United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo

Competitors

107 (77 men, 30 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer

Frank Masley (luge)

Medals
Rank: 3

Gold
4

Silver
4

Bronze
0

Total
8

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

1 Medalists
2 Alpine skiing
3 Biathlon
4 Bobsleigh
5 Cross-country skiing
6 Figure skating
7 Ice hockey
- 7.1 Group B
- 7.2 Game for 7th Place
8 Luge
9 Nordic combined
10 Ski jumping
11 Speed skating
12 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Johnson, BillBill Johnson	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
1 Gold	Mahre, PhilPhil Mahre	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
1 Gold	Armstrong, DebbieDebbie Armstrong	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
1 Gold	Hamilton, ScottScott Hamilton	Figure skating	Men's singles
2 Silver	Mahre, SteveSteve Mahre	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
2 Silver	Cooper, ChristinChristin Cooper	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
2 Silver	Sumners, RosalynnRosalynn Sumners	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
2 Silver	Carruthers, KittyKitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers	Figure skating	Pair skating

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Doug Lewis	Downhill					1:48.49	24
Bill Johnson	Downhill					1:45.59	01 !
Tiger Shaw	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Steve Mahre		1:23.43	18	1:22.60	18	2:46.03	17
Phil Mahre		1:22.09	10	1:21.16	7	2:43.25	8
Tiger Shaw	Slalom	53.45	17	DNF	–	DNF	–
Phil Mahre		51.55	3	47.86	2	1:39.41	01 !
Steve Mahre		50.85	1	48.77	8	1:39.62	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Debbie Armstrong	Downhill					1:15.57	21
Maria Maricich						1:15.55	19
Holly Flanders						1:15.11	16
Cindy Nelson	Giant Slalom	1:11.44	20	1:13.44	18	2:24.88	18
Tamara McKinney		1:10.11	8	1:11.72	1	2:21.83	4
Debbie Armstrong		1:08.97	2	1:12.01	4	2:20.98	01 !
Christin Cooper		1:08.97	1	1:12.51	7	2:21.38	02 !
Christin Cooper	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Tamara McKinney	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Donald Nielsen	3	35:23.3	42
	Josh Thompson	4	35:10.5	40
	Bill Carow	0	33:05.8	20

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Martin Hagen	1'18:19.8	12	1'30:19.8	53
	Glen Eberle	1'18:15.0	4	1'22:15.0	33
	Lyle Nelson	1'14:05.4	7	1'21:05.4	26

Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Bill Carow Donald Nielsen Lyle Nelson Josh Thompson	0	1'44:31.9	11

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Brent Rushlaw James Tyler	Two-man	53.01	16	52.99	12	52.35	13	52.40	8	3:30.75	15
USA-2	Frederick Fritsch Wayne DeAtley	Two-man	53.47	21	53.32	17	52.63	16	52.78	16	3:32.20	17

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Jeff Jost Joe Briski Tom Barnes Hal Hoye	Four-man	50.83	11	50.97	8	50.89	5	50.64	4	3:23.33	5
USA-2	Brent Rushlaw Ed Card James Tyler Frank Hansen	Four-man	51.04	13	51.35	14	51.58	18	51.53	15	3:25.50	16

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Dan Simoneau Tim Caldwell Jim Galanes Bill Koch	1'59:52.3	8

Women

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

Women's 4 x 5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Susan Long Judy Rabinowitz Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes Patricia Ross	1'10:48.4	7

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Mark Cockerell	18	17	10	27.6	13
Brian Boitano	8	3	5	11.0	5
Scott Hamilton	1	2	2	3.4	01 !

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Elaine Zayak	13	6	4	14.2	6
Tiffany Chin	12	2	3	11.0	4
Rosalynn Sumners	1	5	2	4.6	02 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Lea Ann Miller William Fauver	10	10	15.0	10
Jill Watson Burt Lancon	8	6	10.0	6
Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers	2	2	3.0	02 !

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Elisa Spitz Scott Gregory	10	10	10	20.0	10
Carol Fox Richard Dalley	6	5	5	10.4	5
Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert	3	3	4	7.0	4

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	15	43	1

Canada 4-2 USA
Czechoslovakia 4-1 USA
Norway 3-3 USA
USA 7-3 Austria
Finland 3-3 USA

Game for 7th Place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	7–4	Poland

Head Coaches: Lou Vairo & Tim Taylor

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Timothy Nardiello	47.899	23	47.799	22	47.784	22	47.838	22	3:11.320	21
David Gilman	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

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ronald Rossi Doug Bateman	42.400	10	42.251	7	1:24.651	9
Frank Masley Raymond Bateman	43.047	12	43.284	13	1:26.331	13

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Toni Damigella	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

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mike Randall	Individual	68.0	70.5	145.8	27	51:31.0	175.150	25	320.950	28
Kerry Lynch		80.0	79.0	181.8	22	48:02.9	206.365	3	388.165	13
Pat Ahern		83.5	81.0	195.1	16	49:55.2	189.520	17	384.620	17

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

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

References

Nations at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Africa	Egypt • Morocco • Senegal

America	Argentina • Bolivia • Canada • Chile • Costa Rica • Mexico • Puerto Rico • United States • Virgin Islands

Asia	China • Chinese Taipei • Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Lebanon • Mongolia

Europe	Andorra • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Italy • Liechtenstein • Monaco • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • San Marino • Soviet Union • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • New Zealand