His older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy), is a former member of the USA Gymnastics Senior National Team.

He also competed in the floor and horizontal bar finals and only a tie-breaker kept him from winning the bronze medal in the latter event.

He was warned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in July for testing positive for glucocorticosteroid,[1] which is not performance-enhancing or banned but only allowed if proper paperwork is filed to document that the drug is used for therapeutic reasons.

Hamm received the substance through an anti-inflammatory shot to his injured ankle but failed to file the paperwork[2] and his results at the May 24 National Championships were thrown out.

Morgan Hamm was the first person to officially introduce the B-Boy maneuver Airflare to gymnastics.

In the 15th competition, he made it to the third stage and ultimately failed on the "Curtain Cling" obstacle.