United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1984
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Sarajevo
Competitors:	107 (77 men, 30 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Frank Masley (luge)
Rank:	3
Gold:	4
Silver:	4
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
		Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
	Peter Carruthers	Figure skating	Pairs
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Alpine skiing	Men's slalom

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Johnson	align=left rowspan=2	Downhill	1:45.59
Doug Lewis	1:48.49	24
Phil Mahre	align=left rowspan=3	Giant slalom	1:22.09	10	1:21.16	7	2:43.25	8
Steve Mahre	1:23.43	18	1:22.60	18	2:46.03	17
Tiger Shaw
Phil Mahre	align=left rowspan=3	Slalom	51.55	3	47.86	2	1:39.41
Steve Mahre	50.85	1	48.77	8	1:39.62
Tiger Shaw	53.45	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Debbie Armstrong	align=left rowspan=3	Downhill	1:15.57	21
Holly Flanders	1:15.11	16
Maria Maricich	1:15.55	19
Debbie Armstrong	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:08.97	2	1:12.01	4	2:20.98
Christin Cooper	1:08.97	1	1:12.51	7	2:21.38
Tamara McKinney	1:10.11	8	1:11.72	1	2:21.83	4
Cindy Nelson	1:11.44	20	1:13.44	18	2:24.88	18
Christin Cooper	align=left rowspan=2	Slalom
Tamara McKinney

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Glen Eberle	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1:22:15.0	4	33
Martin Hagen	1:30:19.8	12	53
Lyle Nelson	1:21:05.4	7	26
Bill Carow	align=left rowspan=3	Sprint	33:05.8	0	20
Donald Nielsen	35:23.3	3	42
Josh Thompson	35:10.5	4	40
Bill Carow Lyle Nelson Donald Nielsen Josh Thompson	Relay	1:44:31.9	12 (0+12)	11

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4	Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frederick Fritsch Wayne DeAtley	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	53.47	21	53.32	17	52.63	16	52.78	16	3:32.20	17
Brent Rushlaw James Tyler	53.01	16	52.99	12	52.35	13	52.40	8	3:30.75	15
Jeff Jost Joe Briski Tom Barnes Hal Hoye	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	50.83	11	50.97	8	50.89	5	50.64	4	3:23.33	5
Brent Rushlaw Ed Card James Tyler Frank Hansen	51.04	13	51.35	14	51.58	18	51.53	15	3:25.50	16

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Todd Boonstra	align=left rowspan=4	15 km	46:36.5	54
Tim Caldwell	45:21.2	39
Bill Koch	43:53.7	27
Dan Simoneau	43:03.4	18
Kevin Brochman	align=left rowspan=4	30 km	1:39:24.6	47
Jim Galanes	1:37:21.2	36
Bill Koch	1:33:44.4	21
Dan Simoneau	1:35:50.7	29
Audun Endestad	align=left rowspan=4	50 km	2:24:14.4	18
Jim Galanes	2:28:00.7	31
Bill Koch	2:24:02.3	17
Dan Simoneau	2:25:43.1	26
Tim Caldwell Jim Galanes Bill Koch Dan Simoneau	4 × 10 km relay	1:59:52.3	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Susan Long	align=left rowspan=4	5 km	19:28.5	38
Judy Rabinowitz	18:41.5	30
Patricia Ross	19:30.9	40
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	18:30.8	27
Susan Long	align=left rowspan=4	10 km	34:58.9	32
Judy Rabinowitz	34:35.1	26
Patricia Ross	35:41.3	39
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	35:47.4	40
Susan Long	align=left rowspan=4	20 km	1:07:25.9	28
Kelly Milligan	1:11:50.4	37
Judy Rabinowitz	1:07:11.4	27
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	1:08:25.0	33
Susan Long Judy Rabinowitz Patricia Ross Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	4 × 5 km relay	1:10:48.4	7

