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. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to July 23 to August 8, 2021, due to the
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. U.S. athletes have appeared in every
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in Moscow, which the U.S.
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. The country finished the Games with 113 medals, the most amongst all nations: 39 gold, 41 silver, and 33 bronze. These individual totals were each the highest of the Games, after a final-day tally of three gold medals (women's basketball, women's omnium, and women's volleyball) surpassed
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's total of 38 golds. This was the third consecutive Summer Olympics that the U.S. was the medal table leader. Overall, the medal total was slightly lower than five years prior in
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, where the United States won 46 gold and 121 total medals. As
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, marched in the
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just before the host nation
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Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left;width:78%;vertical-align:top", , style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top", Athletes who participated in the heats only.


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games, including game-eligible alternates in team sports.


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
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. Another U.S. archer secured a spot in the women's individual recurve by winning the mixed team title at the
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. The athletes were selected after the Olympic Trials. Four more U.S. archers were named to the roster for Tokyo 2020 after successfully winning their places in the men's and women's team recurve at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in
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. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Artistic swimming

The United States fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by finishing fifth at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in
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Athletics (track and field)

U.S. athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event). The team was selected based on the results of the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (June 18 to 27, 2021) held in
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. Six marathon runners (three per gender) 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
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on February 29, 2020. Following the completion of the Olympic Trials, 128 athletes (63 men and 65 women) were named to the U.S. track and field team for the Games, with sprinter and multiple medalist
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and marathon runner
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, the oldest US Olympic runner in history (aged 47), competing at their fifth Olympics and another sprinter
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establishing himself as the youngest (aged 17) in nearly six decades. Apart from Felix and Knighton, the U.S. team also featured three Olympic champions from Rio 2016, namely middle-distance runner
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(men's 1500 m), hurdler
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, and shot put world record holder
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. The fastest American woman in the 100 meters dash
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missed the Olympics due to a positive test for marijuana, two-time pole vault world champion
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was out with COVID-19, 2016 110m hurdles gold medalist
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was suspended for missed drug tests, and two-time defending gold medalist and 2019 world champion in triple jump Christian Taylor was out due to injury. The U.S. lost some races where it either had world champions and world record holders competing. Those included 100m specialist
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, owning the fastest time in 100 meters in 2021, who was eliminated in the semifinals, 2019 world champion
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who finished third in the 200 meters, and 2019 world champion and world record holder
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who won silver in the 100m hurdles. Overall, the U.S. topped the medal table in track and field events with 7 gold medals, 12 silver medals, 7 bronze medals, and 26 total medals.
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and
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both won two gold medals to lead the U.S. track and field athletes. McLaughlin won the gold medal in the
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with a world record time. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Athletes who participated in the heats only. ;Field events ;Men ;Women ;Combined events – Men's decathlon ;Combined events –
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Badminton

The United States entered four badminton players into the Olympic tournament.
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was selected among the top 40 individual shuttlers to compete in the women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings. On the men's side,
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and Chew brothers
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received an invitation from the
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to play in the singles and doubles events, respectively, as the next highest-ranked shuttler or pair outside of direct qualifying position. The team was supported at the Olympic Games by coach Ding Chao and team leader
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Baseball

The U.S. baseball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Americas qualifying event. ;Summary ;Team roster * Men's team event – 1 team of 24 players
;Group play ;Round 2 ;Round 2 repechage ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Basketball

The United States men's basketball team won their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal, the women's basketball team won their seventh consecutive Olympic gold, and the women's 3x3 basketball team won Olympic gold in the first edition of that event.


5×5 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
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Women's tournament

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
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


3×3 basketball

In 3x3 men's basketball, the 2019 world champion U.S. team did not compete after having to field an entirely new team for the qualifiers due to scheduling issues. ;Summary


Women's tournament

The
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qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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originally qualified as the fourth team member of the United States, but she tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Jackie Young. ;Team roster The players were announced on June 23, 2021. *
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* Jackie Young ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Boxing

The United States entered ten boxers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified based on rankings after the
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, which was due to be held in
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, was cancelled. ;Men ;Women


Canoeing


Slalom

U.S. canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in
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. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships, the U.S. team accepted the invitation from the ICF to send a canoeist in the men's slalom C-1 to the Games, as the highest-ranked eligible nation from the Americas in the federation's international rankings.


