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.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
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<span style="font-size:85%;"> Athletes who participated in the heats only.</span>
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
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.
Men<br/> Track & road events
Field events
Combined events â Decathlon
Women<br/> Track & road events
Field events
Combined events â Heptathlon
The United States had been represented in one out of five events.
Summary
Roster<br/>
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Roster<br/>
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Men
Women
<small>Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal</small>
Men
Women
Sprint
Pursuit
Keirin
Points race
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
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
Eventing
Jumping
Men
Women
Summary
Roster<br/>
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal match
Men<br/> Team
Individual finals
Women<br/> Team
Individual finals
Twelve American judoka (seven male and five female) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Men
Women
Four U.S. athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The U.S. rowers qualified the following boats:
Men
Women
<small>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</small>
U.S. sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Men
Women
Open
<small>M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given</small>
Twenty-one U.S. shooters (twelve men and nine women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men
Women
Summary
Squad
Group Stage<br/> All times are Eastern European Time ()
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Semifinal
Gold medal game
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
<small> - Swimmer competed in the heats only.</small>
Nine U.S. synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.
Seven U.S. table tennis players qualified for the following events. Ilija Lupulesku and Jasna FazliÃÂ previously competed for Yugoslavia since the sport made its debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Men
Women
Two U.S. taekwondo jin qualified to compete.
The United States Tennis Association nominated six male and six female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.
Men
Women
Six U.S. triathletes qualified for the following events.
Summary
Roster<br/>
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Roster<br/>
Group play
Quarterfinal
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
Roster<br/>
Group play
7th to 10th place classification
7th place match
Roster<br/>
Group play
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Five U.S. weightlifters qualified for the following events:
The U.S. wrestlers qualified to compete in all events except the men's Greco-Roman 74 kg class.
Men
Women