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event				Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Brian Boitano	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	8	3	5	11.0	5
Mark Cockerell	18	17	10	27.6	13
Scott Hamilton	1	2	2	3.4
Tiffany Chin	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	12	2	3	11.0	4
Rosalynn Sumners	1	5	2	4.6
Elaine Zayak	13	6	4	14.2	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event		/	/	Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers	align=left rowspan=3	Pairs	2	2	3.0
Lea Ann Miller William Fauver	10	10	15.0	10
Jill Watson Burt Lancon	8	6	10.0	6
Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert	align=left rowspan=3	Ice dancing	3	3	4	7.0	4
Carol Fox Richard Dalley	6	5	5	10.4	5
Elisa Spitz Scott Gregory	10	10	10	20.0	10

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

• Marc Behrend
• Scott Bjugstad
• Bob Brooke
• Chris Chelios
• Mark Fusco
• Scott Fusco
• Steven Griffith
• Paul Guay
• John Harrington
• Tom Hirsch
• Al Iafrate
• David A. Jensen
• David H. Jensen
• Mark Kumpel
• Pat LaFontaine
• Bob Mason
• Corey Millen
• Ed Olczyk
• Gary Sampson
• Phil Verchota

Head coaches: Lou Vairo & Tim Taylor

First round

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7th place game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Gilman	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	47.341	17	48.178	26	47.151	15	47.187	16	3:09.857	17
Frank Masley	46.890	15	47.073	16	46.797	12	46.990	15	3:07.750	14
Timothy Nardiello	47.899	23	47.799	22	47.784	22	47.838	22	3:11.320	21
Raymond Bateman Frank Masley	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	43.047	12	43.284	13	1:26.331	13
Doug Bateman Ronald Rossi	42.400	10	42.251	7	1:24.651	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Toni Damigella	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	45.170	25	43.187	15	45.579	24	43.045	17	2:56.981	20
Theresa Riedl	43.520	16	43.995	24	44.620	21	43.130	18	2:55.265	19
Bonny Warner	42.632	8	42.647	11	44.103	19	42.528	14	2:51.910	15

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pat Ahern	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	103.5	91.6	195.1	17	49:55.2	189.520	17	384.620	17
Kerry Lynch	95.9	85.9	181.8	22	48:02.9	206.365	3	388.165	13
Mike Randall	70.2	75.6	145.8	27	51:31.0	175.150	25	320.950	28

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Landis Arnold	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	81.0	92.6	79.0	89.4	182.0	28
Jeff Hastings	84.0	99.4	86.0	104.1	203.5	9
Mike Holland	81.0	90.6	87.0	73.7	164.3	41
Dennis McGrane	86.0	102.6	73.0	75.8	178.4	33
Jeff Hastings	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	102.5	95.7	107.0	105.5	201.2	4
Mike Holland	90.0	71.2	96.0	83.6	154.8	37
Dennis McGrane	71.0	7.1	89.0	72.8	79.9	53
Reed Zuehlke	96.0	85.6	95.5	82.9	168.5	29

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erik Henriksen	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	39.45	20
Dan Jansen	38.55	4
Nick Thometz	38.56	5
Erik Henriksen	align=left rowspan=3	1000 m	1:17.64	11
Dan Jansen	1:18.73	16
Nick Thometz	1:16.85	4
Erik Henriksen	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:02.20	21
Mark Mitchell	2:04.26	33
Nick Thometz	2:00.77	14
Mark Huck	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	7:46.91	35
Mark Mitchell	7:34.32	21
Mike Woods	7:24.81	12
Mark Mitchell	align=left rowspan=2	10,000 m	15:21.24	21
Mike Woods	14:57.30	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bonnie Blair	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	42.53	8
Katie Class	42.97	10
Connie Paraskevin-Young	43.05	13
Katie Class	align=left rowspan=3	1000 m	1:27.57	17
Mary Docter	1:28.55	24
Lydia Stephans	1:26.73	13
Mary Docter	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:12.14	14
Jane Goldman	2:12.94	17
Nancy Swider-Peltz	2:13.74	18
Mary Docter	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:36.25	6
Jane Goldman	4:42.49	12
Nancy Swider-Peltz	4:40.10	10

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-22.