The United States of America (USA), the previous host of the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 586 competitors, 333 men and 253 women, took part in 265 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>
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
Men<br/> Track and road events
<small> - The United States was initially stripped of the relay gold medal on July 18, 2004, after Young was deemed ineligible to have competed in Sydney due to doping violations. The medals were returned to all athletes, except Young, on July 22, 2005 when the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the IAAF and IOC rules in 2000 did not call for the disqualification of an entire team due to the doping offenses of one athlete. Later, the medals were stripped again on August 2, 2008, after Pettigrew admitted to also using performance enhancing drugs. Pettigrew's individual results were also nullified.</small>
Field events
Combined events â Decathlon
Women<br/> Track and road events
<small> - Athlete that ran in the heats but not the final.<br/> - Jones was stripped of her medals on December 12, 2007, after she admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Olympics. Both relay teams were further disqualified and stripped of their medals by the IOC on April 10, 2008. The athletes appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which restored medals to all teammembers, except Jones, on July 16, 2010 because the IAAF and IOC rules in 2000 did not call for the disqualification of an entire team due to the doping offenses of one athlete.</small>
Field events
Combined events â Heptatlon
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
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Men
Women
<small>Legend: QF â Qualify to final based on position in heat; QS â Qualify to semifinal based on time in round</small>
Men
<small> - Armstrong was stripped of the bronze medal, and all his results were removed, on January 17, 2013 after receiving a lifetime ban from all sports that follow WADA anti-doping rules.</small>
Women
Time trial
Sprint
Pursuit
Points race
Keirin
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
Dressage<br/> (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
Men
Women
Summary
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze Medal match
Roster
Group play
Semifinal
Gold Medal match
Men<br/> Team
Individual finals
Women<br/> Team
Individual finals
Men
Women
Men
Women
<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); S=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage</small>
Men
Women
Open<br/> Fleet racing
Mixed racing
Men
Women
Summary
Roster
Preliminary round
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Men
Women
<small> - Athlete that swam in the heat but not the final.</small>
Men
Women
Men
Women
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.
Summary
Roster
Group play
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze Medal match
Summary
Roster<br/> Head Coach: John Vargas
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th to 8th place classification
5th place match
Roster<br/> Head Coach:
Group play
Semifinal
Gold Medal Match