Here's every single medal the USA has a chance to win at the Rio 2016 Olympics

Here's every single medal the USA has a chance to win at the Rio 2016 Olympics

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:15 p.m. ET

The United States is again expected to dominate the overall medal count at this year's Summer Olympics in Brazil. In London 2012, the U.S. scored 20 percent more hardware than China, who finished in second with 87 medals.

But that's just the end total. Between now and the closing ceremonies, those 100-or-so medals need to be won. Here are the athletes that have a legitimate shot to make the podium:

Gold medal favorites are noted.

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Archery

• Men’s team
• Bradley Ellison - men’s individual

Basketball

• Men (Gold)
• Women (Gold)

Boxing

• Clarissa Shields - 75 kg women (Gold)
• Shakur Stevenson - 56kg men

Cycling

• Women’s team pursuit
• Megan Guarnier - women’s road race
• Sarah Hammer - women’s omnium
• Elise Post - women’s BMX

Diving

• David Boudia - men’s 10m platform
• David Boudia & Steele Johnson - men’s synchronized 10-meter platform

Equestrian

• Team jumping
• Team eventing
• Team dressage
• Phillip Dutton - individual eventing
• McLain Ward - individual jumping

Fencing

• Men’s team foil
• Women’s team sabre
• Alexander Massialas - men’s foil
• Mariel Zaguinis - women’s sabre

Golf

• Bubba Watson - men
• Patrick Reed - men
• Rickie Fowler - men
• Matt Kuchar - men
• Lexi Thompson - women
• Stacy Lewis - women

Gymnastics

• Women’s team (Gold)
• Simone Biles - women’s all-around (Gold), balance beam (Gold), floor exercise (Gold)
• Daniel Leyva - men’s horizontal bar
• Laurie Hernandez - women’s all-around
• Madison Kocian - women’s uneven bars
• Aly Raisman - women’s floor exercise

Judo

• Kayla Harrison - women’s 78kg (Gold)

Rowing

• Women’s eight (Gold)
• Women’s quadruple sculls
• Women’s pair
• Men’s eight

Rugby

• Men’s sevens

Sailing

• Paige Railey - women’s laser one-person dinghy

Shooting

• Matt Emmons - men’s 50m rifle, three positions (Gold)
• Joshua Richmond - men’s double trap (Gold)
• Vincent Hancock - men’s skeet (Gold)
• Kim Rhode - women’s skeet

Soccer

• Women (Gold)

Swimming

• Men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay, 4 x 200m freestyle relay (Gold), 4 x 100m medley relay (Gold)
• Women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay, 4 x 100m medley relay, 4 x 200m freestyle relay (Gold)
• Katie Ledecky - women’s 400m freestyle (Gold), 800m freestyle (Gold), 200m freestyle (Gold),
• Michael Phelps - men’s 100m butterfly (Gold), 200m individual medley (Gold), 200m butterfly (Gold)
• Lilly King - women’s 100m breaststroke (Gold)
• Josh Prenot - men’s 200m breaststroke (Gold)
• Chase Kalisz - men’s 400m individual medley
• Maya DiRado - women’s 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley
• Ryan Murphy - men’s 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke
• David Plummer - men’s 100m backstroke
• Kate Meili - women’s 100m breastroke
• Ryan Locate - men’s 200m individual medley
• Nathan Adrian - men’s 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle
• Connor Jaeger - men’s 400m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle
• Jordan Wilimovsky - men’s 10km open water
• Kelsi Worrell - women’s 100m butterfly
• Dana Volmer - women’s 100m butterfly
• Leah Smith - women’s 400m freestyle
• Haley Anderson - women’s 10km open water

Tennis

• Serena Williams - women’s singles (Gold)
• Serena and Venus Williams - women’s doubles (Gold)

Taekwondo

• Jackie Galloway - women’s 67+ kg

Track and Field

• Men’s 4 x 100m relay, 4 x 400m relay (Gold)
• Women’s 4 x 100m relay (Gold), 4 x 400m relay (Gold)
• LaShawn Merritt - men’s 200m, 400m (Gold)
• Kerron Clement - men’s 400m (Gold)
• Christian Taylor - men’s triple jump (Gold)
• Joe Kovacs - men’s shot put (Gold)
• Ashton Eaton - men’s decathlon (Gold)
• Brianna Rollins - women’s 100m hurdles (Gold)
• Dalilah Muhammad - women’s 400m hurdles (Gold)
• Alison Felix - women’s 400m (Gold)
• Justin Gatlin - men’s 100m
• Trayvon Bromell - men’s 100m
• Ameer Webb - men’s 200m
• Devon Allen - men’s 110m hurdles
• Michael Tinsley - men’s 400m
• Jarrion Lawson - men’s long jump
• Will Claye - men’s triple jump
• Sam Kendricks - men’s pole vault
• Ryan Crouser - men’s shot put
• Tori Bowie - women’s 100m, 200m
• English Gardner - women’s 100m
• Kristi Castlin - women’s 100m hurdles
• Ashley Spencer - women’s 400m hurdles
• Chaunte Lowe - women’s high jump
• Brittney Reese - women’s long jump
• Jenn Suhr - women’s pole vault

Triathlon

• Gwen Jorgensen - women’s (Gold)

Volleyball

• Women’s indoor (Gold)
• Phil Dalhausser &Nick Lucena - men’s beach
• Kerri Walsh Jennings & April Ross - women’s beach

Water Polo

• Women (Gold)

Wrestling

• Jordan Burroughs - men’s 74kg freestyle (Gold)
• Adeline Gray - women’s 75kg freestyle (Gold)
• Kyle Snyder - men’s 97kg freestyle
• Helen Maroulis - women’s 53kg freestyle
• Elena Pirozhkova - women’s 63kg freestyle
• Andy Bisek - men’s 75kg Greco-Roman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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