United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics


The United States of America, represented by the United States Olympic Committee, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. U.S. athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The USOC sent a total of 530 athletes to the Games, 262 men and 268 women, to compete in 25 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, the United States was represented by more female than male athletes.
U.S. athletes left London with a total of 104 medals, finishing at the top of the gold and overall medal standings. The 46-gold medal record was the most the United States had ever won in any Olympics in which it was not the host nation. At least one medal was awarded to U.S. athletes in sixteen sports, thirteen of which contained at least one gold. U.S. athletes dominated the nations' medal standings in swimming, wherein they won a total of 31 medals, including 16 golds. Twenty-seven U.S. athletes won more than a single medal. The U.S. team-based athletes also proved particularly successful, as the women's soccer, water polo, and volleyball teams won gold and silver medals, respectively. Furthermore, the men's and women's basketball teams managed to defend their titles from Beijing. For the first time since 1936, no U.S. athlete won an Olympic medal in sailing.
Among the nation's medalists were swimmers Missy Franklin, Allison Schmitt and Ryan Lochte, who each won a total of five medals. Swimmer Nathan Adrian and platform diver David Boudia won gold medals in their respective individual events after 24-year-long non-successes. Meanwhile, tennis player Serena Williams followed her sister's success by winning the gold medal in the women's tennis singles event. Gymnast Gabby Douglas became the fourth U.S. female to win a gold medal in the individual all-around event. Allyson Felix became the most successful U.S. track-and-field athlete at the event, winning three gold medals. Swimmer Michael Phelps emerged as the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, with a total of 22 medals won – 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals – surpassing Larisa Latynina's overall Olympic medal count.
After the disqualification of Russian Ivan Ukhov for doping, Erik Kynard will likely get upgraded from silver to gold, which will make it the 47th US gold medal at these Games, the best American result in terms of gold medals in the Summer Olympics held outside of the United States.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley
ShootingWomen's skeet
SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke

McKayla Maroney
Aly Raisman
Kyla Ross
Jordyn Wieber		GymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
ShootingMen's skeet

Conor Dwyer
Charlie Houchin*
Ryan Lochte
Matt McLean*
Michael Phelps
Davis Tarwater*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle
CyclingWomen's time trial
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
*
Missy Franklin
Lauren Perdue*
Allison Schmitt
Dana Vollmer
Shannon Vreeland		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
GymnasticsWomen's artistic individual all-around
JudoWomen's 78 kg

Caryn Davies
Susan Francia
Caroline Lind
Esther Lofgren
Elle Logan
Meghan Musnicki
Taylor Ritzel
Mary Whipple		RowingWomen's eight
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 m backstroke
ShootingWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions

Matt Grevers
Brendan Hansen
Cullen Jones*
Tyler McGill*
Michael Phelps
Eric Shanteau*
Nick Thoman*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay
*
Claire Donahue*
Missy Franklin
Jessica Hardy*
Breeja Larson*
Allison Schmitt
Rebecca Soni
Dana Vollmer		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Mike Bryan		TennisMen's doubles
TennisWomen's singles

Venus Williams		TennisWomen's doubles
Track & fieldWomen's 400 m
Track & fieldWomen's pole vault
GymnasticsWomen's floor
Track & fieldMen's 110 m hurdles
Track & fieldWomen's 200 m
Track & fieldWomen's long jump

Kerri Walsh Jennings		VolleyballWomen's beach volleyball
BoxingWomen's middleweight

SoccerWomen's tournament
Track & fieldMen's triple jump
Track & fieldMen's decathlon
Water poloWomen's tournament

Carmelita Jeter
Bianca Knight
Tianna Madison
Jeneba Tarmoh*
Lauryn Williams*		Track & fieldWomen's 4 × 100 m relay
WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg
BasketballWomen's tournament
DivingMen's 10 m platform
*
Diamond Dixon*
Allyson Felix
Francena McCorory
Sanya Richards-Ross
DeeDee Trotter		Track & fieldWomen's 4 × 400 m relay
BasketballMen's tournament
WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg

Jake Kaminski
Jacob Wukie		ArcheryMen's team
SwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley

Abigail Johnston		DivingWomen's 3 m synchronized springboard

Ricky Berens*
Jimmy Feigen*
Matt Grevers*
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak*
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley
SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle

Sarah Hammer
Jennie Reed*
Lauren Tamayo		CyclingWomen's team pursuit
Track & fieldMen's 10,000 m
Track & fieldWomen's 100 m
GymnasticsWomen's vault
Track & fieldMen's 400 m hurdles
CyclingWomen's omnium
Track & fieldMen's 1500 m
Track & fieldMen's high jump
Track & fieldWomen's 100 m hurdles
Track & fieldMen's 110 m hurdles
Track & fieldWomen's 400 m hurdles

April Ross		VolleyballWomen's beach volleyball
SwimmingWomen's 10 km open water
Track & fieldMen's triple jump
Track & fieldMen's decathlon

