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United States at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors588 (306 men and 282 women) in 32[2] sports
Flag bearers Lopez Lomong[1] (opening)
Khatuna Lorig (closing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
36
Silver
39
Bronze
37
Total
112
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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

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Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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

Won all medals in one event

Won all gold medals in one sport

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

Archery

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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 / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Brady Ellison Men's individual 664 15  Burnes (CAN) (50)
W 111–89 		 Lyon (CAN) (47)
L 107–113 		Did not advance
Butch Johnson 653 40  Abramov (RUS) (25)
W 109 (26)–109 (25) 		 Im D-H (KOR) (8)
L 106–115 		Did not advance
Vic Wunderle 652 41  Vélez (MEX) (24)
W 106–102 		 di Buò (ITA) (9)
W 108 (19)–108 (17) 		 Im D-H (KOR) (8)
W 113–111 		 Serrano (MEX) (1)
L 106–113 		Did not advance
Brady Ellison
Butch Johnson
Vic Wunderle 		Men's team 1969 10 —  Chinese Taipei (TPE) (7)
L 218–222 		Did not advance
Khatuna Lorig Women's individual 635 26  Arnold (FRA) (39)
W 107–105 		 Williamson (GBR) (7)
W 112–109 		 Rendón (COL) (10)
W 107–95 		 Yun O-H (KOR) (2)
L 105–111 		Did not advance
Jennifer Nichols 637 24  Rochmawati (INA) (41)
W 114–101 		 Hayakawa (JPN) (9)
L 103–105 		Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

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American David Neville falls at the finish line for the bronze medal as Jeremy Wariner takes second place behind LaShawn Merritt, completing a sweep of the 400 m final.
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.

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Walter Dix[19] 100 m 10.35 3 Q 10.08 2 Q 9.95 2 Q 9.91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tyson Gay[19] 10.22 1 Q 10.09 2 Q 10.05 5 Did not advance
Darvis Patton[19] 10.25 2 Q 10.04 2 Q 10.03 4 Q 10.03 8
Shawn Crawford[19] 200 m 20.61 1 Q 20.42 2 Q 20.12 2 Q 19.96 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Walter Dix[19] 20.77 2 Q 20.27 2 Q 20.19 3 Q 19.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wallace Spearmon[19] 20.46 1 Q 20.39 2 Q 20.14 3 Q DSQ
LaShawn Merritt[19] 400 m 44.96 1 Q — 44.12 1 Q 43.75 1st place, gold medalist(s)
David Neville[19] 45.22 2 Q 44.91 2 Q 44.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jeremy Wariner[19] 45.23 1 Q 44.15 1 Q 44.74 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christian Smith[19] 800 m 1:48.20 4 — Did not advance
Nick Symmonds[19] 1:46.01 1 Q 1:46.96 5 Did not advance
Andrew Wheating[19] 1:47.05 4 Did not advance
Leonel Manzano[19] 1500 m 3:36.67 1 Q — 3:50.33 12 Did not advance
Bernard Lagat[19] 3:41.98 4 Q 3:37.79 6 Did not advance
Lopez Lomong[19] 3:36.70 5 Q 3:41.00 12 Did not advance
Ian Dobson[19] 5000 m 14:05.47 9 — Did not advance
Bernard Lagat[19] 13:39.70 1 Q 13:26.89 9
Matt Tegenkamp[19] 13:37.36 1 Q 13:33.13 13
Abdi Abdirahman[19] 10,000 m — 27:52.53 15
Galen Rupp[19] 27:36.99 13
Jorge Torres[19] 28:13.93 25
David Oliver[19] 110 m hurdles 13.30 1 Q 13.16 1 Q 13.31 1 Q 13.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David Payne[19] 13.42 1 Q 13.24 1 Q 13.21 2 Q 13.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Terrence Trammell[19] DNF Did not advance
Kerron Clement[19] 400 m hurdles 49.42 1 Q — 48.27 1 Q 47.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bershawn Jackson[19] 49.20 1 Q 48.02 2 Q 48.06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Angelo Taylor[19] 48.67 1 Q 47.94 1 Q 47.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anthony Famiglietti[19] 3000 m steeplechase 8:17.34 3 Q — 8:31.21 13
Joshua McAdams[19] 8:33.26 9 Did not advance
William Nelson[19] 8:36.66 11 Did not advance
Walter Dix
Leroy Dixon
Tyson Gay
Rodney Martin
Travis Padgett
Darvis Patton 		4 × 100 m relay[19] DNF — Did not advance
Kerron Clement*
LaShawn Merritt
David Neville
Jeremy Wariner
Angelo Taylor
Reggie Witherspoon* 		4 × 400 m relay[19] 2:59.98 1 Q — 2:55.39 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ryan Hall[19] Marathon — 2:12:33 10
Dathan Ritzenhein[19] 2:11:59 9
Brian Sell[19] 2:16:07 22
Kevin Eastler[19] 20 km walk — 1:28:44 43
Philip Dunn[19] 50 km walk — 4:08:32 39
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Brian Johnson[19] Long jump 7.79 22 Did not advance
Miguel Pate[19] 7.34 38 Did not advance
Trevell Quinley[19] 7.87 19 Did not advance
Kenta Bell[19] Triple jump 16.55 25 Did not advance
Rafeeq Curry[19] 16.88 19 Did not advance
Aarik Wilson[19] 15.97 33 Did not advance
Dusty Jonas[19] High jump 2.20 =26 Did not advance
Andra Manson[19] 2.25 13 Did not advance
Jesse Williams[19] 2.25 =19 Did not advance
Jeff Hartwig[19] Pole vault 5.55 =20 Did not advance
Derek Miles[19] 5.65 =9 q 5.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Brad Walker[19] NM — Did not advance
Christian Cantwell[19] Shot put 20.48 4 Q 21.09 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Reese Hoffa[19] 20.41 6 Q 20.53 6
Adam Nelson[19] 20.56 2 Q NM —
Casey Malone[19] Discus throw 61.26 19 Did not advance
Michael Robertson[19] 61.64 16 Did not advance
Ian Waltz[19] 60.02 25 Did not advance
Breaux Greer[19] Javelin throw 73.68 22 Did not advance
Mike Hazle[19] 72.75 25 Did not advance
Leigh Smith[19] 76.55 18 Did not advance
AG Kruger[19] Hammer throw 71.21 27 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Bryan Clay[19] Result 10.44 7.78 16.27 1.99 48.92 13.94 53.79 5.00 70.97 5:06.59 8791 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 989 1005 868 794 865 984 950 910 904 522
Trey Hardee[19] Result 10.52 7.72 13.49 2.05 47.75 14.20 44.35 NM DNS DNF
Points 970 990 697 850 921 949 737 0
Tom Pappas[19] Result 11.12 7.41 DNS DNF
Points 834 913
American Allyson Felix crosses the finish line for a first-place finish in the second 200 m semifinal.
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Torri Edwards[19] 100 m 11.26 1 Q 11.31 1 Q 11.18 2 Q 11.20 8
Muna Lee[19] 11.33 1 Q 11.08 2 Q 11.06 2 Q 11.07 5
Lauryn Williams[19] 11.38 2 Q 11.07 2 Q 11.10 3 Q 11.03 4
Allyson Felix[19] 200 m 23.02 1 Q 22.74 2 Q 22.33 1 Q 21.93 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Marshevet Hooker[19] 23.07 1 Q 22.76 3 Q 22.50 2 Q 22.34 5
Muna Lee[19] 22.71 1 Q 22.83 2 Q 22.29 3 Q 22.01 4
Sanya Richards[19] 400 m 50.54 1 Q — 49.90 1 Q 49.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
DeeDee Trotter[19] 51.41 4 Q 51.87 7 Did not advance
Mary Wineberg[19] 51.46 2 Q 51.13 5 Did advance
Hazel Clark[19] 800 m 2:01.59 5 — Did advance
Alice Schmidt[19] 2:02.33 6 Did not advance
Nicole Teter[19] DNF Did not advance
Erin Donohue[19] 1500 m 4:16.05 8 — Did not advance
Shannon Rowbury[19] 4:03.89 4 Q 4:03.58 7
Christin Wurth-Thomas[19] 4:09.70 8 Did not advance
Shalane Flanagan[19] 5000 m 14:59.69 6 Q — 15:50.80 10
Kara Goucher[19] 15:00.98 7 Q 15:49.39 9
Jennifer Rhines[19] 15:15.12 6 Q 16:34.63 14
Amy Yoder Begley[19] 10,000 m — 32:38.28 26
Shalane Flanagan[19] 30:22.22 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kara Goucher[19] 30:55.16 10
Damu Cherry[19] 100 m hurdles 12.92 3 Q — 12.62 1 Q 12.65 4
Dawn Harper[19] 12.73 2 Q 12.66 2 Q 12.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lolo Jones[19] 12.71 1 Q 12.43 1 Q 12.72 7
Queen Harrison[19] 400 m hurdles 55.96 4 Q — 55.88 7 Did not advance
Sheena Tosta[19] 56.12 5 Q 54.07 1 Q 53.70 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tiffany Williams[19] 55.51 1 Q 54.99 3 Q 57.55 8
Lindsey Anderson[19] 3000 m steeplechase 9:36.81 8 — Did not advance
Jennifer Barringer[19] 9:29.20 3 Q 9:22.26 9
Anna Willard[19] 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[19] DSQ — Did not advance
Allyson Felix
Natasha Hastings
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Mary Wineberg 		4 × 400 m relay[19] 3:33.45 1 Q — 3:18.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Deena Kastor[19] Marathon — DNF
Magdalena Lewy Boulet[19] DNF
Blake Russell[19] 2:33:13 27
Joanne Dow[19] 20 km walk — 1:34.15 31
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Funmi Jimoh[19] Long jump 6.61 =9 q 6.29 12
Brittney Reese[19] 6.87 1 Q 6.76 5
Grace Upshaw[19] 6.68 6 Q 6.58 8
Shani Marks[19] Triple jump 13.44 28 Did not advance
Erica McLain[19] 13.52 26 Did not advance
Amy Acuff[19] High jump 1.89 =19 Did not advance
Sharon Day[19] 1.85 =24 Did not advance
Chaunte Howard[19] 1.93 =8 q 1.99 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Erica Bartolina[19] Pole vault NM — Did not advance
April Steiner Bennett[19] 4.50 =6 q 4.55 8
Jennifer Stuczynski[19] 4.50 =2 q 4.80 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jillian Camarena[19] Shot put 18.51 12 Q 18.24 12
Michelle Carter[19] 18.49 13 Q 17.74 15
Kristin Heaston[19] 17.34 23 Did not advance
Suzy Powell-Roos[19] Discus throw 58.02 26 Did not advance
Aretha Thurmond[19] 61.90 6 Q 59.80 10
Stephanie Brown Trafton[19] 62.77 1 Q 64.74 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Kreiner[19] Javelin throw 55.13 38 Did not advance
Kara Patterson[19] 54.39 41 Did not advance
Amber Campbell[19] Hammer throw 67.86 21 Did not advance
Jessica Cosby[19] NM — Did not advance
Loree Smith[19] 63.60 39 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Hyleas Fountain[19] Result 12.78 1.89 13.36 23.21 6.38 41.93 2:15.45 6619 2nd place, silver medalist(s)*
Points 1158 1093 751 1058 1058 704 886
Jacquelyn Johnson[19] Result 13.22 1.77 11.82 24.74 5.88 DNS DNF
Points 1091 941 649 911 911
Diana Pickler[19] Result 14.28 DNS DNF
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

