Competition in the London Olympics has come to a close, and it was an incredibly entertaining and emotion-packed fortnight of sports. We saw a lot of incredible moments and feats of strength and agility. The London Games were fantastic, and now it’s on to Rio in 2016.
Team USA was dominant, winning the most gold and silver and total medals of all participating countries and finishing only to Russia in bronzes. The United States finished with 104 total medals – 46 golds, 29 silvers and 29 bronzes. China was second in the medal standings with 87, followed by Russia with 82, host nation Great Britain with 65 and Germany with 44. Both the U.S. and Great Britain had all-time best Olympic performances.
In team sports, Team USA saw fantastic gold achievements in women’s water polo, women’s soccer, women’s and men’s basketball, women’s gymnastics, with a silver finish in women’s volleyball. Team USA swept gold and silver in women’s beach volleyball and the men’s decathlon, the contest of 10 track and field events that traditionally touts the “World’s Greatest Athlete.” So by logic, the U.S. has the two greatest!
Fantastic individual performances by Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix and others netted multiple medals, and feats by shooter Kim Rhode, judo artist Kayla Harrison, wrestler Jordan Burroughs, swimmer Katie Ledecky and others were timeless moments.
Diver David Boudia won the first American gold medal in diving in decades. Harrison’s gold was the first EVER in American judo. Team USA extended its dominance in women’s basketball, winning a fifth-straight Olympic gold medal, the men’s team reiterated it intends to remain on top in defending its gold from Beijing, and Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings completed an incredible run together as teammates, winning a third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball without ever having lost a match in the Olympics.
These were the incredible stories all around that made for an incredible Olympics. Here is a list of all American athletes who medaled in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Feel free to click their names and learn their stories, see their results and even watch their performances one more time.
American Medalists in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games
* – World Record
^ – Olympic Record
# – American Record
Note: Athletes who medaled for participating in relay or team qualifying rounds are denoted after semicolons; athletes who participated in medal rounds denoted before semicolons.
Archery (1)
- Silver, Men’s Team (Jake Kaminski, Jacob Wukie, Brady Ellison)
Basketball (2)
- Gold, Men’s Basketball (James Harden, Carmelo Anthony, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Andre Iguodala, Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, Tyson Chandler, LeBron James, Kevin Love)
- Gold, Women’s Basketball (Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Seimone Augustus, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Lindsay Whalen, Asjha Jones)
Beach Volleyball (2)
- Gold, Women’s Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh Jennings)
- Silver, Women’s Beach Volleyball (April Ross, Jen Kessy)
Boxing (2)
- Gold, Women’s Middleweight (Claressa Shields)
- Bronze, Women’s Flyweight (Marlen Esparza)
Cycling (4)
- Gold, Women’s Individual Time Trial (Kristin Armstrong)
- Silver, Women’s Team Pursuit (Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch, Jennie Reed; Lauren Tamayo)
- Silver, Women’s Omnium (Sarah Hammer)
- Bronze, Women’s Mountain Bike (Georgia Gould)
Diving (4)
- Gold, Men’s 10m Platform (David Boudia)
- Silver, Women’s Synchronized 3m Springboard (Kelci Bryant and Abigail Johnston)
- Bronze, Men’s Synchronized 10m Platform (David Boudia and Nick McCrory)
- Bronze, Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard (Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen)
Fencing (1)
- Bronze, Women’s Team Epee (Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley; Susie Scanlan, Maya Lawrence)
Gymnastics (6)
- Gold, Women’s Individual All-Around (Gabby Douglas)
- Gold, Women’s Team Final (Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Wieber)
- Gold, Women’s Floor Exercise Event Final (Aly Raisman)
- Silver, Women’s Vault Event Final (McKayla Maroney)
- Bronze, Men’s Individual All-Around (Danell Leyva)
- Bronze, Women’s Balance Beam Event Final (Aly Raisman)
Judo (2)
- Gold, Women’s Half-Heavyweight (Kayla Harrison)
- Bronze, Women’s Lightweight (Marti Malloy)
Rowing (3)
- Gold, Women’s Eight (Mary Whipple, Caroline Lind, Esther Lofgren, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor Logan, Caryn Davies, Erin Cafaro, Taylor Ritzel, Susan Francia)
- Bronze, Women’s Quadruple Sculls (Natalie Dell, Megan Kalmoe, Kara Kohler, Adrienne Martelli)
- Bronze, Men’s Four (Henrik Rummel, Charlie Cole, Glenn Ochal, Scott Gault)
Shooting (4)
- *Gold, Women’s Skeet (Kim Rhode)
- ^Gold, Men’s Skeet (Vincent Hancock)
- ^Gold, Women’s 50m Rifle, 3 Position (Jamie Beyerle Gray)
- Bronze, Men’s 50m Rifle, 3 Position (Matt Emmons)
Soccer (1)
- Gold, Women’s Soccer (Nicole Barnhart, Abby Wambach, Hope Solo, Becky Sauerbrunn, Christie Rampone, Carli Lloyd, Amy LePeilbet, Rachel Buehler, Sydney Leroux, Amy Rodriguez, Shannon Boxx, Alex Morgan, Heather Mitts, Kelley O’Hara, Tobin Heath, Megan Rapinoe, Heather O’Reilly, Lauren Cheney)
Swimming (31)
Men’s (16)
- Gold, Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps; Davis Tarwater, Matthew McLean, Charlie Houchin)
- Gold, Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay (Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian; Nick Thoman, Eric Shanteau, Tyler McGill, Cullen Jones)
- ^Gold, Men’s 100m Backstroke (Matt Grevers)
- ^Gold, Men’s 200m Backstroke (Tyler Clary)
- Gold, Men’s 100m Butterfly (Michael Phelps)
- Gold, Men’s 100m Freestyle (Nathan Adrian)
- Gold, Men’s 200m Individual Medley (Michael Phelps)
- Gold, Men’s 400m Individual Medley (Ryan Lochte)
- Silver, Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones, Ryan Lochte; Ricky Berens, Jason Lezak, Matt Grevers, James Feigen)
- Silver, Men’s 5om Freestyle (Cullen Jones)
- Silver, Men’s 100m Backstroke (Nick Thoman)
- Silver, Men’s 200m Butterfly (Michael Phelps)
- Silver, Men’s 200m Individual Medley (Ryan Lochte)
- Bronze, Men’s 100m Breaststroke (Brendan Hansen)
- Bronze, Men’s 200m Backstroke (Ryan Lochte)
- Bronze, Men’s 400m Freestyle (Peter Vanderkaay)
Women’s (15)
- ^Gold, Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt; Alyssa Anderson, Lauren Perdue)
- *Gold, Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay (Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt; Rachel Bootsmal, Breeja Larson, Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy)
- #Gold, Women’s 100m Backstroke (Missy Franklin)
- *Gold, Women’s 200m Backstroke (Missy Franklin)
- **Gold, Women’s 200m Breaststroke (Rebecca Soni)
- Soni broke her own World Record she set in the semifinals
- *Gold, Women’s 100m Butterfly (Dana Vollmer)
- ^Gold, Women’s 200m Freestyle (Allison Schmitt)
- #Gold, Women’s 800m Freestyle (Katie Ledecky)
- Silver, Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Rebecca Soni)
- #Silver, Women’s 400m Freestyle (Allison Schmitt)
- Silver, Women’s 400m Individual Medley (Elizabeth Beisel)
- Silver, Women’s Open Water (Haley Anderson)
- #Bronze, Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt; Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir)
- Bronze, Women’s 200m Backstroke (Elizabeth Beisel)
- Bronze, Women’s 200m Individual Medley (Caitlin Leverenz)
Taekwondo (2)
- Bronze, Women’s Welterweight (Paige McPherson)
- Bronze, Men’s Featherweight (Terrence Jennings)
Tennis (4)
- Gold, Women’s Singles (Serena Williams)
- Gold, Women’s Doubles (Serena Williams, Venus Williams)
- Gold, Men’s Doubles (Mike Bryan, Bob Bryan)
- Bronze, Mixed Doubles (Mike Bryan, Lisa Raymond)
Track and Field (29)
Men’s (15)
- Gold, Men’s Decathlon – World’s Greatest Athlete (Ashton Eaton)
- Gold, Men’s 110m Hurdles (Aries Merritt)
- Gold, Men’s Triple Jump (Christian Taylor)
- Silver, Men’s Decathlon – World’s Greatest Athlete (Trey Hardee)
- #Silver, Men’s 4 x 100m Relay (Justin Gatlin, Trell Kimmons, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey; Jeffery Demps, Darvis Patton)
- Silver, Men’s 4 x 400m Relay (Joshua Mance, Angelo Taylor, Bryshon Nellum, Tony McQuay; Manteo Mitchell)
- Silver, Men’s 400m (Michael Tinsley)
- Silver, Men’s 110m Hurdles (Jason Richardson)
- Silver, Men’s 1500m (Leo Manzano)
- Silver, Men’s 10,000m (Galen Rupp)
- Silver, Men’s Triple Jump (Will Claye)
- Silver, Men’s High Jump (Erik Kynard)
- Bronze, Men’s 100m (Justin Gatlin)
- Bronze, Men’s Shot Put (Reese Hoffa)
- Bronze, Men’s Long Jump (Will Claye)
- Gold, Women’s 4 x 400m Relay (Dee Dee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross; Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon)
- *Gold, Women’s 4 x 100m Relay (Allyson Felix, Tianna Madison, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter; Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams)
- Gold, Women’s 200m (Allyson Felix)
- Gold, Women’s 400m (Sanya Richards-Ross)
- Gold, Women’s Pole Vault (Jenn Suhr)
- Gold, Women’s Long Jump (Brittney Reese)
- Silver, Women’s 100m (Carmelita Jeter)
- Silver, Women’s 100m Hurdles (Dawn Harper)
- Silver, Women’s 400m Hurdles (Lashinda Demus)
- Silver, Women’s High Jump (Brigetta Barrett)
- Bronze, Women’s 200m (Carmelita Jeter)
- Bronze, Women’s 400m (Dee Dee Trotter)
- Bronze, Women’s 100m Hurdles (Kellie Wells)
- Bronze, Women’s Long Jump (Janay DeLoach)
Volleyball (1)
- Silver, Women’s Volleyball (Nicole Davis, Jordan Larson, Courtney Thompson, Tamari Miyashiro, Foluke Akinradewo, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Lindsey Berg, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Destinee Hooker, Megan Hodge, Christa Harmotto, Logan Tom)
Water Polo (1)
- Gold, Women’s Water Polo (Kami Craig, Brenda Villa, Kelly Rulon, Melissa Seidemann, Maggie Steffens, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Betsey Armstrong, Courtney Mathewson, Tumuaialii Anae, Heather Petri, Lauren Wenger, Annika Dries
Wrestling (4)
- Gold, Men’s Freestyle 74kg/163 lbs (Jordan Burroughs)
- Gold, Men’s Freestyle 96kg/211.5 lbs (Jake Varner)
- Bronze, Men’s Freestyle 60kg/132 lbs (Coleman Scott)
- Bronze, Women’s Freestyle 48kg/105.5 lbs (Clarissa Chun)
FINAL MEDAL STANDINGS (TOP COUNTRIES)
COUNTRY | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
See names | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 | |
See names | 38 | 27 | 22 | 87 | |
See names | 24 | 25 | 33 | 82 | |
See names | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 | |
See names | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 | |
See names | 7 | 14 | 17 | 38 | |
See names | 7 | 16 | 12 | 35 | |
See names | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |
See names | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |
See names | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | |
See names | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |
See names | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |
See names | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |
See names | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
See names | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | |
See names | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |