United States at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Medalists

Medalists

Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date 1 ! Gold Zagunis, MarielMariel Zagunis Fencing Women's sabre 00009-08-01August 9 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 00010-08-01August 10 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian* Ben Wildman-Tobriner* Matt Grevers* Swimming Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay 00011-08-01August 11 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle 00012-08-01August 12 1 ! Gold Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 00012-08-01August 12 1 ! Gold Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 00012-08-01August 12 1 ! Gold Eller, WaltonWalton Eller Shooting Men's double trap 00012-08-01August 12 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 00013-08-01August 13 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller* Erik Vendt* David Walters* Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay 00013-08-01August 13 1 ! Gold Armstrong, KristinKristin Armstrong Cycling Women's time trial 00013-08-01August 13 1 ! Gold Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke 00015-08-01August 15 1 ! Gold Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 00015-08-01August 15 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley 00015-08-01August 15 1 ! Gold Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 00015-08-01August 15 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly 00016-08-01August 16 1 ! Gold Hancock, VincentVincent Hancock Shooting Men's skeet 00016-08-01August 16 1 ! Gold Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps Brendan Hansen Aaron Peirsol Jason Lezak Ian Crocker* Mark Gangloff* Matt Grevers* Garrett Weber-Gale* Swimming Men's 4×100 m medley relay 00017-08-01August 17 1 ! Gold Williams, VenusVenus Williams Serena Williams Tennis Women's doubles 00017-08-01August 17 1 ! Gold Whipple, MaryMary Whipple Caryn Davies Caroline Lind Susan Francia Anna Cummins Elle Logan Anna Goodale Lindsay Shoop Erin Cafaro Rowing Women's eight 00017-08-01August 17 1 ! Gold Brown Trafton, StephanieStephanie Brown Trafton Track & field Women's discus throw 00018-08-01August 18 1 ! Gold Taylor, AngeloAngelo Taylor Track & field Men's 400 m hurdles 00018-08-01August 18 1 ! Gold Ward, McLainMcLain Ward Laura Kraut Will Simpson Beezie Madden Equestrian Team jumping 00018-08-01August 18 1 ! Gold Tunnicliffe, AnnaAnna Tunnicliffe Sailing Women's Laser Radial class 00019-08-01August 19 1 ! Gold Cejudo, HenryHenry Cejudo Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg 00019-08-01August 19 1 ! Gold Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Women's balance beam 00019-08-01August 19 1 ! Gold Harper, DawnDawn Harper Track & field Women's 100 m hurdles 00019-08-01August 19 1 ! Gold May-Treanor, MistyMisty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Beach volleyball Women's tournament 00021-08-01August 21 1 ! Gold Merritt, LaShawnLaShawn Merritt Track & field Men's 400 m 00021-08-01August 21 1 ! Gold women's national soccer team, United StatesUnited States women's national soccer team Nicole Barnhart Carli Lloyd Shannon Boxx Kate Markgraf Rachel Buehler Heather Mitts Lori Chalupny Heather O'Reilly Lauren Cheney Christie Rampone Stephanie Cox Amy Rodriguez Tobin Heath Hope Solo Angela Hucles Lindsay Tarpley Natasha Kai Aly Wagner Football Women's tournament 00021-08-01August 21 1 ! Gold Dalhausser, PhilPhil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Beach volleyball Men's tournament 00022-08-01August 22 1 ! Gold Clay, BryanBryan Clay Track & field Men's decathlon 00022-08-01August 22 1 ! Gold Merritt, LaShawnLaShawn Merritt David Neville Kerron Clement* Jeremy Wariner Angelo Taylor Reggie Witherspoon* Track & field Men's 4×400 m relay 00023-08-01August 23 1 ! Gold Felix, AllysonAllyson Felix Natasha Hastings* Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Mary Wineberg Track & field Women's 4×400 m relay 00023-08-01August 23 1 ! Gold women's national basketball team, United StatesUnited States women's national basketball team Seimone Augustus DeLisha Milton-Jones Sue Bird Candace Parker Tamika Catchings Cappie Pondexter Sylvia Fowles Katie Smith Kara Lawson Diana Taurasi Lisa Leslie Tina Thompson Basketball Women's tournament 00023-08-01August 23 1 ! Gold men's national volleyball team, United StatesUnited States men's national volleyball team Lloy Ball Ryan Millar Gabe Gardner Reid Priddy Kevin Hansen Sean Rooney Tom Hoff Riley Salmon Rich Lambourne Clay Stanley David Lee Scott Touzinsky Volleyball Men's tournament 00024-08-01August 24 1 ! Gold men's national basketball team, United StatesUnited States men's national basketball team Carmelo Anthony Jason Kidd Carlos Boozer Chris Paul Chris Bosh Tayshaun Prince Kobe Bryant Michael Redd Dwight Howard Dwyane Wade LeBron James Deron Williams Basketball Men's tournament 00024-08-01August 24 2 ! Silver Jacobson, SadaSada Jacobson Fencing Women's sabre 00009-08-01August 9 2 ! Silver Torres, DaraDara Torres Natalie Coughlin Emily Silver* Lacey Nymeyer Kara Lynn Joyce Julia Smit* Swimming Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay 00010-08-01August 10 2 ! Silver Magnuson, ChristineChristine Magnuson Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly 00011-08-01August 11 2 ! Silver Hoff, KatieKatie Hoff Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle 00011-08-01August 11 2 ! Silver Grevers, MattMatt Grevers Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke 00012-08-01August 12 2 ! Silver Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 00012-08-01August 12 2 ! Silver Miles, GinaGina Miles Equestrian Individual eventing 00012-08-01August 12 2 ! Silver Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 00013-08-01August 13 2 ! Silver Rhode, KimberlyKimberly Rhode Shooting Women's skeet 00014-08-01August 14 2 ! Silver Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 00015-08-01August 15 2 ! Silver Emmons, MatthewMatthew Emmons Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone 00015-08-01August 15 2 ! Silver Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 00015-08-01August 15 2 ! Silver Cantwell, ChristianChristian Cantwell Track & field Men's shot put 00015-08-01August 15 2 ! Silver Hoelzer, MargaretMargaret Hoelzer Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke 00016-08-01August 16 2 ! Silver Guérette, MichelleMichelle Guérette Rowing Women's single sculls 00016-08-01August 16 2 ! Silver Cross, EmilyEmily Cross Erinn Smart Hanna Thompson Fencing Women's team foil 00016-08-01August 16 2 ! Silver Fountain, HyleasHyleas Fountain Track & field Women's heptathlon 00016-08-01August 16 2 ! Silver Torres, DaraDara Torres Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle 00017-08-01August 17 2 ! Silver Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres Margaret Hoelzer* Megan Jendrick* Elaine Breeden* Kara Lynn Joyce* Swimming Women's 4×100 m medley relay 00017-08-01August 17 2 ! Silver Railey, ZachZach Railey Sailing Finn class 00017-08-01August 17 2 ! Silver Morehouse, TimTim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams Fencing Men's team sabre 00017-08-01August 17 2 ! Silver Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson Gymnastics Women's floor 00017-08-01August 17 2 ! Silver Clement, KerronKerron Clement Track & field Men's 400 m hurdles 00018-08-01August 18 2 ! Silver Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 00018-08-01August 18 2 ! Silver Stuczynski, JenniferJennifer Stuczynski Track & field Women's pole vault 00018-08-01August 18 2 ! Silver Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's balance beam 00019-08-01August 19 2 ! Silver Horton, JonathanJonathan Horton Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 00019-08-01August 19 2 ! Silver Tosta, SheenaSheena Tosta Track & field Women's 400 m hurdles 00020-08-01August 20 2 ! Silver Crawford, ShawnShawn Crawford Track & field Men's 200 m 00020-08-01August 20 2 ! Silver women's national water polo team, United StatesUnited States women's national water polo team Heather Petri Jessica Steffens Brittany Hayes Elsie Windes Brenda Villa Alison Gregorka Lauren Wenger Moriah van Norman Natalie Golda Kami Craig Patty Cardenas Elizabeth Armstrong Jaime Hipp Water polo Women's tournament 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver women's national softball team, United StatesUnited States women's national softball team Monica Abbott Cat Osterman Stacey Nuveman Tairia Flowers Crystl Bustos Andrea Duran Jennie Finch Jessica Mendoza Laura Berg Victoria Galindo Lauren Lappin Kelly Kretschman Lovieanne Jung Caitlin Lowe Natasha Watley Softball Women's tournament 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver Felix, AllysonAllyson Felix Track & field Women's 200 m 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver Lopez, MarkMark Lopez Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver Wariner, JeremyJeremy Wariner Track & field Men's 400 m 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver Payne, DavidDavid Payne Track & field Men's 110 m hurdles 00021-08-01August 21 2 ! Silver Day, MikeMike Day Cycling Men's BMX 00022-08-01August 22 2 ! Silver women's national volleyball team, United StatesUnited States women's national volleyball team Ogonna Nnamani Nicole Davis Kim Willoughby Heather Bown Danielle Scott-Arruda Jennifer Joines Tayyiba Haneef-Park Kim Glass Lindsey Berg Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Stacy Sykora Logan Tom Volleyball Women's tournament 00023-08-01August 23 2 ! Silver men's national water polo team, United StatesUnited States men's national water polo team Merrill Moses Layne Beaubien Peter Varellas Tony Azevedo Peter Hudnut Ryan Bailey Jeff Powers Tim Hutten Adam Wright Jesse Smith Rick Merlo J. W. Krumpholz Brandon Brooks Water polo Men's tournament 00024-08-01August 24 3 ! Bronze Turner, JasonJason Turner Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 00009-08-01August 9 3 ! Bronze Ward, RebeccaRebecca Ward Fencing Women's sabre 00009-08-01August 9 3 ! Bronze Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 00010-08-01August 10 3 ! Bronze Jensen, LarsenLarsen Jensen Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 00010-08-01August 10 3 ! Bronze Hoff, KatieKatie Hoff Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley 00010-08-01August 10 3 ! Bronze Cogdell, CoreyCorey Cogdell Shooting Women's trap 00011-08-01August 11 3 ! Bronze Vanderkaay, PeterPeter Vanderkaay Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle 00012-08-01August 12 3 ! Bronze Hoelzer, MargaretMargaret Hoelzer Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke 00012-08-01August 12 3 ! Bronze Artemev, AlexanderAlexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joe Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 00012-08-01August 12 3 ! Bronze Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley 00013-08-01August 13 3 ! Bronze Leipheimer, LeviLevi Leipheimer Cycling Men's time trial 00013-08-01August 13 3 ! Bronze Rousey, RondaRonda Rousey Judo Women's 70 kg 00013-08-01August 13 3 ! Bronze Lezak, JasonJason Lezak Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 00014-08-01August 14 3 ! Bronze Schmitt, AllisonAllison Schmitt Natalie Coughlin Caroline Burckle Katie Hoff Christine Marshall* Kim Vandenberg* Julia Smit* Swimming Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay 00014-08-01August 14 3 ! Bronze Jacobson, SadaSada Jacobson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis Fencing Women's team sabre 00014-08-01August 14 3 ! Bronze Wheeler, AdamAdam Wheeler Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 00014-08-01August 14 3 ! Bronze Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley 00015-08-01August 15 3 ! Bronze Coughlin, NatalieNatalie Coughlin Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 00015-08-01August 15 3 ! Bronze Flanagan, ShalaneShalane Flanagan Track & field Women's 10000 m 00015-08-01August 15 3 ! Bronze Bryan, BobBob Bryan Mike Bryan Tennis Men's doubles 00016-08-01August 16 3 ! Bronze Dix, WalterWalter Dix Track & field Men's 100 m 00016-08-01August 16 3 ! Bronze Miller, RandiRandi Miller Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg 00017-08-01August 17 3 ! Bronze Inman, JoshJosh Inman Bryan Volpenhein Daniel Walsh Steven Coppola Micah Boyd Wyatt Allen Beau Hoopman Matt Schnobrich Marcus McElhenney Rowing Men's eight 00017-08-01August 17 3 ! Bronze Liukin, NastiaNastia Liukin Gymnastics Women's floor 00017-08-01August 17 3 ! Bronze Jackson, BershawnBershawn Jackson Track & field Men's 400 meter hurdles 00018-08-01August 18 3 ! Bronze Richards, SanyaSanya Richards Track & field Women's 400 meters 00019-08-01August 19 3 ! Bronze Dix, WalterWalter Dix Track & field Men's 200 meters 00020-08-01August 20 3 ! Bronze Lopez, DianaDiana Lopez Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 00021-08-01August 21 3 ! Bronze Neville, DavidDavid Neville Track & field Men's 400 m 00021-08-01August 21 3 ! Bronze Oliver, DavidDavid Oliver Track & field Men's 110 m hurdles 00021-08-01August 21 3 ! Bronze Madden, BeezieBeezie Madden Equestrian Individual jumping 00021-08-01August 21 3 ! Bronze Kintner, JillJill Kintner Cycling Women's BMX 00022-08-01August 22 3 ! Bronze Robinson, DonnyDonny Robinson Cycling Men's BMX 00022-08-01August 22 3 ! Bronze Wilder, DeontayDeontay Wilder Boxing Heavyweight 00022-08-01August 22 3 ! Bronze López, StevenSteven López Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 00022-08-01August 22 3 ! Bronze national baseball team, United StatesUnited States national baseball team Brett Anderson Blaine Neal Jason Donald Jake Arrieta Jeff Stevens Mike Hessman Trevor Cahill Stephen Strasburg Jayson Nix Jeremy Cummings Casey Weathers Terry Tiffee Brian Duensing Lou Marson Dexter Fowler Kevin Jepsen Taylor Teagarden John Gall Brandon Knight Brian Barden Matthew LaPorta Mike Koplove Matthew Brown Nate Schierholtz Baseball Men's tournament 00023-08-01August 23

