Team USA: Two Years To Beijing
POSTED: Friday, August 4, 2006
UPDATED: 10:08 am CDT August 8,
2006
A look at Team USA, two years before the 2008 Beijing Games:
USA's Road To Beijing | |||
Sport | Events | USA Outlook | Athlete To Watch |
| Archery | Individual Team | The U.S. did not earn a medal in Athens. | Jennifer Nichols |
| Badminton | Doubles Singles Mixed Doubles | Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan won gold in the men's doubles competition at the 2005 World Badminton Championships, becoming the first U.S. badminton athletes to ever win a medal at a world championships or Olympic competition. | Howard Bach |
| Baseball | Men's | Beijing will mark baseball's final Olympic appearance. The U.S. did not qualify to compete at the 2004 Athens Games. | Pedro Alvarez |
| Basketball | Men's Women's | The U.S. women won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal at the Athens Games. The American men lost their hold on the international basketball scene and earned bronze in Athens. | Carmelo Anthony |
| Boxing | Light-Flyweight Flyweight Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight Light-Heavyweight Heavyweight Super-Heavyweight | Rau'shee Warren earned bronze at the 2005 World Championships. He could be the first American boxer to compete in two Olympic Games since Davey Lee Armstrong in 1972 and 1976. | Rau'shee Warren |
| Canoe / Kayak | C-1 C-2 K-1 C-1 1000m C-1 500m C-2 1000m C-2 500m K-1 1000m K-1 500m K-2 1000m K-2 500m K-4 1000m K-1 500m K-2 500m K-4 500m | American Rebecca Giddens won gold in the whitewater K-1 at the Athens Games. | Scott Parsons |
| Cycling | BMX Individual Pursuit Keirin Madison Olympic Sprint Individual Sprint Team Pursuit Points Race Cross-Country | BMX is making its Olympic debut at the Beijing Games. The U.S. claimed four medals in Athens, including gold (Tyler Hamilton) and bronze in the time trial (Bobby Julich). | Bobby Julich |
| Diving | 10m Platform 3m Springboard Synch. 10m Platform Synch. 3m Springboard | Laura Wilkinson, a gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Games, won the platform event at the 2005 World Championships. The U.S. did not earn a medal in Athens. | Laura Wilkinson |
| Equestrian | Dressage Show Jumping Eventing Team Dressage Team Jumping Team Eventing | The U.S. was awarded gold in show jumping at the Athens Games after Germany, who initially finished first, was disqualified after the Games. The Americans won the 2005 Super League title. The U.S. dressage team earned bronze in Athens. | Beezie Madden |
| Fencing | Epee Foil Sabre Team Epee Team Foil Team Sabre | The Americans earned two medals in Athens as Mariel Zaguris took gold and Sada Jacobson earned bronze in the women's sabre. | Sada Jacobson |
| Field Hockey | Men's Women's | The American teams did not qualify to compete at the 2004 Athens Games. | Kate Barber |
| Gymnastics | All-Round Floor Exercise Horizontal Bar Parallel Bars Pommel Horse Rings Vault Balance Beam Uneven Bars Team Rhythmic Gymnastics Group Competition Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Round Trampoline | Americans Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm won all-round gold and both American squads earned silver in the team events at the Athens Games . | Chellsie Memmel |
| Judo | Extra-Lightweight Half-Lightweight Lightweight Half-Middleweight Middleweight Half-Heavyweight Heavyweight | The top American judoka, Jimmy Pedro, retired after the Athens Games, where he claimed bronze. | Ronda Rousey |
| Modern Pentathlon | Men's Women's | The U.S. did not earn a medal at the Athens Games. Sheila Taormina is attempting to make her fourth U.S. Olympic team in three sports, as she has already competed in the Olympics in swimming and triathlon. | Sheila Taormina |
| Rowing | Coxless Pair Single Sculls Double Sculls 8 With Coxswain 4 Without Coxswain Lightweight Double Sculls Lightweight Coxless Four Pair Without Coxswain Quadruple Sculls Without Coxswain | The U.S. claimed two medals in Athens when the men's eight won gold and the women's eight took silver. | Anna Mickelson |
| Sailing | 470 Laser Laser Radial RS:X Yngling Star 49er Finn Dinghy Tornado | Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree earned silver in the tornado event at the 2004 Athens Games. | Johnny Lovell |
| Shooting | 10m Air Pistol 10m Air Rifle 25m Rapid Fire Pistol 50m Pistol 50m Rifle 3 Positions 50m Rifle Prone Double Trap Skeet Trap 25m Pistol | Matt Emmons won gold in men's prone at the 2004 Athens Games and Kim Rhode won the women's double trap event. | Matt Emmons |
| Soccer | Men's Women's | The U.S. women won gold at the 2004 Olympics. The American men did not qualify to compete in Athens. | Kristine Lilly |
| Softball | Women's | The U.S. has won all three gold medals awarded in Olympic softball. Beijing will mark softball's last Olympic appearance. | Cat Osterman |
| Swimming | 100m Back. 100m Breast. 100m Fly 100m Free. 1500m Free. 200m Back. 200m Breast. 200m Fly 200m Free. 200m IM 400m Free. 400m IM 4x100m Free. 4x100m Medley 4x200m Free. 50m Free. 10km Marathon | The U.S. won a Games-high 28 medals in swimming at the 2004 Olympics, including eight (six gold) by star Michael Phelps. | Michael Phelps |
| Synchronized Swimming | Duet Team | The Americans earned two bronze medals at the Athens Games. | Andrea Nott |
| Table Tennis | Singles Team | The U.S. did not capture a medal at the Athens Games. | Jun Gao |
| Taekwondo | Flyweight Featherweight Welterweight Heavyweight | Steven Lopez won his second consecutive Olympic gold with a victory in the men's welterweight division at the 2004 Athens Games. He won his third consecutive world title at the 2005 World Championships, where his siblings Mark and Diana also won their respective weight classes. | Steven Lopez |
| Team Handball | Men's Women's | The U.S. did not qualify to compete at the Athens Games. | Tomuke Ebuwei |
| Track & Field | 10,000m 100m 110m Hurdles 1500m 200m 20km Walk 3000m Steeplechase 400m 400m Hurdles 4x100m 4x400m 5000m 50km Walk 800m 100m Hurdles Decathlon Heptathlon Discus Throw Hammer Throw High Jump Javelin Throw Long Jump Triple Jump Marathon Pole Vault Shot Put | The Americans claimed a Games-high 25 jewels in track and field at the 2004 Olympics. | Allyson Felix |
| Triathlon | Men's Women's | American Susan Williams earned bronze at the Athens Games. Hunter Kemper was the top-ranked athlete in the 2005 International Triathlon Union rankings. | Hunter Kemper |
| Volleyball | Indoor Beach | The U.S. took gold in women's beach volleyball in Athens when Misty May and Kerri Walsh defeated Brazil in the final. The American indoor teams struggled in Athens as the women were eliminated in the quarterfinals and the men fell in the semifinals. | Kerri Walsh |
| Water Polo | Men's Women's | The American women finished third at the Athens Games. | Ericka Lorenz |
| Weightlifting | 53kg 56kg 58kg 62kg 63kg 69kg +75kg 77kg 85kg 94kg 105kg +105kg | The U.S. did not win a medal at the 2004 Olympics. | Cheryl Haworth |
| Wrestling | Freestyle Greco-Roman | The Americans earned six medals, including a gold by Cael Sanderson in the freestyle 84kg division. | Stephen Abas |
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