The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. U.S. athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 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.

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United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors	530 (262 men and 268 women)[1] in 31 sports
Flag bearers	Mariel Zagunis (opening)[2] Bryshon Nellum (closing)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 48 Silver 26 Bronze 30 Total 104
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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.^[3] 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 Beijing. For the first time since 1936, no U.S. athlete won an Olympic medal in sailing.

Among the nation's medalists were swimmers Missy Franklin, Allison Schmitt and Ryan Lochte, who each won a total of five medals. Swimmer Nathan Adrian and platform diver David Boudia won gold medals in their respective individual events after 24-year-long non-successes. Meanwhile, tennis player Serena Williams followed her sister's success by winning the gold medal in the women's tennis singles event. Gymnast Gabby Douglas became the fourth U.S. female to win a gold medal in the individual all-around event. Allyson Felix became the most successful U.S. track-and-field athlete at the event, winning three gold medals. Swimmer Michael Phelps 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 Larisa Latynina's overall Olympic medal count.^[4]

After the disqualification of Russian Ivan Ukhov for doping, Erik Kynard has finally got upgraded from silver to gold,^[5] 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 was promoted to the gold medal as well after another Russian, Natalya Antyukh, was found guilty of doping, bringing the total to 48 gold medals.

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

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Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Ryan Lochte Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley July 28  Gold Kim Rhode Shooting Women's skeet July 29  Gold Dana Vollmer Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly July 29  Gold Matt Grevers Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke July 30  Gold Missy Franklin Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke July 30  Gold Gabby Douglas McKayla Maroney Aly Raisman Kyla Ross Jordyn Wieber Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around July 31  Gold Vincent Hancock Shooting Men's skeet July 31  Gold Ricky Berens Conor Dwyer Charlie Houchin* Ryan Lochte Matt McLean* Michael Phelps Davis Tarwater* Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 31  Gold Allison Schmitt Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle July 31  Gold Kristin Armstrong Cycling Women's time trial August 1  Gold Nathan Adrian Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 1  Gold Alyssa Anderson* Missy Franklin Lauren Perdue* Allison Schmitt Dana Vollmer Shannon Vreeland Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 1  Gold Gabby Douglas Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around August 2  Gold Kayla Harrison Judo Women's 78 kg August 2  Gold Erin Cafaro Caryn Davies Susan Francia Caroline Lind Esther Lofgren Elle Logan Meghan Musnicki Taylor Ritzel Mary Whipple Rowing Women's eight August 2  Gold Tyler Clary Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke August 2  Gold Michael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley August 2  Gold Rebecca Soni Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 2  Gold Michael Phelps Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly August 3  Gold Katie Ledecky Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle August 3  Gold Missy Franklin Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 3  Gold Jamie Lynn Gray Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions August 4  Gold Nathan Adrian Matt Grevers Brendan Hansen Cullen Jones* Tyler McGill* Michael Phelps Eric Shanteau* Nick Thoman* Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay August 4  Gold Rachel Bootsma* Claire Donahue* Missy Franklin Jessica Hardy* Breeja Larson* Allison Schmitt Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay August 4  Gold Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Tennis Men's doubles August 4  Gold Serena Williams Tennis Women's singles August 4  Gold Serena Williams Venus Williams Tennis Women's doubles August 5  Gold Sanya Richards-Ross Athletics Women's 400 m August 5  Gold Jennifer Suhr Athletics Women's pole vault August 6  Gold Erik Kynard Athletics Men's high jump August 7  Gold Aly Raisman Gymnastics Women's floor August 7  Gold Aries Merritt Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles August 8  Gold Allyson Felix Athletics Women's 200 m August 8  Gold Brittney Reese Athletics Women's long jump August 8  Gold Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings Volleyball Women's beach volleyball August 8  Gold Lashinda Demus Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles August 8  Gold Claressa Shields Boxing Women's middleweight August 9  Gold United States women's national soccer team Nicole Barnhart Shannon Boxx Rachel Buehler Lauren Cheney Tobin Heath Amy LePeilbet Sydney Leroux Carli Lloyd Heather Mitts Alex Morgan Kelley O'Hara Heather O'Reilly Christie Rampone Megan Rapinoe Amy Rodriguez Becky Sauerbrunn Hope Solo Abby Wambach Football Women's tournament August 9  Gold Christian Taylor Athletics Men's triple jump August 9  Gold Ashton Eaton Athletics Men's decathlon August 9  Gold United States women's national water polo team Tumuaialii Anae Elizabeth Armstrong Kami Craig Annika Dries Courtney Mathewson Heather Petri Kelly Rulon Melissa Seidemann Jessica Steffens Maggie