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	Gold 5 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 11
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The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Medalists

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.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 10
Gold	Donna Weinbrecht	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	February 13
Gold	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 14
Gold	Cathy Turner	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 20
Gold	Kristi Yamaguchi	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	February 21
Silver	Hilary Lindh	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	February 15
Silver	Paul Wylie	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 15
Silver	Diann Roffe	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 19
Silver	Darcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 meter relay	February 20
Bronze	Nelson Carmichael	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls	February 13
Bronze	Nancy Kerrigan	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	February 21

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Figure skating	1	1	1	3
Short track speed skating	1	1	0	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1	2
Alpine skiing	0	2	0	2
Total	5	4	2	11

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Cathy Turner	Short track speed skating	1	1	0	2

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Timed events
Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	Women's	1:26.36	6.48	37.66	37.11	1:14.77	45.08	51.56	11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Rank
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
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

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	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	Two-man	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	Four-man	58.74	12	58.99	13	58.56	2	58.94	12	3:55.23	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
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
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

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

United States
Superior CC, Superior Fourth: Tim Somerville Third: Mike Strum Skip: Bud Somerville Lead: Bill Strum Alternate: Bob Nichols

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	SP	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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	Ice dancing	10	10	11	11	21.6	11

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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	4

Roster

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
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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	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	Doubles	46.980	12	47.062	12	—				1:34.042	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping					Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Heckman	Individual	96.8	99.6	~~95.0~~	196.4	28	50:07.9	37	53:41.9	37
Joe Holland		~~93.8~~	98.6	107.7	206.3	15	DNF
Tim Tetreault		~~96.4~~	96.6	98.9	195.5	29	51:09.6	41	54:49.6	40
Todd Wilson		84.7	~~78.7~~	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

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	Women's 500 m	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.

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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
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

Demonstration sports

Curling

Tim Somerville (fourth)
Mike Strum (third)
Bud Somerville(skip)
Bill Strum (lead)
Bob Nichols (alternate)

References

^ United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Official Olympic Reports
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

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America	Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands
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Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Other	Unified Team

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