The United States of America, represented by the

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(USOC), competed at the

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in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. U.S. athletes have competed at every

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in the modern era, except the

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in Moscow which they

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in protest of the

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. 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 (46 gold, 28 silver and 30 bronze), 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

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. For the first time since

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, no U.S. athlete won an Olympic medal in

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. Among the nation's medalists were swimmers

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Allison Schmitt Allison Rodgers Schmitt (born June 7, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. She is a four-time Olympian and a ten-time Olympic medalist. In her Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Schm ...

and

Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte ( ; born August 3, 1984) is an American professional swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. Along with Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, and Jenny Thompson, he is the second-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by ...

, who each won a total of five medals. Swimmer

Nathan Adrian Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian (born December 7, 1988) is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event. In his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer O ...

and platform diver

David Boudia David Alasdair Boudia (; born April 24, 1989) is an American diver. He won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won ...

won gold medals in their respective individual events after 24-year-long non-successes. Meanwhile, tennis player

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followed her sister's success by winning the gold medal in the women's tennis singles event. Gymnast

Gabby Douglas Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 20 ...

became the fourth U.S. female to win a gold medal in the individual all-around event.

Allyson Felix Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 mete ...

became the most successful U.S. track-and-field athlete at the event, winning three gold medals. Swimmer

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

emerged as the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, with a total of 22 medals won (including four gold and two silver medals in London) – 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals – surpassing

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's overall Olympic medal count. After the disqualification of Russian

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He ...

for doping,

Erik Kynard Erik Kynard Jr. (born February 3, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. In his Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as a 21-year-old, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump. His silver me ...

has finally got upgraded from silver to gold, which makes 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. Ten years later,

Lashinda Demus Lashinda Demus (born March 10, 1983 in Inglewood, California) is a retired American hurdler who specialized in the 400 meter hurdles, an event in which she was the 2011 world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, becoming the first woman from ...

also got the gold as well after

Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh (russian: Наталья Николаевна Антюх, born 26 June 1981) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres and a silver for ...

was disqualified, making it to 48 gold medals.

Medalists

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Competitors

The USOC selected a team of 530 athletes, 261 men and 269 women, to compete in all sports except

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; it was the nation's sixth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since

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. 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 (high jumper

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, archer

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, shooters Kimberly Rhode and

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, indoor volleyballer

Danielle Scott-Arruda Danielle Racquel Scott-Arruda (born October 1, 1972) is an American- Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She has played at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics, breaking a U.S. female volleyball athlete record for Olympic appe ...

, and eventing riders

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and

Karen O'Connor Karen Lende O'Connor (born February 17, 1958) is an Americans, American Equestrianism, equestrian who competes in three-day eventing. Although she did not come from a family of equestrians, her interest in horses started at an early age, and s ...

– the oldest of the team at age 54). Twenty-one athletes made their fourth Olympic appearances, including springboard diver

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, track hurdler

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, and beach volleyballers and double-defending champions

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and

Misty May-Treanor Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tour ...

. Fifty-seven athletes made their third Olympic appearances, including rifle shooter Matt Emmons, and twins Bob and

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in the men's tennis doubles match. One hundred and forty-three athletes were two-time Olympians, including former defending champions

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(athletics) and

Anthony Ervin Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver med ...

(swimming), who both made their comeback in London after long years of absence. Two hundred and eight returning athletes had competed in

, including 124 Olympic medalists, and 76 defending champions. Among the nation's defending champions were swimmers

and

Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstro ...

. 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

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and

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, who led their team by recapturing the nation's gold medal in Beijing, shooters Walton Eller and Vincent Hancock, road cyclist

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in women's time trial, and swimmers

Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200- ...

and

. First-time Olympians also featured gymnasts

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and Aly Raisman, decathlete

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, and swimmers

and

Katie Ledecky Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won seven Olympics, Olympic gold medals and 19 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. Ledecky's six individual gold ...

, the youngest of the team at age 15. Former basketball player and five-time Olympic champion

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 ...

served as the U.S. team's

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. Double Olympic 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 the ...

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:

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 (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

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

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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 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

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

Boxing

U.S. boxers qualified for the following events: ;Men * – Spence successfully appealed his initial 11–13 loss. Using video review, AIBA determined the bout referee gave too few cautions for holding fouls and should have awarded Spence 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 ;Women

Track

;Sprint ;Pursuit ;Omnium

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

U.S. divers qualified for eight individual diving spots at the 2012 Olympic Games. Three US synchronized diving teams qualified through the

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and the rest of the divers qualified for the Olympics through the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for diving (quotas themselves were won at the world championships while divers who filled them were selected after the trials) ;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

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. The men's team failed to qualify. ;Summary

Women's tournament

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

Football (soccer)

The U.S. women's soccer team qualified after finishing in first place at the

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. The men's team failed to qualify. ;Summary

Women's tournament

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

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women The women were selected after competing at the

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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

Rowing

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

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 13 shooting events. ;Men ;Women

Swimming

U.S. swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Swimmers qualified at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (for pool events). The U.S. swimming team consisted of 49 swimmers (24 men and 25 women). The oldest swimmer on the team was

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at the age of 36 years, and the youngest was

at the age of 15 years. The only siblings on the swim team are

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and

Alyssa Anderson Alyssa Jean Anderson (born September 30, 1990) is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who represented the United States as the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Anderson was born in Santa Clara, California but grew up in Gr ...

. USA Swimming named Brendan Hansen,

, Peter Vanderkaay,

, and Lezak as the team's captains. ;Men Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) 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 (Q) 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

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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.

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 ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarter-final

Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;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

. ;Summary

Men's tournament

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

Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;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

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, but were manufactured in China, setting off a

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backlash from the

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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

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and

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, both of

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, Bob Casey of

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, and

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and

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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

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, in

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, will be made in the United States.

References

External links

Official website of the United States Olympic Committee and Team USA

NBC Olympics Coverage
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Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics (track and field)

Badminton

Basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football (soccer)

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Uniform controversy

See also

References

External links