Steffens Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Water polo Women's tournament August 9  Gold Allyson Felix Carmelita Jeter Bianca Knight Tianna Madison Jeneba Tarmoh* Lauryn Williams* Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay August 10  Gold Jordan Burroughs Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg August 10  Gold United States women's national basketball team Seimone Augustus Sue Bird Tamika Catchings Swin Cash Tina Charles Sylvia Fowles Asjha Jones Angel McCoughtry Maya Moore Candace Parker Diana Taurasi Lindsay Whalen Basketball Women's tournament August 11  Gold David Boudia Diving Men's 10 m platform August 11  Gold Keshia Baker* Diamond Dixon* Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Sanya Richards-Ross DeeDee Trotter Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay August 11  Gold United States men's national basketball team Carmelo Anthony Kobe Bryant Tyson Chandler Anthony Davis Kevin Durant James Harden Andre Iguodala LeBron James Kevin Love Chris Paul Russell Westbrook Deron Williams Basketball Men's tournament August 12  Gold Jake Varner Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg August 12  Silver Brady Ellison Jake Kaminski Jacob Wukie Archery Men's team July 28  Silver Elizabeth Beisel Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley July 28  Silver Kelci Bryant Abigail Johnston Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard July 29  Silver Nathan Adrian Ricky Berens* Jimmy Feigen* Matt Grevers* Cullen Jones Jason Lezak* Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay July 29  Silver Allison Schmitt Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle July 29  Silver Nick Thoman Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke July 30  Silver Rebecca Soni Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke July 30  Silver Michael Phelps Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly July 31  Silver Ryan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley August 2  Silver Cullen Jones Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle August 3  Silver Dotsie Bausch Sarah Hammer Jennie Reed* Lauren Tamayo Cycling Women's team pursuit August 4  Silver Galen Rupp Athletics Men's 10,000 m August 4  Silver Carmelita Jeter Athletics Women's 100 m August 4  Silver McKayla Maroney Gymnastics Women's vault August 5  Silver Michael Tinsley Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles August 6  Silver Sarah Hammer Cycling Women's omnium August 7  Silver Leonel Manzano Athletics Men's 1500 m August 7  Silver Dawn Harper Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles August 7  Silver Jason Richardson Athletics Men's 110 m hurdles August 8  Silver Jennifer Kessy April Ross Volleyball Women's beach volleyball August 8  Silver Haley Anderson Swimming Women's 10 km open water August 9  Silver Will Claye Athletics Men's triple jump August 9  Silver Trey Hardee Athletics Men's decathlon August 9  Silver Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Manteo Mitchell* Bryshon Nellum Angelo Taylor Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay August 10  Silver Brigetta Barrett Athletics Women's high jump August 11  Silver United States women's national volleyball team Foluke Akinradewo Lindsey Berg Nicole Davis Tayyiba Haneef-Park Christa Harmotto Megan Hodge Destinee Hooker Jordan Larson Tamari Miyashiro Danielle Scott-Arruda Courtney Thompson Logan Tom Volleyball Women's tournament August 11  Bronze Peter Vanderkaay Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle July 28  Bronze Natalie Coughlin* Missy Franklin Jessica Hardy Lia Neal Allison Schmitt Amanda Weir* Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay July 28  Bronze Brendan Hansen Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke July 29  Bronze David Boudia Nicholas McCrory Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform July 30  Bronze Marti Malloy Judo Women's 57 kg July 30  Bronze Caitlin Leverenz Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley July 31  Bronze Troy Dumais Kristian Ipsen Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard August 1  Bronze Danell Leyva Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around August 1  Bronze Natalie Dell Megan Kalmoe Kara Kohler Adrienne Martelli Rowing Women's quadruple sculls August 1  Bronze Ryan Lochte Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke August 2  Bronze Elizabeth Beisel Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 3  Bronze Reese Hoffa Athletics Men's shot put August 3  Bronze Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Maya Lawrence Susie Scanlan* Fencing Women's team épée August 4  Bronze Charlie Cole Scott Gault Glenn Ochal Henrik Rummel Rowing Men's four August 4  Bronze Will Claye Athletics Men's long jump August 4  Bronze Mike Bryan Lisa Raymond Tennis Mixed doubles August 5  Bronze Justin Gatlin Athletics Men's 100 m August 5  Bronze DeeDee Trotter Athletics Women's 400 m August 5  Bronze Matthew Emmons Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions August 6  Bronze Aly Raisman Gymnastics Women's balance beam August 7  Bronze Kellie Wells Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles August 7  Bronze Marlen Esparza Boxing Women's flyweight August 8  Bronze Carmelita Jeter Athletics Women's 200 m August 8  Bronze Janay DeLoach Athletics Women's long jump August 8  Bronze Clarissa Chun Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg August 8  Bronze Terrence Jennings Taekwondo Men's 68 kg August 9  Bronze Paige McPherson Taekwondo Women's 67 kg August 10  Bronze Georgia Gould Cycling Women's cross-country August 11  Bronze Coleman Scott Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg August 11  Bronze Tervel Dlagnev Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg August 11

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 16 9 6 31 Athletics 11 10 7 28 Gymnastics 3 1 2 6 Shooting 3 0 1 4 Tennis 3 0 1 4 Wrestling 2 0 3 5 Basketball 2 0 0 2 Cycling 1 2 1 4 Volleyball 1 2 0 3 Diving 1 1 2 4 Rowing 1 0 2 3 Boxing 1 0 1 2 Judo 1 0 1 2 Football 1 0 0 1 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Archery 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 0 2 2 Fencing 0 0 1 1 Total 48 26 30 104 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 July 28 1 2 2 5 2 July 29 2 3 1 6 3 July 30 2 2 2 6 4 July 31 4 1 1 6 5 August 1 3 0 3 6 6 August 2 6 1 1 8 7 August 3 3 1 2 6 8 August 4 5 3 3 11 9 August 5 2 1 3 6 10 August 6 1 1 1 3 11 August 7 2 3 2 7 12 August 8 5 2 4 11 13 August 9 5 3 1 9 14 August 10 2 1 1 4 15 August 11 3 2 3 8 16 August 12 2 0 0 2 Total 48 26 30 104 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 30 13 15 58 55.8% Male 18 13 14 45 43.3% Mixed 0 0 1 1 0.9% Total 48 26 30 104 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Michael Phelps Swimming 4 2 0 6 Missy Franklin Swimming 4 0 1 5 Allison Schmitt Swimming 3 1 1 5 Ryan Lochte Swimming 2 2 1 5 Allyson Felix Athletics 3 0 0 3 Dana Vollmer Swimming 3 0 0 3 Nathan Adrian Swimming 2 1 0 3 Matt Grevers Swimming 2 1 0 3 Rebecca Soni Swimming 2 1 0 3 Aly Raisman Gymnastics 2 0 1 3 Cullen Jones Swimming 1 2 0 3 Carmelita Jeter Athletics 1 1 1 3 Gabby Douglas Gymnastics 2 0 0 2 Sanya Richards-Ross Athletics 2 0 0 2 Serena Williams Tennis 2 0 0 2 Ricky Berens Swimming 1 1 0 2 Brendan Hansen Swimming 1 1 0 2 McKayla Maroney Gymnastics 1 1 0 2 Nick Thoman Swimming 1 1 0 2 David Boudia Diving 1 0 1 2 Mike Bryan Tennis 1 0 1 2 Jessica Hardy Swimming 1 0 1 2 DeeDee Trotter Athletics 1 0 1 2 Sarah Hammer Cycling 0 2 0 2 Elizabeth Beisel Swimming 0 1 1 2 Will Claye Athletics 0 1 1 2

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The USOC selected a team of 530 athletes, 261 men and 269 women, to compete in all sports except handball; it was the nation's sixth-largest team sent to the Olympics, but the smallest since 1988. 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.^[6] Among the returning Olympians, seven of them had competed at their fifth Olympics (high jumper Amy Acuff, archer Khatuna Lorig, shooters Kimberly Rhode and Emil Milev, indoor volleyballer Danielle Scott-Arruda, and eventing riders Phillip Dutton and Karen O'Connor – the oldest of the team at age 54). Twenty-one athletes made their fourth Olympic appearances, including springboard diver Troy Dumais, track hurdler Angelo Taylor, and beach volleyballers and double-defending champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor. Fifty-seven athletes made their third Olympic appearances, including rifle shooter Matt Emmons, and twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the men's tennis doubles match. One hundred and forty-three athletes were two-time Olympians, including former defending champions Justin Gatlin (athletics) and Anthony Ervin (swimming), who both made their comeback in London after long years of absence. Two hundred and eight returning athletes had competed in Beijing, including 124 Olympic medalists, and 76 defending champions.^[6]

Among the nation's defending champions were swimmers Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. 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 Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, who led their team by recapturing the nation's gold medal in Beijing, shooters Walton Eller and Vincent Hancock, road cyclist Kristin Armstrong in women's time trial, and swimmers Rebecca Soni and Ryan Lochte.^[6]

First-time Olympians also featured gymnasts Jordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman, decathlete Ashton Eaton, and swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, the youngest of the team at age 15. Former basketball player and five-time Olympic champion Teresa Edwards served as the U.S. team's chef de mission.^[7] Double Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis became the third fencer and sixth female athlete to serve as the United States flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2]

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:

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

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Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brady Ellison	Individual	676	10	Javier (PHI) (55) W 7–1	Worth (AUS) (23) L 1–7	Did not advance
Jake Kaminski		670	18	Olaru (MDA) (47) L 5–6	Did not advance
Jacob Wukie		673	12	Talukdar (IND) (53) W 6–0	Nesteng (NOR) (24) L 2–6	Did not advance
Brady Ellison Jake Kaminski Jacob Wukie	Team	2019	4	—		Bye	Japan (JPN) (5) W 220–219	South Korea (KOR) (1) W 224–219	Italy (ITA) (6) L 218–219

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Miranda Leek	Individual	656	14	Palekha (UKR) (51) W 6–2	Lionetti (ITA) (19) L 4–6	Did not advance
Khatuna Lorig		669	4	Zam (BHU) (61) W 6–0	Laursen (DEN) (36) W 6–4	Cheng M (CHN) (20) W 7–3	Schuh (FRA) (37) W 6–2	Ki B-b (KOR) (1) L 2–6	Avitia (MEX) (10) L 2–6	4
Jennifer Nichols		654	15	Swuro (IND) (50) W 6–5	Bishindee (MGL) (18) L 5–6	Did not advance
Miranda Leek Khatuna Lorig Jennifer Nichols[8]	Team	1979	2	—		Bye	China (CHN) (7) L 213–218	Did not advance

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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):^[9][10] The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials.

Men

Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ryan Bailey[11]	100 m	Bye		9.88	1 Q	9.96	2 Q	9.88	5
Justin Gatlin[11]		Bye		9.97	1 Q	9.82	1 Q	9.79
Tyson Gay[11]		Bye		10.08	1 Q	9.90	2 Q	9.80	DSQ
Maurice Mitchell[12]	200 m	20.54	1 Q	—		20.56	4	Did not advance
Wallace Spearmon[12]		20.47	2 Q			20.02	2 Q	19.90	4
Isiah Young[12]		20.55	3 Q			20.89	8	Did not advance
Tony McQuay[13]	400 m	45.45	2 Q	—		45.31	5	Did not advance
LaShawn Merritt[13]		DNF				Did not advance
Bryshon Nellum[13]		45.29	2 Q			45.02	3	Did not advance
Khadevis Robinson[14]	800 m	1:47.17	5	—		Did not advance
Duane Solomon[14]		1:46.05	1 Q			1:44.93	3 q	1:42.82	4
Nicholas Symmonds[14]		1:45.91	1 Q			1:44.87	3 q	1:42.95	5
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr.[14]	1500 m	3:41.39	5 Q	—		3:34.90	5 Q	3:35.17	4
Leonel Manzano[14]		3:37.00	6 Q			3:42.94	4 Q	3:34.79
Andrew Wheating[14]		3:40.92	7 q			3:44.88	9	Did not advance
Bernard Lagat[15]	5000 m	13:15.45	4 Q	—				13:42.99	4
Lopez Lomong[15]		13:26.16	4 Q					13:48.19	10
Galen Rupp[15]		13:17.56	6 q					13:45.04	7
Dathan Ritzenhein[16]	10,000 m	—						27:45.89	13
Galen Rupp[16]								27:30.90
Matt Tegenkamp[16]								28:18.26	19
Aries Merritt[17]	110 m hurdles	13.07	1 Q	—		12.94	1 Q	12.92
Jeffrey Porter[17]		13.53	3 Q			13.41	5	Did not advance
Jason Richardson[17]		13.33	1 Q			13.13	1 Q	13.04
Kerron Clement[18]	400 m hurdles	48.48	2 Q	—		48.12	3 q	49.15	8
Angelo Taylor[18]		49.29	1 Q			47.95	2 Q	48.25	5
Michael Tinsley[18]		49.13	1 Q			48.18	1 Q	47.91
Kyle Alcorn[19]	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.11	9	—				Did not advance
Donald Cabral[19]		8:21.46	4 Q					8:25.91	8
Evan Jager[19]		8:16.61	2 Q					8:23.87	6
Ryan Bailey Jeff Demps* Justin Gatlin Tyson Gay Trell Kimmons Darvis Patton*[20]	4 × 100 m relay	37.38 NR	1 Q	—				37.04 NR	DSQ
Joshua Mance Tony McQuay Manteo Mitchell* Bryshon Nellum Angelo Taylor[20]	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.87	2 Q	—				2:57.05
Abdi Abdirahman[21]	Marathon	—						DNF
Ryan Hall[21]								DNF
Meb Keflezighi[21]								2:11:06	4
Trevor Barron[22]	20 km walk	—						1:22:46	26
John Nunn[23]	50 km walk	—						4:03:28	43

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Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Will Claye[24]	Long jump	7.99	8 Q	8.12
Marquise Goodwin[24]		8.11	2 Q	7.80	10
George Kitchens[24]		6.84	39	Did not advance
Will Claye[25]	Triple jump	16.87	7 q	17.63
Christian Taylor[25]		17.21	1 Q	17.81
Erik Kynard[26]	High jump	2.29	3 q	2.33
Jamie Nieto[26]		2.26	7 q	2.29	6
Jesse Williams[26]		2.29	3 q	2.25	9
Derek Miles[27]	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Jeremy Scott[27]		5.50	15	Did not advance
Brad Walker[27]		5.60	4 q	NM	—
Christian Cantwell[28]	Shot put	20.41	9 Q	21.19	4
Reese Hoffa[28]		21.36	1 Q	21.23
Ryan Whiting[28]		20.78	4 Q	20.64	9
Lance Brooks[29]	Discus throw	61.17	21	Did not advance
Jarred Rome[29]		59.57	31	Did not advance
Jason Young[29]		62.18	18	Did not advance
Sean Furey[30]	Javelin throw	72.81	37	Did not advance
Cyrus Hostetler[30]		75.76	32	Did not advance
Craig Kinsley[30]		78.18	23	Did not advance
Kibwe Johnson[31]	Hammer throw	77.17	5 q	74.95	9
AG Kruger[31]		72.13	25	Did not advance

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Combined events – Decathlon

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Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Ashton Eaton[32]	Result	10.35	8.03	14.66	2.05	46.90	13.56	42.53	5.20	61.96	4:33.59	8869
	Points	1011	1068	769	850	963	1032	716	972	767	721
Trey Hardee[32]	Result	10.42	7.53	15.28	1.99	48.11	13.54	48.26	4.80	66.65	4:40.94	8671
	Points	994	942	807	794	904	1035	834	849	838	674

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Women

Track & road events

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Allyson Felix[33]	100 m	Bye		11.01	1 Q	10.94	2 Q	10.89	5
Carmelita Jeter[33]		Bye		10.83	1 Q	10.82	1 Q	10.78
Tianna Madison[33]		Bye		10.97	2 Q	10.92	2 Q	10.85	4
Allyson Felix[34]	200 m	22.71	1 Q	—		22.31	1 Q	21.88
Carmelita Jeter[34]		22.65	1 Q			22.39	2 Q	22.14
Sanya Richards-Ross[34]		22.48	1 Q			22.30	1 Q	22.39	5
Francena McCorory[35]	400 m	50.78	1 Q	—		50.19	2 Q	50.33	7
Sanya Richards-Ross[35]		51.78	1 Q			50.07	1 Q	49.55
Dee Dee Trotter[35]		50.87	1 Q			49.87	2 Q	49.72
Geena Gall[36]	800 m	2:03.85	4 q	—		2:05.76	8	Did not advance
Alysia Montaño[36]		2:00.47	1 Q			1:58.42	4 q	1:57.93	5
Alice Schmidt[36]		2:01.65	2 Q			2:01.63	4	Did not advance
Shannon Rowbury[37]	1500 m	4:06.03	7 q	—		4:05.47	5 Q	4:11.26	6
Jennifer Simpson[37]		4:13.81	6 Q			4:06.89	12	Did not advance
Morgan Uceny[37]		4:06.87	2 Q			4:05.34	3 Q	DNF
Kim Conley[38]	5000 m	15:14.48	12	—				Did not advance
Julie Culley[38]		15:05.38	5 Q					15:28.22	14
Molly Huddle[38]		15:02.26	5 Q					15:20.29	11
Janet Cherobon-Bawcom[39]	10,000 m	—						31:12.68	12
Amy Hastings[39]		31:10.69	11
Lisa Uhl[39]		31:12.80	13
Dawn Harper[40]	100 m hurdles	12.75	2 Q	—		12.46	1 Q	12.37
Lolo Jones[40]		12.68	1 Q			12.71	3 q	12.58	4
Kellie Wells[40]		12.69	1 Q			12.51	1 Q	12.48
Ti'erra Brown[41]	400 m hurdles	54.72	2 Q	—		54.21	3 q	55.07	6
Lashinda Demus[41]		54.60	1 Q			54.08	1 Q	52.77
Georganne Moline[41]		54.31	1 Q			54.74	2 Q	53.92	5
Emma Coburn[42]	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.51	3 Q	—				9:23.54	9
Bridget Franek[42]		9:29.86	5 q					9:45.51	14
Shalaya Kipp[42]		9:48.33	12					Did not advance
Allyson Felix Carmelita Jeter Bianca Knight Tianna Madison Jeneba Tarmoh* Lauryn Williams*[20]	4 × 100 m relay	41.64	1 Q	—				40.82 WR
Keshia Baker* Diamond Dixon* Allyson Felix Francena McCorory Sanya Richards-Ross DeeDee Trotter[20]	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.09	1 Q	—				3:16.88
Desiree Davila[21]	Marathon	—						DNF
Shalane Flanagan[21]								2:25:51	10
Kara Goucher[21]								2:26:07	11
Maria Michta[43]	20 km walk	—						1:32:27	29

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Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Janay DeLoach	Long jump	6.81	2 Q	6.89
Chelsea Hayes		6.37	16	Did not advance
Brittney Reese		6.57	9 q	7.12
Amanda Smock[44]	Triple jump	13.61	27	Did not advance
Amy Acuff[45]	High jump	1.85	=20	Did not advance
Brigetta Barrett[45]		1.93	6 q	2.03
Chaunte Lowe[45]		1.93	2 q	1.97	6
Becky Holliday[46]	Pole vault	4.55	10 q	4.45	9
Lacey Janson[46]		4.40	15	Did not advance
Jennifer Suhr[46]		4.55	1 q	4.75
Tia Brooks[47]	Shot put	17.72	19	Did not advance
Jillian Camarena-Williams[47]		18.22	15	Did not advance
Michelle Carter[47]		18.63	8 q	19.42	5
Gia Lewis-Smallwood[48]	Discus throw	61.44	15	Did not advance
Aretha Thurmond[48]		59.39	25	Did not advance
Stephanie Brown Trafton[48]		64.89	5 Q	63.01	8
Brittany Borman[49]	Javelin throw	59.27	15	Did not advance
Kara Patterson[49]		56.23	31	Did not advance
Rachel Yurkovich[49]		57.92	24	Did not advance
Amanda Bingson[50]	Hammer throw	67.29	28	Did not advance
Amber Campbell[50]		69.93	13	Did not advance
Jessica Cosby[50]		69.65	14	Did not advance

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Combined events – Heptathlon

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.

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Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	Men's doubles	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) L 14–21, 19–21	Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) L 12–21, 14–21	Kawamae / Sato (JPN) L 15–21, 15–21	4	—	Did not advance
Rena Wang	Women's singles	Wang X (CHN) L 8–21, 6–21	—		2	Did not advance

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Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	France W 98–71	Tunisia W 110–63	Nigeria W 156–73	Lithuania W 99–94	Argentina W 126–97	1 Q	Australia W 119–86	Argentina W 109–83	Spain W 107–100
United States women	Women's tournament	Croatia W 81–56	Angola W 90–38	Turkey W 89–58	Czech Republic W 88–61	China W 114–66	1 Q	Canada W 91–48	Australia W 86–73	France W 86–50

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Men's tournament

Main article: 2012 United States men's Olympic basketball team

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[52]

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United States men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Tyson Chandler 29 – (1982-10-02)October 2, 1982 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) New York Knicks F 5 Kevin Durant 23 – (1988-09-29)September 29, 1988 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Oklahoma City Thunder F 6 LeBron James 27 – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Miami Heat G 7 Russell Westbrook 23 – (1988-11-12)November 12, 1988 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Oklahoma City Thunder G 8 Deron Williams 28 – (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Brooklyn Nets F 9 Andre Iguodala 28 – (1984-01-28)January 28, 1984 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Philadelphia 76ers G 10 Kobe Bryant 33 – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers F 11 Kevin Love 23 – (1988-09-07)September 7, 1988 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Minnesota Timberwolves G 12 James Harden 22 – (1989-08-26)August 26, 1989 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Oklahoma City Thunder G 13 Chris Paul 27 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Los Angeles Clippers C 14 Anthony Davis 19 – (1993-03-11)March 11, 1993 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) New Orleans Hornets F 15 Carmelo Anthony 28 – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) New York Knicks	Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coach(es) Jim Boeheim Mike D'Antoni Nate McMillan Jerry Colangelo (executive director) Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on July 29, 2012

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

29 July 2012 14:30

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United States	98–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 30–15, 26–15, 20–20
Pts: Durant 22 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: James 8		Pts: Traoré 12 Rebs: Turiaf 9 Asts: de Colo 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Saša Pukl (SLO), Michael Aylen (AUS)

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31 July 2012 22:15

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Tunisia	63–110	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–25, 14–39, 16–25
Pts: Ben Romdhane 22 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 11 Asts: Ben Romdhane 4		Pts: Love, Anthony 16 Rebs: Durant 10 Asts: Paul 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

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2 August 2012 22:15

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United States	156–73	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 49–25, 29–20, 41–17, 37–11
Pts: Anthony 37 Rebs: Davis, Love 6 Asts: Williams 11		Pts: Diogu 27 Rebs: Diogu 7 Asts: Aminu 4

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Elena Chernova (RUS)

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4 August 2012 14:30

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Lithuania	94–99	United States
Scoring by quarter: 25–33, 26–22, 21–23, 22–21
Pts: Kleiza 25 Rebs: Pocius 7 Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius 6		Pts: James, Anthony 20 Rebs: Love 8 Asts: Paul 6

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Marcos Benito (BRA)

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6 August 2012 22:15

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Argentina	97–126	United States
Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 27–26, 17–42, 21–24
Pts: Ginóbili 16 Rebs: Ginóbili 5 Asts: Campazzo 7		Pts: Durant 28 Rebs: Iguodala, Love 9 Asts: Paul 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

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Quarterfinal

8 August 2012 22:15

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United States	119–86	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 28–21, 28–28, 35–16
Pts: Bryant 20 Rebs: James 14 Asts: James 11		Pts: Mills 26 Rebs: Ingles 8 Asts: Ingles 6

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Semifinal

10 August 2012 21:00

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Argentina	83–109	United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 21–23, 17–27, 26–35
Pts: Ginobili 18 Rebs: Delfino 5 Asts: Prigioni 6		Pts: Durant 19 Rebs: Love 9 Asts: James, Paul 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 15:00