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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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Raju Rai Men's singles Bye  Lång (FIN)
L 9–21, 16–21 		Did not advance
Howard Bach
Bob Malaythong 		Men's doubles —  C Dednam /
R Dednam (RSA)
W 21–10, 21–16 		 Cai Y /
Fu Hf (CHN)
L 9–21, 10–21 		Did not advance
Eva Lee Women's singles  Rice (CAN)
L 15–21, 21–19, 19–21 		Did not advance
Eva Lee
Mesinee Mangkalakiri 		Women's doubles —  Jiang Ym /
Li Yj (SIN)
L 12–21, 12–21 		Did not advance

Baseball

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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 Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  South Korea
L 7–8 		 Netherlands
W 7–0 		 Cuba
L 4–5 		 Canada
W 5–4 		 China
W 9–1 		 Chinese Taipei
W 4–2 		 Japan
W 4–2 		3 Q  Cuba
L 2–10 		Bronze medal final
 Japan
W 8–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 Jason Donald SS 8 21 4 8 1 5 12 5 3 1 .536 .571 .381
3 Jayson Nix 2B 3 14 3 3 1 1 7 1 4 0 .267 .500 .214
6 Lou Marson C 5 13 3 4 0 0 4 3 3 0 .438 .308 .308
7 John Gall LF 8 33 5 8 1 5 15 2 7 0 .286 .455 .242
10 Mike Hessman 3B 5 22 2 2 1 1 5 0 11 0 .091 .227 .091
14 Nate Schierholtz CF 9 37 7 8 1 6 15 2 9 0 .275 .405 .216
17 Matthew Brown 1B 9 32 4 9 2 10 18 6 8 2 .390 .563 .281
18 Brian Barden SS 9 34 8 9 1 5 15 4 9 1 .342 .441 .265
19 Taylor Teagarden C 5 16 2 3 0 4 5 4 8 0 .381 .313 .188
24 Dexter Fowler PR 9 28 5 7 0 2 12 2 4 0 .300 .429 .250
26 Terry Tiffee DH 9 37 4 12 0 5 18 2 6 0 .341 .486 .324
44 Matthew 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
No. Player GP GS W L SV IP H R HR SO BB ERA
15 Brandon Knight 2 2 1 0 0 10.2 13 8 2 7 4 6.75
21 Mike Koplove 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 6 1 0.00
29 Stephen Strasburg 2 2 1 1 0 11 7 3 1 16 1 1.64
30 Trevor Cahill 2 2 0 0 0 8 6 2 0 5 5 2.25
34 Jake Arrieta 1 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 7 2 0.00
35 Casey Weathers 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 5 1 0.00
37 Jeff Stevens 4 0 1 2 0 4 6 7 1 2 1 9.00
39 Kevin Jepsen 4 0 0 0 1 5.2 3 0 0 5 2 0.00
40 Brett Anderson 2 2 1 0 0 12.2 13 8 2 10 3 4.98
45 Brian Duensing 4 0 1 0 0 7.2 3 1 1 5 2 1.17
47 Jeremy Cummings 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 2 0 1.80
49 Blaine 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

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

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)
Home runs:
USA: Nate Schierholtz (1), Mike Hessman (1)
KOR: Dae-Ho Lee (1)
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)
Home runs:
USA: Matt Brown (1), Matt Laporta (1)
NED: None
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)
Home runs:
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (2)
USA: Jayson Nix (1)
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)
Home runs:
CAN: None
USA: Brian Barden (1)
China vs USA baseball on August 18, 2008.
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)
Home runs:
CHN: Yang Yang (1)
USA: None
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)
Home runs:
TPE: Chih-Sheng Lin (1)
USA: John Gall (1)
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
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)
Home runs:
USA: None
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (3), Frederich Cepeda (2), Alexei Bell (1), Ariel Pestano (2)
Bronze medal match
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)
Home runs:
JPN: Masahiro Araki (1), Norichika Aoki (1)
USA: Matt LaPorta (2), Matt Brown (2), Jason Donald (1)

Basketball

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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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  China
W 101–70 		 Angola
W 97–76 		 Greece
W 92–69 		 Spain
W 119–82 		 Germany
W 106–57 		1 Q  Australia
W 116–85 		 Argentina
W 101–81 		 Spain
W 118–107 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
United States women Women's tournament  Czech Republic
W 97–57 		 China
W 108–63 		 Mali
W 97–41 		 Spain
W 93–55 		 New Zealand
W 96–60 		1 Q  South Korea
W 104–60 		 Russia
W 67–52 		 Australia
W 92–65 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

[edit]
Main article: 2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Roster

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[32]