Medals by sport Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Swimming 12 9 10 31 Track & field 7 10 7 24 Gymnastics 2 6 2 10 Fencing 1 3 2 6 Shooting 2 2 2 6 Cycling 1 1 3 5 Volleyball 3 1 0 4 Equestrian 1 1 1 3 Rowing 1 1 1 3 Taekwondo 0 1 2 3 Wrestling 1 0 2 3 Basketball 2 0 0 2 Sailing 1 1 0 2 Tennis 1 0 1 2 Water polo 0 2 0 2 Baseball 0 0 1 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Soccer 1 0 0 1 Softball 0 1 0 1 Total 36 38 36 110 Multiple medalists Name Sport 01 ! 02 ! 03 ! Total Michael Phelps Swimming 8 0 0 8 Natalie Coughlin Swimming 1 2 3 6 Nastia Liukin Gymnastics 1 3 1 5 Shawn Johnson Gymnastics 1 3 0 4 Ryan Lochte Swimming 2 0 2 4 Matt Grevers Swimming 2 1 0 3 Aaron Peirsol Swimming 2 1 0 3 Jason Lezak Swimming 2 0 1 3 Rebecca Soni Swimming 1 2 0 3 Dara Torres Swimming 0 3 0 3 Margaret Hoelzer Swimming 0 2 1 3 Katie Hoff Swimming 0 1 2 3 LaShawn Merritt Track & field 2 0 0 2 Angelo Taylor Track & field 2 0 0 2 Garrett Weber-Gale Swimming 2 0 0 2 Kerron Clement Track & field 1 1 0 2 Allyson Felix Track & field 1 1 0 2 Jeremy Wariner Track & field 1 1 0 2 Beezie Madden Equestrian 1 0 1 2 David Neville Track & field 1 0 1 2 Sanya Richards Track & field 1 0 1 2 Peter Vanderkaay Swimming 1 0 1 2 Mariel Zagunis Fencing 1 0 1 2 Christine Magnuson Swimming 0 2 0 2 Kara Lynn Joyce Swimming 0 2 0 2 Jonathan Horton Gymnastics 0 1 1 2 Sada Jacobson Fencing 0 1 1 2 Julia Smit Swimming 0 1 1 2 Becca Ward Fencing 0 0 2 2 Walter Dix Track & field 0 0 2 2

Won all medals in one event

• Women's sabre
• Men's 400 m
• Men's 400 m hurdles

Won all gold medals in one sport

• Basketball (2 gold)
• Beach volleyball (2 gold)

Won gold medals in both men's and women's events

• 100 m backstroke
• 4×400 meter relay