Tony McQuay
Manteo Mitchell*
Bryshon Nellum
Angelo Taylor		Track & fieldMen's 4 × 400 m relay
Track & fieldWomen's high jump
VolleyballWomen's tournament
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
*
Missy Franklin
Jessica Hardy
Lia Neal
Allison Schmitt
Amanda Weir*		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke

Nicholas McCrory		DivingMen's 10 m synchronized platform
JudoWomen's 57 kg
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley

Kristian Ipsen		DivingMen's 3 m synchronized springboard
GymnasticsMen's artistic individual all-around

Megan Kalmoe
Kara Kohler
Adrienne Martelli		RowingWomen's quadruple sculls
SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 m backstroke
Track & fieldMen's shot put

Kelley Hurley
Maya Lawrence
Susie Scanlan*		FencingWomen's team épée

Scott Gault
Glenn Ochal
Henrik Rummel		RowingMen's four
Track & fieldMen's long jump

Lisa Raymond		TennisMixed doubles
Track & fieldMen's 100 m
Track & fieldWomen's 400 m
ShootingMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
Kellie WellsTrack & fieldWomen's 100 m hurdles
BoxingWomen's flyweight
Track & fieldWomen's 200 m
Track & fieldWomen's long jump
WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg
TaekwondoWomen's 67 kg
CyclingWomen's cross-country
WrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg
WrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kg

Competitors

The USOC selected a team of 530 athletes, 261 men and 269 women, to compete in all sports except handball; it was the nation's sixth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since 1988. Athletics was the largest team by sport, with a total of 125 competitors.
The U.S. team featured 302 first-time athletes, and 228 returning Olympians to participate in these games. Among the returning Olympians, seven of them had competed at their fifth Olympics. Twenty-one athletes made their fourth Olympic appearances, including springboard diver Troy Dumais, track hurdler Angelo Taylor, and beach volleyballers and double-defending champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor. Fifty-seven athletes made their third Olympic appearances, including rifle shooter Matt Emmons, and twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the men's tennis doubles match. One hundred and forty-three athletes were two-time Olympians, including former defending champions Justin Gatlin and Anthony Ervin, who both made their comeback in London after long years of absence. Two hundred and eight returning athletes had competed in Beijing, including 124 Olympic medalists, and 76 defending champions.
Among the nation's defending champions were swimmers Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. Phelps won a historic amount of eight gold medals in Beijing to become the most-decorated Olympic athlete at a single event and the first person to win a total of fourteen Olympic gold medals. Coughlin, on the other hand, won a total of 11 Olympic medals in two previous games, including six gold medals from Beijing. Other notable defending champions featured NBA basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, who led their team by recapturing the nation's gold medal in Beijing, shooters Walton Eller and Vincent Hancock, road cyclist Kristin Armstrong in women's time trial, and swimmers Rebecca Soni and Ryan Lochte.
First-time Olympians also featured gymnasts Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman, decathlete Ashton Eaton, and swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, the youngest of the team at age 15. Former basketball player and five-time Olympic champion Teresa Edwards served as the U.S. team's chef de mission. Double Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis became the third fencer and sixth female athlete to serve as the United States flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football and handball are not counted as athletes:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery336
Athletics 6362125
Badminton213
Basketball121224
Boxing9312
Canoeing527
Cycling121224
Diving5611
Equestrian7613
Fencing8816
Field hockey01616
Soccer 01818
Gymnastics6713
Judo325
Modern pentathlon123
Rowing242044
Sailing9716
Shooting14620
Swimming242549
Synchronised swimming022
Table tennis134
Taekwondo224
Tennis6612
Triathlon235
Volleyball161632
Water polo131326
Weightlifting123
Wrestling13417
Total261269530

Archery

Three U.S. archers qualified for the men's individual event, three archers for the women's individual event and teams for both the men's team event and women's team event.
;Men
;Women

Athletics (track and field)

U.S. athletes earned qualifying standards in the following track and field events : The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Ashton EatonResult10.358.0314.662.0546.9013.5642.535.2061.964:33.598869
Ashton EatonPoints1011106876985096310327169727677218869
Trey HardeeResult10.427.5315.281.9948.1113.5448.264.8066.654:40.948671
Trey HardeePoints99494280779490410358348498386748671

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

The United States will be represented in two out of the five badminton events: men's doubles and women's singles. No US athlete has ever medaled in badminton since it became an Olympic sport in 1992.

Basketball

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal match

Boxing

U.S. boxers qualified for the following events:
;Men
* – Spence initially lost the bout 11–13 but successfully appealed on the grounds that the referee called too few cautions for holding fouls and Spence should have been awarded at least four more points
;Women

Canoeing

Slalom

U.S. canoeists qualified boats for the following events

Sprint

U.S. canoeists qualified boats in three out of twelve sprint events, one men's and one women's. No U.S. athlete has medaled in Olympic sprint canoeing since 1992.

Cycling

U.S. cyclists qualified for the following events

Road

;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Timmy DugganRoad race5:46:3788
Tyler FarrarRoad race5:46:3733
Chris HornerRoad race5:46:4693
Taylor PhinneyRoad race5:46:054
Tejay van GarderenRoad race5:47:31104
Taylor PhinneyTime trial52:38.074

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Kristin ArmstrongRoad race3:36:1635
Amber NebenRoad race3:36:2036
Shelley OldsRoad race3:35:567
Evelyn StevensRoad race3:35:5624
Kristin ArmstrongTime trial37:34.82
Amber NebenTime trial38:45.177

Track

;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Omnium

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Samuel SchultzMen's cross-country1:32:2915
Todd WellsMen's cross-country1:31:2810
Lea DavisonWomen's cross-country1:35:1411
Georgia GouldWomen's cross-country1:32:00

BMX

Diving

U.S. divers qualified for eight individual diving spots at the 2012 Olympic Games. Three US synchronized diving teams qualified through the 2012 FINA Diving World Cup and the rest of the divers qualified for the Olympics through the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for diving
;Men
;Women

Equestrian

U.S. equestrians qualified teams in the dressage and eventing team competitions. and also qualified a team in the jumping team competition.
They have also qualified four athletes in the individual dressage competition, five athletes in the individual eventing competition, and four athletes in the individual jumping competition.
;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

Twenty U.S. fencers have qualified to compete in all fencing events.
;Men
;Women

Field hockey

The U.S. women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2011 Pan American Games. The men's team failed to qualify.
;Summary

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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;11th/12th place

Soccer (football)

The U.S. women's soccer team qualified after finishing in first place at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The men's team failed to qualify.
;Summary

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
The women were selected after competing at the Olympic Trials in San Jose, California earlier in the summer.
;Team
;Individual finals

Rhythmic

One U.S. rhythmic gymnast qualified for the individual all-around competition.

Trampoline

One male and one female gymnast qualified for the trampoline competition.

Judo

Three male and two female U.S. judoka qualified.

Modern pentathlon

Three U.S. athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event. Dennis Bowsher and Margaux Isaksen qualified through the 2011 Pan American Games.

Rowing

The U.S. rowers qualified the following boats:
;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

Sailing

U.S. sailors qualified one boat for each of the following events.
;Men
;Women
;Fleet racing
;Match racing
* – Classification races for 5th through 8th place were cancelled due to lack of wind and round robin standings were used to determine ranks.
;Open

Shooting

Twenty U.S. athletes qualified to compete in thirteen shooting events.
;Men
;Women

Swimming

U.S. swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events, and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ): Swimmers qualified at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
The U.S. swimming team consisted of 49 swimmers. The oldest swimmer on the team was Jason Lezak at the age of 36 years, and the youngest was Katie Ledecky at the age of 15 years. The only siblings on the swim team are Haley Anderson and Alyssa Anderson. USA Swimming named Brendan Hansen, Natalie Coughlin, Peter Vanderkaay, Rebecca Soni, and Lezak as the teams's captains.
;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.
;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.

Synchronized swimming

One U.S. duet qualified in synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

Three U.S. individual athletes qualified to compete include one male and two females, and a female team.

Taekwondo

Two U.S. male and female taekwondo jin qualified to compete.

Tennis

The United States Tennis Association nominated six male and six female tennis players to compete in the tennis tournament.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Triathlon

Two U.S. men and three women qualified to compete in the triathlon event.
AthleteEventSwim Trans 1Bike Trans 2Run Total TimeRank
Manuel HuertaMen's18:570:3958:510:3334:391:53:3951
Hunter KemperMen's17:250:4458:440:3331:201:48:4614
Laura BennettWomen's18:360:401:06:220:2936:102:02:1717
Sarah GroffWomen's19:200:371:05:400:3133:522:00:004
Gwen JorgensenWomen's19:270:441:11:060:3334:442:06:3438

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Both a U.S. men's and women's volleyball team qualified for the indoor tournaments.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Quarter-final

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Water polo

The U.S. men's and women's water polo teams qualified by winning the water polo event at the 2011 Pan American Games.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
;Quarter-final
;5th–8th semi-final
;7th/8th place

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
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----
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal match

Weightlifting

Three U.S. weightlifters qualified to compete.

Wrestling

The U.S. wrestlers qualified to compete in all events except the 96 kg Greco-Roman classification.
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle

Uniform controversy

The 2012 US Olympic team uniforms for opening ceremony of the London Olympics were designed by Ralph Lauren, but were manufactured in China, setting off a bipartisan backlash from the United States Congress protesting US manufacturing not being showcased by the US Olympic athletes.
On July 13, 2012, six Democratic U.S. senators announced they had co-sponsored legislation to require the 2012 U.S. Olympic team to wear US-made uniforms. The co-sponsors of the "Team USA Made In America Act of 2012" are Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, both of New Jersey, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.
Due to uniform controversy for the summer games, on July 13, 2012, The U.S. Olympic Committee stated that the uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, will be made in the United States.