2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

36	39	26th

The United States of America took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics for the 24th time. 533 athletes (279 men, 254 women) took part in the competitions in 29 sports.

The national baseball team surprisingly missed qualification for the baseball tournament .

Flag bearer

Basketball player Dawn Staley carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

36 won gold, 39 silver and 26 bronze medals, the US team took 1st place in the medals table .

badminton

• Howard Bach

  Men's doubles

• Kevin Han

  Men's doubles

basketball

Men (bronze )

Women (gold )

Carmelo Anthony - Denver Nuggets Carlos Boozer - Cleveland Cavaliers Tim Duncan - San Antonio Spurs Allen Iverson - Philadelphia 76ers LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers Richard Jefferson - New Jersey Jets Stephon Marbury - New York Knicks Shawn Marion - Phoenix Suns Lamar Odom - Miami Heat Emeka Okafor - University of Connecticut Amar'e Stoudemire - Phoenix Suns Dwyane Wade - Miami Heat Team boss Larry Brown

Sue Bird - Seattle Storm Swin Cash - Detroit Shock Tamika Catchings - Indiana Fever Yolanda Griffith - Sacramento Monarchs Shannon Johnson - San Antonio Silver Stars Lisa Leslie - Los Angeles Sparks Ruth Riley - Detroit Shock Katie Smith - Minnesota Lynx Dawn Staley - Charlotte Sting Sheryl Swoopes - Houston Comets Diana Taurasi - Phoenix Mercury Tina Thompson - Houston Comets Team boss Van Chancellor

Archery

• Janet Dykman

  Ladies

• Jennifer Nichols

  Ladies

• Stephanie White-Arnold

  Ladies

• Butch Johnson

  Men's

• John Magera

  Men's

• Vic Wunderle

  Men's

Boxing

discipline	athlete
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)	Rau'Shee Warren
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Ron Siler
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	Vicente Escobedo
Half welter weight (up to 64 kg)	Rock Allen
Welter weight (up to 69 kg)	Vanes Martirosyan
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Andre Dirrell (bronze )
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Andre Ward (gold )
Heavy weight (up to 91 kg)	Devin Vargas
Super heavyweight (over 91 kg)	Jason Estrada

fencing

• Epee individual and team, gentlemen
  • Jed Dupree
  • Dan waiter
  • Jon Tiomkin
• Foil singles and teams, men
  • Seth Kelsey
  • Cody Mattern
  • Soren Thompson
  • Jan Viviani
• Saber individual and team, gentlemen
  • Ivan Lee
  • Jason Rogers
  • Keeth Smart
• Epee singles, ladies
  • Kamara James
• Foil singles, women
  • Remember Smart
• Saber singles, ladies
  • Emily Jacobson
  • Sada Jacobson (bronze )
  • Mariel Zagunis (gold )

Soccer

Women (gold )

• goal

  1 Briana Scurry

  18 Kristin Luckenbill

• Defense

  2 Heather Mitts

  3 Christie Rampone

  4 Cat Reddick

  6 Brandi Chastain

  14 Joy Fawcett

  15 Kate Margrave

• midfield

  5 Lindsay Tarpley

  7 Shannon Boxx

  8 Angela Hucles

  10 Aly Wagner

  11 Julie Foudy

  13 Kristine Lilly

• Storm

  9 Mia Hamm

  12 Cindy Parlow

  16 Abby Wambach

  17 Heather O'Reilly

• Substitutes

  Lorrie Fair

  Tiffany Roberts

  Hope Solo

• trainer

  April Heinrichs

• Results

  Preliminary round

   Greece : 3-0

   Brazil : 2-0

   Australia : 1: 1

  Quarter finals

   Japan : 2-1

  Semifinals

   Germany : 2: 1 a.d.

  final

   Brazil : 2-1 n.v.