United States men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 4 Carlos Boozer 26 – (1981-11-20)November 20, 1981 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Utah Jazz United States
G 5 Jason Kidd 35 – (1973-03-23)March 23, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Dallas Mavericks United States
F 6 LeBron James 23 – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cleveland Cavaliers United States
G 7 Deron Williams 24 – (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Utah Jazz United States
G 8 Michael Redd 28 – (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Milwaukee Bucks United States
G 9 Dwyane Wade 26 – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Miami Heat United States
G 10 Kobe Bryant (C) 29 – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers United States
C 11 Dwight Howard 22 – (1985-12-08)December 8, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Orlando Magic United States
F/C 12 Chris Bosh 24 – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Toronto Raptors Canada
G 13 Chris Paul 23 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) New Orleans Hornets United States
F 14 Tayshaun Prince 28 – (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Detroit Pistons United States
F 15 Carmelo Anthony 24 – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Denver Nuggets United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 515 354 +161 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 418 369 +49 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 415 375 +40 8
4  China (H) 5 2 3 366 400 −34 7
5  Germany 5 1 4 330 390 −60 6
6  Angola 5 0 5 321 477 −156 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
10 August 2008
22:15
United States  101–70  China
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
12 August 2008
20:00
Angola  76–97  United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16
Pts: Morais 24
Rebs: Gomes 8
Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2		 Pts: Wade 19
Rebs: Anthony 6
Asts: James 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG)
14 August 2008
20:00
United States  92–69  Greece
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
16 August 2008
22:15
Spain  82–119  United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
18 August 2008
20:00
United States  106–57  Germany
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008
20:00
United States  116–85  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 30–19, 34–18, 27–24
Scoring by half: 55–43, 61–42
Pts: Bryant 25
Rebs: James 9
Asts: James, Paul, Wade, Williams 3		 Pts: Mills 20
Rebs: Worthington 6
Asts: Newley 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)
Semifinals
22 August 2008
22:00
Argentina  81–101  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23
Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52
Pts: Scola 28
Rebs: Scola 11
Asts: Prigioni 3		 Pts: Anthony 21
Rebs: Bosh 10
Asts: Kidd 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
Gold medal match
24 August 2008
14:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spain  107–118  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 31–38, 30–31, 21–22, 25–27
Scoring by half: 61–69, 46–49
Pts: Fernández 22
Rebs: Reyes 7
Asts: Navarro 4		 Pts: Wade 27
Rebs: Bosh 7
Asts: Bryant 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Women's tournament

[edit]
Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[33]

United States women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 5 Seimone Augustus 24 – (1984-04-30)April 30, 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Minnesota Lynx United States
G 6 Sue Bird 27 – (1980-10-16)October 16, 1980 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Seattle Storm United States
F 10 Tamika Catchings 29 – (1979-07-21)July 21, 1979 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Indiana Fever United States
C 13 Sylvia Fowles 23 – (1985-06-10)June 10, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Chicago Sky United States
G 7 Kara Lawson 27 – (1981-02-14)February 14, 1981 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sacramento Monarchs United States
C 9 Lisa Leslie 36 – (1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States
F 8 DeLisha Milton-Jones 33 – (1974-09-11)September 11, 1974 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States
G/F 15 Candace Parker 22 – (1986-04-19)April 19, 1986 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Los Angeles Sparks United States
G 4 Cappie Pondexter 25 – (1983-01-07)January 7, 1983 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Phoenix Mercury United States
G 14 Katie Smith 34 – (1974-06-04)June 4, 1974 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Detroit Shock United States
G/F 12 Diana Taurasi 26 – (1982-06-11)June 11, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Phoenix Mercury United States
F 11 Tina Thompson 33 – (1975-02-10)February 10, 1975 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Houston Comets United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 491 276 +215 10 Quarterfinals
2  China (H) 5 4 1 358 346 +12 9
3  Spain 5 3 2 357 324 +33 8
4  Czech Republic 5 2 3 346 356 −10 7
5  New Zealand 5 1 4 320 423 −103 6
6  Mali 5 0 5 255 402 −147 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
9 August 2008
20:00
Czech Republic  57–97  United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS)
11 August 2008
20:00
China  63–108  United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
13 August 2008
22:15
Mali  41–97  United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Maogong Yang (CHN)
15 August 2008
20:00
United States  93–55  Spain
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: Martínez 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Fabio Facchini (ITA)
17 August 2008
22:15
New Zealand  60–96  United States
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
Quarterfinals
19 August 2008
20:00
United States  104–60  South Korea
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Stephen Seibel (USA)
Semifinals
21 August 2008
20:00
Russia  52–67  United States
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 16–20, 8–15, 12–19
Pts: Stepanova 14
Rebs: Korstin 8
Asts: Six-way tie 1		 Pts: Taurasi 21
Rebs: Fowles 10
Asts: Smith 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)
Gold medal match
23 August 2008
22:00
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  92–65  Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Boxing

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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.[34] Ali, Molina and Wilder qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.[35] Estrada was the last American boxer to qualify, doing so at the second American tournament.[36] 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.[37] Before they arrived in Beijing, U.S. boxers were reportedly unhappy with training methods, coaching, and travel restrictions.[38] 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.[39] 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.[40] In the end, the U.S. left Beijing with one bronze won by Deontay Wilder, its worst performance in Olympic history.[41] 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.[38]

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  de la Nieve (ESP)
W 12–9 		 Serdamba (MGL)
L 7–8 		Did not advance
Raushee Warren Flyweight  Lee O-S (KOR)
L 8–9 		Did not advance
Raynell Williams Featherweight  di Savino (ITA)
W 9–1 		 Djelkhir (FRA)
L 7–9 		Did not advance
Sadam Ali Lightweight  Popescu (ROU)
L 5–20 		Did not advance
Javier Molina Light welterweight  Georgiev (BUL)
L 1–14 		Did not advance
Demetrius Andrade Welterweight  Jvania (GEO)
W 11–9 		 Balanov (RUS)
W 14–3 		 Kim J-J (KOR)
L 9–11 		Did not advance
Shawn Estrada Middleweight  Maderna (ARG)
W 10–2 		 DeGale (GBR)
L 5–11 		Did not advance
Deontay Wilder Heavyweight —  Touilbini (ALG)
W 10–4 		 Arjaoui (MAR)
W 10+–10 		 Russo (ITA)
L 1–7 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Canoeing

[edit]
Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

[edit]

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.[42]

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

[edit]

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.[43] The U.S. has not medaled in Olympic flatwater canoe and kayak racing since 1992.[44]

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

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

Cycling

[edit]
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.[45] The final three members of the team were announced on July 10.[46]

Road

[edit]
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
George Hincapie Road race 6:26:25 40
Levi Leipheimer 6:24:09 11
Jason McCartney DNF
Christian Vande Velde 6:24:19 17
David Zabriskie DNF
Levi Leipheimer Time trial 1:03:21 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David Zabriskie 1:05:18 12
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kristin Armstrong Road race 3:33:07 25
Amber Neben 3:33:17 33
Christine Thorburn 3:41:08 52
Kristin Armstrong Time trial 34:51.72 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Christine Thorburn 35:54.16 5

Track

[edit]
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  Sireau (FRA)
L 		 Watanabe (JPN)
 Zhang L (CHN)
L 		Did not advance
Michael Blatchford
Adam Duvendeck
Giddeon Massie 		Men's team sprint 45.346
59.542 		8 Q  Great Britain (GBR)
L 45.423
59.441 		— Did not advance 8
Jennie Reed Women's sprint 11.400
63.157 		8 Q  Krupeckaitė (LTU)
W 11.955
60.225 		Bye —  Kanis (NED)
L 		Did not advance 5th place final
 Sanchez (FRA)
 Tsylinskaya (BLR)
 Krupeckaitė (LTU)
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  Roulston (NZL)
4:26.644 		8 Did not advance
Sarah Hammer Women's individual pursuit 3:35.471 5 Q  Shanks (NZL)
3:34.237 		5 Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Finals
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Giddeon Massie Men's keirin 3 R 4 Did not advance
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

[edit]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Adam Craig Men's cross-country LAP (1 lap) 29
Todd Wells LAP (3 laps) 43
Georgia Gould Women's cross-country 1:50:51 8
Mary McConneloug 1:50:34 7

BMX

[edit]
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Points Rank Points Rank Time Rank
Kyle Bennett 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Donny Robinson 36.810 24 11 3 Q 10 3 Q 36.972 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jill Kintner Women's BMX 37.913 7 — 9 2 Q 38.647 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The United States finalized its nomination process for the Olympic diving squad on July 7, 2008.[47] 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.[48][49]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals 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 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 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 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 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

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

On July 15, 2008, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named the rider/horse combinations for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.[50] 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.[50] 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.[51]

The U.S. successfully defended its gold medal from Athens in the team jumping competition.[52]

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 Individual 70.458 7 Q 70.800 8 Q 69.550 14 70.175 DSQ*
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 DSQ*
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 Individual 40.60 # 14 19.60 60.20 14 8.00 68.20 16 Q DSQ*
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

* Will Simpson received a qualifying score, but the US already had three other riders in the individual final.[53]

