The United States finished fifth in the final medal standings at the Beijing Olympics. Medals were awarded this year in 109 events across 15 disciplines. Team USA finished with 25 total medals, including eight gold, 10 silver and seven bronze. That is more than the 23 medals won in PyeongChang in 2018.
Here’s a look back at the Team USA athletes who reached the podium in Beijing.
Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis
Ashley Caldwell, Christopher Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld
Freestyle skiing, men’s slopestyle
Snowboarding, women’s snowboard cross
Snowboarding, women’s halfpipe
Alpine skiing, men’s super-G
Cochran-Siegle won silver 50 years after his mother, Barbara, won a gold medal in slalom at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics.
Freestyle skiing, men’s slopestyle
Freestyle skiing, women’s moguls
Snowboarding, women’s slopestyle
Bobsled, women’s monobob
Meyers Taylor won the third silver medal of her career finishing behind her longtime rival and now-U.S. teammate Kaillie Humphries.
Freestyle skiing, men’s big air
Figure skating, team event
The silver medal is the United States’ best result in the team event since it debuted in 2014, improving on third-place finishes in the two previous Games.
In what might be four-time Olympian Hilary Knight’s last appearance at the Games, the United States was bested by its long-standing Olympic rival Canada.
Freestyle skiing, men’s halfpipe
Speedskating, women’s 1000M
Cross-country skiing, women’s individual sprint
Freestyle skiing, men’s halfpipe
Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue
Figure skating, ice dance
Joey Mantia, Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran
Speedskating, men’s team pursuit
Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman
Bobsled, two-woman bobsled
Freestyle skiing, women’s aerials
Pictograms by Álvaro Valiño for The Washington Post.