United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1992
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Albertville
Competitors:	147 (97 men, 50 women)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Bill Koch (cross-country skiing)
Rank:	5
Gold:	5
Silver:	4
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	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

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
		Speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
		Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters
		Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
	Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 meter relay
		Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
		Figure skating	Women's singles

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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	style=background:gold	5	style=background:silver	4	style=background:#c96	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

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Timed events
Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Reggie Crist	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:07.76	27
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
Matt Grosjean	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	53.79	14	53.15	10	1:46.94	10
Joe Levins
Casey Puckett
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	align=left rowspan=3	Downhill	1:52.61
Krista Schmidinger	1:54.59	12
Edith Thys	1:58.13	25
Hilary Lindh	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:25.37	17
Julie Parisien
Diann Roffe
Eva Twardokens	1:24.19	8
Julie Parisien	align=left rowspan=4	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
Eva Twardokens	1:07.03	7	1:07.44	7	2:14.47	7
Julie Parisien	align=left rowspan=4	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
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	align=left rowspan=4	Men's	1:46.29	13.46
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
Kyle Rasmussen	1:46.30	13.56	55.01	55.45	1:50.46	53.14	66.70	16
Kristin Krone	align=left rowspan=2	Women's
Krista Schmidinger	1:26.36	6.48	37.66	37.11	1:14.77	45.08	51.56	11

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Rank
Duncan Douglas	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
John Aalberg	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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

See main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
		Rank	Rank		Rank
Todd Eldredge	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	9	11	15.5	10
Christopher Bowman	7	4	7.5	4
Paul Wylie	3	2	3.5
Tonya Harding	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies'	6	4	7.0	4
Nancy Kerrigan	2	3	4.0
Kristi Yamaguchi	1	1	1.5

Mixed

Athlete	Event			/	/	Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Jenni Meno Scott Wendland	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=2	Ice dancing	14	14	14	15	29.0	15
April Sargent-Thomas Russ Witherby	10	10	11	11	21.6	11

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Bob Aldighieri	align=left rowspan=4	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
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ann Battelle	align=left rowspan=4	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

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Summary

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.

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Duncan Kennedy	align=left rowspan=4	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
Wendel Suckow Bill Tavares	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=3	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

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping					Cross-country		Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Heckman	align=left rowspan=4	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
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

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Andy Gabel	Men's 1000 m			Did not advance
Amy Peterson	align=left rowspan=2	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
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

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jim Holland	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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

See main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dave Cruikshank	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	38.28	22
Dan Jansen	37.46	4
Marty Pierce	38.15	19
Nick Thometz	37.83	13
Dave Besteman	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	7:11.15	6
Mark Greenwald	7:21.19	19
Brian Wanek	7:13.35	12
Mark Greenwald	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	40.33
Peggy Clasen	41.95	22
Michelle Kline	42.41	26
Kristen Talbot	41.77	17
Bonnie Blair	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:21.90
Peggy Clasen	1:25.31	29
Moira D'Andrea	1:26.13	32
Michelle Kline
Bonnie Blair	align=left rowspan=4	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	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:34.51	15
Michelle Kline	4:45.65	25
Angela Zuckerman	4:41.88	22
Mary Docter	align=left rowspan=3	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

• Official Olympic Reports
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-22.
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

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