Weightlifting

• Oscar Chaplin
• Tara Cunningham
• Shane Hamman
• Cheryl Haworth
• Chad Vaughn

Judo

• Martin Boonzaayer
• Rhadi Ferguson
• Richard Hawn
• Nicole Kubes
• Charlee Minkin
• Brian Olson
• Alex Ottiano
• Jimmy Pedro (bronze )
• Ronda Rousey
• Celita protection
• Taraje Williams-Murray
• Ellen Wilson

canoe

Racing

• Andy Bussey (Kayak)
• Kathy Colin (Kayak)
• Carrie Johnson (Kayak)
• Nate Johnson (Canadian)
• Benjie Lewis (Kayak)
• Jordan Malloch (Canadier)
• Marie Mijalis (kayak)
• Jeff Smoke (Kayak)
• Lauren Spalding (Kayak)
• Bartosz Wolski (kayak)
• Rami Zur (Kayak)

slalom

• Chris Ennis, Jr. (Canadian)
• Rebecca Giddens (Silver in Kayak)
• Brett Heyl (Kayak)
• Joe Jacobi (Canadier)
• Scott Parsons (Kayak)
• Matt Taylor (Canadian)

athletics

discipline	Men's	Ladies
100 m	Justin Gatlin (Gold ) Maurice Greene (Bronze ) Shawn Crawford	Lauryn Williams (Silver ) LaTasha Colander Gail Devers
200 m	Shawn Crawford (Gold ) Bernard Williams (Silver ) Justin Gatlin (Bronze )	Allyson Felix (Silver ) Muna Lee LaShauntea Moore
400 m	Jeremy Wariner (Gold ) Otis Harris (Silver ) Derrick Brew (Bronze )	Sanya Richards DeeDee Trotter Mary Wineberg
800 m	Jonathan Johnson Derrick Peterson Khadevis Robinson	Hazel Clark Jearl Miles-Clark Nicole Teter
1500 m	Charlie Gruber Grant Robison Alan Webb	Carrie Tollefson
5000 m	Tim Broe Jon Riley	Shayne Culpepper Shalane Flanagan Marla Runyan
10,000 m	Abdihakem Abdirahman Dan Browne Dathan Ritzenhein	Elva Dryer Kate O'Neill
marathon	Meb Keflezighi (silver ) Dathan Ritzenhein Brian Sell	Deena Kastor (bronze ) Colleen de Reuck Jen Rhines
20 km walking	Kevin Eastler John Nunn Tim Seaman	Teresa Vaill
50 km of walking	Curt Clausen Phillip Dunn
100 m hurdles		Joanna Hayes (Gold ) Melissa Morrison (Bronze ) Gail Devers
110 m hurdles	Terrence Trammell (Silver ) Allen Johnson Duane Ross
400 m hurdles	Bennie Brazell James Carter Angelo Taylor	Lashinda Demus Brenda Taylor Sheena Tosta
3000 m obstacle	Anthony Famiglietti Robert Gary Daniel Lincoln
4 x 100 meter relay	Shawn Crawford (silver ) Justin Gatlin (silver ) Maurice Greene (silver ) Coby Miller (silver ) Darvis Patton (silver for preliminary deployment )	LaTasha Colander Marion Jones Angela Williams Lauryn Williams
4 x 400 meter relay	Derrick Brew (gold ) Otis Harris (gold ) Andrew Rock (gold for pre-deployment) Jeremy Wariner (gold ) Darold Williamson (gold ) Kelly Willie (gold for pre-deployment)	Crystal Cox (gold for advance use) Monique Henderson (gold ) Monique Hennagan (gold ) Sanya Richards-Ross (gold ) Moushaumi Robinson (gold for advance use) DeeDee Trotter (gold )
high jump	Matt Hemingway (Silver ) Tora Harris Jamie Nieto	Amy Acuff Chaunte Howard Tisha Waller
Pole vault	Tim Mack (Gold ) Toby Stevenson (Silver ) Derek Miles	Stacy Dragila Jillian Schwartz Kellie Suttle
Long jump	Dwight Philipps (Gold ) John Moffitt (Silver ) Walter Davis	Marion Jones Rose Richmond Grace Upshaw
Triple jump	Kenta Bell Walter Davis Mel Lister	Tiombe Hurd Yuliana Perez
Javelin throw	Breaux Greer	Kim Kreiner
Discus throw	Casey Malone Jarred Rome Ian Waltz	Stephanie Brown Trafton Seilala Sua Aretha Thurmond
Shot put	Adam Nelson (Gold ) John Godina Reese Hoffa	Laura Gerraughty Kristin Heaston
Hammer throw	AG Kruger James Parker	Erin Gilreath Jackie Jeschelnig Anna Mahon
Heptathlon		Shelia Burrell Tiffany Lott-Hogan Michelle Perry
Decathlon	Bryan Clay (Silver ) Tom Pappas Paul Terek

John Capel and Consuella Moore were nominated, but were not used. Torri Edwards was no longer allowed to compete because of a doping ban.

