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United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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United States at the
1992 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Albertville
Competitors147 (97 men, 50 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Bill Koch (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Competitors

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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

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

Alpine skiing

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Timed events
Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
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
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hilary Lindh Downhill 1:52.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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
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

Biathlon

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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

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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

Cross-country skiing

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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

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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

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Individual

Athlete Event SP FS Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tonya Harding Ladies' 6 4 7.0 4
Nancy Kerrigan 2 3 4.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kristi Yamaguchi 1 1 1.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mixed

Athlete Event CD1 CD2 SP / OD FS / FD Total
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

Freestyle skiing

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Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

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Summary

Team Event First round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 4 1 0 18 7 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 5 3 2 0 22 11 +11 8
3  Finland 5 3 1 1 22 11 +11 7
4  Germany 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 4
5  Italy 5 1 0 4 18 24 −6 2 consolation round
6  Poland 5 0 0 5 4 30 −26 0
Source: Olympedia
9 February 1992
20:15
United States 6–3
(2–1, 0–2, 4–0)
 ItalyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 5,445
Ray LeBlancGoaliesDavid DelfinoReferee:
Finland Seppo Makela
Linesmen:
France Jean-Phillippe Ollier
Germany Richard Schutz
M. Mantha (S. Heinze, C. J. Young) — 2:311–0
J. Johansson (T. Drury, K. Tkachuk) — 7:182–0
2—118:12 — B. Zarrillo (B. Stewart) (PP)
2—238:45 — J. Foglietta (M. De Angelis, T. Circelli)
2—3
C. Donatelli (T. Sweeney) — 41:413—3
S. Heinze (T. Donato) — 47:024—3
T. Sweeney — 48:375—3
C. J. Young (T. Sweeney) (PP) — 53:416—3
12 minPenalties16 min
37Shots23

11 February 1992
13:00
Finland 9–1
(4–0, 1–0, 4–1)
 PolandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 2,953
Jukka TammiGoaliesMarek BatkiewiczReferee:
Germany Bernhard Schneider
Linesmen:
Czechoslovakia Miloš Benek
France Jean-Phillippe Ollier
T. Jutila (S. Saarinen, M. Mäkelä) (PP) — 2:411–0
R. Helminen (P. Skriko, M. Mäkelä) (PP) — 15:202–0
R. Summanen (J. Lindroos, P. Tuomisto) — 17:283—0
M. Mäkelä (J. Laukkanen, T. Jutila) — 18:364—0
H. Järvenpää (V. Sirén, M. Nieminen) — 37:325—0
M. Mäkelä (M. Nieminen, H. Järvenpää) (PP) — 45:326—0
6—154:46 — M. Puzio (A. Świstak, R. Sroka)
T. Selänne (H. Järvenpää, M. Nieminen) (PP) — 56:097—1
P. Tuomisto (J. Lindroos) — 56:578—1
T. Selänne (A. Ruotanen, M. Nieminen) — 59:199—1
12 minPenalties16 min
28Shots16
11 February 1992
16:30
United States 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 GermanyMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,063
Ray LeBlancGoaliesHelmut de RaafReferee:
Unified Team at the Olympics Nikolay Morozov
Linesmen:
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Sweden Johan Enestedt
M. McInnis (M. Mantha) (PP) — 25:251–0
T. Donato (PP) — 51:582–0
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots46

11 February 1992
16:30
United States 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 FinlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Ray LeBlancGoaliesMarkus KettererReferee:
Switzerland Christian Frey
Linesmen:
Canada Jim Carmen
Unified Team at the Olympics Shamil Sharikov
C. J. Young (J. Sacco) — 18:441–0
1—129:42 — M. Mäkelä (P. Skriko)
T. Sweeney (C. J. Young, C. Donatelli) — 33:552—1
S. Hill (C. J. Young) (PP) — 49:523—1
C. J. Young (SH) — 53:084—1
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots30

15 February 1992
20:15
United States 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Poland Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Ray LeBlancGoaliesMariusz Kieca
Marek Batkiewicz
Referee:
France Eric Malletroit
Linesmen:
Czechoslovakia Miloš Benek
France Jean-Christophe Benoist
S. McEachern (S. Young, J. Sacco) — 34:371–0
T. Sweeney (S. Lachance) — 37:392—0
M. McInnis (S. Heinze) — 53:073—0
8 minPenalties6 min
37Shots24

17 February 1992
20:15
Sweden 3–3
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
United States Méribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Roger NordströmGoaliesRay LeBlancReferee:
Finland Seppo Makela
Linesmen:
Germany Richard Schutz
Canada Jim Carmen
0—146:21 — T. Sjödin (H. Loob)
0—253:25 — H. Loob (T. Rundqvist)
0—359:39 — M. Johansson
C. Donatelli (T. Sweeney) — 0:361—3
T. Donato (T. Sweeney) — 27:182—3
M. McInnis (T. Donato) — 42:423—3
31 minPenalties16 min
48Shots19

Quarterfinal

19 February 1992
17:00
Unified Team6–1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 FinlandMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Mikhail Shtalenkov
Andrey Trefilov
GoaliesJukka TammiReferee:
United States Donald Adam
Linesmen:
United States John Malinovski
Sweden Johan Enestedt
N. Borshchevsky (I. Boldin, V. Prokhorov) — 5:421—0
1-18:25 — P. Tuomisto (K. Eloranta, J. Lindroos)
A. Khomutov (V. Bykov, Y. Davydov) (PP) — 17:362—1
Y. Khmylyov - 34:503—1
V. Malakhov (V. Prokhorov, S. Zubov) — 37:124—1
V. Bykov (A. Khomutov, D. Kasparaitis) — 47:215—1
S. Petrenko (A. Zhamnov, A. Kovalev)6—1
10 minPenalties18 min
36Shots31

Semifinal

21 February 1992
21:00
 Canada4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)
 CzechoslovakiaMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Sean BurkeGoaliesPetr BřízaReferee:
United States Donald Adam
Linesmen:
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Unified Team at the Olympics Shamil Sharikov
D. Hannan — 1:581—0
D. Archibald (J. Woolley, B. Schlegel) — 10:432—0
2—119:52 — R. Švehla (R. Žemlička)
2—223:22 — P. Augusta (R. Žemlička, P. Hrbek)
C. Giles (F. Joseph, J. Juneau) — 43:593—2
F. Joseph (T. Brost, D. Hannan) — 57:484—2
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots33

Bronze medal game

22 February 1992
21:00
 Czechoslovakia6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 United StatesMéribel Ice Palace, Méribel
Attendance: 6,100
Petr BřízaGoaliesRay LeBlanc
Scott Gordon
Referee:
Canada Georg McCorry
Linesmen:
Finland Janne Rautavuori
Sweden Johan Enestedt
F. Procházka (D. Kadlec, R. Lang) — 16:121—0
T. Jelínek (L. Lubina, O. Janecký) — 17:232—0
K. Kašťák (D. Kadlec) — 25:513—0
T. Jelínek (R. Žemlička, L. Gudas) — 42:384—0
R. Lang (K. Kašťák) — 43:425—0
5—146:55 — T. Drury (D. Emma)
R. Lang (F. Procházka) — 55:596—1
6 minPenalties8 min
47Shots29

Luge

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Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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
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

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Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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

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Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Darcie Dohnal
Amy Peterson
Cathy Turner
Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Women's 3000 m relay 4:42.56 2 Q 4:37.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round.

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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

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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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Peggy Clasen 41.95 22
Michelle Kline 42.41 26
Kristen Talbot 41.77 17
Bonnie Blair 1000 m 1:21.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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

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References

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