1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

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The United States participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano part with a delegation of 186 athletes in all 14 disciplines, including 105 men and 81 women. With six gold, three silver and four bronze medals, the United States was the fifth most successful nation in the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the short tracker Eric Flaim .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Andrew Erickson

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 17th place (1: 28: 13.9 h)

• Jay Hakkinen

  10 km sprint: 60th place (31: 31.6 min)

  20 km individual: 42nd place (1: 02: 10.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 17th place (1: 28: 13.9 h)

• Robert Rosser

  20 km individual: 69th place (1: 08: 35.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 17th place (1: 28: 13.9 h)

• Dan Westover

  10 km sprint: 49th place (30: 39.5 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 17th place (1: 28: 13.9 h)

Women

• Deborah Nordyke

  7.5 km sprint: 48th place (25: 50.5 min)

• Kristina Sabasteanski

  7.5 km sprint: 33rd place (25: 12.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 48: 30.2 h)

• Kara Salmela

  15 km individual: 56th place (1: 04: 43.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 48: 30.2 h)

• Ntala Skinner

  15 km individual: 61st place (1: 09: 09.0 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 48: 30.2 h)

• Stacey Wooley

  7.5 km sprint: 58th place (27: 03.0 min)

  15 km individual: 55th place (1: 03: 57.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 48: 30.2 h)

bob

Men, twos

• Brian Shimer , Garrett Hines (USA-1)

  10th place (3: 38.75 min)

• Jim Herberich , Robert Olesen (USA-2)

  7th place (3: 38.53 min)

Men, foursome

• Brian Shimer , Chip Minton , Randy Jones , Garrett Hines (USA-1)

  5th place (2: 40.08 min)

• Jim Herberich , Darrin Steele , John Kasper , Robert Olesen (USA-2)

  12th place (2: 41.27 min)

Curling

Men

• Tim Somerville (Skip), Mike Peplinski , Myles Brundidge , John Gordon , Tim Solin

  4th Place

Women

• Lisa Schoeneberg (Skip), Erika Brown , Debbie Henry , Lori Mountford , Stacey Liapis

  7th place

ice Hockey

Men

John Vanbiesbrouck Mike Richter Guy Hebert Chris Chelios Brian Leetch Gary Suter Derian Hatcher Kevin Hatcher Mathieu Schneider Keith Carney Bryan Berard Mike Modano

Bill Guerin Brett Hull Pat LaFontaine Jeremy Roenick John LeClair Keith Tkachuk Doug Weight Jamie Langenbrunner Adam Deadmarsh Tony Amonte Joel Otto

• 6th place

Women

Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara DeCosta Tricia Dunn Cammi Granato Katie King

Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Angela Ruggiero Jenny Schmidgall Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte

• gold

figure skating

Men

• Todd Eldredge

  4th place (5.5)

• Michael Weiss

  7th place (11.5)

Women

• Nicole Bobek

  17th place (25.5)

• Michelle Kwan

  Silver (2.5)

• Tara Lipinski

  Gold (2.0)

Couples

• Jenni Meno & Todd Sand

  8th place (12.0)

• Kyoko Ina & Jason Dungjen

  4th place (6.0)

Ice dance

• Jessica Joseph & Charles Butler

  21st place (41.4)

• Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow

  7th place (14.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• KC Boutiette

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 11.75 min)

  1500 m: 5th place (1: 50.04 min)

  5000 m: 14th place (6: 39.67 min)

  10,000 m: 8th place (13: 44.03 min)

• Cory Carpenter

  500 m: 36th place (75.11 s)

  1000 m: 29th place (1: 13.03 min)

  1500 m: 32nd place (1: 53.50 min)

• Dave Cruikshank

  500 m: 25th place (73.53 s)

• Casey Fitz Randolph

  500 m: 6th place (72.20 s)

  1000 m: 7th place (1: 11.64 min)

  1500 m: 31st place (1: 53.26 min)

• Nate Mills

  1000 m: 23rd place (1: 12.61 min)

• Marc Pelchat

  500 m: 23rd place (73.35 s)

• Dave Tamburrino

  1500 m: 35th place (1: 54.91 min)

  5000 m: 16th place (6: 41.19 min)

  10,000 m: 16th place (14: 12.00 min)

Women

• Moira D'Andrea

  500 m: 19th place (79.92 s)

  1000 m: 9th place (1: 18.38 min)

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 02.47 min)

• Kirstin Holum

  3000 m: 6th place (4: 12.24 min)

  5000 m: 7th place (7: 14.20 min)