Modern pentathlon

• Anita Allen

  Ladies, singles

• Mary Beth Iagorashvili

  Ladies, singles

• Vaho Iagorashvili

  Gentlemen, singles

• Chad Sr.

  Gentlemen, singles

Cycling

• Kristin Armstrong
• Deirdre Demet-Barry (Silver )
• Adam Duvendeck
• Tyler Hamilton
• George Hincapie
• Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
• Bobby Julich (silver )
• Levi Leipheimer
• Giddeon Massie
• Jason McCartney
• Mary McConneloug
• Erin Mirabella
• Marty Nothstein
• Colby Pearce
• Jennie Reed
• Christian Stahl
• Christine Thorburn
• Todd Wells

horse riding

• Darren Chiacchia (bronze )
• Robert Dover (bronze )
• Chris Kappler (gold , silver )
• Beezie Madden (Gold )
• Debbie McDonald (bronze )
• Julie Richards (bronze )
• Guenter Seidel (bronze )
• Kimberly Severson (silver , bronze )
• Amy Tryon (Bronze )
• McLain Ward (Gold )
• Lisa Wilcox (bronze )
• John Williams (bronze )
• Peter Wylde (Gold )

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Mary Sanders

Wrestling

• Stephen Abas (silver )
• Daniel Cormier
• Rulon Gardner (bronze )
• Jim Gruenwald
• Eric Guerrero
• Dennis Hall
• Jamill Kelly (silver )
• Garrett Lowney
• Kerry McCoy
• Sara McMann (silver )
• Patricia Miranda (bronze )
• Toccara Montgomery
• Tela O'Donnell
• Cael Sanderson (gold )
• Brad Vering
• Joe E. Williams
• Oscar Wood

rowing

• Aquil Abdullah
• Chris Ahrens (gold )
• Wyatt Allen (gold )
• Dan Beery (gold )
• Stacey Borgman
• Pete Cipollone (Gold )
• Alison Cox (silver )
• Caryn Davies (silver )
• Matt Deakin (Gold )
• Jennifer Devine
• Megan Dirkmaat (silver )
• Sloan DuRoss
• Hilary Gehman
• Michelle Guerette
• Joey Hansen (gold )
• Ben Holbrook
• Danika Holbrook-Harris
• Beau Hoopman (gold )
• Katherine Johnson (Silver )
• Sarah Jones
• Garrett Klugh
• Laurel Korholz (silver )
• Kate Mackenzie
• Samantha Magee (silver )
• Anna Mickelson (silver )
• Wolf Moser
• Lianne Nelson (silver )
• Henry Nuzum
• Jason Read (Gold )
• Greg Ruckman
• Kelly Salchow
• Artour Samsonov
• Lisa Schlenker
• Jamie Schroeder
• Kent Smack
• Matt Smith
• Paul Teti
• Patrick Todd
• Steve Tucker
• Bryan Volpenhein (Gold )
• Luke Walton
• Steve Warner
• Mike Wherley
• Mary Whipple (silver )
• Brett Wilkinson

shoot

• Michael Anti (silver )
• Lance Bade
• Sarah Blakeslee
• Libby Callahan
• Emily Caruso
• Shawn Dulohery
• Walton Eller
• Matt Emmons (Gold )
• Bret Erickson
• Connie Fluker-Smotek
• James Graves
• Morgan Hicks
• Koby Holland
• Hattie Johnson
• Whitly Loper
• Jason Parker
• Kimberly Rhode (Gold )
• Adam Saathoff
• Beki Snyder
• Daryl Szarenski
• Jason Turner

