Goalball
Goalball is a Paralympic sport played by athletes who are blind and visually impaired. At the 2008 Paralympics, the U.S. men's goalball team hoped to repeat their bronze medal performance in Athens, but lost to Sweden in the final. The U.S. women's goalball team improved on their silver medal performance in Athens, defeating China in the gold medal match.
- Men
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final (Bronze medal match) |
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| Group B | Rank | |||||
| Chris Dodds Steve Denuyl Tyler Merren Donte' Mickens Eddie Munro Daryl Walker Coach: Tom Parrigin |
China L 3-13 |
4 Q | Slovenia W 4-2 |
China L 0-4 |
Sweden L 2-5 |
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| Canada L 2-8 |
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| Brazil W 6-4 |
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| Iran W 4-3 |
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| Sweden L 1-9 |
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- Women
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
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| Rank | |||||
| Jen Armbruster Lisa Banta Jackie Barnes Jessie Lorenz Asya Miller Robin Theryoung Coach: Ken Armbruster |
Japan W 2-0 |
2 Q | Denmark W 4-3 |
China W 6-5 |
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| Denmark W 2-0 |
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| China L 0-4 |
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| Brazil D 2-2 |
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| Germany W 4-0 |
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| Canada D 1-1 |
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| Sweden W 7-4 |
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Read more about this topic: United States At The 2008 Summer Paralympics