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 United States Olympic Fencing Team was announced on June 11, 2008.[54] After the 1904 Olympics, the United States did not win an Olympic fencing gold medal until 2004.[55] 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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Weston Kelsey Individual épée Bye  Jeannet (FRA)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Gerek Meinhardt Individual foil —  Nagaty (EGY)
W 15–3 		 Zhu J (CHN)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Timothy Morehouse Individual sabre Bye  Sanson (FRA)
L 12–15 		Did not advance
Jason Rogers  Thiam (SEN)
W 15–10 		 Smart (USA)
L 3–15 		Did not advance
Keeth Smart Bye  Rogers (USA)
W 15–3 		 Szilágyi (HUN)
W 15–10 		 Pillet (FRA)
L 13–15 		Did not advance
Timothy Morehouse
Jason Rogers
Keeth Smart
James Williams 		Team sabre —  Hungary (HUN)
W 45–44 		 Russia (RUS)
W 45–44 		 France (FRA)
L 37–45 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kelley Hurley Individual épée —  Jung H-J (KOR)
L 6–15 		Did not advance
Emily Cross Individual foil Bye  Su Ww (CHN)
L 7–15 		Did not advance
Erinn Smart  Emanuel (GBR)
W 15–7 		 Maîtrejean (FRA)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Hanna Thompson  Khelfaoui (ALG)
W 11–2 		 Golubykskyi (GER)
L 5–13 		Did not advance
Emily Cross
Erinn Smart
Hanna Thompson
Doris Willette 		Team foil —  Poland (POL)
W 31–30 		 Hungary (HUN)
W 33–35 		 Russia (RUS)
L 11–28 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rebecca Ward Bye  Navarro (ESP)
W 12–7 		 Nagy (HUN)
W 15–5 		 Besbes (TUN)
W 15–14 		 Zagunis (USA)
L 11–15 		 Velikaya (RUS)
W 15–14 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mariel Zagunis Bye  Sassine (CAN)
W 15–10 		 Jóźwiak (POL)
W 15–13 		 Bao Yy (CHN)
W 15–9 		 Ward (USA)
W 15–11 		 Jacobson (USA)
W 15–8 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sada Jacobson
Rebecca Ward
Dagmara Wozniak
Mariel Zagunis 		Team sabre —  South Africa (RSA)
W 45–8 		 Ukraine (UKR)
L 39–45 		 France (FRA)
W 45–38 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Field hockey

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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.[56] The men's team failed to qualify for the Beijing games.

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States women Women's tournament  Argentina
T 2–2 		 Japan
T 1–1 		 Germany
L 2–4 		 New Zealand
W 4–1 		 Great Britain
T 0–0 		4 Did not advance 7th place match
 Spain
L 2–3 a.e.t. 		8

Women's tournament

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Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the American roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[57]

Head Coach: Lee Bodimeade

  2. Angela Loy
  3. Kelly Doton
  5. Jesse Gey
  6. Rachel Dawson
  8. Tiffany Snow
  10. Keli Smith
  12. Dana Sensenig
  14. Carrie Lingo
  16. Caroline Nichols
  18. Kate Barber (c)
  19. Katelyn Falgowski
  20. Dina Rizzo
  21. Amy Tran (GK)
  22. Kayla Bashore
  23. Lauren Crandall
  24. Lauren Powley

Reserve:

  2. Sara Silvetti
  4. Barbara Weinberg (GK)
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Germany 5 4 0 1 12 8 +4 12 Advanced to semifinals
 Argentina 5 3 2 0 13 7 +6 11
 Great Britain 5 2 2 1 7 9 −2 8
 United States 5 1 3 1 9 8 +1 6
 Japan 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
 New Zealand 5 0 0 5 6 13 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2008
18:30
Argentina  2–2  United States
Rebecchi field hockey ball 5', 11' Report Smith field hockey ball 18'
Loy field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)
12 August 2008
18:00
United States  1–1  Japan
Barber field hockey ball 58' Report Chiba field hockey ball 12'
Umpires:
Sarah Garnett (NZL)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
14 August 2008
10:30
United States  2–4  Germany
Snow field hockey ball 27'
Loy field hockey ball 60' 		Report Keller field hockey ball 34'
Rinne field hockey ball 49'
Rodewald field hockey ball 55'
Kühn field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Lee Keum-ju (KOR)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
16 August 2008
08:30
New Zealand  1–4  United States
Galletly field hockey ball 37' Report Smith field hockey ball 1', 42'
Loy field hockey ball 12'
Bashore field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Stella Bartlema (NED)
Anne McRae (GBR)
18 August 2008
18:00
Great Britain  0–0  United States
Report
Umpires:
Ute Conen (GER)
Lisa Roach (AUS)
7th place match
20 August 2008
11:00
Spain  3–2 (a.e.t.)  United States
Termens field hockey ball 8'
Huertas field hockey ball 68'
Ybarra field hockey ball 84' 		Report Sensenig field hockey ball 30'
Loy field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Minka Woolley (AUS)
Ute Conen (GER)

Soccer (football)

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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.[58][59] 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.[60] The 18-player roster for the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's soccer team was announced on June 23, 2008.[61] 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.[62] Lauren Cheney, originally selected as an alternate, replaced Wambach on the roster.[63] The 18-player roster for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Soccer Team was announced on July 17, 2008.[64] After aggravating a hamstring injury, defender Nathan Sturgis was replaced by midfielder Dax McCarty on the Olympic roster July 24, 2008.[65]

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.[66] 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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  Japan
W 1–0 		 Netherlands
T 2–2 		 Nigeria
L 1–2 		3 Did not advance 9
United States women Women's tournament  Norway
W 2–0 		 Japan
W 1–0 		 New Zealand
W 4–0 		1 Q  Canada
W 2–1 a.e.t. 		 Japan
W 4–2 		 Brazil
W 1–0 a.e.t 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the United States squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[67]

Head coach: Poland Piotr Nowak

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Chris Seitz (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 21) 7 0 United States Real Salt Lake
2 2DF Marvell Wynne (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Canada Toronto FC
3 2DF Michael Orozco (1986-02-07)7 February 1986 (aged 22) 4 0 Mexico San Luis
4 3MF Michael Bradley (1987-07-31)31 July 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
5 3MF Dax McCarty (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 21) 5 0 United States FC Dallas
6 2DF Maurice Edu (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Canada Toronto FC
7 3MF Stuart Holden (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 23) 6 0 United States Houston Dynamo
8 3MF Danny Szetela (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 21) 0 0 Italy Brescia
9 4FW Charlie Davies (1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 22) 6 1 Sweden Hammarby
10 3MF Benny Feilhaber (1985-01-19)19 January 1985 (aged 23) 1 0 England Derby County
11 4FW Freddy Adu (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 19) 3 4 France Monaco
12 4FW Jozy Altidore (1989-11-06)6 November 1989 (aged 18) 6 0 Spain Villarreal
13 2DF Patrick Ianni (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 (aged 23) 5 1 United States Houston Dynamo
14 3MF Robbie Rogers (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 21) 2 1 United States Columbus Crew
15 2DF Michael Parkhurst* (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 24) 0 0 United States New England Revolution
16 3MF Sacha Kljestan (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 22) 7 1 United States Chivas USA
17 4FW Brian McBride* (c) (1972-06-19)19 June 1972 (aged 36) 0 0 United States Chicago Fire
18 1GK Brad Guzan* (1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 23) 0 0 England Aston Villa

* Over-aged player.

Alternates
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  United States 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 0–1 United States
Report Holden 47'
Attendance: 57,102
United States 2–2 Netherlands
Kljestan 64'
Altidore 72'		 Report Babel 16'
Sibon 90+3'
Attendance: 45,016
Nigeria 2–1 United States
Isaac 39'
Obinna 79'		 Report Kljestan 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,096

Women's tournament

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Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Head coach: Sweden Pia Sundhage

