United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1988
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Calgary
Competitors:	118
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Lyle Nelson (biathlon)
Rank:	9
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. | width="78%" align="left" valign="top" |

Name	Sport	Event
	Figure skating	Men's singles
	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters
	Speed skating	Men's 1500 meters
Jill Watson	Figure skating	Pairs
	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters
	Figure skating	Women's singles

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Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	9	8	17
Biathlon	5	–	5
Bobsleigh	9	–	9
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Figure skating	9	8	17
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	6	–	6
Speed skating	10	7	17
Total	87	31	118

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Timed events
Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Hudson	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill
A. J. Kitt	2:04.94	26
Doug Lewis	2:06.25	32
Jeff Olson	2:05.09	28
Bill Hudson	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:47.29	30
A. J. Kitt
Jeff Olson	1:45.56	24
Tiger Shaw	1:44.26	18
Felix McGrath	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:06.79	16	1:03.81	13	2:10.60	13
Jack Miller
Bob Ormsby	1:10.07	39	1:05.78	29	2:15.85	34
Tiger Shaw	1:06.71	14	1:03.52	12	2:10.23	12
Felix McGrath	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom
Jack Miller	55.00	24
Bob Ormsby
Alex Williams

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pam Fletcher	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill
Kristin Krone	1:29.13	20
Hilary Lindh
Edith Thys	1:28.53	18
Debbie Armstrong	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:21.87	18
Kristin Krone	1:24.51	32
Hilary Lindh	1:23.11	26
Edith Thys	1:20.93	9
Debbie Armstrong	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:01.73	17	1:08.99	13	2:10.72	13
Tamara McKinney
Diann Roffe	1:01.75	18	1:08.94	12	2:10.69	12
Heidi Voelker	1:02.10	20
Beth Madsen	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	51.09	17	50.09	11	1:41.18	11
Tamara McKinney
Diann Roffe	51.74	22	51.14	14	1:42.88	15
Heidi Voelker

Combined
Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Points	Rank
Bill Hudson	align=left rowspan=4	Combined
A. J. Kitt	1:50.42	38.85	56.95
Felix McGrath	1:53.35	71.19
Jeff Olson

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Time 1	Time 2	Total	Points	Points	Rank
Kristin Krone	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	1:18.80	36.11	44.94	45.25	1:30.19	78.70	114.81	17
Hilary Lindh	1:19.27	43.36	46.96	48.35	1:35.31	121.20	164.57	23
Beth Madsen	1:21.31	74.84	41.86	42.92	1:24.78	33.79	108.64	15
Edith Thys	1:18.38	29.63

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Darin Binning	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	1:03:54.8	4	42
Bill Carow	1:05:10.1	5	49
Curt Schreiner	1:05:22.7	5	52
Josh Thompson	1:01:29.4	5	25
Bill Carow	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	28:19.6	4 (1+3)	49
Lyle Nelson	27:34.3	1 (0+1)	30
Curt Schreiner	28:19.9	3 (2+1)	50
Josh Thompson	27:27.7	4 (2+2)	27
Darin Binning Lyle Nelson Curt Schreiner Josh Thompson	Relay	1:29:33.0	2	9

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 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
Brent Rushlaw Mike Aljoe	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	59.01	25	1:00.13	17	1:00.96	16
Matt Roy Jim Herberich	59.37	29	1:00.06	15	1:00.34	10	59.57	11	3:59.34	16
Brent Rushlaw Hal Hoye Mike Wasko Bill White	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	56.72	4	57.67	8	56.69	9	57.20	1	3:48.28	4
Brian Shimer Jim Herberich Matt Roy Scott Pladel	57.17	12	58.49	19	57.47	19	58.10	13	3:51.23	16

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Todd Boonstra	align=left rowspan=4	15 km classical	47:21.8	53
Joe Galanes	48:05.2	58
Dan Simoneau	44:53.8	29
Bill Spencer	45:59.6	40
Kevin Brochman	align=left rowspan=4	30 km classical	1:37:07.1	56
Jon Engen	1:35:41.9	51
Joe Galanes
Dan Simoneau	1:35:21.4	49
Kevin Brochman	align=left rowspan=4	50 km freestyle	2:19:45.5	47
Jon Engen
Dan Simoneau
Bill Spencer	2:25:22.6	56
Todd Boonstra Dan Simoneau Bill Spencer Joe Galanes	4×10 km relay	1:50:27.6	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko	align=left rowspan=4	5 km classical	16:31.1	31
Nancy Fiddler	17:05.4	41
Leslie Thompson	16:58.5	39
Betsy Youngman	17:32.6	47
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko	align=left rowspan=4	10 km classical	33:25.1	36
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage	34:26.1	40
Nancy Fiddler	34:31.1	41
Leslie Thompson	35:17.7	45
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage	align=left rowspan=4	20 km freestyle	1:00:48.6	23
Nancy Fiddler	1:03:57.5	43
Leslie Thompson	1:01:04.1	25
Betsy Youngman	1:03:31.3	42
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko Dorcas DanHartog-Wonsavage Nancy Fiddler Leslie Thompson	4×5 km relay	1:04:08.8	8

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event				Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Brian Boitano	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	2	2	1	3.0
Christopher Bowman	8	5	7	13.8	7
Paul Wylie	12	8	9	19.4	10
Caryn Kadavy	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies's singles	7	5
Jill Trenary	5	6	5	10.4	4
Debi Thomas	2	2	4	6.0

Mixed

Athlete	Event		/	/	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Natalie Seybold Wayne Seybold	align=left rowspan=3	Pairs	10	10	15.0	10
Gillian Wachsman Todd Waggoner	4	5	7.0	5
Jill Watson Peter Oppegard	3	3	4.5
Suzanne Semanick Scott Gregory	align=left rowspan=2	Ice dancing	6	6	6	12.0	6
Susan Wynne Joseph Druar	11	11	11	22.0	11

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

Scott Fusco

Corey Millen

Greg Brown

Guy Gosselin

Clark Donatelli

Jim Johannson

Peter Laviolette

Scott Young

Brian Leetch

Mike Richter

Jeff Norton

Eric Weinrich

Dave Snuggerud

Allen Bourbeau

Kevin Stevens

Tony Granato

Craig Janney

Steve Leach

Lane MacDonald

Kevin Miller

Todd Okerlund

Chris Terreri

Dave Peterson (Head coach)

First round

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7th place game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1988 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	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	47.032	16	47.065	16	47.093	15	47.282	16	3:08.472	14
Frank Masley	46.813	11	46.890	9	46.813	8	47.427	18	3:07.943	12
Jon Owen	47.670	25	47.632	23	47.834	25	48.328	28	3:11.464	23
Joe Barile Steven Maher	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	46.262	10	48.701	17	1:34.963	16
Timothy Nardiello Miro Zajonc	46.482	13	46.838	11	1:33.320	11

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	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	46.502	8	46.888	9	46.828	12	46.617	8	3:06.835	9
Erica Terwillegar	46.506	9	47.300	15	46.780	10	46.705	10	3:07.291	11
Bonny Warner	46.409	6	46.643	8	46.633	7	46.371	5	3:06.211	6

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping					Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gary Crawford	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	~~55.4~~	65.2	70.6	135.8	43	43:54.7	41	54:12.7	41
Joe Holland	101.8	~~96.4~~	108.6	210.4	9	41:01.8	28	43:02.5	19
Todd Wilson	88.2	91.9	~~78.1~~	180.1	37	42:07.9	39	47:30.6	40
Joe Holland Hans Johnstone Todd Wilson	Team	516.9	9	1:23:42.9	10	1:33:06.9	10

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Mike Holland	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	79.5	92.8	74.5	81.8	174.6	33
Mark Konopacke	83.5	100.2	79.0	88.0	188.2	18
Dennis McGrane	78.0	90.4	73.0	79.4	169.8	43
Rick Mewborn	75.0	80.1	74.0	78.5	158.6	54
Chris Hastings	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	94.0	74.0	93.0	71.1	145.1	49
Mike Holland	105.0	96.9	92.0	73.7	170.6	32
Mark Konopacke	100.0	83.9	96.0	76.3	160.2	42
Ted Langlois	95.0	75.9	90.0	66.9	142.8	50
Mike Holland Mark Konopacke Ted Langlois Dennis McGrane	Team		259.3		237.5	496.8	10

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erik Henriksen	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	37.50	15
Dan Jansen
Marty Pierce	37.76	22
Nick Thometz	37.16	8
Tom Cushman	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:14.68	17
Eric Flaim	1:13.53	4
Dan Jansen
Nick Thometz	1:14.71	18
John Baskfield	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	1:55.88	20
Eric Flaim	1:52.12
Mark Greenwald	1:54.64	11
Dave Silk	1:55.26	15
Erick Flaim	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	6:47.09	4
Mark Greenwald	6:51.98	9
Dave Silk	6:49.95	6
Eric Flaim	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	14:05.57	4
Jeff Klaiber	14:38.60	25
Dave Silk	14:25.56	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Leslie Bader	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	41.57	23
Bonnie Blair	39.10
Katie Class	40.91	12
Kristen Talbot	41.71	25
Leslie Bader	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:21.09	7
Bonnie Blair	1:18.31
Katie Class	1:21.10	8
Nancy Swider-Peltz	1:24.81	24
Leslie Bader	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:05.53	10
Bonnie Blair	2:04.02	4
Katie Class	2:07.30	13
Janet Goldman	2:08.72	18
Leslie Bader	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:30.09	20
Mary Docter	4:29.93	19
Janet Goldman	4:25.26	11
Mary Docter	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	7:37.00	11
Janet Goldman	7:36.98	10
Nancy Swider-Peltz	7:52.12	22

References

Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com
Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-22.

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/USA/editions/43 United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics