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United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Medals

Half of the U.S. medals came from two sports:

• Swimming accounted for 12 gold and 28 total medals.
• Track and Field accounted for eight gold and 24 total medals.

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Gold

• Athletics
  • Men's 100 metre sprint: Justin Gatlin in a time of 9.85 seconds
  • Men's 200 metre sprint: Shawn Crawford in a time of 19.79
  • Men's 400 m: Jeremy Wariner in a personal best time of 44 seconds even
  • Men's Pole Vault: Timothy Mack at 5.95 metres
  • Men's Long Jump: Dwight Phillips at 8.59 metres
  • Men's 4x400 m Relay: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson in a time of 2:55.91
  • Women's 100 m Hurdles: Joanna Hayes in a time of 12.37 seconds, an Olympic record
  • Women's 4x400 m Relay: DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards and Monique Hennagan in a time of 3:19.01
• Women's Basketball
  • Defeated Australia 74-63
• Women's Beach Volleyball
  • Misty May and Kerri Walsh defeated Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil 21-17, 21-11
• Boxing
  • Light heavyweight (81 kg): Andre Ward defeated Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus 20-13
• Cycling, road
  • Men's Individual Time Trial: Tyler Hamilton in a time of 57:31.74
• Fencing
  • Women's Individual Sabre: Mariel Zagunis defeated Xue Tan of China 15-9
• Women's Football
  • Defeated Brazil 2-1
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Men's Individual All-Around: Paul Hamm with a score of 57.823
  • Women's Individual All-Around: Carly Patterson with a score of 38.387
• Rowing
  • Men's eight with coxswain: Jason Read, Wyatt Allen, Chris Ahrens, Joseph Hansen, Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein and Pete Cipollone
• Sailing
  • Men's 470: Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham
• Shooting
  • Men's 50 m Rifle Prone: Matthew Emmons with a score of 599 (100-100-99-100-100-100)
  • Women's Double Trap: Kimberly Rhode with a score of 146 (36-36-38-36)
• Softball
  • Defeated Australia 5-1
• Swimming
  • Men's 50 m Freestyle: Gary Hall Jr. in a time of 21.93 seconds
  • Men's 100 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 54.06 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Backstroke: Aaron Peirsol in a time of 1:54.95, a new Olympic record. Peirsol was originally disqualified due to what one official thought was an illegal turn, but he reclaimed the gold with a successful appeal.
  • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 51.25 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Butterfly: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:54.04
  • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 1:57.14
  • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps in a time of 4:08.26
  • Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, and Klete Keller in a time of 7:12.80
  • Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, and Jason Lezak in a time of 3:30.68, a new world record
  • Women's 100 m Backstroke: Natalie Coughlin in a time of 1:00.37
  • Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Amanda Beard in a time of 2:23.37
  • Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, and Kaitlin Sandeno in a time of 7:53.42, a new world record
• Taekwondo
  • Men's under 80 kg: Steven Lopez
• Wrestling
  • Men's Freestyle 84 kg: Cael Sanderson