Sprint

The United States qualified a single boat in the women's C-1 200 m for the Games by winning the gold medal at the
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. Teenager
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won a historic first ever gold medal for the United States in the women's canoe. Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF = Qualify to semifinal; QF = Qualify to quarterfinal


Cycling

The Americans won a bronze medal in women's track team pursuit (headlined by
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). Despite having won four world championships in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020, 2018 world champion and 2019 world cup winner Kate Courtney, the U.S. did not medal in mountain biking. The U.S. was also shut out of medals in BMX racing. In BMX freestyle, 2021 world champion
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won silver. The only gold medal of the cycling delegation was won by
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, who scored an upset victory in the women's omnium.


Road

Six U.S. riders (two men and four women) entered into their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the
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. With her golden finish in the women's time trial at the 2019 UCI World Championships, Rio 2016 silver medalist
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was automatically selected to the U.S. road cycling squad for the Games. ;Men ;Women


Track

Following the completion of the
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, 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 ;Omnium ;Madison


Mountain biking

The United States entered three mountain bikers to compete in the women's Olympic cross-country race, by virtue of Kate Courtney's win at the Pan American Games, and a combined national ranking ensuring two other women got to participate.


BMX

U.S. riders qualified for five quota place (two men and three women) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of June 1, 2021. ;Race ;Freestyle 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
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rankings before the May 12 cutoff, 18-year-old Hannah Roberts was officially selected to
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'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 had to 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
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(June 6 to 13), to assure their 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
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.


Dressage

The U.S. Olympic dressage team was announced on June 17, 2021. The team was led by London 2012 Olympian Adrienne Lyle, and rounded up by the two German-born riders, veteran Steffen Peters and rookie Sabine Schut-Kery. Nick Wagman and Don John were named the traveling reserves. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position


Eventing

The U.S. Olympic eventing team was announced on May 27, 2021. The team was led by two Olympic veterans, Phillip Dutton and Boyd Martin, both Australian-born, and completed by rookie Liz Halliday-Sharp. Doug Payne and Vandiver were named the team alternates. On July 7, 2021, Liz Halliday-Sharp and Deniro Z were withdrawn from the Olympic team. Doug Payne stepped in to be a replacement, while Tamie Smith and Mai Baum became the new traveling alternates.


Jumping

The U.S. Olympic jumping team was named on July 5, 2021. The team consisted of two Olympic veterans,
Kent Farrington Kent Farrington (born December 28, 1980) is a professional show jumping athlete for the United States. Early life As an eight-year-old boy with no family background in horses, Kent’s entry into the sport began with weekly lessons at a stable ...
and
Laura Kraut Laura Kraut (born November 14, 1965 in Camden, South Carolina) is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kraut won the gold medal as part of the United States team with her horse ...
, who were joined by rookie
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.


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 Lee Kiefer (born June 15, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer. Kiefer is a four-time NCAA champion, ten-time team Pan American champion, nine-time individual Pan American champion, and 2018 team world champion. A three-time Olympia ...
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 Gerek Lin Meinhardt (born July 27, 1990) is an American right-handed foil fencer. Meinhardt is a two-time individual NCAA champion, 12-time team Pan American champion, three-time individual Pan American champion and 2019 team world champion. A f ...
, the first U.S. male fencer slated to compete in four Olympics since
Michael Marx Michael Marx (born July 7, 1958) is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by ...
did so in
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, and his childhood friend and teammate
Alexander Massialas Alexander Massialas (born April 20, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer. Massialas is a two-time NCAA champion, 11-time team Pan American champion, two-time individual Pan American champion, and 2019 team world champion. A three-time ...
, 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 Eli Dershwitz (born September 23, 1995) is an American left-handed sabre fencer, four-time individual Pan American champion, and two-time Olympian. In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senio ...
, with two-time champion
Mariel Zagunis Mariel Leigh Zagunis (born March 3, 1985) is an American sabre fencer. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the individual sabre ( 2004 and 2008) and the first American to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She was Team USA flag bearer in t ...
(2004 and 2008) 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. Nine more fencers were officially selected to the roster for the rescheduled Games on March 23, 2021, including épée sisters
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and
Kelley Hurley Kelley Hurley (born April 4, 1988) is an American épée fencer. She won the bronze medal in the women's team épée event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. A standout at the University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known sim ...
and Rio 2016 silver medalist
Daryl Homer Daryl Homer (born July 16, 1990) is an American right-handed saber fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist. Homer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 ...
in the men's sabre. The men's and women's foil teams completed the fencers' selection for the Games on March 28, 2021. The 2019 world champions U.S. men's foil team won a
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, and 2018 world champions U.S. women's foil team missed the podium.
Lee Kiefer Lee Kiefer (born June 15, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer. Kiefer is a four-time NCAA champion, ten-time team Pan American champion, nine-time individual Pan American champion, and 2018 team world champion. A three-time Olympia ...
scored an upset victory over defending Olympic and world champion
Inna Deriglazova Inna Vasilyevna Deriglazova ( rus, Инна Васильевна Дериглазова, , ˈinːə dʲɪrʲɪˈɡɫazəvə; born 10 March 1990) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer. Deriglazova is a two-time team and two-time individual Euro ...
of the ROC to win the first ever women's foil gold for the United States. ;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
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. The 2019 world champions
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, unbeaten for more than two years, lost its opener to Sweden and then lost to Canada in the semi-finals. They ultimately won the bronze medal. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal final


Golf

The United States entered a total of four male and four female golfers into the Olympic tournament.
Bryson DeChambeau Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau (born September 16, 1993) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 2020 U.S. Open. As an amateur, DeChambeau became the fifth player in his ...
was originally selected for the men's team, but he tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by
Patrick Reed Patrick Nathaniel Reed (born August 5, 1990) is an American professional golfer. He has nine tournament victories on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 2018 Masters Tournament, and two World Golf Championships, the 2014 WGC- ...
.
Xander Schauffele Alexander Victor Schauffele (; born October 25, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, having won seven times since turning professional in 2015. Schauffele's best major finish is tied second at both the 2018 Open C ...
won gold for the United States in the men's tournament with a winning score of −18, holding off a late charge by Slovakia's
Rory Sabbatini Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2 ...
to emerge victorious by one stroke. Top-seeded
Collin Morikawa Collin Morikawa (born February 6, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour. He began his PGA Tour career with 22 consecutive made cuts, second only to Tiger Woods' 25-cut streak. Morikawa has five PGA ...
finished fourth in the seven-man third-place playoff. In the women's tournament,
Nelly Korda Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...
won the gold medal with a winning score of −17. ;Men ;Women


Gymnastics


Artistic

The United States fielded a full squad of eight gymnasts (four per gender) into the Olympic competition. At the 2018 World Championships in
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,
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, the women's squad scored a gold-medal victory in the team all-around to book an automatic berth for Tokyo 2020. 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
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,
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. In gymnastics, health concerns caused four-time gold medalist and 19-time world champion
Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...
to withdraw from the women's team event, in which the U.S. ultimately won the silver medal. Biles subsequently skipped four individual events before returning for the balance beam event, in which she won a bronze medal. American
Sunisa Lee Sunisa "Suni" Lee (born Sunisa Phabsomphou; March 9, 2003) is a Hmong American artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Champio ...
won the gold medal in the women's artistic individual all-around. The four members of the United States women's team, Biles,
Jordan Chiles Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles (born April 15, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the 2 ...
, Sunisa Lee, and
Grace McCallum Grace Ann McCallum (born October 30, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She is the 2018 Pan American and 2018 Pacific Rim individual a ...
were nicknamed the Fighting Four as a tribute to the adversity they faced. ;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women ;Team ;Individual finals Biles withdrew from the finals for all-around, uneven bars, vault, and floor.


Rhythmic

Two U.S rhythmic gymnasts qualified for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 16 at the 2019 World Championships in
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,
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. Additionally, the United States qualified for the group all-around after the re-allocation of Japan's host nation spot from the 2019 World Championships. The individuals and group members of the rhythmic gymnastics team were announced on June 27, 2021. ;Individual ;Team


Trampoline

Nicole Ahsinger's sixth-place finish was the highest-ever achievement in the trampoline discipline by an American.


Judo

The United States entered four judoka (one man and three women) into the Olympic tournament based on the
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Olympics Individual Ranking, after reallocations.


Karate

Four U.S. karateka were 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.
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earned his ticket to Tokyo after the reallocation of a vacant spot in the Male Kumite −75 kg category of the Olympic competition. ;Kumite ;Kata


Modern pentathlon

U.S. athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon.
Amro El-Geziry Amro Abdulrahman Ali El-Geziry (born 19 November 1986) is an American modern pentathlete. He competed for Egypt at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and placed 32nd, 33rd and 25th, respectively. His brothers, Emad and Omar, are also Olympic pen ...
, 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
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in
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.


Rowing

The United States qualified the nine boats in the table below out of the fourteen Olympic classes, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in
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,
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. Rowing events were qualified by nation, so rowers had to be selected by the NOCs for each of these crews. The women's lightweight double qualified at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta on May 16 and 17 in
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. London 2012 Olympian Kara Kohler became the first rower to guarantee her selection on the U.S. team for the rescheduled Games with an outright triumph in the women's single sculls at the first Olympic Trials in
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, on February 21 to 26, 2021. Meanwhile, Genevra Stone, Rio 2016 silver medalist in the single sculls, teamed up with her rookie partner Kristina Wagner to secure the women's double sculls spot at the second Olympic Trials (April 12 to 15, 2021) in
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. The fours, eights, and women's quad were selected through camps, with the final nomination made by the Olympic Committee on June 18. The Americans finished without a single rowing medal for the first time in history. Three-time defending gold medalists women's coxed eight finished fourth. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); 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 The United States national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. The national sevens team is organized by USA Rugby, and the team has been led by Head Coach Mike Friday since 2014. The main competition the team ...
qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals in the
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, securing a top four spot in the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Classification semifinal (5–8) ;Fifth place match


Women's tournament

The
United States women's national rugby sevens team The United States women's national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. The team finished second at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens, after defeating Russia in the semifinals. They competed at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
qualified for the Olympics by winning the bronze medal and securing an outright berth at the penultimate leg of the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Classification semifinal (5–8) ;Fifth place match


Sailing

U.S. sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the
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, the class-associated Worlds, the
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, and the continental regattas. The U.S. Olympic team were 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,
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announced the selection for the 49erFX and Nacra 17 crews to represent the country at the
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regatta based on their cumulative results at the 2019 and 2020 World Championships, with windsurfers Pedro Pascual and
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and single-handed sailors
Charlie Buckingham Charlie Buckingham (born January 16, 1989 in Newport Beach, California) is an American Olympic sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's Laser class where he finished 11th. He also competed at the Tokyo 2 ...
(Laser) and multiple world medalist
Paige Railey Paige Railey (born May 15, 1987 in Clearwater, Florida) is an American sailor who races in the Laser Radial division. She has been a member of U.S. Sailing Team since 2005 and is also a member of the Harken and McLube Speedteam. She was awarded i ...
(Laser Radial) joining them towards the end of the month. With the 2020 Olympics rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
US Sailing The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) is the national governing body for sailing in the United States. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Bristol, Rhode Island, US Sailing is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. US Sailing offers t ...
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
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, with his partner and skipper
Stuart McNay Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented the United States, at four Olympics: two times partner Graham Biehl, in 2008 and 2012 and twice ...
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. The women's 470 crew (Barnes & Dallman-Weiss) rounded out the squad selection at the 2021 Worlds in
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,
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. ;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,
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, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. The U.S. shooting squad was determined based on the aggregate scores obtained by the shooters at two stages of the Olympic Trials (fall and spring). 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 (February 24 to March 1) and shotgun (February 25 to March 8). The U.S. won three gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal in shooting. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Skateboarding

The United States qualified seven skateboarders: six in men's and women's park events, based on the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings List of June 30, 2021, and one in men's street events. In skateboarding, the United States won two bronze medals. Reigning world champion and favorite
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was shut out of medals after stumbling on his last attempt. ;Men ;Women


Softball

The U.S. women's softball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the
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in
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,
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. In softball, the 2018 world champion U.S. (that coincidentally won gold in Japan beating the hosts twice throughout the tournament), lost to Japan in the gold medal game after defeating them in the round robin. ;Summary ;Team roster ;Group play ;Gold medal game


Sport climbing

U.S. athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in sport climbing. 18-year-old
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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,
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. Meanwhile,
Nathaniel Coleman Nathaniel Coleman (born January 1, 1997) is an American professional climber who won the silver medal in men's combined sport climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He became the first American male climber to qualify for the Olympic Games after ad ...
and
Kyra Condie Kyra Condie (born June 5, 1996) is one of four American rock climbers selected to represent Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. She placed 11th in the Women's Combined event in the sport of Sport Climbing. In December 2019, ...
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
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,
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. The fourth and final slot was awarded to 16-year-old
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, after winning the gold medal at the IFSC Pan American Championships in
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.


Surfing

U.S. surfers qualified for the following spots to compete in surfing. California native
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, two-time men's world champion
John John Florence John "John John" Alexander Florence (born October 18, 1992) is an American professional surfer. He is known as "one of the most dominant pipe surfers of his era" and won back-to-back world titles on the 2016 World Surf League and 2017 World S ...
, four-time women's world champion
Carissa Moore Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is a Hawaiian American Olympian, world champion surfer and activist. She was the first-ever winner of the Olympic Gold Medal in women's short board surfing in 2020. She was also the 2011, 2013, 2015, ...
, and 17-year-old
Caroline Marks Caroline Marks is an American professional surfer. She is a multiple national champion and the youngest female to compete in a World Surf League event. She is the youngest surfer to qualify for the women’s Championship Tour. She competed in t ...
finished within the top ten (for men) and top eight (for women) of those eligible for qualification in the
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rankings to secure their spots on the U.S. roster for Tokyo 2020. One of the most dominant surfers of the generation John John Florence finished without a medal.


Swimming

U.S. swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)). To assure their selection to the U.S. team, swimmers had to finish in the top two of each individual pool event under the Olympic qualifying cut at the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (June 13 to 20, 2021) in
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. The U.S. topped the medal count in swimming with 11 gold medals and 30 total medals.
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won three individual golds and two relay golds; he won the most medals of any U.S. athlete at these Games.
Katie Ledecky Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. Ledecky's six individual gold medals at ...
was defending 200m, 400m, and 800m titles, as well trying to win a newly introduced 1500m race where she held a world record. At the 2020 Games, Ledecky won two gold medals in 800m and 1500m and a silver in 400m; she also won a relay silver.
Lilly King Lillia Camille King (born February 10, 1997) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke. She currently represents the Cali Condors, a team that is part of the International Swimming League. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won the ...
was defending her 100m breaststroke gold medal, as well as entering as the 2019 world champion in that event, and won the bronze medal; she also won silver in the 200m breastroke and a relay silver. Ryan Murphy was defending his gold medals in 100m and 200m backstroke (where he also held a world record) and ended up winning a silver and a bronze; he also won a relay gold. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


Table tennis

Six U.S. athletes were 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
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, 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
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and two-time Olympian
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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
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on March 1, 2020.


Taekwondo

Two U.S. athletes were entered into the taekwondo competition at the Games. With the
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winner already qualified through the WT Olympic Rankings, London 2012 bronze medalist
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secured a spot in the women's welterweight category (67 kg), as the next highest-ranked eligible taekwondo practitioner. Meanwhile, 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist
Anastasija Zolotic Anastasija Zolotic ( sr, / ; born 23 November 2002) is an American taekwondo athlete and Olympic gold medalist. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the Girls 49 kg weight class. She qualified to represent the United S ...
scored a semifinal victory in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) to book the remaining spot on the U.S. taekwondo squad at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in
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. American teenager
Anastasija Zolotic Anastasija Zolotic ( sr, / ; born 23 November 2002) is an American taekwondo athlete and Olympic gold medalist. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the Girls 49 kg weight class. She qualified to represent the United S ...
scored an upset victory over the Russian OIympic Committee's
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in the 57 kg to win the first ever gold medal for the United States in women's taekwondo.


Tennis

The United States entered eight tennis players (four men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. Rookies
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(world no. 50),
Frances Tiafoe Frances Tiafoe Jr. ( ; born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has ranked Tiafoe as high as world No. 17 in singles, on October 10, 2022, and world No. 160 in doubles, on No ...
(world no. 65),
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(world no. 68), and
Marcos Giron Marcos Andres Giron (born July 24, 1993; ) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 49 on 16 May 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 194 on August 1, 2022. He won the boys' singles in the Ojai Ten ...
(world no. 75) were selected as four eligible players in the ATP world rankings of June 14, 2021, after top ranked American players
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,
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers e ...
, and
Taylor Fritz Taylor Harry Fritz (born October 28, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on October 10, 2022, and a doubles ranking of w ...
declined their participation. Four-time gold medalist
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(world no. 8) and rookie
Sofia Kenin Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 4 in the world, which she achieved on March 9, 2020. She was the 2020 WTA ...
(world no. 4) were initially to participate but chose to withdraw from the tournament due to personal reasons.
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(world no. 14),
Coco Gauff Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff (born March 13, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles, reached on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on August 15, 2022. Gauff won h ...
(world no. 23),
Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
(world no. 26), and
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(world no. 31) were selected for the women's singles as four of the top 58 eligible players based on their WTA world rankings of June 14, 2021. Having been entered into the men's singles, Sandgren and Tiafoe opted to play into men's doubles with their respective partners
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and
Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
, while Gauff and Pegula, already entered into the women's singles, partnered with
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and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former wo ...
, respectively. Gauff subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 and had to withdraw from the games. The U.S. could not replace her in the singles due to ITF rules. In the doubles, Melichar partnered with Riske instead of Gauff. In tennis, the withdrawals of all top-ranked U.S. players left the Americans under-strength. They won no medals in an Olympic tennis tournament for the first time in history. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Triathlon

The U.S. confirmed five quota places in the triathlon events for Tokyo. In triathlon, 2019 world champion
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won bronze. ;Individual ;Relay


Volleyball

In volleyball, the U.S. men's team did not advance to the knockout round, and the U.S. women's team won the gold medal. In beach volleyball, the top-ranked U.S. men's team was hit with a positive COVID-19 test from
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. He was replaced by
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, forcing
Jake Gibb Jacob "Jake" Spiker Gibb (born February 6, 1976) is an American professional beach volleyball player, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with Taylor Crabb as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the 2016 Sum ...
to play with a new partner. The pair lost in the round of 16. In women's beach volleyball, the U.S. pair of
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and
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lost in the round of 16 due to controversial refereeing.


Beach

United States qualified four beach volleyball pairs at the Games, as the result in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking List of June 13, 2021.


Indoor

;Summary


Men's tournament

The 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
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ----


Women's tournament

The 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
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Water polo

In water polo, the U.S. men's team finished in sixth place, and the U.S. women's team won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal. Summary


Men's tournament

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qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Classification semifinal (5–8) ;Fifth place game


Women's tournament

The
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qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Weightlifting

U.S. weightlifters qualified for eight quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of June 11, 2021. In weightlifting, 2019 world champion Katherine Nye won silver. ;Men ;Women


Wrestling

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 (74 and 97 kg) and women's freestyle (68 and 76 kg) 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
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,
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. To assure their selection to the U.S. Olympic team, wrestlers had to claim a top spot of each division at the 2020 Olympic Trials (April 2 to 3, 2021) in
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. Among those selected to the team were reigning Olympic champions Kyle Snyder (men's freestyle 97 kg) and
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(women's freestyle 57 kg), five-time world champion
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(women's freestyle 76 kg), Ildar Hafizov (men's Greco-Roman 60 kg), a Beijing 2008 Olympian from Uzbekistan who returned to the Games for the second time as an American citizen; and
Kyle Dake Kyle Douglas Dake (born February 25, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. Dake is a four-time and the reigning World Champion, winning back-to-back titles twice, at ...
(men's freestyle 74 kg), who defeated London 2012 champion
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in the final match to earn the coveted spot in his Olympic debut. In the women's freestyle wrestling, the United States sent its strongest ever team, after three gold medals at the
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. Four-time and reigning world champion
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lost in the final, getting silver. Another reigning world champion
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became the second ever U.S. woman to take gold. The first one,
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, came to Tokyo to defend her gold medal but was narrowly defeated in the semi-final and proceeded to win the bronze medal bout. Another reigning world champion Jacarra Winchester lost in the quarter-finals, battled through the repechage to the bronze medal match but lost there as well. In the men's freestyle wrestling, 2018 world champion David Taylor upset the defending Olympic and world champion
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to win gold.
Kyle Dake Kyle Douglas Dake (born February 25, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 74 kilograms. Dake is a four-time and the reigning World Champion, winning back-to-back titles twice, at ...
, after winning the 2018 and 2019 world championships in the 79 kg, was unable to match that success in the Olympic 74 kg, losing in the quarter-final to
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, and then proceeded to clinch bronze after battling in the repechage.
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, meanwhile, scored an incredible upset, defeating the 2017, 2018, and 2019 world champion
Geno Petriashvili Geno Petriashvili (გენო პეტრიაშვილი; born 1 April 1994) is a Georgian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He is European champion in 2016 and 2020 and world champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as a bronze medal at ...
for the gold medal. Kyle Snyder faced off against Abdulrashid Sadulaev of the ROC in the gold medal game and lost a close contest on points. Snyder was the defending Olympic champion and 2019 world championship bronze medalist. The U.S. topped the overall medal count with nine medals in wrestling. ;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman


See also

*
United States at the 2019 Pan American Games The United States competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. The team included 313 men and 327 women. The United States traditionally fielded its B or C teams in the most of sports. In basketball, the US ...
* United States at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics *
United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The United States competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Medalists Archery Eric Bennett, Lia Coryell, Kevin Mather, KJ Polish, Emma Rose Ravish, Andre Shelby and Matt Stutzman have all ...


References


External links


Official website of Team USA

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