The United States named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.[68][69][70][71] Prior to the tournament, Abby Wambach withdrew injured and was replaced on 17 July 2008 by Lauren Cheney, who was initially selected as an alternate player. India Trotter subsequently filled the vacant alternate spot.[72]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hope Solo (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 27) 64 0 United States University of Washington
2 2DF Heather Mitts (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 30) 78 2 United States University of Florida
3 2DF Christie Rampone (captain) (1975-06-24)24 June 1975 (aged 33) 193 4 United States Monmouth University
4 2DF Rachel Buehler (1985-08-26)26 August 1985 (aged 22) 11 0 United States Stanford University
5 3MF Lindsay Tarpley (1983-09-22)22 September 1983 (aged 24) 96 26 United States University of North Carolina
6 4FW Natasha Kai (1983-05-22)22 May 1983 (aged 25) 48 19 United States University of Hawaiʻi
7 3MF Shannon Boxx (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 31) 92 18 United States University of Notre Dame
8 4FW Amy Rodriguez (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 21) 19 4 United States University of Southern California
9 3MF Heather O'Reilly (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 23) 90 19 United States University of North Carolina
10 3MF Aly Wagner (1980-08-10)10 August 1980 (aged 27) 121 21 United States Santa Clara University
11 3MF Carli Lloyd (1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 26) 62 15 United States Rutgers University
12 4FW Lauren Cheney (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 20) 12 0 United States University of California
13 3MF Tobin Heath (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 20) 12 2 United States University of North Carolina
14 2DF Stephanie Cox (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 22) 42 0 United States University of Portland
15 2DF Kate Markgraf (1976-08-23)23 August 1976 (aged 31) 181 0 United States University of Notre Dame
16 3MF Angela Hucles (1978-07-05)5 July 1978 (aged 30) 84 7 United States University of Virginia
17 2DF Lori Chalupny (1984-01-29)29 January 1984 (aged 24) 70 6 United States University of North Carolina
18 1GK Nicole Barnhart (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 26) 9 0 United States Stanford University
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Norway 2–0 United States
Larsen Kaurin 2'
Wiik 4'		 Report
Attendance: 17,673
United States 1–0 Japan
Lloyd 27' Report
Attendance: 16,912
United States 4–0 New Zealand
O'Reilly 1'
Rodriguez 43'
Tarpley 56'
Hucles 60'		 Report
Attendance: 12,453
Quarterfinals
United States 2–1 (a.e.t.) Canada
Hucles 12'
Kai 101'		 Report Sinclair 30'
Attendance: 26,129
Semifinals
Japan 2–4 United States
Ohno 16'
Arakawa 90+3'		 Report Hucles 41', 80'
Chalupny 44'
O'Reilly 70'
Attendance: 50,937
Gold medal game
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil 0–1 (a.e.t.) United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Report Lloyd 96'
Attendance: 51,612

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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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.[73]

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.[74]

Men[75]
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Alexander Artemev Team 14.875 15.250 Q 13.675 15.825 15.175 14.925 89.725 19 Q — 15.350 — —
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 —
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Alexander Artemev 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shawn Johnson competes on vault during the team qualification.
Women[76]
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
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 —
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 —
Total 62.225 61.125 63.400 60.050 246.800 2 Q 46.875 47.975 47.250 44.425 186.525 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

* 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.

Nastia Liukin competes on the balance beam during the individual all-around final.
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Shawn Johnson All-around 15.525 15.875 15.275 16.050 62.725 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nastia Liukin 15.525 15.025 16.650 16.125 63.325 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shawn Johnson Floor 15.500 — 15.500 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nastia Liukin 15.425 15.425 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alicia Sacramone Vault — 15.537 — 15.537 4
Nastia Liukin Uneven bars — 16.725 — 16.725 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shawn Johnson Balance beam — 16.225 16.225 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nastia Liukin 16.025 16.025 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Trampoline

[edit]

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.[77][78] 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

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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.[79] On August 13, 2008, Ronda Rousey became the ninth American athlete and the first American woman to win a medal in Olympic Judo.[80][81]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Taraje Williams-Murray −60 kg Bye  Hiraoka (JPN)
W 0001–0000 		 Guédez (VEN)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Taylor Takata −66 kg Bye  Zintiridis (GRE)
W 0010–0000 		 Elmont (NED)
W 0001–0000 		 Arencibia (CUB)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance Bye  El Hady (EGY)
L 0001–1000 		Did not advance
Ryan Reser −73 kg —  Dashdavaa (MGL)
L 0100–0111 		Did not advance
Travis Stevens −81 kg Bye  Cisneros (ESA)
W 1011–0000 		 Bischof (GER)
L 0001–0011 		Did not advance  Azizov (AZE)
W 0200–0001 		 Camilo (BRA)
L 0010–0011 		Did not advance
Brian Olson −90 kg —  Rosati (ARG)
L 0000–0001 		Did not advance
Adler Volmar −100 kg —  Mekić (BIH)
L 0000–0200 		Did not advance
Daniel McCormick +100 kg Bye  Bathily (SEN)
W 0010–0001 		 Gujejiani (GEO)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance  Blas Jr. (GUM)
W 0100–0010 		 Roudaki (IRI)
L 0001–1001 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sayaka Matsumoto −48 kg  Tani (JPN)
L 0000–0020 		Did not advance  Wu Sg (CHN)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Valerie Gotay −57 kg  Uralbayeva (KAZ)
W 1001–0100 		 Fernández (ESP)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance
Ronda Rousey −70 kg  Surkieva (TKM)
W 1010–0000 		 Piłocik (POL)
W 1000–0000 		 Bosch (NED)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance Bye  Ouerdane (ALG)
W 1001–0000 		 Mészáros (HUN)
W 1010–0000 		 Böhm (GER)
W 0010–0001 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon

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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.[82] On the second allocation, both Sam Sacksen and Dennis Bowsher were offered bids by the UIPM.[83] 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.[84]

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).[85] 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).[86] 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 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 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

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Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Thirteen crews represented the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.[87]

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 — Bye 6:33.15 13
Scott Gault
Matt Hughes
Jamie Schroeder
Sam Stitt 		Quadruple sculls 5:45.77 3 SA/B Bye — 5:52.81 2 FA 5:47.63 5
David Banks
Brett Newlin
Giuseppe Lanzone
Paul Teti 		Four 6:03.96 3 SA/B Bye — 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 Bye — 6:05.34 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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

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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.[88] 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.[89]

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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

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Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Walton "Glenn" Eller bites his Olympic gold medal after winning the men's double trap event August 12 at the Beijing Shooting Range.
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jason Parker 10 m air rifle 591 23 Did not advance
Stephen Scherer 590 27 Did not advance
Michael Anti 50 m rifle prone 594 9 Did not advance
Matt Emmons 597 2 Q 701.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Matt Emmons 50 m rifle 3 positions 1175 2 Q 1270.3 4
Jason Parker 1164 22 Did not advance
Brian Beaman 10 m air pistol 581 6 Q 682.0 4
Jason Turner 583 4 Q 682.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)*
Keith Sanderson 25 m rapid fire pistol 583 OR 1 Q 776.6 5
Daryl Szarenski 50 m pistol 555 14 Did not advance
Jason Turner 553 21 Did not advance
Bret Erickson Trap 113 22 Did not advance
Dominic Grazioli 113 23 Did not advance
Walton Eller Double trap 145 OR 1 Q 190 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jeff Holguin 140 3 Q 182 4
Vincent Hancock Skeet 121 OR 1 Q 145 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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.[90]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jamie Beyerle 10 m air rifle 397 5 Q 499.8 4
Emily Caruso 395 15 Did not advance
Jamie Beyerle 50 m rifle 3 positions 586 5 Q 686.9 5
Sandra Fong 577 21 Did not advance
Brenda Shinn 10 m air pistol 373 37 Did not advance
Rebecca Snyder 370 41 Did not advance
Elizabeth Callahan 25 m pistol 575 25 Did not advance
Rebecca Snyder 575 28 Did not advance
Corey Cogdell Trap 69 4 Q 86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kimberly Rhode Skeet 70 3 Q 93 OR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Softball

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Main article: Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The team roster for USA Softball was released on March 28, 2008.[91] 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.[92] Prior to Beijing, it had a record of 106–10 in World Championships and 32–4 in the Olympics.[92][93] 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.[94] Following the surprise loss, the top three teams spelled "2016" using softballs in front of home plate in the hopes of Olympic reinstatement.[95]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Bronze medal game Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States women Women's tournament  Venezuela
W 11–0 		 Australia
W 3–0 		 Canada
W 8–1 		 Japan
W 7–0 		 Chinese Taipei
W 7–0 		 Netherlands
W 8–0 		 China
W 9–0 		1 Q  Japan
W 4–1 		Bye  Japan
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roster

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Replacement roster

Group stage All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated

The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

Final group standings

Team W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
 United States 7 0 53 1 1.000 - -
 Japan 6 1 23 13 .857 1 -
 Australia 5 2 30 11 .714 2 -
 Canada 3 4 17 23 .429 4 -
 China 2 5 19 21 .286 5 -
 Chinese Taipei 2 5 10 23 .286 5 -
 Venezuela 2 5 15 35 .286 5 -
 Netherlands 1 6 8 48 .143 6 -
Semifinal
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
WP: Monica Abbott(3–0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno(3–1)   Sv: Cat Osterman
Home runs:
USA: Crystl Bustos(5)
JPN: None
Gold medal game
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 Japan 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 5 0
 United States 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: Yukiko Ueno(5–1)   LP: Cat Osterman(3–1)
Home runs:
JPN: Eri Yamada (2)
USA: Crystl Bustos (6)

Official Olympic softball schedule

Swimming

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From left to right: Ryan Lochte (bronze), Michael Phelps (gold) and László Cseh (silver) show off the medals they earned from the men's 400 metre individual medley.
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.[96] 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.[97]

