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NOC United States Olympic Committee Flag bearer Orlando Johnson (opening) Medals
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The United States competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.
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Archery
The United States was represented by men's and women's athletes in the archery competition.
Men
Women
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:
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:
Beach volleyball
The United States will be represented by two men's teams and one women's team.
Men
Women
Swimming
The United States sent a men's and women's swimming team of 48 swimmers.
Men
^1 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.
Head coach: Rich DeSelm
Assistant coaches: Brette Hawke, Harvey Humphries, Anthony Nesty
Women
^1 Connolly set a Universiade record in the heats, but broke her own record in the final a few hours later.
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
Women
Tennis
The United States will be represented by five tennis players, three male and two female.
Men
Women
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:
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.
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.