United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 586 competitors, 333 men and 253 women, took part in 265 events in 31 sports.

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


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Archery
All three of the American men won their first matches. Two were defeated in the second round, but Vic Wunderle made it all the way to the finals before being defeated by home-crowd favorite Simon Fairweather. The squad was surprised by Italy in the team round semifinal, and was forced to shoot a tie-breaker against Russia in the bronze medal match to claim their medal. Karen Scavotto faced Denise Parker in the first round, guaranteeing an elimination for one of the American women.

Men

Women

Athletics
Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men Track and road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women Track and road events

Field events

Combined events – Heptatlon

Baseball
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.

Summary

Roster

Preliminary round

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Basketball
Summary

Men
Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women
Roster

 Head coach  Assistant coach(es)
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 * 🇺🇸 Nell Fortner
 * 🇺🇸 Geno Auriemma
 * 🇺🇸 Peggy Gillom
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Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Boxing
Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest

Sprint
Men

Women Legend: QF – Qualify to final based on position in heat; QS – Qualify to semifinal based on time in round All ranks based on time in round

Road
Men

Women

Track
Time trial

Sprint

Pursuit

Points race

Keirin

Diving
Laura Wilkinson staged a comeback during the finals of the Women's 10 metre platform and won the only diving medal for the United States during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The Chinese divers were in first and second heading into the finals.

Men

Women

Equestrian
Dressage (Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing
Men

Women

Football
Summary

Men
Roster
 * Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze Medal match

Women
Roster

Group play

Semifinal

Gold Medal match

Artistic
Men Team

Individual finals

Women Team

Individual finals

Judo
Men

Women

Rowing
Men

Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); S=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

Sailing
Men

Women

Open Fleet racing

Mixed racing

Shooting
Men

Women

Softball
Summary

Roster

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Swimming
Men Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Women Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Table Tennis
Men

Women

Tennis
Men

Women

Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, the United States was represented by three men and three women. Two of the women placed in the top eight, with Joanna Zeiger missing a medal by about 17 seconds.

Beach
* – Heidger & Wong advanced from the elimination pool by having the highest point differential among losers

Indoor
Summary

Men
Roster

Group play

Women
Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze Medal match

Water polo
Summary

Men
Roster Head Coach: John Vargas

Group play

Quarterfinal

5th to 8th place classification

5th place match

Women
Roster Head Coach:

Group play

Semifinal

Gold Medal Match