Kyle Bennett	Individual	36.421	12	14	4 Q	14	6	Did not advance
Mike Day	Individual	35.692	1	3	1 Q	5	1 Q	36.606
Donny Robinson	Individual	36.810	24	11	3 Q	10	3 Q	36.972

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Jill Kintner	Individual	37.913	7	9	2 Q	38.647

Official Olympic Cycling - BMX Schedule

[edit] Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Adam Craig	Cross-country	-1 Lap	29
Todd Wells	Cross-country	-3 Lap	43

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Georgia Gould	Cross-country	1:50.51	8
Mary McConneloug	Cross-country	1:50.34	7

Official Olympic Cycling - Mountain Bike Schedule

[edit] Road

Men

Rider	Professional Team	Event	Time	Rank
George Hincapie	Team Columbia	Road race	6:26:25 (+2:36)	40
Levi Leipheimer	Astana	Road race	6:24:09 (+0:20)	11
		Time trial	1:03:21 (+1:10)
Jason McCartney	Team CSC Saxo Bank	Road race	Did not finish
Christian Vande Velde	Garmin-Chipotle	Road race	6:24:19 (+0:30)	17
David Zabriskie	Garmin-Chipotle	Road race	Did not finish
		Time trial	1:05:18 (+3:06)	12

Women

Rider	Event	Time	Rank
Kristin Armstrong	Road race	3:33:07 (+0:43)	25
	Time trial	34:51.72
Amber Neben	Road race	3:33:17 (+0:53)	33
Christine Thorburn	Road race	3:41:08 (+8:44)	52
	Time trial	35:54.16	5

Official Olympic Cycling - Road Schedule

[edit] Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st Round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Taylor Phinney	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.860	7 Q	Hayden Roulston (NZL)  4:26.644	8	Did not advance
Sarah Hammer	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.471	5 Q	Alison Shanks (NZL)  3:34.237	5	Did not advance

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 Finals (Repechage)	1/8 Finals (Repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Opposition Time Speed	Rank
Michael Blatchford	Men's sprint	10.470 68.767	15 Q	Mickaël Bourgain (FRA)  L, L	Did not advance				15
Michael Blatchford Adam Duvendeck Giddeon Massie	Men's team sprint	45.346 59.542	8 Q			Great Britain L 45.423 59.441		Did not advance	8
Jennie Reed	Women's sprint	11.4000 63.157	8 Q		Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)  W 11.955 60.225	Willy Kanis (NED)  L	Did not advance		7

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Giddeon Massie	Men's keirin	3 R	4	Did not advance	=21

Points Races

Athlete	Event	Total Points	Rank
Bobby Lea	Men's points race	Did not finish
Sarah Hammer	Women's points race	Did not finish
Michael Friedman Bobby Lea	Men's madison	3 (4 laps down)	16

Official Olympic Cycling - Track Schedule

[edit] Diving

The United States finalized its nomination process for the Olympic diving squad on July 7, 2008.^[92] It was the first time since 1996 that the team qualified for all individual and synchronized events. The U.S. was a major power in Olympic diving from 1904 to 2000, winning 47 of 90 gold medals awarded, but was left out of the medals for the second consecutive Olympics.^[93][94]

Men'

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chris Colwill	3 m Springboard	464.75	7 Q	480.95	6 Q	425.90	12
Troy Dumais	3 m Springboard	448.40	12 Q	463.15	10 Q	472.50	6
David Boudia	10 m Platform	481.70	6 Q	491.55	5 Q	441.45	10
Thomas Finchum	10 m Platform	477.00	7 Q	474.95	7 Q	412.65	12
Chris Colwill Jevon Tarantino	3 m Synchronised Springboard					410.73	4
David Boudia Thomas Finchum	10 m Synchronised Platform					440.64	5

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nancilea Underwood Foster	3 m Springboard	300.15	11 Q	338.90	4 Q	316.7	8
Christina Loukas	3 m Springboard	312.60	8 Q	329.00	7 Q	315.7	9
Haley Ishimatsu	10 m Platform	329.00	10 Q	292.95	14	Did not advance
Laura Wilkinson	10 m Platform	370.70	5 Q	346.10	6 Q	311.80	9
Kelci Bryant Ariel Rittenhouse	3 m Synchronised Springboard					314.40	4
Mary Beth Dunnichay Haley Ishimatsu	10 m Synchronised Platform					309.12	5

Official Olympic Diving Schedule

[edit] Equestrian

On July 15, 2008, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the rider/horse combinations for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.^[95] All equestrian events were open in the Olympics, meaning men and women competed together. The Three events held in the Olympics for equestrian were: eventing, show jumping and dressage. 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.^[95] 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. Alternate Karen O'Connor and her horse Mandiba took their place on the team.^[96]

The U.S. successfully defended its 2004 gold medal in the team jumping competition, defeating Canada in a timed jumpoff.^[97]

On September 22, 2008, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) disqualified the U.S. fourth-place finish in the Olympic team dressage event and Courtney King's thirteenth-place finish in individual dressage after King's horse Harmony's Mythilus tested positive for the banned substance felbinac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.^[98] According to USA Today, the FEI did not believe King or "anyone on her behalf or related to the USEF had knowingly administered the medication to the horse."^[98]

Dressage^[99]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Final Score (Grand Prix for Team) (Grand Prix Special & Grand Prix Freestyle for Individual)	Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Courtney King-Dye	Harmony's Mythilus	Individual	70.458	7 Q	70.800	8 Q	69.550	14	70.175	13 DSQ
Debbie McDonald	Brentina	Individual	63.000	34	Did not advance
Steffen Peters	Ravel	Individual	70.000	10 Q	71.800	4 Q	76.500	3	74.150	4
Courtney King-Dye Debbie McDonald Steffen Peters	as above	Team	67.819	4					67.819	04 DSQ

