5. Maurice Green renews USA's sprinting dominance.

After winning the 100 meter final with one of the fastest times ever recorded and anchoring the gold-medal winning 4x100m men's relay, the world's fastest man and world record holder in the 100m reclaims sprinting supremacy for the U.S.

4. Farm boy from Wyoming defeats the Siberian Bear for title of world's toughest man

American Rulon Gardener, who had never won an NCAA championship, does the unthinkable and defeats Russian Alexander Karelin, a.k.a. the Siberian Bear, for the gold medal in the heaviest weight-class in Greco-Roman wrestling. Karelin was looking for his fourth gold medal and had never lost an international competition before the match.

3. Michael Johnson completes his Olympic career with 2 gold medals.

The "man" of the 1996 Olympics takes a backseat this time around, but still wins the 400 meter gold medal and the 4x400m relay. He completes his career with 9 world championship medals and 5 Olympic medals, all gold. Seems fitting for the man with the golden shoes.

2. US Baseball pulls the "Miracle on the Diamond" and defeats Cuba for the gold medal.

With Tommy Lasorda at the helm, a ragtag group of minor leaguers and washed up major leaguers defeat the professionals from Cuba and win a shocker that some compare to the "Miracle on Ice" from 1980.