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==[[Image:Volleyball_2008.gif|30px]] Volleyball==
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:33, 5 July 2008

Template:Infobox Olympics United States The United States will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The United States Olympic Committee selected San Jose State University in San Jose, California as the primary processing center for all Team USA members headed for Beijing 2008. Team USA members will fly into San Jose via San Jose International Airport or San Francisco International Airport for at least two days of document checks, health exams, cultural briefings, portrait sittings, uniform fittings, and last-minute workout sessions.

The United States is expected to send its largest ever delegation to Beijing, and will compete in 27 sports.[1]


File:Archery 2008.png Archery

The United States men's archery team took sixth place at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, earning the nation a full complement of three qualification spots for the Olympic men's competitions. The women's team finished in eleventh place, not qualifying the team. Jennifer Nichols earned a spot via individual qualification in that tournament.[2] Karen Scavotto earned the United States another women's spot by finishing second in the Pan American championship.

The United States announced its Olympic team on 5 May 2008, following a national selection tournament. Brady Ellison, Butch Johnson, Vic Wunderle, Jennifer Nichols, and Khatuna Lorig will represent the nation in the Olympics.[3]

Athletics

File:Badminton 2008.gif Badminton

The United States earned qualification spots in badminton for 5 disciplines. (Men's singles, mens's doubles, women's singles, womens's doubles and mixed doubles. This is the first time the United States has qualified for an Olympic Games in all five badminton disciplines.

Men's Team

Women's Team

File:Baseball 2008.gif Baseball

The United States earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event. This marks 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. The American team will seek its second gold medal in the sport.

File:Basketball 2008.gif Basketball

The United States earned qualification spots for both men's and women's basketball by winning the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 and the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007. It will be the sixteenth appearance of the nation in the men's tournament and the eighth in the women's tournament; the United States has missed only the boycotted 1980 Games for each. The women's team will defend their 2004 Olympic championship, while the men's team will attempt to improve upon its third-place finish in Athens.

Men's team

File:Boxing 2008.gif Boxing

The United States qualified nine boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Five boxers (Yanez, Warren, Russell, Williams, and Andrade) earned their spots at the 2007 World Championships.[20] Ali, Molina, and Wilder qualified at the first American qualifying tournament.[21] Estrada was the last American boxer to qualify, doing so at the second American tournament.[22]

File:Canoe-Kayak Slalom 2008.gif Canoeing and Kayaking

File:Canoe-Kayak Slalom 2008.gif Canoe-Kayak Slalom

There are four events: C1 (one-man canoe), C2 (two-man canoe), K1 (one-man kayak), and K1W (one-woman kayak).

The U.S. slalom team will be determined in July, following the World Cup in Augsburg, Germany.[23]

File:Canoe-Kayak Flatwater 2008.gif Canoe-Kayak Flatwater

File:Cycling 2008.gif Cycling

Most of the United States’ cycling squad was announced on July 1. The team will spend competitors in all four disciplines – BMX, mountain biking, road racing and track racing.[24]

BMX

Men's team

Women's team

Mountain biking

Men's team

Women's team

Road

Men's team

Women's team

Track

Men's team

Women's team

File:Diving 2008.gif Diving

File:Equestrian 2008.gif Equestrian

File:Fencing 2008.gif Fencing

File:Hockey 2008.gif Field Hockey

Women's team

For the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics, the United States will send a women's field hockey team to the Olympics. The team was announced on July 3 and consists of 16 women -- Kate Barber, Kayla Bashore, Lauren Crandall, Rachel Dawson, Kelly Doton, Katelyn Falgowski, Jesse Gey, Carrie Lingo, Angie Loy, Caroline Nichols, Lauren Powley, Dina Rizzo, Dana Sensenig, Keli Smith, Tiffany Snow, Amy Tran.[25]

File:Football 2008.gif Football

The US qualified its national U-23 football team for the tournament by advancing to the final of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in March 2008. The final squad for Beijing will be announced in late July. The US team is expected to feature high-profile senior international players such as Freddy Adu, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore. Veteran striker Brian McBride has also stated an interest in participating as one of the three overage players the team is allowed to have.

