United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics


The United States of America 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.
MedalNameSportEventDate
ShootingWomen's 10 m air rifle
*
Courtney Shealy
Ashley Tappin*
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Amy Van Dyken		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
WeightliftingWomen's 48 kg
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 m butterfly

Lindsay Benko
Kim Black*
Diana Munz
Julia Stowers*
Jenny Thompson		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
CyclingMen's sprint
SwimmingMen's 400 m medley
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
EquestrianIndividual Eventing
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle

Megan Quann
Courtney Shealy*
Staciana Stitts*
Ashley Tappin*
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres
Amy Van Dyken*		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
AthleticsMen's 100 m

Gary Hall, Jr.
Tommy Hannan*
Lenny Krayzelburg
Jason Lezak*
Ed Moses
Neil Walker*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
DivingWomen's platform
AthleticsMen's 400 m
AthleticsWomen's pole vault

SoftballWomen's tournament

Eric Fonoimoana		VolleyballMen's beach
AthleticsMen's 400 m hurdles

BaseballMen's tournament

Venus Williams		TennisWomen's doubles
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg
TennisWomen's singles
AthleticsMen's pole vault
*
Jon Drummond
Maurice Greene
Brian Lewis
Tim Montgomery*
Bernard Williams		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay
*
LaTasha Colander
Monique Hennagan
Jearl Miles Clark		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 m relay

BasketballWomen's tournament

Mark Reynolds		SailingStar class
WrestlingMen's freestyle 76 kg

BasketballMen's tournament
*
Anthony Ervin
Gary Hall, Jr.
Jason Lezak
Scott Tucker*
Neil Walker		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
*
Josh Davis
Nate Dusing*
Scott Goldblatt
Klete Keller
Jamie Rauch		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
ArcheryMen's individual
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley
SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
AthleticsMen's shot put

Edward Murphy		RowingMen's pair

Water poloWomen's tournament
AthleticsMen's 400 m
AthleticsMen's 110 m hurdles
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 76 kg

SoccerWomen's tournament

Robert Merrick		SailingMen's 470

Sarah Glaser		SailingWomen's 470
AthleticsMen's pole vault
CyclingWomen's road time trial
WrestlingMen's freestyle 54 kg
BoxingFeatherweight
BoxingLight Welterweight
Modern PentathlonWomen's event
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly

David O'Connor
Karen O'Connor
Linden Wiesman		EquestrianEventing Team

Jamie Dantzscher
Dominique Dawes
Kristen Maloney
Elise Ray
Tasha Schwikert		GymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
ShootingWomen's double trap
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke

Rod White
Vic Wunderle		ArcheryMen's team
AthleticsMen's shot put
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
WeightliftingWomen's +75 kg

Missy Schwen-Ryan		RowingWomen's pair
ShootingMen's skeet
SwimmingMen's 1500 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle

Sarah Garner		RowingWomen's lightweight double sculls
AthleticsMen's 110 m hurdles

Jonathan McKee		Sailing49er

Robert Dover
Guenter Seidel
Christine Traurig		EquestrianDressage Team
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 97 kg
AthleticsWomen's 100 m hurdles
AthleticsMen's decathlon
BoxingBantamweight
TennisWomen's singles
BoxingLight middleweight

Torri Edwards
Nanceen Perry
Passion Richardson*		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 m relay
WrestlingMen's freestyle 58 kg
WrestlingMen's freestyle 69 kg

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

;Men
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEventFinalRank
Chris HuffinsResult10.487.7115.272.0948.3113.9149.554.7056.624:38.718595
Chris HuffinsPoints9809878068878949868618196876888595
Kip JanvrinEvent11.266.6313.571.8549.1215.1542.205.0056.844:17.81772621
Kip JanvrinPoints804727702670856831709910690827772621
Tom PappasEvent10.827.4114.872.2148.6414.1541.424.9062.264:45.1084255
Tom PappasPoints901913782100287895569388077264984255

;Women
;Track and road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptatlon
AthleteEventFinalRank
Shelia BurrellEvent13.3013.3224.016.0543.722:21.22534526
Shelia BurrellPoints10800749980865739932534526
DeDee NathanEvent13.741.7814.2224.846.0643.482:16.6761509
DeDee NathanPoints101595380990286873486961509