• Catherine Raney-Norman

  3000 m: 22nd place (4: 22.55 min)

• Jennifer Rodriguez

  1000 m: 13th place (1: 19.19 min)

  1500 m: 8th place (2: 00.97 min)

  3000 m: 4th place (4: 11.64 min)

  5000 m: 10th place (7: 16.78 min)

• Amy Sannes

  500 m: 26th place (80.90 s)

• Becky Sundstrom

  500 m: 17th place (79.86 s)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 18.23 min)

  1500 m: 12th place (2: 01.81 min)

• Chris Witty

  500 m: 10th place (78.53 s)

  1000 m: silver (1: 16.79 min)

  1500 m: bronze (1: 58.97 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Eric Bergoust

  Jump: Gold (255.64)

• Matt Chojnacki

  Jumping: 21st place (eliminated in qualification)

• Evan Dybvig

  Mogul slope: 31st place (eliminated in qualification)

• Mariano Ferrario

  Jumping: 15th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Jim Moran

  Mogul slope: 23rd place (eliminated in qualification)

• Jonny Moseley

  Moguls : Gold (26.93)

• Britt Swartley

  Jumping: 5th place (231.61)

• Alexander Wilson

  Mogul slope: 10th place (24.68)

Women

• Ann Battelle

  Mogul slope: 10th place (23.65)

• Stacey Blumer

  Jumping: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Tracy Evans

  Jumping: 17th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Liz McIntyre

  Mogul slope: 8th place (23.72)

• Nikki Stone

  Jumping: Gold (193.00)

• Donna Weinbrecht

  Mogul slope: 4th place (24.02)

Nordic combination

• Bill Demong

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 34th place (47: 18.9 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): 10th place (58: 38.6 min)

• Dave Jarrett

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 30th place (46: 52.0 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): 10th place (58: 38.6 min)

• Todd Lodwick

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 20th place (44: 57.4 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): 10th place (58: 38.6 min)

• Tim Tetreault

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 36th place (47: 48.5 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): 10th place (58: 38.6 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Larry Dolan

  13th place (3: 21.128 min)

• Adam Heidt

  9th place (3: 20.098 min)

• Wendel Suckow

  6th place (3: 19.728 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer

  Silver (1: 41.127 min)

• Mark Grimmette & Brian Martin

  Bronze (1: 41.217 min)

Women

• Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon

  8th place (3: 25.5558 min)

• Cammy Myler

  7th place (3: 25.475 min)

• Erin Warren

  6th place (3: 25.328 min)

Short track

Men

• Eric Flaim

  5000 m relay: 6th place (7: 02.014 min)

• Andy fork

  500 m: 7th place (43.072 s)

  1000 m: 4th place (1: 33.518 min)

  5000 m relay: 6th place (7: 02.014 min)

• Scott Koons

  1000 m: 25th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

• Tommy O'Hare

  5000 m relay: 6th place (7: 02.014 min)

• Rusty Smith

  500 m: 22nd place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1000 m: 13th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: 6th place (7: 02.014 min)

• Dan Weinstein

  500 m: 17th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

Women

• Erin Gleason

  500 m: 13th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 18th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 26.253 min)

• Caroline Hallisey

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 26.253 min)

• Amy Peterson

  500 m: 19th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1000 m: 4th place (1: 37.348 min)

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 26.253 min)

• Erin Porter

  500 m: 28th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  1000 m: 28th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 26.253 min)

• Cathie Turner

  3000 m relay: 5th place (4: 26.253 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Chad Fleischer

  Super-G: 34th place (1: 40.19 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Sacha Gros

  Giant Slalom: 26th place (2: 46.89 min)

• Matt Grosjean

  Slalom: 15th place (1: 52.56 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• AJ putty

  Departure: race not finished

• Chip Knight

  Slalom: race not finished

• Andy LeRoy

  Slalom: race not finished

• Bode Miller

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: race not finished

• Tommy Moe

  Downhill: 12th place (1: 51.43 min)

  Super-G: 8th place (1: 35.97 min)

• Casey Puckett

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Daron Rahlves

  Super-G: 7th place (1: 35.96 min)

  Giant Slalom: 20th place (2: 43.59 min)

• Kyle Rasmussen

  Downhill: 9th place (1: 51.09 min)

  Super-G: 13th place (1: 36.52 min)

• Jason Rosener

  Downhill: 15th place (1: 52.33 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

Women

• Kirsten Lee Clark

  Downhill: 28th place (1: 32.25 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

