United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics


The United States, represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery112
Athletics 111122
Basketball121224
Canoeing123
Cycling51116
Diving426
EquestrianTBDTBD9
Fencing9918
Football 01818
Gymnastics4610
Karate011
Modern pentathlon112
Rowing132235
Rugby sevens121224
Sailing6713
Shooting111021
Softball—1515
Sport climbing123
Surfing224
Swimming121325
Table tennis336
Taekwondo022
Volleyball121224
Water polo111122
Wrestling9615
Total141190340

Archery

One U.S. archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of the four available spots at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Another U.S. archer secured a spot in the women's individual recurve by winning the mixed team title at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Athletics

U.S. athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events : The team will be selected based on the results of the 2020 United States Olympic Trials to be held in Eugene, Oregon.
Six marathon runners were the first set of U.S. track and field athletes selected for the Games by virtue of their top three finish at the Olympic Team Trials in Atlanta, Georgia on February 29, 2020.
;Track & road events
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
;Field events
;Men
;Women
;Combined event – Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mTotalRank
Result
Points
Result
Points

Basketball

;Summary

Men's tournament

The U.S. men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinal stage as one of the two top-ranked squads from the Americas at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.
;Team roster
The U.S. women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup in Spain.
;Team roster

Slalom

U.S. canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.

Sprint

United States qualified a single boat in the women's C-1 200 m for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final ; FB = Qualify to final B

Cycling

Road

Six U.S. riders entered into their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking.
With her golden finish in the women's time trial at the 2019 UCI World Championships, Rio 2016 silver medalist Chloé Dygert Owen was automatically selected to the U.S. road cycling squad for the Games.
;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Road race
Road race
Time trial
Time trial

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Chloé Dygert OwenRoad race
Road race
Road race
Road race
Chloé Dygert OwenTime trial
Time trial

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, U.S. riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the omnium and madison, as well as the women's sprint, keirin, and team pursuit, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd Round3rd RoundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRankRank
Women's keirin

;Omnium
;Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank

Men's madison

Women's madison

Mountain biking

United States entered one mountain biker to compete in the women's Olympic cross-country race, by virtue of her best individual ranking at the 2019 Pan American Championships.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Women's cross-country

BMX

U.S. riders received a single quota spot each in the inaugural men's and women's BMX freestyle at the Games. Commanding the top spot in the USA Cycling rankings before the May 12 cutoff, eighteen-year-old Hannah Roberts was officially selected to Team USA's BMX cycling team for the Games.

Diving

U.S. divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the Games through the 2019 FINA World Championships. Divers must finish in the top two of each individual event and accumulate the highest score as a pair in each of the synchronized events at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, held in Indianapolis, Indiana, to assure their coveted selection to the Olympic team.
;Men
;Women

Equestrian

U.S. equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage, eventing, and jumping competitions through the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina and the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

U.S. fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil and women's team épée at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the sabre and men's épée teams claimed the spot each as the highest-ranked nation from the Americas zone outside the world's top four.
On January 11, 2020, Lee Kiefer became the first fencer to guarantee selection to the U.S. team for her third consecutive Games, with a dominant number-one position in the national women's foil rankings. A month later, Kiefer's husband Gerek Meinhardt, the first U.S. male fencer slated to compete in four Olympics since Michael Marx did so in Atlanta 1996, and his childhood friend and teammate Alexander Massialas, the first U.S. male fencer to win two medals in the same edition, secured the men's foil spots on their third consecutive trip together to the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Eli Dershwitz, with two-time champion Mariel Zagunis going to her fifth straight Olympics, topped the national men's and women's sabre rankings, respectively, to join the U.S. fencing roster in Tokyo.
;Men
;Women

Football (soccer)

;Summary

Women's tournament

The United States women's soccer team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the finals of the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Carson, California.
;Team roster

Artistic

The United States fielded a full squad of eight gymnasts into the Olympic competition. The women's squad scored a gold-medal victory in the team all-around to book an automatic berth for Tokyo 2020 at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Meanwhile, the men's squad was added to the U.S. gymnastics roster after finishing fourth out of the nations eligible for qualification in the preliminaries of the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
;Men
;Team
;Women
;Team

Rhythmic

Two U.S rhythmic gymnasts qualified for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 16 at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Karate

One U.S. karateka has been entered into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2012 world bronze medalist and defending Pan American Games champion Sakura Kokumai qualified directly for the women's kata category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

Modern pentathlon

U.S. athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Amro El-Geziry, a three-time Olympian from Egypt who immigrated to the United States, and rookie Samantha Achterberg secured a selection each in the men's and women's event respectively by virtue of a top-five finish at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.

Rowing

U.S rowers qualified eight out of fourteen boats for each of the following classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.
;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Men's tournament

The United States national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals in the 2019 London Sevens, securing a top four spot in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
;Team roster
The United States women's national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the bronze medal and securing an outright berth at the penultimate leg of the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
;Team roster
U.S. sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the 2019 Pan American Games, and the continental regattas. The U.S. Olympic team will be determined based on the sailors' finishing positions, along with the cumulative series scores, from their respective boats at major international regattas in three selection phases: early, middle, and late.
On February 14, 2020, US Sailing announced the selection for the 49erFX and Nacra 17 crews to represent the country at the Enoshima regatta based on their cumulative results at the 2019 and 2020 World Championships, with windsurfers Pedro Pascual and Farrah Hall and single-handed sailors Charlie Buckingham and multiple world medalist Paige Railey joining them towards the end of the month.
With Tokyo 2020 rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, US Sailing updated the athlete selection procedures for the country's sailing squad, which included the men's 470 Olympic trials based on the results of the first two selection meets. Hence, Rio 2016 Olympian David Hughes, with his partner and skipper Stuart McNay returning to the Olympic regatta for the fourth straight time, was officially nominated to the U.S. sailing team on June 23, 2020. Finn sailor Luke Muller joined the roster for his maiden Games on July 10, 2020.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

U.S. shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score by May 31, 2020. The U.S. shooting squad will be determined based on the aggregate scores obtained by the shooters at two stages of the Olympic Trials.
On February 9, 2020, Team USA announced the first set of shooters to compete at the Games, including Rio 2016 Olympian Lucas Kozeniesky in the air rifle. The remaining shooters were named to the U.S. team at the second stage of the Olympic Team Trials: pistol, shotgun, and small-bore rifle.
;Men
;Women

Softball

U.S. women's softball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the 2018 Women's Softball World Championship in Chiba, Japan.
;Team roster
;Group play

Sport climbing

U.S. athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in sport climbing. 18-year-old Brooke Raboutou became the first sport climber to be selected to the U.S. team for the Games by advancing to the final of the women's combined event and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. Meanwhile, Nathaniel Coleman and Kyra Condie completed the U.S. sport climbing roster by finishing in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France. The fourth and final slot was awarded to 16-year-old Colin Duffy, after winning the gold medal at the IFSC Pan American Championships in Los Angeles.

Surfing

U.S. surfers qualified for the following spots to compete in surfing. California native Kolohe Andino, two-time men's world champion John John Florence, four-time women's world champion Carissa Moore, and seventeen-year-old Caroline Marks finished within the top ten and top eight of those eligible for qualification in the World Surf League rankings to secure their spots on the U.S. roster for Tokyo 2020.

Swimming

U.S. swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ): To assure their selection to the U.S. team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under the Olympic qualifying cut at the 2020 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Table tennis

Six U.S. athletes have been entered into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective Olympic berths by winning the gold medal each at the ITTF North America Qualification Tournament in Rockford, Illinois, United States, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament.
Ranked as the top American each by gender in the ITTF World Rankings before the cutoff, Rio 2016 Olympian Kanak Jha and two-time Olympian Lily Zhang were named to the U.S. Olympic team on February 4, 2020. The remaining table tennis players were selected at the Olympic Team Trials in Santa Monica, California on March 1, 2020.
;Men
;Women

Taekwondo

Two U.S. athletes has been entered into the taekwondo competition at the Games. With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the WT Olympic Rankings, London 2012 bronze medalist Paige McPherson secured a spot in the women's welterweight category, as the next highest-ranked eligible taekwondo practitioner. Meanwhile, 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist Anastasija Zolotic scored a semifinal victory in the women's lightweight category to book the remaining spot on the U.S. taekwondo squad at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.

Volleyball

Indoor

;Summary

Men's tournament

U.S. men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool B at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
;Team roster
;Group play
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Women's tournament

U.S. women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool C at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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;Group play
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Water polo

;Summary

Men's tournament

The United States men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
;Team roster
The United States women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League in Budapest, Hungary.
;Team roster
The United States qualified fifteen wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle and women's freestyle at the 2019 World Championships, while eleven more licenses were awarded to U.S. wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.
To assure their selection to the U.S. Olympic team, wrestlers must claim a top spot of each division at the 2020 Olympic Trials in University Park, Pennsylvania.
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle