United States at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. A total of 235 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only sport Americans did not compete in was soccer 5-a-side.^[3][1] The United States finished fourth in the gold and overall medal count, behind China, Great Britain and Canada.^[4][5]

Medalists[edit]

The following American athletes won medals at the games.^[6]

Competitors[edit]

Archery[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Men’s track[edit]

Men’s field[edit]

Women’s track[edit]

Women’s field[edit]

Boccia[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Men’s road[edit]

Men’s track[edit]

Women’s road[edit]

Women’s track[edit]

Equestrian[edit]

Individual[edit]

Mixed team[edit]

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The men’s football team didn’t win any medals: they were 8th out of 8.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	United States vs.  Brazil (BRA)	0 – 4	4
2	United States vs.  Russia (RUS)	0 – 3
3	United States vs.  Netherlands (NED)	1 – 6
7th – 8th classification	United States vs.  Ireland (IRL)	0 – 4	8

Goalball[edit]

Men’s team[edit]

The men’s team won a bronze medal in goalball.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Women’s team[edit]

The women’s team won a silver medal in goalball.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Judo[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lorena Pierce	Women’s 70kg	Trachu (THA) W 1000-0000	Bagu (MAS) W 1000-0000	—		Herrera (ESP) L 0000-1100

Powerlifting[edit]

Sailing[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Table tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

Men’s team[edit]

The men’s volleyball team didn’t win any medals: they were place 6th out of 8.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Women’s team[edit]

The women’s volleyball team won a bronze medal.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Wheelchair basketball[edit]

Men’s team[edit]

The men’s team didn’t win any medals. They were 7th out of 12.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Women’s team[edit]

The women’s team won the gold medal in wheelchair basketball.

Players[edit]

Results[edit]

Wheelchair fencing[edit]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Wheelchair tennis[edit]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
John Greer	Open	Men’s singles	Lahcen (FRA) L 2-6, 5-7	Did not advance
Jon Rydberg	Open	Men’s singles	Pommê (BRA) W 6-3, 6-3	Harel (FRA) W 6-4, 6-1	Hall (AUS) L 0-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Larry Quintero	Open	Men’s singles	Kruamai (THA) W 7-6, 6-1	Jeremiasz (FRA) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance
Stephen Welch	Open	Men’s singles	To (JPN) W 6-1, 6-0	Jaroszewski (POL) W 6-3, 6-0	Bonaccurso (AUS) W 6-1, 6-3	Legner (AUT) W 6-2, 6-3	Ammerlaan (NED) L 5-7, 6-1, 4-6	Jeremiasz (FRA) L 2-6, 4-6
John Greer Stephen Welch	Open	Men’s doubles	Bye		Fischer (FRA)  Harel (FRA) W 6-1, 6-3	Bonaccurso (AUS)  Hall (AUS) L 4-6, 3-6	Did not advance
Larry Quintero Jon Rydberg	Open	Men’s doubles	—	Erni (SUI)  Pellegrina (SUI) W 6-0, 6-3	Jeremiasz (FRA)  Lahcen (FRA) L 2-6, 4-6	Did not advance

Women[edit]

Quads[edit]

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nick Taylor	Open	Quads singles	Humphreys (GBR) W 6-2, 6-1	de Beer (NED) W 6-2, 6-2	Wagner (USA) L 6-7, 5-7	van Erp (NED) L 4-6, 6-7
David Wagner	Open	Quads singles	Raffaele (ITA) W 6-2, 6-1	Weinburg (ISR) W 7-6, 5-7, 6-3	Taylor (USA) W 7-6, 7-5	Norfolk (GBR) L 3-6, 2-6
Kevin Whalen	Open	Quads singles	Norfolk (GBR) L 1-6, 2-6	Did not advance
Nick Taylor David Wagner	Open	Quads doubles	—		Hunter (CAN)  McPhate (CAN) W 6-0, 6-3	Eccleson (GBR)  Norfolk (GBR) W 6-4, 6-1

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