  Combination: 18th place (2: 52.25 min)

• Kristina Koznick

  Slalom: race not finished

• Caroline Lalive

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 7th place (2: 44.76 min)

• Jonna Mendes

  Downhill: 17th place (1: 30.89 min)

  Super-G: 32nd place (1: 20.35 min)

  Combination: 14th place (2: 48.59 min)

• Kathleen Monahan

  Downhill: 26th place (1: 32.22 min)

  Super-G: 29th place (1: 20.25 min)

• Tasha Nelson

  Slalom: disqualified

• Julie Parisien

  Giant Slalom: 28th place (3: 02.78 min)

  Slalom: 13th place (1: 36.35 min)

• Sarah Schleper

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 22nd place (1: 39.42 min)

• Alex Shaffer

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 33rd place (1: 35.60 min)

  Combination: 9th place (2: 45.24 min)

• Picabo Street

  Downhill: 6th place (1: 29.54 min)

  Super-G: Gold (1: 18.02 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• John Bauer

  10 km classic: 41st place (29: 58.4 min)

  15 km pursuit: 47th place (45: 24.6 min)

  30 km classic: 47th place (1: 44: 15.3 h)

  50 km freestyle: 53rd place (2: 24: 45.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 17th place (1: 48: 16.4 h)

• Marc Gilbertson

  50 km freestyle: 52nd place (2: 24: 37.5 h)

• Marcus Nash

  10 km classic: 78th place (32: 11.9 min)

  30 km classic: 49th place (1: 44: 37.7 h)

  50 km freestyle: 35th place (2: 17: 37.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 17th place (1: 48: 16.4 h)

• Justin Wadsworth

  10 km classic: 47th place (30: 26.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 44th place (45: 18.0 min)

  30 km classic: 37th place (1: 42: 21.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 17th place (1: 48: 16.4 h)

• Patrick Weaver

  10 km classic: 43rd place (30: 04.4 min)

  15 km pursuit: 40th place (45: 07.1 min)

  30 km classic: race not finished

  50 km freestyle: 44th place (2: 20: 37.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 17th place (1: 48: 16.4 h)

Women

• Nina Kemppel

  5 km classic: 67th place (20: 29.7 min)

  15 km classic: 52nd place (53: 57.2 min)

• Suzanne King

  15 km classic: 48th place (52: 58.9 min)

  30 km freestyle: 43rd place (1: 34: 01.8 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 15th place (1: 00: 51.2 h)

• Laura McCabe

  5 km classic: 75th place (21: 06.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: race not finished

  30 km freestyle: 49th place (1: 35: 09.9 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 15th place (1: 00: 51.2 h)

• Kerrin Petty

  5 km classic: 51st place (19: 36.6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 52nd place (34: 12.2 min)

  15 km classic: 47th place (52: 45.3 min)

  30 km freestyle: 41st place (1: 33: 47.3 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 15th place (1: 00: 51.2 h)

• Laura Wilson

  5 km classic: 65th place (20: 24.6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 57th place (34: 42.4 min)

  15 km classic: 53rd place (54: 10.4 min)

  30 km freestyle: 36th place (1: 33: 10.6 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 15th place (1: 00: 51.2 h)

Ski jumping

• Alan Alborn

  Normal hill: 42nd place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 44th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 12th place (490.7)

• Casey Colby

  Normal hill: 42nd place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 30th place (165.8)

  Team: 12th place (490.7)

• Brendan Doran

  Normal hill: 52nd place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 58th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

• Mike Keuler

  Team: 12th place (490.7)

• Randy Weber

  Normal hill: 49th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 50th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 12th place (490.7)

Snowboard

Men

• Ron Chiodi

  Halfpipe: 23rd place (not qualified for the final)

• Adam Hostetter

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Mike Jacoby

  Giant Slalom: 17th place (2: 11.80 min)

• Chris Klug

  Giant Slalom: 6th place (2: 05.25 min)

• Todd Richards

  Halfpipe: 16th place (69.6)

• Ross Powers

  Halfpipe: Bronze (82.1)

Women

• Cara-Beth Burnside

  Halfpipe: 4th place (72.6)

• Barrett Christy

  Halfpipe: 10th place (not qualified for the final)

• Shannon Dunn

  Halfpipe: bronze (72.8)

• Rosey Fletcher

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Lisa Kosglow

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Betsy Shaw

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Michelle Taggart

  Halfpipe: 15th place (not qualified for the final)

• Sondra van Ert

  Giant slalom: 12th place (2: 26.56 min)

Web links

• United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )