United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1994
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Lillehammer
Competitors:	147 (95 men, 52 women)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Cammy Myler (luge)
Rank:	5
Gold:	6
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

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" |

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
		Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
		Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters
		Speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters
		Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
		Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
		Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
		Figure skating	Women's singles
	John Coyle Eric Flaim Andrew Gabel	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 meter relay
		Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters
	Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 meter relay

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	3	0	0	3
Alpine skiing	2	2	0	4
Short track speed skating	1	1	2	4
Figure skating	0	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	0	1	0	1
Total	style=background:gold	6	style=background:silver	5	style=background:#c96	2	13

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	4	3	2	9	69.2%
Male	2	2	0	4	30.8%
Total	style=background:gold	6	style=background:silver	5	style=background:#c96	2	13	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Tommy Moe	Alpine skiing	1	1	0	2
Cathy Turner	Short track speed skating	1	0	1	2
Amy Peterson	Short track speed skating	0	0	2	2

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	10	12	22
Biathlon	4	5	9
Bobsleigh	10	–	10
Cross-country skiing	8	8	16
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	6	6	12
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Ski jumping	6	–	6
Speed skating	8	8	16
Total	95	52	147

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
A J Kitt	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:46.82	17
Tommy Moe	1:45.75
Kyle Rasmussen	1:46.35	11
Craig Thrasher	1:48.91	38
Chad Fleischer	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	1:40.17	28
Tommy Moe	1:37.14	3	52.93	17	49.34	9	3:19.41	5
Kyle Rasmussen	1:36.96	2	1:08.24	37	52.34	27	3:37.54	31
Craig Thrasher	1:40.36	31
Chad Fleischer	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G
A J Kitt
Tommy Moe	1:32.61
Kyle Rasmussen
Jeremy Nobis	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:29.02	6	1:24.58	14	2:53.60	9
Harper Phillips	1:30.31	21
Casey Puckett
Erik Schlopy	1:42.26	44	1:27.74	31	3:10.00	34
Matt Grosjean	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	48.32	3
Jeremy Nobis	1:04.86	25
Casey Puckett	1:02.97	14	1:00.50	5	2:03.47	7
Erik Schlopy

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Megan Gerety	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:38.24	20
Hilary Lindh	1:37.44	7
Krista Schmidinger	1:38.76	27
Picabo Street	1:36.59
Julie Parisien	align=left rowspan=3	Combined
Monique Pelletier	1:30.36	24	1:19.01	27	49.42	15	3:38.79	24
Picabo Street	1:28.19	2	52.59	13	49.37	14	3:10.15	10
Megan Gerety	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G
Hilary Lindh	1:23.38	13
Shannon Nobis	1:23.02	10
Diann Roffe	1:22.15
Diann Roffe	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:23.99	27
Anne-Lise Parisien	1:23.55	24	1:12.89	9	2:36.44	13
Eva Twardokens	1:22.12	12	1:12.29	7	2:34.41	6
Heidi Voelker	1:23.08	18
Julie Parisien	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:01.61	21
Monique Pelletier	1:01.87	24
Carrie Sheinberg	1:01.63	22	58.53	16	2:00.16	18
Eva Twardokens	1:01.47	19

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jon Engen	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	1:06:39.7	4 (2+2+0+0)	64
Curt Schreiner	1:07:41.6	6 (1+1+2+2)	65
Duncan Douglas	align=left rowspan=2	Sprint	33:29.2	3 (1+2)	65
Dave Jareckie	33:15.6	4 (2+2)	64
Duncan Douglas Jon Engen Dave Jareckie Curt Schreiner	Relay	1:35:43.7	0 (0+0)	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Beth Coats	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	57:20.0	4 (1+1+1+1)	33
Joan Guetschow	55:19.4	1 (0+0+0+1)	17
Joan Smith	54:46.7	3 (0+1+1+1)	14
Laura Tavares	57:04.3	4 (1+1+1+1)	32
Beth Coats	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	29:24.3	3 (3+0)	51
Joan Guetschow	29:26.7	4 (1+3)	52
Mary Ostergren	30:35.6	4 (3+1)	64
Joan Smith	27:39.1	2 (0+2)	24
Beth Coats Joan Guetschow Joan Smith Laura Tavares	Relay	1:57:35.9	3 (0+3)	8

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Herberich Chip Minton	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	53.04	15	53.58	17	53.29	15	53.50	13	3:33.41	14
Brian Shimer Randy Jones	52.99	12	53.37	11	52.86	5	53.63	17	3:32.85	13
Randy Will Jeff Woodard Joe Sawyer Chris Coleman	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	52.03	8	52.42	12	52.77	19	52.75	17	3:29.97	15
Brian Shimer Bryan Leturgez Karlos Kirby Randy Jones	52.25	13	52.29	9

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Aalberg	align=left rowspan=4	10 km classical	27:02.3	45
Luke Bodensteiner	27:22.3	58
Todd Boonstra	26:56.3	41
Ben Husaby	27:11.3	52
John Aalberg	align=left rowspan=4	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:05:33.4	33
Luke Bodensteiner	1:06:53.0	45
Todd Boonstra	1:06:07.1	41
Ben Husaby	1:06:35.9	43
John Aalberg	align=left rowspan=4	30 km freestyle	1:21:45.1	43
Luke Bodensteiner	1:20:13.0	36
Marcus Nash	1:27:18.7	65
Carl Swenson	1:22:08.6	45
Todd Boonstra	align=left rowspan=4	50 km classical	2:20:41.0	39
Ben Husaby	2:23:37.3	53
Pete Vordenberg	2:22:53.1	49
Justin Wadsworth	2:19:49.1	35
John Aalberg Luke Bodensteiner Todd Boonstra Ben Husaby	4x10 km relay	1:49:40.5	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ingrid Butts	align=left rowspan=4	5 km classical	16:33.6	53
Nina Kemppel	15:44.8	28
Karen Petty	16:52.5	59
Leslie Thompson	16:08.0	40
Ingrid Butts	align=left rowspan=4	10 km freestyle pursuit	48:39.6	50
Nina Kemppel	46:21.8	31
Karen Petty
Leslie Thompson	46:30.6	32
Nina Kemppel	align=left rowspan=4	15 km freestyle	46:56.8	42
Laura McCabe	45:51.1	34
Leslie Thompson	46:10.3	37
Laura Wilson	45:59.9	35
Nina Kemppel	align=left rowspan=4	30 km classical	1:32:55.3	27
Suzanne King	1:45:27.9	51
Laura Wilson	1:38:52.6	49
Dorcas Wonsavage	1:36:34.1	40
Nina Kemppel Laura McCabe Leslie Thompson Laura Wilson	4x5 km relay	1:02:28.4	10

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
		Rank	Rank		Rank
Brian Boitano	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	8 Q	6	10.0	6
Scott Davis	4 Q	8	10.0	8
Tonya Harding	align=left rowspan=2	Ladies' singles	10 Q	7	12.0	8
Nancy Kerrigan	1 Q	2	2.5

Mixed

Athlete	Event			/	/	Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Karen Courtland Todd Reynolds	align=left rowspan=3	Pairs	13	14	20.5	14
Kyoko Ina Jason Dungjen	15	7	14.5	9
Jenni Meno Todd Sand	6	5	8.0	5
Elizabeth Punsalan Jerod Swallow	Ice dancing	14	14	14	15	15.0	15

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Aerials
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bergoust	align=left rowspan=3	Aerials	93.89	96.59	190.48	12 Q	98.12	112.36	210.48	7
Kris Feddersen	104.50	94.77	199.27	9 Q	91.58	103.68	195.26	11
Trace Worthington	117.03	104.08	221.11	4 Q	102.57	115.62	218.19	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Tracy Evans	align=left rowspan=3	Aerials	76.86	71.05	147.91	8 Q	76.70	63.07	139.77	7
Kristean Porter	66.26	24.88	91.14	20	Did not advance
Nikki Stone	79.60	64.26	143.86	13	Did not advance

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Troy Benson	align=left rowspan=4	Moguls	24.42	13 Q	24.86	8
Craig Rodman	23.98	18	Did not advance
Sean Smith	24.31	16 Q	23.43	13
Trace Worthington	23.79	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ann Battelle	align=left rowspan=3	Moguls	23.63	8 Q	23.71	8
Liz McIntyre	25.23	1 Q	25.89
Donna Weinbrecht	23.96	6 Q	24.38	7

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

• Mike Dunham
• Garth Snow
• Ted Crowley
• Brett Hauer
• Chris Imes
• Peter Laviolette (captain)
• Todd Marchant
• Matt Martin
• Travis Richards
• Barry Richter
• Mark Beaufait
• Jim Campbell
• Peter Ciavaglia
• Ted Drury
• Peter Ferraro
• Darby Hendrickson
• Craig Johnson
• Jeff Lazaro
• John Lilley
• David Roberts
• Brian Rolston
• David Sacco
• Head coach: Tim Taylor

Group play

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Quarterfinal

5-8th place semifinal

Seventh place game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete(s)	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=3	Singles	50.587	6	50.633	4
Robert Pipkins	51.248	17	51.332	17	50.885	15	51.115	16	3:24.580	16
Wendel Suckow	50.698	10	50.819	7	50.359	5	50.548	4	3:22.424	5
Jonathan Edwards Mark Grimmette	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	48.617	5	48.672	4	1:37.289	4
Gordy Sheer Chris Thorpe	48.571	4	48.725	6	1:37.296	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bethany Calcaterra	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	49.733	14	49.542	12	49.304	7	49.426	9	3:18.005	12
Cammy Myler	49.201	8	49.763	15	49.324	10	49.546	14	3:17.834	11
Erin Warren

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Heckman	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	191.5	30	41:05.07	29	47:15.7	29
Dave Jarrett	195.0	34	39:34.4	12	47:30.4	35
Todd Lodwick	232.0	5	42:41.2	43	44:21.2	13
Tim Tetreault	186.5	35	40:34.0	24	47:17.0	41
Ryan Heckman Dave Jarrett Todd Lodwick	Team	602.0	7	1:25:10.4	8	1:36:07.4	7

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Coyle	align=left rowspan=3	500m	45.42	3	Did not advance					19
Eric Flaim	44.71	4	Did not advance					25
Andy Gabel	44.31	2 Q	48.91	3	Did not advance			14
John Coyle	align=left rowspan=3	1000m	1:32.92	3	Did not advance					19
Eric Flaim	1:33.71	2 Q	1:29.70	3	Did not advance			10
Andy Gabel	1:32.32	1 Q	1:33.59	3	Did not advance			9
Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel	5000m relay	7:18.58	3 Q	7:13.37

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amy Peterson	align=left rowspan=2	500m	47.02	1 Q	46.59	1 Q	46.28	2 Q	46.76
Cathy Turner	46.22	1 Q	47.24	2 Q	47.54	1 Q	45.98
Amy Peterson	align=left rowspan=2	1000m	1:45.38	2 Q	1:39.51	3	Did not advance			13
Cathy Turner	1:47.03	2 Q	1:38.98	2 Q			Did not advance	8
Karen Cashman Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	3000m relay	4:35.52	3 Q	4:39.34

Shana Sundstrom was an alternate of the American short track relay team.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jim Holland	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	85.0	52	73.0	45	158.0	48
Bob Holme	97.0	41	98.0	31	195.0	35
Ted Langlois	108.5	31	88.5	37	197.0	33
Randy Weber	86.5	51	84.0	40	170.5	44
Jim Holland	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	42.1	49	60.8	40	102.9	46
Bob Holme	47.3	47	37.7	53	85.0	50
Ted Langlois	71.6	34	63.6	35	135.2	35
Randy Weber	30.7	51	39.0	52	69.7	53
Greg Boester Ted Langlois Kurt Stein Randy Weber	Team	235.2	11	269.8	11	505.0	11

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dave Besteman	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	37.68	27
Dave Cruikshank	37.37	19
Dan Jansen	36.68	8
Nate Mills	37.41	20
Dave Besteman	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:15.62	30
Brendan Eppert	1:16.07	35
Dan Jansen	1:12.43
Nate Mills	1:15.11	21
K. C. Boutiette	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:00.59	39
Nate Mills	1:58.43	37
Dave Tamburrino	1:55.78	22
Brian Wanek	1:57.09	32
Brian Wanek	5000 m	7:05.95	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bonnie Blair	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	39.25
Peggy Clasen	41.13	23
Michelle Kline
Kristen Talbot	41.05	20
Chantal Bailey	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:23.52	31
Bonnie Blair	1:18.74
Michelle Kline	1:22.44	24
Chris Witty	1:22.42	23
Chantal Bailey	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:09.68	27
Bonnie Blair	2:03.44	4
Michelle Kline	2:08.02	20
Angela Zuckerman	2:08.43	21
Chantal Bailey	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:34.64	22
Chris Scheels	4:34.14	21
Angela Zuckerman	4:33.08	19

See also

• United States at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-24.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympedia – United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics. www.olympedia.org. 2 May 2023.
2. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. 1994. October 1, 2013.
3. Web site: They're 3 of a Speed-Crazy Kind. Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1995 .
4. Web site: Short Track Olympian List . Team USA . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406051236/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Speedskating/About/US-Speedskating-at-the-Olympics/Short-Track-Olympian-List . dead . April 6, 2016 . 2 May 2023.
5. Web site: Shana Sundstrom Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age . Olympics.com . 2 May 2023.