swim

discipline	Men's	Ladies
50 m freestyle	Gary Hall junior (gold ) Jason Lezak	Kara Lynn Joyce Jenny Thompson
100 m freestyle	Ian Crocker Jason Lezak	Natalie Coughlin (Bronze ) Kara Lynn Joyce
200 m freestyle	Michael Phelps (bronze ) Klete Keller	Dana Vollmer Lindsay Benko
400 m freestyle	Klete Keller (bronze ) Larsen Jensen	Kaitlin Sandeno (bronze ) Kalyn Keller
800 m freestyle		Diana Munz (bronze ) Kalyn Keller
1500 m freestyle	Larsen Jensen (silver ) Erik Vendt
100 m back	Aaron Peirsol (Gold ) Lenny Krayzelburg	Natalie Coughlin (Gold ) Haley Cope
200 m back	Aaron Peirsol (Gold ) Bryce Hunt	Kristen Caverly Margaret Hoelzer
100 m chest	Brendan Hansen (Silver ) Mark Gangloff	Amanda Beard Tara Kirk
200 m chest	Brendan Hansen (bronze ) Scott Usher	Amanda Beard (Gold ) Caroline Bruce
100 m butterfly	Michael Phelps (Gold ) Ian Crocker (Silver )	Rachel Komisarz Jenny Thompson
200 m butterfly	Michael Phelps (Gold ) Tom Malchow	Dana Kirk Kaitlin Sandeno
200 m layers	Michael Phelps (Gold ) Ryan Lochte (Silver )	Amanda Beard (Silver ) Katie Hoff
400 m layers	Michael Phelps (Gold ) Erik Vendt (Silver )	Kaitlin Sandeno (Silver ) Katie Hoff
4 × 100 m freestyle	Ian Crocker / Jason Lezak / Michael Phelps / Neil Walker (Bronze ) Preliminary: Nate Dusing / Gary Hall junior / Neil Walker / Gabe Woodward	Natalie Coughlin / Kara Lynn Joyce / Jenny Thompson / Amanda Weir (silver ) preliminary: Lindsay Benko / Maritza Correia / Colleen Lanne / Amanda Weir
4 × 200 m freestyle	Klete Keller / Ryan Lochte / Michael Phelps / Peter Vanderkaay (Gold ) Forerunner: Scott Goldblatt / Daniel Ketchum / Klete Keller / Peter Vanderkaay	Natalie Coughlin / Carly Piper / Kaitlin Sandeno / Dana Vollmer (Gold ) Vorlauf: Lindsay Benko / Rhi Jeffrey / Rachel Komisarz / Carly Piper
4 × 100 m layers	Ian Crocker / Brendan Hansen / Jason Lezak / Aaron Peirsol (Gold ) Prelude: Mark Gangloff / Lenny Krayzelburg / Michael Phelps / Neil Walker	Amanda Beard / Natalie Coughlin / Kara Lynn Joyce / Jenny Thompson (Silver ) Forward : Haley Cope / Tara Kirk / Rachel Komisarz / Amanda Weir

Synchronized swimming (all bronze with the team)

Alison Bartosik (bronze duet), Tammy Crow , Erin Dobratz , Rebecca Jasontek , Anna Kozlova (bronze duet), Sara Lowe , Lauren McFall , Stephanie Nesbitt , Kendra Zanotto

sailing

• Kevin Burnham (Gold )
• Lanee Beashel
• Paul Cayard
• Carol Cronin
• Liz Filter
• Paul Foerster (gold )
• Meg Galliard
• Nancy Haberland
• Kevin Hall
• Isabelle Kinsolving
• John Lovell (silver )
• Katie McDowell
• Mark Mendelblatt
• Charlie Ogletree (Silver )
• Pete Spaulding
• Phil Trinter
• Tim Wadlow
• Peter Wells

Softball

Women (gold )

• Laura Berg
• Crystl Bustos
• Lisa Fernandez
• Jennie Finch
• Tairia Flowers
• Amanda Freed
• Lori Harrigan
• Lovieanne Jung
• Kelly Kretschman
• Jessica Mendoza
• Stacey Nuveman
• Leah O'Brien
• Cat Osterman
• Jenny topping
• Natasha Watley

Taekwondo

• Nia Abdallah (silver ; women)
• Steven Lopez (Gold ; Men)

tennis

Men's

Singles:

• Taylor Dent
• Mardy Fish (silver )
• Andy Roddick
• Vincent Spadea

Double:

• Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
• Mardy Fish / Andy Roddick

Ladies

Singles:

• Lisa Raymond
• Chanda Ruby
• Venus Williams

Double:

• Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond
• Chanda Rubin / Venus Williams

Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams were also nominated, but were not used.

