United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.

Medalists

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

Archery
Three U.S. archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.


 * Men


 * Women

Athletics (track and field)
U.S. athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 United States Olympic Trials.

Adam Nelson originally claimed a silver medal in men's shot put. On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered positive. Following the announcement of Bilonoh's disqualification, Nelson's medal was upgraded to gold.


 * 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


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton
The United States had been represented in one out of five events.

Basketball

 * Summary

Men's tournament



 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal final

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal final

Sprint

 * Men

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
 * Women

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Keirin


 * Omnium

Diving
U.S. divers qualified for eight individual diving spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. Three US synchronized diving teams qualified through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup and the rest of the divers qualified for the Olympics through the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials for diving.


 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian
Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.


 * Dressage

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
 * Eventing


 * Jumping

Fencing

 * Men


 * Women

Football (soccer)

 * Summary

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal final

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Judo
Twelve American judoka (seven male and five female) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.


 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
Four U.S. athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Rowing
The U.S. rowers qualified the following boats:


 * Men

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; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing
U.S. sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.


 * Men


 * Women

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
 * Open

Shooting
Twenty-one U.S. shooters (twelve men and nine women) qualified to compete in the following events:


 * Men


 * Women

Softball

 * Summary


 * Squad

Group Stage All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
 * Results

Final Group Standings The top four teams advanced to the semifinal round.


 * Semifinals


 * Grand final

Swimming
U.S. swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Swimmers qualified at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials (for pool events).


 * Men


 * Women

Synchronized swimming
Nine U.S. synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Table tennis
Seven U.S. table tennis players qualified for the following events. Ilija Lupulesku and Jasna Fazlić previously competed for Yugoslavia since the sport made its debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics.


 * Men


 * Women

Taekwondo
Two U.S. taekwondo jin qualified to compete.

Tennis
The United States Tennis Association nominated six male and six female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.


 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
Six U.S. triathletes qualified for the following events.

Indoor

 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinals

Water polo
The U.S. men's and women's water polo teams qualified by winning the water polo event at the 2003 Pan American Games.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * 7th to 10th place classification


 * 7th place match

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal final

Weightlifting
Five U.S. weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Wrestling
The U.S. wrestlers qualified to compete in all events except the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 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

Women