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

File:Rhythmic Gymnastics 2008.gif Rhythmic Gymnastics

Due to not placing within the top 20 at the 2007 World Championships, the United States did not qualify to participate in any rhythmic gymnastic events.[27]

File:Trampoline 2008.gif Trampoline

[28] Men's Team

Women's Team

File:Judo 2008.gifJudo

File:Modern Pentathlon 2008.gifModern Pentathlon

File:Rowing 2008.gif Rowing

Thirteen crews will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The U.S. will have crews competing in the women's single sculls, men's single sculls, women's double sculls, men's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, women's quadruple sculls, men's quadruple sculls, women's pair, men's pair, men's four, lightweight men's four, women's eight and men's eight.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

File:Sailing 2008.gif Sailing

File:Shooting 2008.gif Shooting

File:Softball 2008.gif Softball

File:Swimming 2008.gif Swimming

As of now, only the top four swimmers in the men's and women's 100 m and 200 m free, along with the winners of all the other events, automatically qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team.

The second-place finishers in all the other events (plus the fifth and sixth-place finishers in the men's and women's 100 m and 200 m free) can be named to the team later in the week, pending swimmers qualifying in multiple events. The maximum number of participants on both the men's and women's team is 26.

File:Synchronized Swimming 2008.gif Synchronized Swimming

File:Taekwondo 2008.gif Taekwondo

File:Tennis 2008.jpg Tennis

File:Volleyball 2008.gif Volleyball

File:Water Polo 2008.gif Water Polo

References

  1. ^ "Global athletes chase Olympic dream", Xinhua, June 20, 2008
  2. ^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships results
  3. ^ USA Archery press release
  4. ^ Gay blazes to Beijing
  5. ^ Merritt pulls another upset over Wariner
  6. ^ Peking ducks
  7. ^ Lagat an Olympian – this time for America
  8. ^ Three qualify in 400m hurdles
  9. ^ Phillips fails to make U.S. team in long jump
  10. ^ Miles, Hartwig, Walker make Olympics in pole vault
  11. ^ Hoffa, Cantwell, Nelson qualify in men's shot put
  12. ^ a b c U.S. Olympic Trials Day 4 results
  13. ^ Lee wins women's 100m
  14. ^ Walnut Hills, UC Grad Makes Olympic Track Squad
  15. ^ Beijing tickets for 10K trio
  16. ^ a b Track Trials: Day 3 recap
  17. ^ Willard sets US record in 3,000m steeplechase
  18. ^ Reese, Upshaw, Jimoh make Olympics in long jump
  19. ^ Women's discus team named
  20. ^ Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007
  21. ^ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
  22. ^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
  23. ^ US Olympic Internet Network, '2008 Olympic Team Trials for Whitewater Slalom – Day 3'. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
  24. ^ U.S. cycling team named
  25. ^ 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Field Hockey Team announced
  26. ^ 2008 U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team finalized
  27. ^ Rhythmic Gymnastics Official Page
  28. ^ Blanchard, Estrada earn trampoline berths
  29. ^ a b Men's 100 m freestyle
  30. ^ a b Men's 200 m freestyle
  31. ^ a b Phelps, Hoff set world records in 400 IM at Olympic trials
  32. ^ Men's 100 m backstroke
  33. ^ Men's 200 m backstroke
  34. ^ Men's 100 m breaststroke
  35. ^ Men's 200 m breaststroke
  36. ^ Men's 200 m butterfly
  37. ^ Men's 200 m individual medley
  38. ^ a b Women's 100 m freestyle
  39. ^ a b Women's 200 m freestyle
  40. ^ Women's 400 m freestyle
  41. ^ Women's 100 m backstroke
  42. ^ Women's 100 m breaststroke
  43. ^ Women's 200 m breaststroke
  44. ^ Women's 100 m butterfly
  45. ^ Women's 200 m butterfly
  46. ^ Women's 200 m individual medley
  47. ^ Women's 400 m individual medley
  48. ^ a b Taekwondo: What to expect Cite error: The named reference "taekwondo_team" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  49. ^ 2008 Olympics Trials
  50. ^ 2008 Olympics Trials
  51. ^ a b Tennis: USTA Names 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Tennis
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