Badminton

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
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;Semifinal
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Basketball

;Summary

Men

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| rebounds2 = Garnett 8
| assist2 = Payton 7
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| rebounds2 = Meneghin 6
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| rebounds1 = Garnett 11
| assist1 = 4 players, 2 each
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| rebounds2 = Songaila 8
| assist2 = Jasikevičius 6
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| attendance = 8,391
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| scoreB = 102
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| H2 = 24–44
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| rebounds1 = Marks 6
| assist1 = Henare 3
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| rebounds2 = Garnett 6
| assist2 = Kidd 6
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| scoreB = 106
| H1 = 48–59
| H2 = 46–47
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| points1 = Sciarra 21
| rebounds1 = Bonato, Risacher 3 each
| assist1 = Sciarra 4
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = McDyess 20
| rebounds2 = Garnett, McDyess 11 each
| assist2 = Kidd 6
| otherstat2
| place = The Dome, Sydney
| attendance = 8,477
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| date =
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| scoreA = 85
| scoreB = 75
| H1 = 46–41
| H2 = 39–29
| teamB =
| points1 = Garnett 16
| rebounds1 = Garnett 11
| assist1 = Kidd 8
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Bashminov 12
| rebounds2 = Morgunov 6
| assist2 = E. Pashutin 6
| otherstat2
| place = Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
| attendance = 14,260
| referee = Iztok Rems
Rick Degagne
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| date =
| time = 21:30
| report =
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| scoreA = 83
| scoreB = 85
| H1 = 36–48
| H2 = 47–37
| teamB = '
| points1 = Jasikevičius 27
| rebounds1 = Štombergas Žukauskas 5 each
| assist1 = Jasikevičius 4
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Carter 18
| rebounds2 = Garnett 14
| assist2 = Garnett 4
| otherstat2
| place = Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
| attendance = 14,653
| referee = Tiziano Zancanella
Pascal Dorizon
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| scoreB = 85
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| H2 = 43-39
| teamB = '
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| rebounds1 = Sciarra 4
| assist1 = Sciarra 4
| points2 = Allen, Carter 13 each
| rebounds2 = Kidd, Mourning 7 each
| assist2 = Payton 3
| place = Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
| attendance = 14,833
| referee = Romualdas Brazauskas
Renato Santos
| TV =

Women

;Squad
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| time = 21:30
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| scoreA = 75
| scoreB = 89
| H1 = 43–53
| H2 = 32–36
| teamB = '
| points1 = Jung 17
| rebounds1 = Kim 4
| assist1 = Park 3
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Swoopes 29
| rebounds2 = Leslie 11
| assist2 = Edwards, Staley 4 each
| otherstat2
| place = The Dome, Sydney
| attendance = 6,939
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| time = 16:30
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| scoreA = 90
| scoreB = 61
| H1 = 48–42
| H2 = 42–19
| teamB =
| points1 = Smith 15
| rebounds1 = Griffith, Williams 7 each
| assist1 = Staley 8
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Martínez 19
| rebounds2 = Martínez, Molinet 4 each
| assist2 = Castillo 5
| otherstat2
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| attendance = 7,298
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| scoreB = 77
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| H2 = 44–30
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| rebounds1 = Griffith 11
| assist1 = Edwards, Swoopes 3 each
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Arkhipova 15
| rebounds2 = Zasulskaya 6
| assist2 = Zasulskaya 5
| otherstat2
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| attendance = 8,383
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| scoreA = 42
| scoreB = 93
| H1 = 17–47
| H2 = 25–46
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| rebounds1 = Ofsoski 6
| assist1 = Farmer 3
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| rebounds2 = Williams 7
| assist2 = Bolton-Holfield 6
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| attendance = 8,297
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| scoreA = 76
| scoreB = 57
| H1 = 44–21
| H2 = 32–36
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| points1 = Griffith, Swoopes 16
| rebounds1 = Griffith 12
| assist1 = Leslie 4
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Dydek 24
| rebounds2 = Dydek 10
| assist2 = Predehl 2
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| attendance = 8,471
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Basketballbox
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| scoreA = 58
| scoreB = 43
| H1 = 32–23
| H2 = 26–20
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| rebounds1 = Griffith 11
| assist1 = Three players 3 each
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| rebounds2 = Kotočová, Luptáková 7 each
| assist2 = Žirková 2
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| attendance = 14,605
| referee =
Alexander Gorshkov
Pilar Landeira
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| scoreB = 78
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| H2 = 25–36
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| rebounds1 = Chun 5
| assist1 = Chung 5
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| rebounds2 = Leslie 12
| assist2 = Swoopes 5
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Romualdas Brazauskas
Rick Degagne
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| scoreB = 76
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| H2 = 24-33
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| rebounds1 = Jackson 13
| assist1 = Harrower 2
| points2 = Leslie, Williams 15 each
| rebounds2 = Griffith 12
| assist2 = Edwards 3
| place = Sydney SuperDome, Sydney
| attendance = 14,978
| referee =
Nikolaos Pitsilkas
Raúl Chaves
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Boxing

