United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics
| United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | USA | ||||||||
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| in Athens | |||||||||
| Competitors | 613 in 19 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Dawn Staley (opening) Mia Hamm (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Eliminated |
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
The United States, represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The delegation of 613 athletes was the largest the country has ever sent to the Summer Olympics outside the home country. The team won 101 total medals (ranked first), including 36 gold medals (ranked first).
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.
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. Sprinter Crystal Cox, who ran in the preliminary round of the women's 4 × 400 m relay, admitted to using anabolic steroids during her three-year sporting career. On July 24, 2012, IOC decided to strip Cox's gold medal, and asked the IAAF to make its decision about the U.S. squad. On May 31, 2013, IOC and IAAF announced that the squad were allowed to retain their medals and thereby, the case had been dismissed.
The United States had been represented in one out of five events.
The so-called "Dream Team" overcame a poor showing against Puerto Rico to win 3 out of their five preliminary games, the last of which was a blowout win against Angola. They failed to defend their gold medal from the 2000 games in Sydney, however, losing to Argentina in the semifinals. Argentina became the first team to prevent the U.S. team with NBA players to win the gold in men's basketball.
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