The U.S. left Beijing with 31 swimming medals: 12 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze.[98] 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.[99] 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.[100] 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 50 m freestyle[101] 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 100 m freestyle 48.33 11 Q 47.98 6 Q 47.67 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Garrett Weber-Gale 48.19 8 Q 48.12 10 Did not advance
Michael Phelps 200 m freestyle 1:46.48 4 Q 1:46.28 4 Q 1:42.96 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Peter Vanderkaay 1:47.39 12 Q 1:45.76 1 Q 1:45.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Larsen Jensen 400 m freestyle 3:43.10 AM 1 Q — 3:42.78 AM 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Peter Vanderkaay 3:44.22 6 Q 3:43.11 4
Larsen Jensen 1500 m freestyle 14:49.53 8 Q — 14:48.16 5
Peter Vanderkaay 14:52.11 11 Did not advance
Matt Grevers 100 m backstroke 53.41 OR 1 Q 52.99 2 Q 53.11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aaron Peirsol 53.65 3 Q 53.56 5 Q 52.54 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ryan Lochte 200 m backstroke 1:56.29 1 Q 1:55.40 2 Q 1:53.93 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Aaron Peirsol 1:56.35 2 Q 1:55.26 1 Q 1:54.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mark Gangloff 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 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 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 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michael Phelps 200 m butterfly 1:53.70 OR 1 Q 1:53.70 =OR 1 Q 1:52.03 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gil Stovall 1:55.42 8 Q 1:55.36 9 Did not advance
Ryan Lochte 200 m individual medley 1:58.15 1 Q 1:57.69 1 Q 1:56.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Michael Phelps 1:58.65 6 Q 1:57.70 2 Q 1:54.23 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ryan Lochte 400 m individual medley 4:10.33 4 Q — 4:08.09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Michael Phelps 4:07.82 OR 1 Q 4:03.84 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nathan Adrian*
Matt Grevers*
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
Michael Phelps
Garrett Weber-Gale
Ben Wildman-Tobriner* 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.23 WR 1 Q — 3:08.24 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ricky Berens
Klete Keller*
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Peter Vanderkaay
Erik Vendt*
Dave Walters* 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:04.66 OR 1 Q — 6:58.56 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mark Warkentin 10 km open water — 1:52:13.00 8

* Competed in the heats only

American swimmer Dara Torres waves to the crowd after taking silver in the women's 50 m freestyle event.
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kara Lynn Joyce 50 m freestyle[101] 25.01 14 Q 24.63 7 Q 24.63 6
Dara Torres 24.58 3 Q 24.27 1 Q 24.07 AM 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natalie Coughlin 100 m freestyle 53.82 4 Q 53.70 1 Q 53.39 AM 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lacey Nymeyer 54.62 14 Q 54.74 12 Did not advance
Katie Hoff 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 400 m freestyle 4:03.71 3 Q — 4:03.29 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kate Ziegler 4:09.59 14 Did not advance
Katie Hoff 800 m freestyle 8:27.78 11 — Did not advance
Kate Ziegler 8:26.98 10 Did not advance
Natalie Coughlin 100 m backstroke 59.69 4 Q 59.43 2 Q 58.96 AM 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Margaret Hoelzer 1:00.13 7 Q 59.84 6 Q 59.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Elizabeth Beisel 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Megan Jendrick 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Amanda Beard 200 m breaststroke 2:27.70 18 Did not advance
Rebecca Soni 2:22.17 OR 1 Q 2:22.64 1 Q 2:20.22 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elaine Breeden 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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elaine Breeden 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 200 m individual medley 2:11.63 3 Q 2:11.84 4 Q 2:10.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Katie Hoff 2:11.58 2 Q 2:10.90 3 Q 2:10.68 4
Elizabeth Beisel 400 m individual medley 4:34.55 1 Q — 4:34.24 4
Katie Hoff 4:34.63 2 Q 4:31.71 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chloe Sutton 10 km open water — 2:02:13.6 22

* Competed in the heats only

Synchronized swimming

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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.[102][103] 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.[104]

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

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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.[105] 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.[106] This included Gao Jun, doubles silver medalist for China at the 1992 Olympics, who competed as an American for the third time.[107] 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.[108] The fifth-place performance by the women's team was also the best finish for U.S in this sport.[107]

Singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
David Zhuang Men's singles  Toriola (NGR)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Gao Jun Women's singles Bye  Odorova (SVK)
W 4–2 		 Hirano (JPN)
W 4–1 		 Wu X (DOM)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Crystal Huang  Yang F (CGO)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Wang Chen Bye  Tóth (HUN)
W 4–1 		 Kim K-A (KOR)
W 4–3 		 Li Jw (SIN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group round Semifinals Bronze playoff Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Gao Jun
Crystal Huang
Wang Chen 		Women's team  Singapore (SIN)
L 0–3 		 Netherlands (NED)
W 3–1 		 Nigeria (NGR)
W 3–0 		2 Did not advance  Romania (ROU)
W 3–1 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

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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.[109][110] Diana, Mark and Steven López became the first trio from the same family to compete for the United States since 1904.[111] 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.[112][113]

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  Bahave (AFG)
W 3–0 		 Manz (GER)
W 3–1 		 López (PER)
W 2–1 		Bye  Son T-J (KOR)
L 2–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Steven López Men's −80 kg  B Tanrıkulu (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Sarmiento (ITA)
L 1–2 		Did not advance  Konan (CIV)
W 3–0 		 Ahmadov (AZE)
W 3–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Charlotte Craig Women's −49 kg  Bezzola (SUI)
W 4–0 		 Contreras (VEN)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Diana López Women's −57 kg  Premwaew (THA)
W 2–0 		 A Tanrıkulu (TUR)
L 1–2 		Did not advance  Teo (MAS)
W 3–0 		 Calabrese (ITA)
W 3–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tennis

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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.[114] 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.[39] In a last-minute decision, Jill Craybas was selected to participate in her first Olympics at age 34.[115]

After losing all eight previous matches against Roger Federer, James Blake defeated him in a surprise upset in the quarterfinals of men's singles.[116] But Federer went on to beat the top-ranked American twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the doubles semifinals.[117] 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.[118] 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.[119]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
James Blake Singles  Guccione (AUS)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 		 Hrbatý (SVK)
W 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3 		 Simon (FRA)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 Federer (SUI)
W 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 		 González (CHI)
L 6–4, 5–7, 9–11 		 Djokovic (SRB)
L 3–6, 6–7(4–7) 		4
Robby Ginepri  Djokovic (SRB)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Sam Querrey  Andreev (RUS)
L 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
James Blake
Sam Querrey 		Doubles —  Andreev /
Davydenko (RUS)
L 3–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 		 Knowles /
Mullings (BAH)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Knowle /
Melzer (AUT)
W 7–6(7–2), 6–4 		 Guccione /
Hewitt (AUS)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Federer /
Wawrinka (SUI)
L 6–7(6–8), 4–6 		 Clément /
Llodra (FRA)
W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jill Craybas Singles  Schnyder (SUI)
L 3–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Serena Williams  Govortsova (BLR)
W 6–3, 6–1 		 Stosur (AUS)
W 6–2, 6–0 		 Cornet (FRA)
W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 		 Dementieva (RUS)
L 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 		Did not advance
Venus Williams  Bacsinzsky (SUI)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Benešová (CZE)
W 6–1, 6–4 		 Azarenka (BLR)
W 6–3, 6–2 		 Li N (CHN)
L 5–7, 5–7 		Did not advance
Lindsay Davenport
Liezel Huber 		Doubles —  Jans /
Rosolska (POL)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Azarenka /
Poutchek (BLR)
W 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 		 Medina Garrigues /
Ruano Pascual (ESP)
L 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–8 		Did not advance
Serena Williams
Venus Williams 		 Benešová /
Vaidišová (CZE)
W 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 		 Morita /
Sugiyama (JPN)
W 7–5, 6–2 		 Vesnina /
Zvonareva (RUS)
W 6–4, 6–0 		 A Bondarenko /
K Bondarenko (UKR)
W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 		 Medina Garrigues /
Ruano Pascual (ESP)
W 6–2, 6–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Triathlon

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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.[120] 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.[121] Americans have medaled once since triathlon was added to the Olympic program in 2000: a bronze in Athens.[122]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Hunter Kemper 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 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

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

[edit]
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Phil Dalhausser
Todd Rogers 		Men's  Pļaviņš –
Samoilovs (LAT)
L 0–2 		 Heuscher –
Heyer (SUI)
W 2–0 		 Baracetti –
Conde (ARG)
W 2–0 		2 Q  Laciga –
Schnider (SUI)
W 2–1 		 Klemperer –
Koreng (GER)
W 2–0 		 Geor –
Gia (GEO)
W 2–0 		 Araújo –
Luiz (BRA)
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jake Gibb
Sean Rosenthal 		 Boersma –
Ronnes (NED)
W 2–0 		 Brink –
Dieckmann (GER)
W 2–0 		 Asahi –
Shiratori (JPN)
W 2–1 		1 Q  Herrera –
Mesa (ESP)
W 2–0 		 Emanuel –
Ricardo (BRA)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Misty May-Treanor
Kerri Walsh 		Women's  Kusuhara –
Saiki (JPN)
W 2–0 		 Fernández –
Peraza (CUB)
W 2–0 		 Håkedal –
Tørlen (NOR)
W 2–0 		1 Q  Mouha –
van Breedam (BEL)
W 2–0 		 Larissa –
Ana Paula (BRA)
W 2–0 		 Talita –
Renata (BRA)
W 2–0 		 Tian J –
Wang J (CHN)
W 2–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nicole Branagh
Elaine Youngs 		 Kadijk –
Mooren (NED)
W 2–0 		 Pohl –
Rau (GER)
W 2–0 		 Crespo –
Esteves (CUB)
W 2–1 		2 Q  Fernández –
Peraza (CUB)
W 2–0 		 Xue C –
Zhang X (CHN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Indoor

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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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  Venezuela
W 3–2 		 Italy
W 3–1 		 Bulgaria
W 3–1 		 China
W 3–0 		 Japan
W 3–0 		1 Q  Serbia
W 3–2 		 Russia
W 3–2 		 Brazil
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
United States women Women's tournament  Japan
W 3–1 		 Cuba
L 0–3 		 Venezuela
W 3–1 		 China
W 3–2 		 Poland
W 3–2 		2 Q  Italy
W 3–2 		 Cuba
W 3–0 		 Brazil
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the American roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[123]

The United States team just before the group stage match against Italy. From left: Stanley, Lee, Hansen, Priddy, Ball, Touzinsky, Gardner, Salmon, Rooney, Millar, Lambourne, Hoff.

Head Coach: New Zealand Hugh McCutcheon

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club
1 Lloy Ball 17 February 1972 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 351 cm (138 in) 316 cm (124 in) Russia Zenit Kazan
2 Sean Rooney 13 November 1982 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 354 cm (139 in) 336 cm (132 in) Russia Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad
4 David Lee 8 March 1982 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 350 cm (140 in) 325 cm (128 in) Turkey Halkbank Ankara
5 Richard Lambourne (L) 6 May 1975 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 324 cm (128 in) 312 cm (123 in) Poland AZS Olsztyn
8 William Priddy 1 October 1977 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 330 cm (130 in) Russia Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
9 Ryan Millar 22 January 1978 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 354 cm (139 in) 326 cm (128 in) Italy Sparkling Milano
10 Riley Salmon 2 July 1976 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 331 cm (130 in) Italy Top Volley SRL
12 Thomas Hoff (c) 9 June 1973 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 333 cm (131 in) Russia Fakel New Urengoy
13 Clay Stanley 20 January 1978 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 357 cm (141 in) 332 cm (131 in) Russia Zenit Kazan
14 Kevin Hansen 19 March 1982 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 349 cm (137 in) 330 cm (130 in) France Stade Poitevin Poitiers
15 Gabriel Gardner 18 March 1976 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 335 cm (132 in) Italy Sparkling Milano
18 Scott Touzinsky 22 April 1982 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 344 cm (135 in) 330 cm (130 in) Slovenia ACH Volley Bled
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 10 460 371 1.240 15 4 3.750 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 9 439 401 1.095 13 6 2.167
3  Bulgaria 5 3 2 8 446 440 1.014 10 9 1.111
4  China 5 2 3 7 445 492 0.904 9 13 0.692
5  Venezuela 5 1 4 6 421 451 0.933 8 12 0.667
6  Japan 5 0 5 5 392 448 0.875 4 15 0.267
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2008 (2008-08-10)
12:35 		United States  3–2  Venezuela Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Konstantin Tufekchiev (BUL), Umit Sokullu (TUR)
(25–18, 25–18, 22–25, 21–25, 15–10)
Results Statistics
12 August 2008 (2008-08-12)
12:30 		United States  3–1  Italy Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Kim Kun-tae (KOR)
(24–26, 25–22, 25–15, 25–21)
Results Statistics
14 August 2008
22:30 		Bulgaria  1–3  United States Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 5,700
Referees: Laert Souza (BRA), Kun-Tae Kim (KOR)
(29–27, 21–25, 14–25, 24–26)
result statistics
16 August 2008
10:00 		United States  3–0  China Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 3,650
Referees: Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA), Laert Souza (BRA)
(25–22, 25–12, 25–18)
result statistics
18 August 2008
22:35 		Japan  0–3  United States Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 5,800
Referees: Dejan Jovanovic (SRB), Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA)
(18–25, 12–25, 21–25)
result statistics
Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
22:01 		United States  3–2  Serbia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
(20–25, 25–23, 21–25, 25–18, 15–12)
result statistics
Semifinal
22 August 2008
12:35 		United States  3–2  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Osamu Sakaide (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–22, 25–21, 25–27, 22–25, 15–13)
result statistics
Gold medal match
24 August 2008
12:00 		1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  3–1  Brazil 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Ning Wang (CHN), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(20–25, 25–22, 25–21, 25–23)
result statistics

Women's tournament

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the American roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[124][125]

Head Coach: China Lang Ping

№ Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club
1 Ogonna Nnamani 29 July 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 305 cm (120 in) Italy Asystel Novara
2 Danielle Scott-Arruda 1 October 1972 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 302 cm (119 in) Italy Florens Castellana
3 Tayyiba Haneef-Park 23 March 1979 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 328 cm (129 in) 312 cm (123 in) Turkey Eczacıbaşı Zentiva
4 Lindsey Berg 16 July 1980 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 287 cm (113 in) 274 cm (108 in) Italy Asystel Novara
5 Stacy Sykora 24 June 1977 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in) Italy Lines Ecocapitanata Altamura
6 Nicole Davis (L) 24 April 1982 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 284 cm (112 in) 266 cm (105 in) Turkey Fenerbahçe
7 Heather Bown 29 November 1978 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 301 cm (119 in) 290 cm (110 in) Italy Marche Jesi
9 Jennifer Joines 23 November 1982 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 301 cm (119 in) Japan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
10 Kim Glass 18 August 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 314 cm (124 in) 299 cm (118 in) Turkey Fenerbahçe
11 Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (C) 15 September 1975 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 291 cm (115 in) 281 cm (111 in) Switzerland Voléro Zürich
12 Kim Willoughby 7 November 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 300 cm (120 in) Italy Famila Chieri
15 Logan Tom 25 May 1981 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 297 cm (117 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Cuba 5 5 0 10 426 371 1.148 15 3 5.000 Quarterfinals
2  United States 5 4 1 9 459 441 1.041 12 9 1.333
3  China 5 3 2 8 467 395 1.182 13 7 1.857
4  Japan 5 2 3 7 381 389 0.979 7 11 0.636
5  Poland 5 1 4 6 441 445 0.991 9 12 0.750
6  Venezuela 5 0 5 5 262 395 0.663 1 15 0.067
Source: [citation needed]
9 August 2008
22:00 		Japan  1–3  United States Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Massimo Menghini (Italy), Andrei Zenovich (Russia)
(20–25, 25–20, 19–25, 21–25)
result statistics
11 August 2008
12:35 		United States  0–3  Cuba Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia)
(15–25, 24–26, 17–25)
result statistics
13 August 2008
12:00 		Venezuela  1–3  United States Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia)
(17–25, 25–20, 14–25, 18–25)
result statistics
15 August 2008
20:00 		United States  3–2  China Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
(23–25, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 15–11)
result statistics
17 August 2008
12:30 		Poland  2–3  United States Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar), Francisco de Souza (Brazil)
(25–18, 21–25, 25–19, 19–25, 13–15)
result statistics
Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
22:00 		United States  3–2  Italy Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Osamu Sakaide (Japan)
(20–25, 25–21, 19–25, 25–18, 15–6)
result statistics
Semifinal
21 August 2008
12:35 		Cuba  0–3  United States Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia)
(20–25, 16–25, 17–25)
result statistics
Gold medal match
23 August 2008
20:00 		2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States  1–3  Brazil 1st place, gold medalist(s) Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 13.000
Referees: Massimo Menghini (Italy), Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
(15–25, 25–18, 13–25, 21–25)
result statistics

