United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville

Competitors

147 (97 men, 50 women) in 12 sports

Flag bearer

Bill Koch (cross-country skiing)

Medals
Rank: 5

Gold
5

Silver
4

Bronze
2

Total
11

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The United States competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

1 Medalists
2 Alpine skiing
3 Biathlon
4 Bobsleigh
5 Cross-country skiing
6 Figure skating
7 Freestyle skiing
8 Ice hockey
- 8.1 Group A
- 8.2 Final round
9 Luge
10 Nordic combined
11 Short track speed skating
12 Ski jumping
13 Speed skating
14 Demonstration sports
- 14.1 Curling
15 1992 U.S. Olympic Team Designs
16 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Yamaguchi, KristiKristi Yamaguchi	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
1 Gold	Weinbrecht, DonnaDonna Weinbrecht	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
1 Gold	Turner, CathyCathy Turner	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres
1 Gold	Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
1 Gold	Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
2 Silver	Lindh, HilaryHilary Lindh	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
2 Silver	Roffe, DiannDiann Roffe	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
2 Silver	Wylie, PaulPaul Wylie	Figure skating	Men's singles
2 Silver	Dohnal, DarcieDarcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 metre relay
3 Bronze	Kerrigan, NancyNancy Kerrigan	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
3 Bronze	Carmichael, NelsonNelson Carmichael	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Reggie Crist	Downhill			1:54.54	28
Tommy Moe				1:53.40	20
Kyle Rasmussen				1:52.71	16
A J Kitt				1:51.98	9
Tommy Moe	Super-G			1:16.54	28
A J Kitt				1:16.31	23
Kyle Rasmussen				1:15.58	17
Jeff Olson				1:15.06	13
Chris Puckett	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Casey Puckett		1:08.17	1:05.08	2:13.25	25
Matt Grosjean		1:07.76	DNF	DNF	–
Rob Parisien		1:07.11	1:04.92	2:12.03	20
Casey Puckett	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Joe Levins		DNF	–	DNF	–
Kyle Wieche		55.42	55.70	1:51.12	23
Matt Grosjean		53.79	53.15	1:46.94	10

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Jeff Olson	1:48.29	DNF	–	DNF	–
Tommy Moe	1:47.19	55.03	56.56	82.15	18
Kyle Rasmussen	1:46.30	55.01	55.45	66.70	16
A J Kitt	1:46.29	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Edie Thys	Downhill			1:58.13	25
Krista Schmidinger				1:54.59	12
Hilary Lindh				1:52.61	02 !
Julie Parisien	Super-G			DSQ	–
Diann Roffe				DNF	–
Hilary Lindh				1:25.37	17
Eva Twardokens				1:24.19	8
Edie Thys	Giant Slalom	1:09.59	DNF	DNF	–
Diann Roffe		1:07.21	1:06.50	2:13.71	02 !
Eva Twardokens		1:07.03	1:07.44	2:14.47	7
Julie Parisien		1:06.90	1:07.20	2:14.10	5
Eva Twardokens	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Heidi Voelker		50.92	46.77	1:37.69	20
Monique Pelletier		50.38	46.25	1:36.63	18
Julie Parisien		48.22	45.18	1:33.40	4

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Kristin Krone	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Krista Schmidinger	1:26.36	37.66	37.11	51.56	11

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Duncan Douglas	2	28:49.2	55
	Erich Wilbrecht	2	28:41.1	49
	Curt Schreiner	0	28:08.4	37
	Josh Thompson	1	27:53.2	32

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Jon Engen	1'01:18.4	5	1'06:18.4	70
	Duncan Douglas	58:17.5	6	1'04:17.5	59
	Curt Schreiner	1'00:34.2	3	1'03:34.2	51
	Josh Thompson	58:05.4	2	1'00:05.4	16

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Jon Engen Duncan Douglas Josh Thompson Curt Schreiner	1	1'30:44.0	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Joan Guetschow	3	31:30.6	64
	Nancy Bell-Johnstone	3	28:20.6	44
	Mary Ostergren	2	27:05.7	25
	Joan Smith	0	26:54.5	21

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Joan Smith	56:15.2	5	1'01:15.2	55
	Beth Coats	57:36.1	2	59:36.1	47
	Patrice Anderson	56:59.6	2	58:59.6	42
	Nancy Bell-Johnstone	52:55.2	5	57:55.2	34

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Nancy Bell-Johnstone Joan Smith Mary Ostergren	2	1'24:36.9	15

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 1992 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	Brian Shimer Herschel Walker	Two-man	1:00.34	6	1:01.27	10	1:01.22	8	1:01.12	4	4:03.95	7
USA-2	Brian Richardson Greg Harrell	Two-man	1:01.56	24	1:02.15	26	1:02.26	28	1:02.20	22	4:08.17	24

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	Randy Will Joe Sawyer Karlos Kirby Chris Coleman	Four-man	58.57	10	58.71	3	58.75	10	58.89	8	3:54.92	9
USA-2	Chuck Leonowiccz Bob Weissenfels Bryan Leturgez Jeff Woodard	Four-man	58.74	12	58.99	13	58.56	2	58.94	12	3:55.23	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	John Farra	32:06.0	60
	Ben Husaby	30:06.0	26
	John Bauer	29:58.0	23
	John Aalberg	29:47.6	18
15 km pursuit¹ F	John Farra	44:54.3	49
	Ben Husaby	44:41.1	46
	John Bauer	43:01.7	32
	John Aalberg	42:19.2	26
30 km C	Pete Vordenberg	1'32:24.7	51
	John Callahan	1'32:07.9	49
	Bill Koch	1'30:41.6	42
	Luke Bodensteiner	1'28:45.7	27
50 km F	Pete Vordenberg	2'26:25.8	57
	Jim Curran	2'26:17.0	56
	Luke Bodensteiner	2'18:42.4	43
	John Aalberg	2'15:33.5	33

¹ Starting delay based om 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
John Aalberg Ben Husaby John Bauer Luke Bodensteiner	1'48:15.8	12

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Nina Kemppel	17:12.9	56
	Leslie Thompson	16:27.8	52
	Ingrid Butts	16:07.9	47
	Nancy Fiddler	15:19.2	25
10 km pursuit² F	Nina Kemppel	33:56.7	52
	Ingrid Butts	31:59.7	48
	Leslie Thompson	31:05.1	41
	Nancy Fiddler	29:24.9	29
15 km C	Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage	50:00.5	44
	Sue Forbes	49:42.7	41
	Brenda White	48:06.0	36
	Nancy Fiddler	46:42.4	27
30 km F	Brenda White	1'37:54.0	49
	Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage	1'36:39.8	45
	Betsy Youngman	1'36:12.1	43
	Nancy Fiddler	1'33:02.5	29

² Starting delay based om 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Nancy Fiddler Ingrid Butts Leslie Thompson Betsy Youngman	1'04:48.5	13

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Todd Eldredge	9	11	15.5	10
Christopher Bowman	7	4	7.5	4
Paul Wylie	3	2	3.5	02 !

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Tonya Harding	6	4	7.0	4
Nancy Kerrigan	2	3	4.0	03 !
Kristi Yamaguchi	1	1	1.5	01 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jenni Meno Scott Wendland	12	9	15.0	11
Calla Urbanski Rocky Marval	7	11	14.5	10
Natasha Kuchiki Todd Sand	6	6	9.0	6

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Rachel Mayer Peter Breen	14	14	14	15	29.0	15
April Sargent-Thomas Russ Witherby	10	10	11	11	21.6	11

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Bob Aldighieri	Moguls	36.44	20.61	23	Did not advance
Craig Rodman		33.31	22.25	16 Q	35.21	21.18	13
Chuck Martin		34.33	22.59	14 Q	32.70	20.77	15
Nelson Carmichael		31.50	23.90	4 Q	32.05	24.82	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Maggie Connor	Moguls	43.08	13.95	22	Did not advance
Ann Battelle		43.99	14.51	21	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	01 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group A

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.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

United States	6:3	Italy
United States	2:0	Germany
United States	4:1	Finland
United States	3:0	Poland
United States	3:3	Sweden

Final round

Quarter-finals

France

1:4

United States

Semi-finals

Unified Team

5:2

United States

Bronze Medal Game

Czechoslovakia

6:1

United States 4th

Contestants

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
Duncan Kennedy	45.553	6	45.849	12	45.258	8	46.192	12	3:03.852	10

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Wendel Suckow Bill Tavares	46.787	9	46.664	7	1:33.451	9
Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	46.980	12	47.062	12	1:34.042	12

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bonny Warner	47.493	18	47.385	16	47.513	17	47.366	18	3:09.757	18
Erica Terwillegar	47.094	8	47.124	8	47.210	9	47.119	14	3:08.547	9
Cammy Myler	46.974	5	47.019	6	46.962	6	46.988	8	3:07.673	5

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Todd Wilson	Individual	176.7	43	+5:45.4	54:22.1	39
Tim Tetreault		195.5	29	+3:40.0	54:49.6	40
Ryan Heckman		196.4	28	+3:34.0	53:41.9	37
Joe Holland		206.3	15	+2:28.0	DNF	–

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Joe Holland Tim Tetreault Ryan Heckman	591.3	4	+4:29.0	1'32:44.8	8

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Andy Gabel	1000 m	DSQ	–	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Cathy Turner	500 m	47.69	1 Q	48.51	1 Q	47.41	1 QA	47.04	01 !
Amy Peterson	500 m	51.05	3	Did not advance
Darcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	3000 m relay					4:42.56	2 Q	4:37.85	02 !

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Bob Holme	Normal hill	77.0	83.7	78.5	87.6	171.3	51
Ted Langlois		80.0	91.5	83.0	97.3	188.8	28
Bryan Sanders		83.5	99.1	77.0	85.7	184.8	38
Jim Holland		85.0	104.5	81.0	96.6	201.1	13
Ted Langlois	Large hill	88.0	57.2	90.5	61.2	118.4	48
Bryan Sanders		90.5	61.2	98.5	75.9	137.1	36
Bob Holme		96.5	71.1	92.5	66.0	137.1	36
Jim Holland		105.0	90.0	101.5	85.1	175.1	12

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Jim Holland Ted Langlois Bryan Sanders Bob Holme	482.4	12

¹Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Dave Cruikshank	38.28	22
	Marty Pierce	38.15	19
	Nick Thometz	37.83	13
	Dan Jansen	37.46	4
1000 m	Dan Jansen	1:17.34	26
	Dave Besteman	1:16.57	20
	Eric Flaim	1:16.47	16
	Nick Thometz	1:16.19	15
1500 m	Nate Mills	2:01.54	35
	Chris Shelley	2:01.11	32
	Eric Flaim	1:59.60	24
	Brian Wanek	1:58.50	19
5000 m	Mark Greenwald	7:21.19	19
	Brian Wanek	7:13.35	12
	Eric Flaim	7:11.15	6
10,000 m	Jeff Klaiber	15:13.65	27
	Mark Greenwald	15:03.02	24
	Brian Wanek	14:51.34	22

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Michelle Kline	42.41	26
	Peggy Clasen	41.95	22
	Kristen Talbot	41.77	17
	Bonnie Blair	40.33	01 !
1000 m	Michelle Kline	DSQ	–
	Moira D'Andrea	1:26.13	32
	Peggy Clasen	1:25.31	29
	Bonnie Blair	1:21.90	01 !
1500 m	Tara Laszlo	2:13.35	27
	Angela Zuckerman	2:13.21	26
	Bonnie Blair	2:10.89	21
	Mary Docter	2:09.66	15
3000 m	Michelle Kline	4:45.65	25
	Angela Zuckerman	4:41.88	22
	Mary Docter	4:34.51	15
5000 m	Michelle Kline	8:20.88	24
	Tara Laszlo	8:15.00	23
	Mary Docter	8:04.42	17

Demonstration sports

Curling

Rob Nichols
Ray Somerville
Tim Somerville
Mike Strum
Will Strum

1992 U.S. Olympic Team Designs

After viewing some of his sketches, the United States Olympic Committee invited Henry Grethel, American fashion designer, to design and oversee production of both the winter and summer parade uniforms for Team USA in the 1992 Olympic games^[1] Separate outfits were designed by Grethel for the opening ceremonies of the winter games in Albertville, France and the summer games in Barcelona, Spain.^[2]

References

^ Patteson, Jean (July 24, 1992). "Olympic Parade Uniforms Make Bold, Proud Statement.". Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida). http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-07-24/lifestyle/9207230335_1_grethel-stars-and-stripes-1992-summer-olympics. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
^ Herman, Valli (January 30, 1992). "An Olympian Task - Henry Grethel designs togs for the U.S. team.". The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland). http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-01-30/features/1992030030_1_henry-grethel-create-an-outfit-sizes. Retrieved May 30, 2010.

Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France

Africa	Algeria • Morocco • Senegal • Swaziland

America	Argentina • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Costa Rica • Honduras • Jamaica • Mexico • Netherlands Antilles • Puerto Rico • United States • Virgin Islands

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

Europe	Andorra • Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Monaco • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Romania • San Marino • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • Unified Team • Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia • New Zealand