United States at the 2011 Summer Universiade


The United States competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Medalists

Archery

The United States was represented by men's and women's athletes in the archery competition.

Men

;Compound

Women

;Compound

Basketball

The United States has qualified both a men's and a women's team. The official rosters were announced on August 8.

Men

The men's team participated in Group D, showing much promise after running through the round-robin with an undefeated record. However, they dropped a close game to Lithuania in the quarterfinals, sending them to the 5th-8th classification bracket. They defeated Germany to secure 5th place.

Team roster

The men's team roster is as follows:

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

Classification 5th-8th place

5th place match

Women

The women's team participated in Group B and won with 40+ point leads in the round robin. They finished in first place after defeating Chinese Taipei in the final, winning the gold medal.

Team roster

The women's team roster is as follows:

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

Beach volleyball

The United States will be represented by two men's teams and one women's team.

Men

;Consolation Round

Women

;Consolation Round

Swimming

The United States sent a men's and women's swimming team of 48 swimmers.

Men

Tullius was tied for the eighth spot in the final. He lost a swim-off against Jan Philip Glania of Germany, reaching a time of 26.02, 0.22 seconds short of Glania's time.
;Coaching staff
Head coach: Rich DeSelm
Assistant coaches: Brette Hawke, Harvey Humphries, Anthony Nesty

Women

Connolly set a Universiade record in the heats, but broke her own record in the final a few hours later.
;Coaching staff
Head coach: Eric Hansen
Assistant coaches: Carol Capitani, Rick DeMont, John Hargis

Table tennis

The United States will be represented by a men's and women's team.

Men

;Singles
;Doubles
;Team

Women

;Singles
;Doubles
;Team

Tennis

The United States will be represented by five tennis players, three male and two female.

Men

;Consolation Draw

Women

;Consolation Draw

Mixed

Volleyball

The United States qualified a men's team.

Men

The men's team competed in Group D. They finished in third place after a close loss to the Czech Republic and a loss to Thailand put them right outside of qualifying to the playoffs. After a close loss to Japan, the United States lost the chance to compete for ninth place and settled for thirteenth place.

Team

The men's indoor volleyball team is as follows:
Coaches

Classification 9th-16th

Classification 13th-16th

13th place match

Water polo

The United States qualified both a men's and a women's team.

Men

The men's team participated in Group C. The United States qualified for the quarterfinals with only one loss to Serbia, the eventual gold medallists, in pool play. The men's team was well on its way to the final, but was edged by Russia in the semifinal and was relegated to the bronze medal match, where Macedonia defeated the United States. The men's team finished fourth overall.

Preliminary round

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Eighthfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Women

The women's team participated in Group B. The team went through the preliminary round undefeated, and fought their way to the final with close wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals. In the final, the United States was stunned by China in a ten-point loss, and earned a silver medal.

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match