| United States at the 2015 Summer Universiade | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| Website | https://www.teamusa.com |
| in Gwangju, South Korea 3 – 14 July 2015 | |
| Competitors | 375 in 20 sports |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Summer Universiade appearances (overview) | |
United States participated at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. The men's basketball team was represented by the Kansas Jayhawks.
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Gymnastics-Artistic | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Basketball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Golf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 15 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Water polo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 15 | 19 | 54 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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| Result | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 494 | 336 | +158 | 10 |
 Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 462 | 329 | +133 | 9 |
 United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 488 | 351 | +137 | 8 |
 Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 331 | 385 | −54 | 7 |
 Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 329 | 371 | −42 | 6 |
 United Arab Emirates | 5 | 0 | 5 | 255 | 587 | −332 | 5 |
7 July 2013 18:30 |
| United States | 140–46 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter:35–16, 34–7, 31–11, 40–12 | ||
Basket Hall |
8 July 2013 13:00 |
| United States | 96–53 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter:20–9, 21–13, 25–16, 30–15 | ||
Basket Hall |
10 July 2013 21:00 |
| United States | 83–65 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter:18–17, 19–10, 27–17, 19–21 | ||
Basket Hall |
11 July 2013 18:30 |
| United States | 84–93 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 24–20, 21–19, 20–34 | ||
Basket Hall |
12 July 2013 13:00 |
| Canada | 94–85 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter:18–17, 28–19, 23–22, 25–27 | ||
Basket Hall |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 168 | +158 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 208 | −2 | 5 |
 Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 242 | −26 | 4 |
 Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 257 | −130 | 3 |
8 July 2013 20:30 |
| United States | 120–32 | Mali |
| Scoring by quarter:28–12, 29–8, 37–8, 26–4 | ||
Olymp Sport Hall |
9 July 2013 20:30 |
| United States | 101–61 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter:21–11, 27–16, 30–14, 23–20 | ||
Miras Sports Complex |
10 July 2013 12:30 |
| United States | 105–75 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter:36–16, 20–16, 26–19, 23–24 | ||
Miras Sports Complex |
12 July 2013 10:30 |
| United States | 103–72 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter:26–24, 25–16, 24–16, 28–16 | ||
Basket Hall |
13 July 2013 21:00 |
| United States | 79–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 19–13, 30–16, 17–29 | ||
Basket Hall |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 11 |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 9 |
 France | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 8 |
 Italy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 6 |
 Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 6 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 78 | -37 | 2 |
 South Korea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 91 | -60 | 0 |
| 2 July 17:00 | Report | United States | 13–12 |  Japan | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Fabio Brasiliano (ITA) Zsolt Marjay (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 4–3, 3–4 | |||||
| Fellner 4 | Goals | Iida 3 | |||
| 4 July 14:00 | Report | Turkey  | 8–12 | United States | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE) Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 2–5, 2–2 | |||||
| Cagatay 3 | Goals | Roberts, Fellner 3 | |||
| 6 July 15:30 | Report | United States | 6–9 |  Russia | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO) Fabio Brasiliano (ITA) |
| Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 2-1, 0-4 | |||||
| Roberts 2 | Goals | Balakirev 2 | |||
| 10 July 12:30 | Report | United States | 12–8 |  China | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Zsolt Marjay (HUN) Erwin Schapers (NED) |
| Score by quarters:3-2, 0-0, 6-4, 3-2 | |||||
| Irving 3 | Goals | Hu, Chen 2 | |||
| 11 July 15:30 | France | 9–11 | United States | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju |
| 11 July 15:30 | France | 9–11 | United States | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju |
| 14 July 12:00 |  Serbia | 4–5 | United States | Yeomju Indoor Aquatics Center, Gwangju |
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