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Silver

• Athletics
  • Men's 200 m: Bernard Williams in a time of 20.01
  • Men's 400 m: Otis Harris in a time of 44.16 seconds, likewise a personal best
  • Men's 110 m Hurdles: Terrence Trammell in a time of 13.18 seconds
  • Men's High Jump: Matt Hemingway at 2.34 metres
  • Men's Pole Vault: Toby Stevenson at 5.90 metres
  • Men's Long Jump: John Moffitt at 8.47 metres
  • Men's Shot Put: Adam Nelson with a distance of 21.16 metres
  • Men's Decathlon: Bryan Clay
  • Men's 4x100 m Relay: Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller and Maurice Greene in a time of 38.08 seconds
  • Women's 100 metres: Lauryn Williams with a personal best time of 10.96 seconds
  • Women's 200 metres: Allyson Felix in a time of 22.18 seconds
• Canoeing
  • Women's K1 Kayak Single: Rebecca Giddens with a total time of 214.62 seconds
• Cycling
  • Women's Individual Time Trial: Dierdre Demet-Barry with a time of 31:35.62
• Equestrian
  • Individual Eventing: Kimberly Severson aboard Winsome Adante
  • Team Eventing: Chris Kappler, Beezie Madden, McLain Ward and Peter Wylde
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Men's Team: Jason Gatson, Morgan and Paul Hamm, Brett McClure, Blaine Wilson and Guard Young with a score of 172.933
  • Men's Horizontal Bar: Paul Hamm
  • Women's Team: Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, Terin Humphrey, Courtney Kupets, Courtney McCool, Jennifer Parilla, Carly Patterson and Mary Sanders with a score of 113.584
  • Women's Asymmetric Bars: Terin Humphrey
  • Women's Balance Beam: Carly Patterson
  • Women's Vault: Annia Hatch
• Rowing
  • Women's eight with coxswain: Kate Johnson, Samantha Magee, Megan Dirkmaat, Alison Cox, Anna Mickelson, Laurel Korholz, Anna Davies, Lianne Nelson and Mary Whipple
• Sailing
  • Tornado: John Lovell and Charlie Ogeltree
• Shooting
  • 50 m Free Rifle 3 positions: Michael Anti
• Swimming:
  • Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Larsen Jensen with a time of 14:45.29, a new American record
  • Men's 100 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen with a time of 1:00.25
  • Men's 100 m Butterfly: Ian Crocker with a time of 51.29 seconds
  • Men's 200 m Individual Medley: Ryan Lochte with a time of 1:58.78
  • Men's 400 m Individual Medley: Erik Vendt with a time of 4:11.81
  • Women's 200 m Individual Medley: Amanda Beard with a time of 2:11.70
  • Women's 400 m Individual Medley: Kaitlin Sandeno with a time of 4:34.95
  • Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Lindsay Benko, Maritza Correia, Colleen Lanne and Amanda Weir
  • Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay: Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jennifer Thompson and Kara Lynn Joyce with a time of 3:36.39, a new American record
• Tennis
  • Men's singles: Mardy Fish lost to Nicolás Massú of Chile 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6
• Taekwondo
  • Women's under 57 kg: Nia Abdallah
• Wrestling
  • Men's Freestyle 55 kg: Stephen Abas
  • Men's Freestyle 66 kg: Jamill Kelly
  • Women's Freestyle 63 kg: Sara McMann was the first women to get a Silver medal for the US in Women's Wrestling

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Bronze

• Athletics
  • Men's 100 metre sprint: Maurice Greene
  • Men's 200 m: Justin Gatlin in a time of 20.03
  • Men's 400 m: Derrick Brew in a time of 44.42 seconds, a personal best
  • Women's 100 m hurdles: Melissa Morrison in a time of 12.56 seconds
  • Women's marathon: Deena Kastor
• Men's Basketball
  • Defeated Lithuania 104-96
• Women's Beach Volleyball
  • Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs defeated Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson of Australia 21-18, 15-21, 15-9
• Boxing
  • Men's Middle (75 kg): Andre Dirrell
• Cycling, Road
  • Men's Individual Time Trial: Bobby Julich with a time of 57:58.19
• Equestrian
  • Team Eventing: Kimberly Severson, Darren Chiacchia, John Williams, Amy Tryon and Julie Richards
  • Dressage Mixed Team: Lisa Wilcox, Günter Sediel, Deborah McDonald and Robert Dover
  • Individual Jumping: Chris Kappler
• Fencing
  • Women's Individual Sabre: Sada Jacobsen defeated Catalina Cheorghitoaia of Romania 17-15
• Gymnastics, Artistic
  • Women's Asymmetric Bars: Courtney Kupets
• Judo
  • 73 kg Men's division: James Pedro (with Leandro Guilhero of Brazil)
• Swimming
  • Men's 200 m Freestyle: Michael Phelps with a time of 1:45.32
  • Men's 400 m Freestyle: Klete Keller with a time of 4:44.11
  • Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Ian Crocker, Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak with a time of 3:14.62
  • Men's 200 m Breaststroke: Brendan Hansen with a time of 2:10.87
  • Women's 100 m Freestyle: Natalie Coughlin with a time of 54.40 seconds
  • Women's 400 m Freestyle: Kaitlin Sandeno with a time of 4:06.19
  • Women's 800 m Freestyle: Diana Munz with a time of 8:26.61
• Synchronized Swimming
  • Duet: Anna Kozlova and Alison Bartosik
  • Team Event
• Triathlon
  • Women's: Susan Williams
• Water Polo
  • Women's: Defeated Australia 6-5
• Wrestling
  • Freestyle (women's 48 kg division): Patricia Miranda def. Angelique Berthenet, FRA on points 11-4
  • Greco-Roman (men's 120 kg division): Rulon Gardner def. Sajad Barzi, IRI on points 17-6

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