United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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| IOC code | USA | ||||||||
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| in Sydney | |||||||||
| Competitors | 586 (333 men and 253 women) in 31 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Cliff Meidl (Opening) Rulon Gardner (Closing) |
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
| Qualified for the final round |
| Qualified for the final round |
The United States competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 586 competitors, 333 men and 253 women, took part in 265 events in 31 sports.
All three of the American men won their first matches. Two were defeated in the second round, but Vic Wunderle made it all the way to the finals before being defeated by home-crowd favorite Simon Fairweather. The squad was surprised by Italy in the team round semifinal, and was forced to shoot a tie-breaker against Russia in the bronze medal match to claim their medal. Karen Scavotto faced Denise Parker in the first round, guaranteeing an elimination for one of the American women.
The United States nearly went undefeated in the preliminary round of their third Olympic baseball tournament. Their only loss was to two-time defending gold medallist Cuba in the sixth game. In the semifinals, the Americans scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Korea 3-2. The final was a rematch between the United States and Cuba. In a 4-0 shutout, the Americans defeated Cuba, winning the gold medal and giving Cuba only its second loss in twenty-seven games.
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
Key:
* - Armstrong originally won the bronze medal in the time trial but all his major wins from 1996 on were stripped when he ceased fighting doping allegations in 2012
Lepka (SVK)
Nagatsuka (JPN)
W 11.186
64.366
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