Table tennis

• Tawny Banh

  Women, singles and doubles

• Jasna Fazlić

  Women, singles and doubles

• Mark Hazinski

  Gentlemen, doubles

• Gao Jun

  Women, singles and doubles

• Ilija Lupulesku

  Men, singles and doubles

• Khoa Dinh Nguyen

  Gentlemen, singles

• Whitney Ping

  Ladies, doubles

Triathlon

• Hunter Kemper

  Men's

• Victor Plata

  Men's

• Andy Potts

  Men's

• Barb Lindquist

  Ladies

• Sheila Taormina

  Ladies

• Susan Williams (bronze )

  Ladies

do gymnastics

Gymnastics

Men (all silver in the team all-around competition)

• Jason Gatson
• Morgan Hamm
• Paul Hamm (gold in individual all-around, silver on bars)
• Brett McClure
• Blaine Wilson
• Guard Young

Women (all silver in the team all-around competition)

• Mohini Bhardwaj
• Annia Hatch (silver in the horse jump)
• Terin Humphrey (silver on the step beam )
• Courtney Kupets (bronze on step beam )
• Courtney McCool
• Carly Patterson (gold in the individual all-around, silver on the balance beam)

Trampoline exercise

• Jennifer Parilla
  • Ladies, singles

volleyball

beach volleyball

Men's Team 1: Dax Holdren , Stein Metzger Team 2: Dain Blanton , Jeff Nygaard

Ladies Team 1: Misty May-Treanor , Kerri Walsh (Gold ) Team 2: Holly McPeak , Elaine Youngs (Bronze )

Indoor volleyball

Men's 1 lloy ball 5 Erik Sullivan 6 Philipp Eatherton 8 William Priddy 8 Donald Suxho 9 Ryan Millar 10 Riley Salmon 11 Brook Billings 12 Thomas Hoff 13 Clayton Stanley 14 Kevin Barnett 15 Gabriel Gardner

Ladies 1 Prikeba Phipps 2 Danielle Scott-Arruda 3 Tayyiba Haneef Park 4 Lindsey Berg 5 Stacy Sykora 6 Elisabeth Bachman 7 Heather Bown 9 Ogonna Nnamani 11 Robyn Ah Mow-Santos 12 Nancy Metcalf 13 Tara Cross-Battle 18 Logan Tom

Water polo

Men's team Omar Amr Tony Azevedo Ryan Bailey Layne Beaubien Brandon Brooks Genai Kerr Dan Klatt Brett Ormsby Jeffrey Powers Chris Segesman Jesse Smith Wolf Wigo Adam Wright Trainer Ratko Rudić Results Preliminary round  Croatia : 7: 6  Kazakhstan : 9: 6  Hungary : 5-7  Russia : 7: 9  Serbia and Montenegro : 4: 9 Placement game  Australia : 6: 5 final  Italy : 9: 8

Women (bronze ) team Robin Beauregard Margaret Dingeldein Gabrielle Domanic Ellen Estes Jacqueline Frank Natalie Golda Ericka Lorenz Heather Moody Thalia Munro Nicole Payne Heather Petri Kelly Rulon Amber Stachowski Brenda Villa Trainer Guy Baker Results Preliminary round  Hungary : 7: 6  Canada : 5: 6  Russia : 8: 4 Quarter finals bye Semifinals  Italy : 5: 6 3rd place match  Australia : 6: 5

Diving

• Cassandra Cardinell

  Ladies

• Justin Dumais

  Men's

• Troy Dumais

  Men's

• Caesar Garcia

  Men's

• Sara Hildebrand

  Ladies

• Rachelle Kunkel

  Ladies

• Kyle Prandi

  Men's

• Mark Ruiz

  Men's

• Kimiko Soldati

  Ladies

• Justin Wilcock

  Men's

• Laura Wilkinson

  Ladies

Web links

• American Olympic team from 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• United States Olympic Committee website
• Overview of all participants ( memento of August 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the National Olympic Committee