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The
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were the host nation for the
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in
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. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports. The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since
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, and for the first time since
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in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.


Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", * - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.


Archery

The United States claimed both of the
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
s in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful. ;Men ;Women


Athletics

;Men ;;Track & road events Notes:
* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final. ;;Field events ;;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
;Women ;;Track & road events ;;Field events ;;Combined events –
Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...


Badminton


Baseball

Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program. ;Summary ;Roster * Kris Benson * R. A. Dickey * Troy Glaus * Chad Green *
Seth Greisinger Seth Adam Greisinger (born July 29, 1975) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from –. Amateur career Greisinger graduated from McLean High School in Virginia, then played his college ball at the Unive ...
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Travis Lee Travis Reynolds Lee (born May 26, 1975) is an American former professional first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball. Amateur career Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993, where he also ...
* Augie Ojeda * Jason Williams * Chad Allen * Kip Harkrider * A. J. Hinch *
Jacque Jones Jacque Dewayne Jones (born April 25, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Florida Marlins. He also coached for the Washington Nationals. Early life He graduated from San D ...
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Mark Kotsay Mark Steven Kotsay (born December 2, 1975) is an American professional baseball manager and former outfielder. He is the manager for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, Kotsay appeared in 1,914 MLB games for the Sa ...
* Matt LeCroy * Braden Looper *
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Warren Morris Warren Randall Morris (born January 11, 1974) is an American former college and Major League Baseball player. He is most remembered for his two-out, 9th inning walk-off home run that won the 1996 College World Series for the Louisiana State Un ...
* Jeff Weaver * Jim Parque * Billy Koch ;Round robin ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game


Basketball

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Roster :* Mitch Richmond :* David Robinson :*
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Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with ...
:* Scottie Pippen :*
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Charles Barkley Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst on TNT. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "Chuck", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons in the Nati ...
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Penny Hardaway Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Hardaway pla ...
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* Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Women's tournament

;Roster :*
Dawn Staley Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach, who is currently the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and later was head c ...
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Katy Steding Kathryn Suzanne Steding (born December 11, 1967) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team. College career Steding was born in Portland, Oreg ...
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Sheryl Swoopes Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 201 ...
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Katrina McClain Katrina McClain (born September 19, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. She played for the University of Georgia, as well as many USA Basketball teams including three Olympic teams. McClain was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall ...
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Nikki McCray Nikki Kesangane McCray-Penson (born December 17, 1971) is the former head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team and a former professional women's basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball Associ ...
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Carla McGhee Carla Renee McGhee (born March 6, 1968 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American former basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee. She was injured in a car crash in 1987 and was in a coma for 47 hours, suffering bra ...
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Venus Lacy Venus Lacy (some sources give her name as Venus Lacey, born February 9, 1967) is an American former star basketball player, at the high school, college, Olympic and professional levels. A wide-bodied, muscular center, at her best Lacy was an in ...
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Jennifer Azzi Jennifer Lynn Azzi (born August 31, 1968) is a former basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the women's team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is also a former collegiate and professional basketball player, as well as an Olympi ...
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Ruthie Bolton Alice Ruth Bolton (born May 25, 1967), known as Ruthie Bolton, is an American former professional women's basketball player. Born in Lucedale, Mississippi, she played at the collegiate, Olympic and professional levels of women's basketball. Bolt ...
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Teresa Edwards Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist. In 2000, ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine placed her as 22nd of the "100 Greatest Female Athletes of the 20th Century". She ...
* Head Coach:
Tara VanDerveer Tara Ann VanDerveer (born June 26, 1953) is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanfor ...
;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Boxing


Canoeing


Slalom

;Men ;Women


Sprint

;Men ;Women Key: QF - Qualified to medal final; SF - Qualified to semifinal; R - Qualified to repechage


Cycling


Road

;Men ;Women


Track

;Points race ;Sprint ;Pursuit ;Time trial


Mountain bike


Diving

;Men ;Women


Equestrian

;Dressage ;Eventing ;Jumping * - Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.


Fencing

Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996. ;Men ;Women


Field hockey

;Summary


Men's tournament

The US men's field hockey team competed for the sixth time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the squad coached by Jon Clark once again finished twelfth and last. ;Roster Head Coach: Jon Clark # Tom Vano # Steve Danielson # Larry Amar # Marq Mellor # Scott Williams # Steve Jennings # Steven van Randwijck # Mark Wentges # John O'Neill # Eelco Wassenaar # Nick Butcher # Ahmed Elmaghraby # Phil Sykes # Otto Steffers # Ben Maruquin # Steve Wagner (GK) ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;9th-12th place semifinal ;11th place match


Women's tournament

The US women's field hockey team competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the team coached by Pam Hixon and finished fifth. ;Roster Head coach: Pam Hixon # Patty Shea (GK) # Laurel Martin #
Liz Tchou Elizabeth Tchou (born September 25, 1966 in Medford, New Jersey) is a former field hockey defender from the United States and is currently working for the USA Field Hockey Association as Manager of Youth Development. Tchou was a member of th ...
# Marcia Pankratz # Cindy Werley # Diane Madl # Kris Fillat # Kelli James #
Tracey Fuchs Tracey Claire Fuchs (born November 3, 1966, in Centereach, New York) is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She a ...
# Antoinette Lucas # Katie Kauffman # Andrea Wieland (GK) # Leslie Lyness #
Barbara Marois Barbara "Barb" Marois (born March 1, 1963 in Auburn, Massachusetts) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics ...
# Jill Reeve # Pamela Bustin ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----


Football (soccer)

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Roster Head coach:
Bruce Arena Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the NJCAA Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Arena has had ...
;Preliminary round ---- ----


Women's tournament

;Roster Head coach:
Tony DiCicco Anthony D. DiCicco Jr. (August 5, 1948 – June 19, 2017) was an American soccer player and coach and TV commentator. He is best known as the coach of the United States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 1999, during which time the team won ...
;Preliminary round ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Gymnastics


Artistic

;Men ;;Team ;;Individual finals ;Women ;;Team ;;Individual finals * - Strug slightly injured her ankle during her first vault attempt in the final rotation of the team competition, then exacerbated the injury on her second attempt to dramatically clinch the gold for the United States. Due to her injury, she was unable to compete in the individual finals. This necessitated the substitution of Miller in the vault, Dawes in the floor exercise and Moceanu in the all-around.


Rhythmic

;Individual ;Group


Handball

;Summary


Judo

;Men ;Women


Modern pentathlon


Rowing

;Men ;Women Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage


Sailing

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


Shooting

;Men ;Women


Softball

;Summary ;Roster :*
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:* Leah O'Brien-Amico :*
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:* Lori Harrigan :*
Dorothy Richardson Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 – 17 June 1957) was a British author and journalist. Author of ''Pilgrimage'', a sequence of 13 semi-autobiographical novels published between 1915 and 1967—though Richardson saw them as chapters of o ...
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Christa Williams Christa Williams (born: Christa Bojarzin 5 February 1926 – 28 or 29 July 2012) was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Williams was chosen to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the s ...
:* Michele Smith :*
Gillian Boxx Gillian Dewey Boxx (born September 1, 1973) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, Gold Medal winning 1996 Olympian, right-handed softball catcher, originally from Torrance, California. She won an Olympic gold medal as a catc ...
:* Sheila Cornell :*
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:* Dionna Harris :* Kim Maher :* Julie Smith :* Shelly Stokes :* Dani Tyler * Head Coach: Ralph Raymond * Preliminary Round Robin :*Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0) :*Defeated Netherlands (9:0) :*Defeated Japan (6:1) :*Defeated Chinese Taipei (10:0) :*Defeated Canada (4:2) :*Lost to Australia (1:2) :*Defeated PR China (3:2) * Semifinals :*Defeated PR China (1:0) * Final :*Defeated PR China (3:1)


Swimming

;Men Key: * - Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal) ;Women Key: * - Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal)


Synchronized swimming


Table tennis


Tennis

;Men ;Women


Volleyball


Beach


Indoor

;Summary


Men

;Roster :* Lloy Ball :* Bob Ctvrtlik :* Scott Fortune :*
John Hyden John Hyden (born October 7, 1972, in Tustin, California) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national voll ...
:* Bryan Ivie :* Michael Lambert :* Dan Landry :* Jeff Nygaard :* Tom Sorensen :* Jeff Stork :* Ethan Watts :* Brett Winslow * Head Coach: Fred Sturm ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ----


Women

;Roster :*
Tara Cross-Battle Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA wo ...
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Lori Endicott Lori Ann Endicott (born August 1, 1967, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States. She played for the University of Nebraska and then for the United States national team, winning a bronze medal at th ...
:* Caren Kemner :*
Kristin Klein Kristin Klein Keefe ( Kristin Magdalen Klein; born March 20, 1970, in Santa Monica, California) is an American retired volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. She represented the United States national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics ...
:* Beverly Oden :*
Elaina Oden Elaina Oden (born March 21, 1967, in Orange, California) is a former volleyball player from the United States who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She ...
:* Danielle Scott :* Tammy Webb :*
Paula Weishoff Paula Jo Weishoff (born May 1, 1962 in Hollywood, California) is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 (silver) and 1992 (bronze). And fo ...
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:* Elaine Youngs :* Yoko Zetterlund * Head Coach: Terry Liskevych ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th - 8th semifinal ;7th place match


Water polo

;Summary ;Roster :*
Gavin Arroyo Gavin Arroyo (born May 10, 1972, in Orange, California) is a former water polo defender from the United States, who competed in two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) for his native country. He was part of the United States national team that won ...
:* Troy Barnhart :*
Christopher Duplanty Christopher David "Chris" Duplanty (born October 21, 1965, in Palo Alto, California) is a former water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996) for his native country. He won the silver m ...
:* Michael Scott Evans :* Everist Kirk :* Daniel Hackett :*
Chris Humbert Christopher A. Humbert (born December 27, 1969 in Modesto, California) is a former water polo center forward from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics (1992, 1996 and 2000) for his native country. He was part of the United St ...
:* Kyle Kopp :* Jeremy Laster :*
Rick McNair Rick McNair (1942–2007), was a Canadian basketball player and coach. He was the former Director of Theatre Calgary and the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the founder of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he died in Winnip ...
:* Chris Oeding :* Alexis Rousseau :*
Wolf Wigo Wolf Wigo (b. May 8, 1973) is an American water polo player and water polo coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 13. Wigo was a four-year All-America collegiate water polo player and led his Stanford Universit ...
* Head Coach:
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;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th-8th classification ;7th place match


Weightlifting


Wrestling

;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman


See also

* United States at the 1995 Pan American Games


Notes

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References

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