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Phillip Dutton	Connaught	Individual	40.60	14	19.60	14	8	16 Q	DSQ[100]		68.20
Becky Holder	Courageous Comet	Individual	35.70	5	82.00	48	8	43	Did not advance		125.70	42
Gina Miles	McKinlaigh	Individual	39.30	10	16.80	5	-	4 Q	-	2	56.10
Amy Tryon	Poggio II	Individual	46.50	24	Eliminated[101]						# 1000.00
Karen O'Connor	Mandiba	Individual	41.90	16	84.80	54	5	45	Did not advance		# 131.70	44
From: Phillip Dutton Becky Holder Gina Miles Amy Tryon Karen O'Connor	as above	Team	115.60	3	118.40	7	16	7			250.00	7

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total
DSQ = Disqualified

Individual jumping^[102]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. 1st Qualifier		Ind. 2nd Qualifier			Ind. 3rd Qualifier			Ind. Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Laura Kraut	Cedric	Individual	5	39	4	9	=22 Q	0	9	12 Q	8	=23	Did not advance
Beezie Madden	Authentic	Individual	0	=1	11	11	29 Q	4	15	17 Q	0	=1 Q	4	=7	4	=3
Will Simpson	El Campeon's Carlsson vom Dach	Individual	0	=1	8	8	=16 Q	8	16	=18*	Did not advance
McLain Ward	Sapphire	Individual	0	=1	0	0	=1 Q	4	4	=2 Q	4	=11 Q	0	=1	4	=3

Athlete	Horse	Event	Bronze medal Jump-off
			Penalties	Time	Final Rank
Beezie Madden	Authentic	Individual	0	35.25
McLain Ward	Sapphire	Individual	4	35.39	6

*Will Simpson received a qualifying score, but the US already had three other riders in the individual final.^[103]

Team jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Team Qualifier for Round 1		Team Round 1		Team Round 2		Total (Round 1 & 2)		Gold medal Jump-off against Canada
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
From: Laura Kraut Beezie Madden Will Simpson McLain Ward	as above	Team	0	1	12	=1 Q	8	2	20	=1	0

• Replacements

• Bruce Davidson Jr./BallyNoe Castle RM
• Phillip Dutton/Woodburn
• Bonnie Mosser/Merloch
• Karen O'Connor/Mandiba

Official Olympic Equestrian Schedule

[edit] Fencing

The 2008 United States Olympic Fencing Team was announced on June 11, 2008.^[104] After the 1904 Olympics, the United States did not win an Olympic fencing gold medal until 2004.^[105] 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.^[9]

Men Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final Gold Final Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Seth Kelsey Individual épée Bye  Jeannet (FRA) L 11-15 Did not advance Gerek Meinhardt Individual foil  Nagati (EGY) W 15-3  Zhu Jun (CHN) L 9-15 Did not advance Timothy Morehouse Individual sabre  Sanson (FRA) L 12-15 Did not advance Jason Rogers Individual sabre  Thiam (SEN) W 15-7  Smart (USA) L 3-15 Did not advance Keeth Smart Individual sabre Bye  Rogers (USA) W 15-3  Szilagyi (HUN) W 15-10  Pillet (FRA) L 13-15 Did not advance Timothy Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart Team sabre  Hungary (HUN) W 45-44  Russia (RUS) W 45-44  France (FRA) L 37-45 Alternate James Williams Women Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final Gold Final Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Kelley Hurley Individual épée  Jung (KOR) L 6-15 Did not advance Emily Cross Individual foil Bye  Su (CHN) L 7-15 Did not advance Erinn Smart Individual foil  Emanuel (GBR) W 15-7  Maitrejean (FRA) L 9-15 Did not advance Hanna Thompson Individual foil  Khelfaoui (ALG) W 11-2  Golubykskyi (GER) L 5-13 Did not advance Emily Cross Erinn Smart Hanna Thompson Team foil  Poland (POL) W 31-30  Hungary (HUN) W 33-35  Russia (RUS) L 11-28 Sada Jacobson Individual sabre Bye  González (CUB) W 15-11  Kharlan (UKR) W 15-13  Khomrova (UKR) W 15-11  Velikaya (RUS) W 15-11  Zagunis (USA) L 8-15 Becca Ward Individual sabre Bye  Navarro (TUN) Navarro DNF  Nagy (HUN) W 15-5  Besbes (TUN) W 15-14  Zagunis (USA) L 11-15  Velikaya (RUS) W 15-14 Did not advance Mariel Zagunis Individual sabre Bye  Sassine (CAN) W 15-10  Jozwiak (POL) W 15-13  Bao (CHN) W 15-9  Ward (USA) W 15-11  Jacobson (USA) W 15-8 Sada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis Team sabre  South Africa (RSA) W 45-8  Ukraine (UKR) L 39-45  France (FRA) W 45-38 Did not advance Alternates Doris Willette Dagmara Wozniak Official Olympic Fencing Schedule [edit] Field hockey 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.[106] The men's team failed to qualify for the Beijing games. [edit] Women Roster Goalkeeper Amy Tran Defenders Lauren Crandall Rachel Dawson Kelly Doton Katelyn Falgowski Caroline Nichols Midfielders Kate Barber (C) Kayla Bashore Carrie Lingo Lauren Powley Dana Sensenig Strikers Jesse Gey Angie Loy Dina Rizzo Keli Smith Tiffany Snow Head Coach Lee Bodimeade Assistant Coach Steve Jennings Reserve: <