Legend: RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Slalom

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

Cycling

Road

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Lance ArmstrongRoad race5:30:37
Antonio CruzRoad race5:30:4653
Tyler HamiltonRoad race5:30:4649
George HincapieRoad race5:30:348
Fred RodriguezRoad race5:30:4634
Lance ArmstrongTime trial58:14
Tyler HamiltonTime trial59:269*

;Women

Track

;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Jonas CarneyMen's time trial1:05.96814
Chris WittyWomen's time trial35.2305

;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Points race
AthleteEventPointsRank
Jamie CarneyMen's points race105
Erin MirabellaWomen's points race610

;Keirin

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Travis BrownMen's cross-country02:32:0232
Tinker JuarezMen's cross-country02:22:1130
Alison DunlapWomen's cross-country1:53:537
Ruthie MatthesWomen's cross-country1:55:1610
Ann TrombleyWomen's cross-country1:59:4316

Diving

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
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

;Men
;Women

Football

;Summary

Men

;Roster
Head coach: Clive Charles
;Group play
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze Medal match

Women

;Squad
;Results
Preliminaries
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;Semifinal
;Gold Medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;;Team
;;Individual finals
;Women
;;Team
;;Individual finals

Trampoline

Judo

;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; S=Semifinals A/B; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Open
;;Fleet racing
;;Mixed racing

Shooting

;Men
;Women

Softball

;Summary
;Roster
;Preliminary round
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;Semifinals
;Bronze medal game
;Gold medal game

Swimming

;Men
Qualifiers for the latter rounds 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 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.

Synchronised swimming

Table Tennis

;Men
;Women

Taekwondo

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.
AthleteEventSwimTrans. 1CycleTrans. 2RunTotalRank
Ryan BoltonMen's18:010:3158:460:2033:151:50:5325
Hunter KemperMen's17:490:2258:570:1833:151:50:0617
Nick RadkewichMen's18:210:2358:290:2533:151:53:4540
Jennifer GutierrezWomen's19:180:271:05:110:3038:132:03:3813
Sheila TaorminaWomen's18:360:261:05:590:2537:192:02:466
Joanna ZeigerWomen's19:160:301:05:150:2336:022:01:264

Volleyball

Beach

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

Indoor

;Summary

Men

;Roster
Coach: Doug Beal
No.NameDate of birth
17 02 1972
14 04 1974
09 08 1972
align=right|07 10 1972|
22 01 1978
24 03 1973
09 06 1973
22 01 1978
14 05 1974
28 03 1976
15 01 1970
21 03 1978

;Group play

Women

;Roster
Coach: Mick Haley
No.NameDate of birth
19 08 1978
01 10 1972
24 06 1977
29 11 1978
30 08 1973
15 08 1978
06 03 1975
15 09 1975
16 09 1968
25 05 1981
24 04 1976
19 02 1974

;Group play

Water polo

;Summary

Men

;Squad
Head Coach: John Vargas
No.NameDate of birth
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

;Results
;;Preliminary Round
TeamWLTGFGAGDPts
4014122+199
4014230+129
3204939+106
2304239+34
1403455−212
0502245−230

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;Quarterfinals
;5th to 8th place classification
;5th place match

Women

;Squad
Head Coach:
No.NameDate of birth
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

;Results
;;Preliminary Round
TeamWLTGFGAGDPts
4103520+158
3113630+67
3202726+16
2213629+75
1223334−14
0502351−280

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;Semifinals
;Gold Medal match

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman