United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
in Albertville | |
Competitors | 147 (97 men, 50 women) in 12 sports |
Flag bearer | Bill Koch (cross-country skiing) |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 11 | 9 | 20 |
Biathlon | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Bobsleigh | 12 | – | 12 |
Cross-country skiing | 9 | 8 | 17 |
Figure skating | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Freestyle skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Ice hockey | 22 | – | 22 |
Luge | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
Short track speed skating | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
Speed skating | 11 | 8 | 19 |
Total | 97 | 50 | 147 |
Further information: 1992 Winter Olympics medal table |
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Timed events
Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Reggie Crist | Downhill | — | 1:54.54 | 28 | |||
A. J. Kitt | 1:51.98 | 9 | |||||
Tommy Moe | 1:53.40 | 20 | |||||
Kyle Rasmussen | 1:52.71 | 16 | |||||
A. J. Kitt | Super-G | — | 1:16.31 | 23 | |||
Tommy Moe | 1:16.54 | 28 | |||||
Jeff Olson | 1:15.06 | 13 | |||||
Kyle Rasmussen | 1:15.58 | 17 | |||||
Matt Grosjean | Giant slalom | 1:07.76 | 27 | DNF | |||
Rob Parisien | 1:07.11 | 21 | 1:04.92 | 22 | 2:12.03 | 20 | |
Casey Puckett | 1:08.17 | 30 | 1:05.08 | 24 | 2:13.25 | 25 | |
Chris Puckett | DNF | ||||||
Matt Grosjean | Slalom | 53.79 | 14 | 53.15 | 10 | 1:46.94 | 10 |
Joe Levins | DNF | ||||||
Casey Puckett | DNF | ||||||
Kyle Wieche | 55.42 | 29 | 55.70 | 24 | 1:51.12 | 23 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Hilary Lindh | Downhill | — | 1:52.61 | ||||
Krista Schmidinger | 1:54.59 | 12 | |||||
Edith Thys | 1:58.13 | 25 | |||||
Hilary Lindh | Super-G | — | 1:25.37 | 17 | |||
Julie Parisien | DSQ | ||||||
Diann Roffe | DNF | ||||||
Eva Twardokens | 1:24.19 | 8 | |||||
Julie Parisien | Giant slalom | 1:06.90 | 6 | 1:07.20 | 3 | 2:14.10 | 5 |
Diann Roffe | 1:07.21 | 10 | 1:06.50 | 2 | 2:13.71 | ||
Edith Thys | 1:09.59 | DNF | |||||
Eva Twardokens | 1:07.03 | 7 | 1:07.44 | 7 | 2:14.47 | 7 | |
Julie Parisien | Slalom | 48.22 | 1 | 45.18 | 8 | 1:33.40 | 4 |
Monique Pelletier | 50.38 | 22 | 46.25 | 16 | 1:36.63 | 18 | |
Eva Twardokens | DNF | ||||||
Heidi Voelker | 50.92 | 25 | 46.77 | 20 | 1:37.69 | 20 |
Combined
Athlete | Event | Downhill | Slalom | Total | |||||
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Time | Points | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total | Points | Points | Rank | ||
A. J. Kitt | Men's | 1:46.29 | 13.46 | DNS | DNF | ||||
Tommy Moe | 1:47.19 | 22.63 | 55.03 | 56.56 | 1:51.59 | 59.52 | 82.15 | 18 | |
Jeff Olson | 1:48.29 | 33.84 | DNF | ||||||
Kyle Rasmussen | 1:46.30 | 13.56 | 55.01 | 55.45 | 1:50.46 | 53.14 | 66.70 | 16 | |
Kristin Krone | Women's | DNF | |||||||
Krista Schmidinger | 1:26.36 | 6.48 | 37.66 | 37.11 | 1:14.77 | 45.08 | 51.56 | 11 |
Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Men
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Duncan Douglas | Individual | 1:04:17.5 | 6 | 59 |
Jon Engen | 1:06:18.4 | 5 | 70 | |
Curt Schreiner | 1:03:34.2 | 3 | 51 | |
Josh Thompson | 1:00:05.4 | 2 | 16 | |
Duncan Douglas | Sprint | 28:49.2 | 2 | 55 |
Curt Schreiner | 28:08.4 | 0 | 37 | |
Josh Thompson | 27:53.2 | 1 | 32 | |
Erich Wilbrecht | 28:41.1 | 2 | 49 | |
Duncan Douglas Jon Engen Curt Schreiner Josh Thompson |
Relay | 1:30:44.0 | 1 | 13 |
Women
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Patrice Anderson | Individual | 58:59.6 | 2 | 42 |
Nancy Bell-Johnstone | 57:55.2 | 5 | 34 | |
Beth Coats | 59:36.1 | 2 | 47 | |
Joan Smith | 1:01:15.2 | 5 | 55 | |
Joan Guetschow | Sprint | 31:30.6 | 3 | 64 |
Nancy Bell-Johnstone | 28:20.6 | 3 | 44 | |
Mary Ostergren | 27:05.7 | 2 | 25 | |
Joan Smith | 26:54.5 | 0 | 21 | |
Nancy Bell-Johnstone Mary Ostergren Joan Smith |
Relay | 1:24:36.9 | 2 | 15 |
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Brian Shimer Herschel Walker |
Two-man | 1:00.34 | 6 | 1:01.27 | 10 | 1:01.22 | 8 | 1:01.12 | 4 | 4:03.95 | 7 |
Brian Richardson Greg Harrell |
1:01.56 | 24 | 1:02.15 | 26 | 1:02.26 | 28 | 1:02.20 | 22 | 4:08.17 | 24 | |
Randy Will Joe Sawyer Karlos Kirby Chris Coleman |
Four-man | 58.57 | 10 | 58.71 | 3 | 58.75 | 10 | 58.89 | 8 | 3:54.92 | 9 |
Chuck Leonowiccz Bob Weissenfels Bryan Leturgez Jeff Woodard |
58.74 | 12 | 58.99 | 13 | 58.56 | 2 | 58.94 | 12 | 3:55.23 | 11 |
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Men
Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
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John Aalberg | 10 km classical | 29:47.6 | 18 |
John Bauer | 29:58.0 | 23 | |
John Farra | 32:06.0 | 60 | |
Ben Husaby | 30:06.0 | 26 | |
John Aalberg | 15 km freestyle pursuit | 42:19.2 | 26 |
John Bauer | 43:01.7 | 32 | |
John Farra | 44:54.3 | 49 | |
Ben Husaby | 44:41.1 | 46 | |
Luke Bodensteiner | 30 km classical | 1:28:45.7 | 27 |
John Callahan | 1:32:07.9 | 49 | |
Bill Koch | 1:30:41.6 | 42 | |
Pete Vordenberg | 1:32:24.7 | 51 | |
John Aalberg | 50 km freestyle | 2:15:33.5 | 33 |
Luke Bodensteiner | 2:18:42.4 | 43 | |
Jim Curran | 2:26:17.0 | 56 | |
Pete Vordenberg | 2:26:25.8 | 57 | |
John Aalberg John Bauer Luke Bodensteiner Ben Husaby |
4 × 10 km relay | 1:48:15.8 | 12 |
Women
Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Ingrid Butts | 5 km classical | 16:07.9 | 47 |
Nancy Fiddler | 15:19.2 | 25 | |
Nina Kemppel | 17:12.9 | 56 | |
Leslie Thompson | 16:27.8 | 52 | |
Ingrid Butts | 10 km freestyle pursuit | 31:59.7 | 48 |
Nancy Fiddler | 29:24.9 | 29 | |
Nina Kemppel | 33:56.7 | 52 | |
Leslie Thompson | 31:05.1 | 41 | |
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage | 15 km classical | 50:00.5 | 44 |
Nancy Fiddler | 46:42.4 | 27 | |
Sue Forbes | 49:42.7 | 41 | |
Brenda White | 48:06.0 | 36 | |
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage | 30 km freestyle | 1:36:39.8 | 45 |
Nancy Fiddler | 1:33:02.5 | 29 | |
Brenda White | 1:37:54.0 | 49 | |
Betsy Youngman | 1:36:12.1 | 43 | |
Ingrid Butts Nancy Fiddler Leslie Thompson Betsy Youngman |
4 × 5 km relay | 1:04:48.5 | 13 |
Main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
United States |
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Superior CC, Superior Fourth: Tim Somerville |
Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Individual
Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
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Rank | Rank | TFP | Rank | ||
Todd Eldredge | Men's | 9 | 11 | 15.5 | 10 |
Christopher Bowman | 7 | 4 | 7.5 | 4 | |
Paul Wylie | 3 | 2 | 3.5 | ||
Tonya Harding | Ladies' | 6 | 4 | 7.0 | 4 |
Nancy Kerrigan | 2 | 3 | 4.0 | ||
Kristi Yamaguchi | 1 | 1 | 1.5 |
Mixed
Athlete | Event | CD1 | CD2 | SP / OD | FS / FD | Total | |
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Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | TFP | Rank | ||
Jenni Meno Scott Wendland |
Pairs | — | 12 | 9 | 15.0 | 11 | |
Calla Urbanski Rocky Marval |
7 | 11 | 14.5 | 10 | |||
Natasha Kuchiki Todd Sand |
6 | 6 | 9.0 | 6 | |||
Rachel Mayer Peter Breen |
Ice dancing | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 29.0 | 15 |
April Sargent-Thomas Russ Witherby |
10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 21.6 | 11 |
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Bob Aldighieri | Moguls | 36.44 | 20.61 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
Nelson Carmichael | 31.50 | 23.90 | 4 Q | 32.05 | 24.82 | ||
Chuck Martin | 34.33 | 22.59 | 14 Q | 32.70 | 20.77 | 15 | |
Craig Rodman | 33.31 | 22.25 | 16 Q | 35.21 | 21.18 | 13 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
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Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Ann Battelle | Moguls | 43.99 | 14.51 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
Maggie Connor | 43.08 | 13.95 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
Liz McIntyre | 38.71 | 22.60 | 4 Q | 40.27 | 21.24 | 6 | |
Donna Weinbrecht | 39.81 | 23.48 | 2 Q | 40.51 | 23.69 |
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Summary
Team | Event | First round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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United States men's | Men's tournament | Italy W 6–3 |
Germany W 2–0 |
Finland W 4–1 |
Poland W 3–0 |
Sweden T 3–3 |
1 Q | France W 4–1 |
Unified Team L 2–5 |
Bronze medal final Czechoslovakia L 1–6 |
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First round
Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.
Team advanced to the Final Round | |
Team sent to compete in the Consolation round |
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
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United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 9 |
Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 4 |
Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 2 |
Poland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 30 | -26 | 0 |
February 9, 1992 | United States | 6–3 (2–1, 0–2, 4–0) | Italy | Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel |
February 11, 1992 | United States | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Germany | Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel |
February 13, 1992 | United States | 4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Finland | Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel |
February 15, 1992 | United States | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Poland | Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel |
February 17, 1992 | Sweden | 3–3 (0–1, 0–1, 3–1) | United States | Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel |
Quarterfinal
February 19, 1992 | France | 1–4 (1-0, 0-3, 0-1) | United States |
Semifinal
February 21, 1992 | Unified Team | 5–2 (2-1, 0-1, 3-0) | United States |
Bronze medal game
February 22, 1992 | Czechoslovakia | 6–1 (2-0, 1-0, 3-1) | United States |
Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Duncan Kennedy | Singles | 45.553 | 6 | 45.849 | 12 | 45.258 | 8 | 46.192 | 12 | 3:03.852 | 10 |
Robert Pipkins | 47.996 | 32 | 45.878 | 14 | 46.601 | 15 | 46.424 | 14 | 3:06.899 | 21 | |
Wendel Suckow | 45.838 | 13 | 45.874 | 13 | 46.416 | 12 | 46.067 | 7 | 3:04.195 | 12 | |
Tim Wiley | DNS | ||||||||||
Wendel Suckow Bill Tavares |
Doubles | 46.787 | 9 | 46.664 | 7 | — | 1:33.451 | 9 | |||
Gordy Sheer Chris Thorpe |
46.980 | 12 | 47.062 | 12 | 1:34.042 | 12 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Cammy Myler | Singles | 46.974 | 5 | 47.019 | 6 | 46.962 | 6 | 46.988 | 8 | 3:07.673 | 5 |
Erica Terwillegar | 47.094 | 8 | 47.124 | 8 | 47.210 | 9 | 47.119 | 14 | 3:08.547 | 9 | |
Bonny Warner | 47.493 | 18 | 47.385 | 16 | 47.513 | 17 | 47.366 | 18 | 3:09.757 | 18 |
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Ryan Heckman | Individual | 96.8 | 99.6 | 196.4 | 28 | 50:07.9 | 37 | 53:41.9 | 37 | |
Joe Holland | 98.6 | 107.7 | 206.3 | 15 | DNF | |||||
Tim Tetreault | 96.6 | 98.9 | 195.5 | 29 | 51:09.6 | 41 | 54:49.6 | 40 | ||
Todd Wilson | 84.7 | 92.0 | 176.7 | 43 | 48:36.7 | 34 | 54:22.1 | 39 | ||
Ryan Heckman Joe Holland Tim Tetreault |
Team | — | 591.3 | 4 | 1:28:15.8 | 10 | 1:32:44.8 | 8 |
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
Andy Gabel | Men's 1000 m | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||||
Amy Peterson | Women's 500 m | 51.05 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
Cathy Turner | 47.69 | 1 Q | 48.51 | 1 Q | 47.41 | 1 QA | 47.04 | ||
Darcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer |
Women's 3000 m relay | — | 4:42.56 | 2 Q | 4:37.85 |
Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round.
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Jim Holland | Normal hill | 85.0 | 104.5 | 13 | 81.0 | 96.6 | 22 | 201.1 | 13 |
Bob Holme | 77.0 | 83.7 | 53 | 78.5 | 87.6 | 48 | 171.3 | 51 | |
Ted Langlois | 80.0 | 91.5 | 38 | 83.0 | 97.3 | 21 | 188.8 | 28 | |
Bryan Sanders | 83.5 | 99.1 | 21 | 77.0 | 85.7 | 49 | 184.8 | 38 | |
Jim Holland | Large hill | 105.0 | 90.0 | 15 | 101.5 | 85.1 | 13 | 175.1 | 12 |
Bob Holme | 96.5 | 71.1 | 38 | 92.5 | 66.0 | 37 | 137.1 | 36 | |
Ted Langlois | 88.0 | 57.2 | 50 | 90.5 | 61.2 | 43 | 118.4 | 48 | |
Bryan Sanders | 90.5 | 61.2 | 47 | 98.5 | 75.9 | 24 | 137.1 | 36 | |
Jim Holland Bob Holme Ted Langlois Bryan Sanders |
Team | — | 247.2 | 12 | — | 225.2 | 12 | 482.4 | 12 |
Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics |
Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Dave Cruikshank | 500 m | 38.28 | 22 |
Dan Jansen | 37.46 | 4 | |
Marty Pierce | 38.15 | 19 | |
Nick Thometz | 37.83 | 13 | |
Dave Besteman | 1000 m | 1:16.57 | 20 |
Eric Flaim | 1:16.47 | 16 | |
Dan Jansen | 1:17.34 | 26 | |
Nick Thometz | 1:16.19 | 15 | |
Eric Flaim | 1500 m | 1:59.60 | 24 |
Nate Mills | 2:01.54 | 35 | |
Chris Shelley | 2:01.11 | 32 | |
Brian Wanek | 1:58.50 | 19 | |
Eric Flaim | 5000 m | 7:11.15 | 6 |
Mark Greenwald | 7:21.19 | 19 | |
Brian Wanek | 7:13.35 | 12 | |
Mark Greenwald | 10,000 m | 15:03.02 | 24 |
Jeff Klaiber | 15:13.65 | 27 | |
Brian Wanek | 14:51.34 | 22 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Bonnie Blair | 500 m | 40.33 | |
Peggy Clasen | 41.95 | 22 | |
Michelle Kline | 42.41 | 26 | |
Kristen Talbot | 41.77 | 17 | |
Bonnie Blair | 1000 m | 1:21.90 | |
Peggy Clasen | 1:25.31 | 29 | |
Moira D'Andrea | 1:26.13 | 32 | |
Michelle Kline | DSQ | ||
Bonnie Blair | 1500 m | 2:10.89 | 21 |
Mary Docter | 2:09.66 | 15 | |
Tara Laszlo | 2:13.35 | 27 | |
Angela Zuckerman | 2:13.21 | 26 | |
Mary Docter | 3000 m | 4:34.51 | 15 |
Michelle Kline | 4:45.65 | 25 | |
Angela Zuckerman | 4:41.88 | 22 | |
Mary Docter | 5000 m | 8:04.42 | 17 |
Michelle Kline | 8:20.88 | 24 | |
Tara Laszlo | 8:15.00 | 23 |