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United States	107–100	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 35–27, 24–31, 24–24, 24–18
Pts: Durant 30 Rebs: Durant, Love 9 Asts: James 4		Pts: P. Gasol 24 Rebs: Ibaka 9 Asts: P. Gasol 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Michael Aylen (AUS)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[53]

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United States women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Lindsay Whalen 30 – (1982-05-09)May 9, 1982 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Minnesota Lynx F 5 Seimone Augustus 28 – (1984-04-30)April 30, 1984 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Minnesota Lynx G 6 Sue Bird 31 – (1980-10-16)October 16, 1980 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Seattle Storm F 7 Maya Moore 23 – (1989-06-11)June 11, 1989 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Minnesota Lynx F 8 Angel McCoughtry 25 – (1986-09-10)September 10, 1986 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Atlanta Dream F 9 Asjha Jones 31 – (1980-08-01)August 1, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Connecticut Sun F 10 Tamika Catchings 33 – (1979-07-21)July 21, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Indiana Fever F 11 Swin Cash 32 – (1979-09-22)September 22, 1979 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Chicago Sky G/F 12 Diana Taurasi 30 – (1982-06-11)June 11, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Phoenix Mercury C 13 Sylvia Fowles 27 – (1985-06-10)June 10, 1985 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Chicago Sky C 14 Tina Charles 23 – (1988-12-05)December 5, 1988 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Connecticut Sun F/C 15 Candace Parker 26 – (1986-04-19)April 19, 1986 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Los Angeles Sparks	Head coach Geno Auriemma Assistant coach(es) Doug Bruno Jennifer Gillom Marynell Meadors Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	462	279	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	343	316	+27	9
3	China	5	3	2	346	363	−17	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	332	+14	7
5	Croatia	5	1	4	324	379	−55	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	243	395	−152	5

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

28 July 2012 16:45

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United States	81–56	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 20–24, 22–19, 28–9
Pts: Charles 14 Rebs: Parker 13 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Ivezić 22 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Lelas 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

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30 July 2012 22:15

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Angola	38–90	United States
Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 6–19, 11–28, 9–21
Pts: Guadalupe 11 Rebs: Mauricio, Manuel 6 Asts: Manuel 2		Pts: Parker 14 Rebs: Parker 12 Asts: Bird 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Carole Delauné (FRA), Marcos Benito (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)

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1 August 2012 22:15

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United States	89–58	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–10, 22–21, 26–11
Pts: McCoughtry 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Bird 4		Pts: Vardarlı, Hollingsworth 11 Rebs: Hollingsworth 8 Asts: Vardarlı, Alben 3

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Peng Ling (CHN)

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3 August 2012 22:15

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Czech Republic	61–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 12–24, 9–22, 14–18
Pts: Zrůstová 15 Rebs: Pecková 6 Asts: Bartoňová 3		Pts: Taurasi 18 Rebs: Charles 14 Asts: Bird 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Marcos Benito (BRA), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

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5 August 2012 16:45

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China	66–114	United States
Scoring by quarter: 28–31, 8–30, 12–33, 18–20
Pts: Song Xiaoyun 15 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Miao Lijie 8		Pts: Taurasi 22 Rebs: Moore 7 Asts: Catchings 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Carole Delauné (FRA)

Quarterfinal

7 August 2012 14:00

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United States	91–48	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 23–13, 26–10, 23–17
Pts: Taurasi 15 Rebs: Moore, Parker 7 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Smith 13 Rebs: Phillips 8 Asts: Phillips 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

Semifinal

9 August 2012 17:00

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Australia	73–86	United States
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–23, 12–22, 14–21
Pts: Cambage 19 Rebs: Jackson 17 Asts: Jarry 5		Pts: Taurasi, Charles 14 Rebs: Charles 10 Asts: Charles 4

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Borys Ryschyk (UKR), Snehal Bendke (IND)

Gold medal match

11 August 2012 21:00

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United States	86–50	France
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–10, 26–12, 23–13
Pts: Parker 21 Rebs: Parker 11 Asts: Taurasi 6		Pts: Gruda, Lawson-Wade 12 Rebs: Ndongue 8 Asts: Dumerc 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Fernando Sampietro (ARG), Elena Chernova (RUS), Peng Ling (CHN)