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United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics


FieldValue
NOCUSA
NOCnameUnited States Olympic Committee
gamesWinter Olympics
year1992
flagcaptionFlag of the United States
locationAlbertville
competitors147 (97 men, 50 women)
sports6
flagbearerBill Koch (cross-country skiing)
rank5
gold5
silver4
bronze2
appearancesauto

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.

SportMenWomenTotalTotal9750147
Alpine skiing11920
Biathlon5611
Bobsleigh1212
Cross-country skiing9817
Figure skating8816
Freestyle skiing448
Ice hockey2222
Luge639
Nordic combined44
Short track speed skating145
Ski jumping44
Speed skating11819

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

MedalNameSportEventDate
Speed skatingWomen's 500 meters
Freestyle skiingWomen's moguls
Speed skatingWomen's 1000 meters
Short track speed skatingWomen's 500 meters
Figure skatingWomen's singles
Alpine skiingWomen's downhill
Figure skatingMen's singles
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
Amy Peterson
Cathy Turner
Nikki ZiegelmeyerShort track speed skatingWomen's 3000 meter relay
Freestyle skiingMen's moguls
Figure skatingWomen's singles
Medals by sportSportTotalTotal54211
Speed skating2002
Figure skating1113
Short track speed skating1102
Freestyle skiing1012
Alpine skiing0202
Multiple medalistsNameSportTotal
Bonnie BlairSpeed skating20
Cathy TurnerShort track speed skating11

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Timed events

Men

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Reggie CristDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=41:54.5428
A. J. Kitt1:51.989
Tommy Moe1:53.4020
Kyle Rasmussen1:52.7116
A. J. KittSuper-Gcolspan=4 rowspan=41:16.3123
Tommy Moe1:16.5428
Jeff Olson1:15.0613
Kyle Rasmussen1:15.5817
Matt GrosjeanGiant slalom1:07.7627DNF
Rob Parisien1:07.11211:04.92222:12.0320
Casey Puckett1:08.17301:05.08242:13.2525
Chris PuckettDNF
Matt GrosjeanSlalom53.791453.15101:46.9410
Joe LevinsDNF
Casey PuckettDNF
Kyle Wieche55.422955.70241:51.1223

Women

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Hilary LindhDownhillcolspan=4 rowspan=31:52.61
Krista Schmidinger1:54.5912
Edith Thys1:58.1325
Hilary LindhSuper-Gcolspan=4 rowspan=41:25.3717
Julie ParisienDSQ
Diann RoffeDNF
Eva Twardokens1:24.198
Julie ParisienGiant slalom1:06.9061:07.2032:14.105
Diann Roffe1:07.21101:06.5022:13.71
Edith Thys1:09.59DNF
Eva Twardokens1:07.0371:07.4472:14.477
Julie ParisienSlalom48.22145.1881:33.404
Monique Pelletier50.382246.25161:36.6318
Eva TwardokensDNF
Heidi Voelker50.922546.77201:37.6920

Combined

AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimePointsTime 1Time 2TotalPointsPointsRank
A. J. KittMen's1:46.2913.46DNSDNF
Tommy Moe1:47.1922.6355.0356.561:51.5959.5282.1518
Jeff Olson1:48.2933.84DNF
Kyle Rasmussen1:46.3013.5655.0155.451:50.4653.1466.7016
Kristin KroneWomen'sDNF
Krista Schmidinger1:26.366.4837.6637.111:14.7745.0851.5611

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

EventAthleteTimeMissesRank
Duncan DouglasIndividual1:04:17.5659
Jon Engen1:06:18.4570
Curt Schreiner1:03:34.2351
Josh Thompson1:00:05.4216
Duncan DouglasSprint28:49.2255
Curt Schreiner28:08.4037
Josh Thompson27:53.2132
Erich Wilbrecht28:41.1249
Duncan Douglas
Jon Engen
Curt Schreiner
Josh ThompsonRelay1:30:44.0113

Women

EventAthleteTimeMissesRank
Patrice AndersonIndividual58:59.6242
Nancy Bell-Johnstone57:55.2534
Beth Coats59:36.1247
Joan Smith1:01:15.2555
Joan GuetschowSprint31:30.6364
Nancy Bell-Johnstone28:20.6344
Mary Ostergren27:05.7225
Joan Smith26:54.5021
Nancy Bell-Johnstone
Mary Ostergren
Joan SmithRelay1:24:36.9215

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Brian Shimer
Herschel WalkerTwo-man1:00.3461:01.27101:01.2281:01.1244:03.957
Brian Richardson
Greg Harrell1:01.56241:02.15261:02.26281:02.20224:08.1724
Randy Will
Joe Sawyer
Karlos Kirby
Chris ColemanFour-man58.571058.71358.751058.8983:54.929
Chuck Leonowiccz
Bob Weissenfels
Bryan Leturgez
Jeff Woodard58.741258.991358.56258.94123:55.2311

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

EventAthleteTimeRank
John Aalberg10 km classical29:47.618
John Bauer29:58.023
John Farra32:06.060
Ben Husaby30:06.026
John Aalberg15 km freestyle pursuit42:19.226
John Bauer43:01.732
John Farra44:54.349
Ben Husaby44:41.146
Luke Bodensteiner30 km classical1:28:45.727
John Callahan1:32:07.949
Bill Koch1:30:41.642
Pete Vordenberg1:32:24.751
John Aalberg50 km freestyle2:15:33.533
Luke Bodensteiner2:18:42.443
Jim Curran2:26:17.056
Pete Vordenberg2:26:25.857
John Aalberg
John Bauer
Luke Bodensteiner
Ben Husaby4 × 10 km relay1:48:15.812

Women

EventAthleteTimeRank
Ingrid Butts5 km classical16:07.947
Nancy Fiddler15:19.225
Nina Kemppel17:12.956
Leslie Thompson16:27.852
Ingrid Butts10 km freestyle pursuit31:59.748
Nancy Fiddler29:24.929
Nina Kemppel33:56.752
Leslie Thompson31:05.141
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage15 km classical50:00.544
Nancy Fiddler46:42.427
Sue Forbes49:42.741
Brenda White48:06.036
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage30 km freestyle1:36:39.845
Nancy Fiddler1:33:02.529
Brenda White1:37:54.049
Betsy Youngman1:36:12.143
Ingrid Butts
Nancy Fiddler
Leslie Thompson
Betsy Youngman4 × 5 km relay1:04:48.513

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

USA
Superior CC, Superior

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Individual

AthleteEventSPFSTotalRankRankTFPRank
Todd EldredgeMen's91115.510
Christopher Bowman747.54
Paul Wylie323.5
Tonya HardingLadies'647.04
Nancy Kerrigan234.0
Kristi Yamaguchi111.5

Mixed

AthleteEventCD1CD2SP / ODFS / FDTotalRankRankRankRankTFPRank
Jenni Meno
Scott WendlandPairscolspan=2 rowspan=312915.011
Calla Urbanski
Rocky Marval71114.510
Natasha Kuchiki
Todd Sand669.06
Rachel Mayer
Peter BreenIce dancing1414141529.015
April Sargent-Thomas
Russ Witherby1010111121.611

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Bob AldighieriMoguls36.4420.6123Did not advance
Nelson Carmichael31.5023.904 Q32.0524.82
Chuck Martin34.3322.5914 Q32.7020.7715
Craig Rodman33.3122.2516 Q35.2121.1813

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Ann BattelleMoguls43.9914.5121Did not advance
Maggie Connor43.0813.9522Did not advance
Liz McIntyre38.7122.604 Q40.2721.246
Donna Weinbrecht39.8123.482 Q40.5123.69

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Summary

TeamEventFirst roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BMOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreRankOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreOpposition
ScoreRank
United States men'sMen's tournament
W 6–3
W 2–0
W 4–1
W 3–0
T 3–31 Q
W 4–1
L 2–5Bronze medal final
L 1–64

Roster

  • Ray LeBlanc
  • Scott Gordon
  • Greg Brown
  • Guy Gosselin
  • Sean Hill
  • Scott Lachance
  • Dave Tretowicz
  • Moe Mantha
  • Clark Donatelli
  • Ted Donato
  • Ted Drury
  • David Emma
  • Steve Heinze
  • Jim Johannson
  • Shawn McEachern
  • Marty McInnis
  • Joe Sacco
  • Tim Sweeney
  • C. J. Young
  • Scott Young
  • Head Coach: Dave Peterson

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.





Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Duncan KennedySingles45.553645.8491245.258846.192123:03.85210
Robert Pipkins47.9963245.8781446.6011546.424143:06.89921
Wendel Suckow45.8381345.8741346.4161246.06773:04.19512
Tim WileyDNS
Wendel Suckow
Bill TavaresDoubles46.787946.6647colspan=4 rowspan=21:33.4519
Gordy Sheer
Chris Thorpe46.9801247.062121:34.04212

Women

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Cammy MylerSingles46.974547.019646.962646.98883:07.6735
Erica Terwillegar47.094847.124847.210947.119143:08.5479
Bonny Warner47.4931847.3851647.5131747.366183:09.75718

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalJump 1Jump 2Jump 3TotalRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ryan HeckmanIndividual96.899.695.0196.42850:07.93753:41.937
Joe Holland93.898.6107.7206.315DNF
Tim Tetreault96.496.698.9195.52951:09.64154:49.640
Todd Wilson84.778.792.0176.74348:36.73454:22.139
Ryan Heckman
Joe Holland
Tim TetreaultTeamcolspan=3591.341:28:15.8101:32:44.88

Short track speed skating

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

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Andy GabelMen's 1000 mDSQDid not advance
Amy PetersonWomen's 500 m51.053Did not advance
Cathy Turner47.691 Q48.511 Q47.411 QA47.04
**Darcie Dohnal
Amy Peterson
Cathy Turner
Nikki Ziegelmeyer**Women's 3000 m relaycolspan=44:42.562 Q4:37.85

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round.

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Jim HollandNormal hill85.0104.51381.096.622201.113
Bob Holme77.083.75378.587.648171.351
Ted Langlois80.091.53883.097.321188.828
Bryan Sanders83.599.12177.085.749184.838
Jim HollandLarge hill105.090.015101.585.113175.112
Bob Holme96.571.13892.566.037137.136
Ted Langlois88.057.25090.561.243118.448
Bryan Sanders90.561.24798.575.924137.136
Jim Holland
Bob Holme
Ted Langlois
Bryan SandersTeam247.212225.212482.412

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Dave Cruikshank500 m38.2822
Dan Jansen37.464
Marty Pierce38.1519
Nick Thometz37.8313
Dave Besteman1000 m1:16.5720
Eric Flaim1:16.4716
Dan Jansen1:17.3426
Nick Thometz1:16.1915
Eric Flaim1500 m1:59.6024
Nate Mills2:01.5435
Chris Shelley2:01.1132
Brian Wanek1:58.5019
Eric Flaim5000 m7:11.156
Mark Greenwald7:21.1919
Brian Wanek7:13.3512
Mark Greenwald10,000 m15:03.0224
Jeff Klaiber15:13.6527
Brian Wanek14:51.3422

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Bonnie Blair500 m40.33
Peggy Clasen41.9522
Michelle Kline42.4126
Kristen Talbot41.7717
Bonnie Blair1000 m1:21.90
Peggy Clasen1:25.3129
Moira D'Andrea1:26.1332
Michelle KlineDSQ
Bonnie Blair1500 m2:10.8921
Mary Docter2:09.6615
Tara Laszlo2:13.3527
Angela Zuckerman2:13.2126
Mary Docter3000 m4:34.5115
Michelle Kline4:45.6525
Angela Zuckerman4:41.8822
Mary Docter5000 m8:04.4217
Michelle Kline8:20.8824
Tara Laszlo8:15.0023

Demonstration sports

[[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Curling]]

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

References

References

  1. [https://www.olympedia.org/countries/USA/editions/44 United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics]
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