Water polo

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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 / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  China
W 8–4 		 Italy
W 12–11 		 Serbia
L 2–4 		 Croatia
W 7–5 		 Germany
W 8–7 		1 Q Bye  Serbia
W 10–5 		 Hungary
L 10–14 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States women Women's tournament  China
W 12–11 		 Italy
T 9–9 		 Russia
W 12–7 		— 1 Q Bye  Australia
W 9–8 		 Netherlands
L 8–9 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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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.[126] 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.[127]

Roster

The following is the American roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[57]

№ Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Merrill Moses GK 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 13 August 1977 United States The New York Athletic Club
2 Peter Varellas D 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 2 October 1984 United States Olympic Club
3 Peter Hudnut CB 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 16 February 1980 United States Los Angeles WP Club
4 Jeff Powers CB 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 21 January 1980 United States Newport Aquatics Foundation
5 Adam Wright D 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 4 May 1977 United States The New York Athletic Club
6 Rick Merlo D 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 5 August 1982 United States The New York Athletic Club
7 Layne Beaubien D 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 4 July 1976 United States The New York Athletic Club
8 Tony Azevedo D 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 21 November 1981 United States The New York Athletic Club
9 Ryan Bailey CF 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 August 1975 United States Newport Aquatics Foundation
10 Tim Hutten CB 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 4 June 1985 United States Newport Aquatics Foundation
11 Jesse Smith CB 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 April 1983 United States Los Angeles WP Club
12 J. W. Krumpholz CF 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 22 November 1987 United States Los Angeles WP Club
13 Brandon Brooks GK 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 29 April 1981 United States Los Angeles WP Club
Head coach: Terry Schroeder
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 5 4 0 1 37 31 +6 8 Qualified for the semifinals
 Croatia 5 4 0 1 56 31 +25 8 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Serbia 5 3 0 2 50 38 +12 6
 Germany 5 2 0 3 33 44 −11 4 Will play for places 7–10
 Italy 5 2 0 3 57 50 +7 4 Will play for places 7–12
 China 5 0 0 5 25 64 −39 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008
16:40 		Report United States  8–4  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–1, 2–0
Azevedo 5, Beaubien 2 Goals Wang B. 2
12 August 2008
12:10 		Report Italy  11–12  United States Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 4–3, 4–4
Gallo 3, Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2, Sottani 2 Goals Powers 3, Azevedo 2
14 August 2008
10:50 		Report United States  2–4  Serbia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Antsiferov (RUS), Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 1–2, 0–2, 1–0
Varellas 2 Goals Udovičić 1, Pijetlović 1, Šapić 1, Vujasinović 1
16 August 2008
12:10 		Report Croatia  5–7  United States Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 0–0, 2–2
Đogaš 2 Goals Azevedo 3
18 August 2008
14:00 		Report United States  8–7  Germany Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
Powers 2, Wright 2 Goals Nossek 5
Semifinal
22 August 2008
19:40 		Report  United States 10–5 Serbia  Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–1, 3–0
Azevedo 3, Beaubien 2, Bailey 2 Goals Pijetlović 2, Vujasinović 2
Final
24 August 2008
15:40 		Report 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hungary  14–10  United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–4, 2–1, 3–1
Dá. Varga 3, Biros 3, Dé. Varga 2 Goals Azevedo 4, Beaubien 2, Smith 2

Women's tournament

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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.[128] 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.[129]

Roster

The following is the American roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[130]

№ Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Elizabeth Armstrong GK 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 31 January 1983 United States Great Lakes Ann Arbor
2 Heather Petri D 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 13 June 1978 United States The New York Athletic Club
3 Brittany Hayes D 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 7 February 1985 United States Socal Tustin
4 Brenda Villa D 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 18 April 1980 Italy Orizzonta Catania
5 Lauren Wenger CF 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 11 March 1984 Greece Glyfada Athens
6 Natalie Golda CB 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 December 1981 United States The New York Athletic Club
7 Patty Cardenas D 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 19 August 1984 United States Commerce
8 Jessica Steffens CF 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 7 April 1987 United States Sunset San Diego
9 Elsie Windes CB 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 17 June 1985 United States Tualatin Hills
10 Alison Gregorka CB 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 29 June 1985 United States Great Lakes Ann Arbor
11 Moriah van Norman CF 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 May 1984 United States The New York Athletic Club
12 Kami Craig CF 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 21 July 1987 United States Santa Barbara
13 Jamie Hipp GK 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 1 September 1981 Spain CN Ondaretta Alcorcón
Head coach: Guy Baker
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 2 1 0 33 27 +6 5 Qualified for semifinals
 Italy 3 2 1 0 28 26 +2 5 Qualified for quarterfinals
 China 3 1 0 2 33 33 0 2
 Russia 3 0 0 3 26 34 −8 0 Will play for places 7th–8th
Source: [citation needed]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
17:00 		Report United States  12–11  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 2–2, 2–2
Golda 4, Craig 3, Hayes 2 Goals Gao 3, Teng 2, Sun Yu. 2, Sun H. 2
13 August 2008
15:40 		Report United States  9–9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Gabor Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 4–2, 2–2, 3–3
Hayes 2, Villa 2 Goals Miceli 2, di Mario 2
15 August 2008
14:20 		Report Russia  7–12  United States Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Jaime Moliner Molins (ESP), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1
Konukh 2, Turova 2 Goals Golda 3, Villa 2, Gregorka 2
Semifinal
19 August 2008
14:20 		Report United States  9–8  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 4–1, 1–3
Villa 3
Hayes 2
Golda, Steffens, Gregorka, Craig 1 		Goals Gynther 3
R. Rippon 2
Beadsworth, Knox, M. Rippon 1
Final
21 August 2008
18:20 		Report 2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States  8–9  Netherlands 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 1–2, 2–2
Steffens 2
Hayes, Villa, Golda, Gregorka, van Norman, Craig 1 		Goals de Bruijn 7
van Belkum, van den Ham 1

Weightlifting

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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.[131] 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.[132] The third slot never materialized, and the United States was not placed on the start list for the +105 event.[133] 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.[134]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
Weight Rank Weight Rank Weight Rank
Chad Vaughn −77 kg 147 16 DNF
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 −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

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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,[135] 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.[136]

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

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Henry Cejudo Freestyle 55 kg Bye  Velikov (BUL)
W 3–1 PP 		 Gochashvili (GEO)
W 3–1 PP 		 Sevdimov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP 		Bye  Matsunaga (JPN)
W 3–1 PP 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mike Zadick Freestyle 60 kg Bye  Fedoryshyn (UKR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance  Bazarguruev (KGZ)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 19
Doug Schwab Freestyle 66 kg  Stadnik (UKR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 14
Ben Askren Freestyle 74 kg  Veréb (HUN)
W 5–0 VT 		 Fundora (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Andy Hrovat Freestyle 84 kg Bye  Salas (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 12
Daniel Cormier Freestyle 96 kg  Batista (CUB)
L 0–5 VB[137] 		Did not advance 19
Steve Mocco Freestyle 120 kg  Tomar (IND)
W 3–0 PO 		 Liang L (CHN)
W 3–0 PO 		 Akhmedov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Masoumi (IRI)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Spenser Mango Greco-Roman 55 kg Bye  Munteanu (ROU)
W 3–1 PP 		 Park E-C (KOR)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 8
Jake Deitchler Greco-Roman 66 kg Bye  Begaliev (KGZ)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Vardanyan (UKR)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 12
T. C. Dantzler Greco-Roman 74 kg  Bácsi (HUN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 16
Brad Vering Greco-Roman 84 kg  Michalkiewicz (POL)
W 3–1 PP 		 Forov (ARM)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 12
Adam Wheeler Greco-Roman 96 kg Bye  Virág (HUN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Jiang Hc (CHN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Englich (GER)
L 1–3 PP 		Bye  Han T-Y (KOR)
W 3–1 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dremiel Byers Greco-Roman 120 kg  Chernetskyi (UKR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Liu Dl (CHN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Sjöberg (SWE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Clarissa Chun 48 kg Bye  Mattsson (SWE)
W 3–1 PP 		 Boubryemm (FRA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Icho (JPN)
L 1–3 PP 		Bye  Merleni (UKR)
L 1–3 PP 		5
Marcie Van Dusen 55 kg —  Synyshyn (UKR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Rentería (COL)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Randi Miller 63 kg  Farag (EGY)
W 3–0 PO 		 Ostapchuk (UKR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Icho (JPN)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Zamula (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		 Dugrenier (CAN)
W 3–1 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Bernard 72 kg —  Obiajunwa (NGR)
W 5–0 VT 		 Wang J (CHN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Fransson (SWE)
W 3–1 PP 		 Hamaguchi (JPN)
L 1–3 PP 		5

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