1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (United States)

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The United States of America participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 545 athletes (355 men and 190 women). The flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Francie Larrieu Smith , at the closing ceremony, at which the USA was honored as the upcoming Olympic host, the fencer Peter Westbrook carried the US flag . With a total of 108 medals, the United States occupied 2nd place in the medals table behind the United team .

Participants by sport

badminton badminton

In 1992, badminton was officially included in the portfolio of the Summer Olympics for the first time. The US participants were not very successful, none reached the quarter-finals. The men's doubles did best in terms of placement, they finished ninth. Linda French benefited in the individual competition from the fact that she was automatically seeded for the second round. Originally Thomas "Tommy" Reidy was also supposed to compete in the singles.

  • Linda French
    Women, singles: 2nd round
    Women, doubles: 2nd round
  • Benny Lee
    Men, singles: 1st round
    Men, doubles: 2nd round
  • Tommy Reidy
    Men, singles: not run
    Men, doubles: 2nd round

baseball baseball

The US national sport, baseball, was also part of the official Olympic program for the first time in 1992, after having held several demonstration tournaments. However, the USA missed the medal ranks, the team was initially defeated in the semifinals to the later gold medalists from Cuba and in the small final Japan .

basketball basketball

The United States men's team coached by Chuck Daly went down in history as the dream team . For the first time it consisted of NBA professionals and, as expected, won the gold medal with a very clear final victory against Croatia . The women's team, which emerged victorious in Seoul, lost to the United Team in the semi-finals , but prevailed against Cuba in the small final . Trainer was Theresa Grentz .

  • Men
    gold gold
  • Women
    bronze bronze

Archery Archery

There was no medal success in archery, the best result was two fifth places in the individual competitions.

  • Jay Barrs
    Men, singles: 5th place
    Men, team: 6th place
  • Sherry block
    Women, singles: 25th place
    Women, team: 8th place

Boxing Boxing

In Barcelona, ​​the US boxers could not build on the eight-fold medal success in Seoul. Among the three medalists was a gold winner: the lightweight boxer Oscar De La Hoya prevailed against the German Marco Rudolph in the final . Four other boxers made it to the quarterfinals, three of whom competed in the highest weight classes and were subject to the later Olympic champions Torsten May , Félix Savón and Roberto Balado .

fencing fencing

In the individual competitions, the US fencers played no role in the fight for the top places. They also took part in two team competitions, each of which they finished with 9th place.

  • Bob Cottingham
    Men, sabers, singles: 24th place
    Men, sabers, team: 9th place
  • Mike Lofton
    Men, sabers, singles: 21st place
    Men, sabers, team: 9th place
  • Steve Mormando
    Men, sabers, singles: 34th place
    Men, sabers, team: 9th place
  • Mary O'Neill
    Women, foil, singles: 36th place
    Women, foil, team: 9th place
  • Molly Sullivan
    Women, foil, singles: 39th place
    Women, foil, team: 9th place

Soccer Soccer

The US selection had to compete in Group A. The first game played at Camp Nou was lost to Italy 2-1. The second game at La Romareda in Saragossa was won 3-1 against Kuwait . In the third preliminary round game, which also took place in Saragossa, the USA did not get more than 2: 2 against group winners and later silver winners Poland . Since Italy won at the same time, this meant the preliminary round from the team trained by Lothar Osiander .

Weightlifting Weightlifting

The weightlifters were not very successful, they did not get past eighth place.

Handball Handball

The USA only competed in the women's competitions. Group opponents were Germany , Nigeria and the United Team . After two defeats and one win against Nigeria, the team finished third and missed the semi-finals. The game for fifth place was lost to Austria at 17:26 .

  • Women
    6th place

Judo Judo

Like four years before, the USA won a silver medal in judo this time. For the first time, women's judo competitions were also held, and fifth place was the best final result.

  • Leo White
    Men, light heavyweight: 9th place

canoe canoe

Joe Jacobi and Scott Strausbaugh together won the gold medal in the Canadian slalom. Gregory Barton and Dana Chladek were successful in the kayak, each taking bronze.

  • Gregory Barton
    Men, kayak single, 1000 meters: bronze bronze
    Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: 4th place
  • Norman Bellingham
    Men, kayak single, 500 meters: 4th place
    Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: 4th place
  • Sheila Conover
    Women, kayak single, 500 meters: hope run
    Women, kayak foursome: 7th place
  • Wyatt Jones
    Men, two-man canoes, 1000 meters: disqualified in the repechage
  • Terry Kent
    Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 9th place
  • Cathy Marino-Geers
    Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run
    Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: 7th place
  • Traci Phillips
    Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run
    Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: 7th place
  • Fred Spaulding
    Men, canoe singles, 500 meters: semi-finals
    Men, canoe singles, 1000 meters: semi-finals
  • Gregory Steward
    Men, two-man canoes, 1000 meters: disqualified in the repechage
  • Rich Weiss
    Men, kayak single, slalom: 16th place

athletics athletics

The most successful US athlete in Barcelona was Gwen Torrance, who won gold in the 200 meters and two medals with the relay, in the 100-meter run she just missed the medal ranks. Three male participants also won double gold, including Carl Lewis, who could call a total of eight gold medals his own. However, he was unable to take part in the 100-meter run due to injury. In the men's 4-by-100-meter and 4-by-400-meter races, the US relay set a new world record, as did Kevin Young in the 400-meter hurdles. In the men's long jump, all medal ranks went to the United States.

  • Evelyn Ashford
    Women, 100 meters: semi-finals
    Women, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
  • Paula Berry
    Women, javelin: 23rd place in qualification
  • Arthur Blake
    Men, 110 meter hurdles: disqualified in the semifinals
  • Tim Bright
    Men, pole vault: no valid attempt in the final
  • Mike Buncic
    Men, discus throw: 18th place in qualification
  • Leroy Burrell
    Men, 100 meters: 5th place
    Men, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
  • Bonnie Dasse
    Women, shot put: subsequently disqualified (eliminated in qualification)
  • Gail Devers
    Women, 100 meters: gold gold
    Women, 100 meter hurdles: 5th place
  • Pam Dukes
    Women, shot put: 15th place in qualification
  • Michelle Finn
    Women, 200 meters: 7th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
  • Ken Flax
    Men, hammer throw: 23rd place in qualification
  • Carlette Guidry
    Women, 200 meters: 5th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
  • Natasha Kaiser
    Women, 400 meters: semi-finals
    Women, 4 × 400 meters: silver silver
  • Carl Lewis
    Men, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
    Men, long jump: gold gold
  • Steve Lewis
    Men, 400 meters: silver silver
    Men, 4 × 400 meters: gold gold
  • Jud Logan
    Men, hammer throw: 4th place disqualified
  • Aric Long
    Men, decathlon: task after seven disciplines
  • Jearl Miles
    Women, 400 meters: semi-finals
    Women, 4 × 400 meters: silver silver
  • Darrin Plab
    Men, high jump: 18th place in qualification
  • PattiSue Plumer
    Women, 1500 meters: 10th place
    Women, 3000 meters: 5th place
  • John Tillman
    Men, triple jump: 25th place in qualification
  • Gwen Torrence
    Women, 100 meters: 4th place
    Women, 200 meters: gold gold
    Women, 4 × 100 meters: gold gold
    Women, 4 × 400 meters: silver silver
  • Quincy Watts
    Men, 400 meters: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 400 meters: gold gold
  • Amber Welty
    Women, high jump: 27th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon

In the team tournament, the three participants narrowly missed the medal ranks, in the individual competition they did not play a major role in the fight for the medal ranks.

  • James Haley
    Men, singles: 25th place
    Men, team: 4th place
  • Rob Stull
    Men, singles: 20th place
    Men, team: 4th place

Cycling Cycling

Two medals were won on bicycles in Barcelona, ​​over 1000 and over 3000 meters. The then little known Lance Armstrong also took part in the games.

  • Jim Pollak
    Men, 4000 meter team sprint: 9th place

horse riding horse riding

The US relay won bronze twice in show jumping and dressage. Eventing was less successful, the six-time medalist John Michael Plumb missed out on his last Olympic participation.

  • Stephen Bradley on "Sassy Reason"
    Eventing, individual: 52nd place
    Eventing, team: 10th place
  • Charlotte Bredahl on "Monsieur"
    Dressage, individual: 22nd place
    Dressage, team: bronze bronze
  • Robert Dover on "Lectron"
    Dressage, individual: 22nd place
    Dressage, team: bronze bronze
  • Lisa Jacquin on "For the Moment"
    Jumping, singles: 17th place
    Jumping, team: 5th place
  • Anne Kursinski on "Cannonball"
    Jumping, singles: 63rd place in qualification
    Jumping, team: 5th place
  • Carol Lavell on "Gifted"
    Dressage, individual: 6th place
    Dressage, team: bronze bronze
  • Michael Matz on "Heisman"
    Jumping, singles: 10th place
    Jumping, team: 5th place
  • John Michael Plumb on "Adonis"
    Eventing, individual: 48th place
    Eventing, team: 10th place
  • Michael Poulin on "Graf George"
    Dressage, individual: 27th place
    Dressage, team: bronze bronze
  • Todd Trewin on "Sandscript"
    Eventing, individual: DNF
    Eventing, team: 10th place
  • Jil Walton on "Patrona"
    Eventing, individual: 17th place
    Eventing, team: 10th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics Rhythmic sports gymnastics

The two US participants did not get beyond the preliminary round.

Wrestling Wrestling

The US wrestlers won a total of eight medals in Barcelona, ​​one more than in Seoul. Most of the other wrestlers also ended up in the top ten.

  • Mike Foy
    Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
  • Dennis Hall
    Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place
  • Buddy Lee
    Men, featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
  • Tim Vanni
    Men, light flyweight, freestyle: 5th place
  • Travis West
    Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing rowing

The US rowers were able to book many places in the front ranks, there were a total of three medal wins and thus as many as in Seoul.

shoot shoot

After having missed out four years earlier, the US sport shooters won two medals in Barcelona, ​​both with the small caliber in a three-position fight.

  • Ben Amonette
    Men, lift pistol: 14th place
    Men, Free Pistol: 19th place
  • Mike Anti
    Men, small caliber, lying: 18th place
  • Robert Foth
    Men, air rifle: 7th place
    Men, small caliber, three-position battle: silver silver
  • David Johnson
    Men, air rifle: 11th place
    Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 21st place
  • Roger Mar
    Men, rapid fire pistol: 9th place
  • Bill Meek
    Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 9th place
  • Launi Meili
    Women, air rifle: 11th place
    Women, small caliber, three-position battle: gold gold
  • Connie Petracek
    Women, air pistol: 24th place
    Women, sport pistol: 29th place
  • Darius Young
    Men, air pistol: 33rd place
    Men, Free Pistol: 4th place

swim swim

There was also a shower of medals for the US swimmers. Summer Sanders won a total of four precious metals, Nicole Haislett swam to three gold medals, six other swimmers, three women and three men, won double gold. In the relay competitions four gold and one bronze medals were won.

  • Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: silver silver
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • David Berkoff
    Men, 100 meters back: bronze bronze
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Matt Biondi
    Men, 50 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Men, 100 meters freestyle: 5th place
    Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Hans Dersch
    Men, 100 meters chest: 10th place
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Nelson Diebel
    Men, 100 meters chest: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Janet Evans
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: gold gold
  • Doug Gjertsen
    Men, 200 meters freestyle: 8th place
    Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
  • Nicole Haislett
    Women, 100 meters freestyle: 4th place
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Women, 200 meter medley: 17th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Erika Hansen
    Women, 400 meters freestyle: 4th place
    Women, 800 meters freestyle: 7th place
    Women, 400 meter medley: 10th place
  • Joe Hudepohl
    Men, 200 meters freestyle: 6th place
    Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
  • Tom Jager
    Men, 50 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
  • Daniel Jorgensen
    Men, 400 meters freestyle: 17th place
    Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
  • Sean Killion
    Men, 400 meters freestyle: 11th place
    Men, 1500 meters freestyle: 12th place
  • Megan little one
    Women, 100 meters chest: 12th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Lea Loveless
    Women, 100 meters back: bronze bronze
    Women, 200 meters back: 4th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Angel Martino
    Women, 50 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
  • Pablo Morales
    Men, 100 meters butterfly: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Anita Nall
    Women, 100 meters chest: silver silver
    Women, 200 meters chest: bronze bronze
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Jon Olsen
    Men, 100 meters freestyle: 4th place
    Men, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Jeff Rouse
    Men, 100 meters back: silver silver
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Summer Sanders
    Women, 100 meters butterfly: 6th place
    Women, 200 meters butterfly: gold gold
    Women, 200 meter medley: silver silver
    Women, 400 meter medley: bronze bronze
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Melvin Stewart
    Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: bronze bronze
    Men, 100 meters butterfly: 5th place
    Men, 200 meters butterfly: gold gold
    Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Jenny Thompson
    Women, 50 meters freestyle: 5th place
    Women, 100 meters freestyle: silver silver
    Women, 200 meters freestyle: 17th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: gold gold
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Janie Wagstaff
    Women, 100 meters back: 5th place
    Women, 200 meters back: 17th place
    Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: gold gold
  • Dave Wharton
    Men, 200 meters butterfly: 10th place
    Men, 400 meter medley: 4th place

sailing sailing

In the sailing competitions, almost all US participants were allowed to take home a medal. But Lanee “Carrie” Butler was also able to record a success with 5th place.

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming

The USA was particularly successful in synchronized swimming: all three participants won the gold medal. In the individual, however, Kristen Babb-Sprague had to share first place with the Canadian Sylvie Fréchette , who was also subsequently awarded the gold medal.

tennis tennis

In tennis, the women won a total of four medals, the men received nothing. Jennifer Capriati prevailed in the final in three sets against Steffi Graf , who had previously met Mary Joe Fernández in the semifinals. In the women's doubles, the Fernández sisters defeated the team from Spain in three sets. The male participants clearly missed the medal ranks. Courier, Sampras and Chang, who finished first, third and sixth on the seeding list, did not get past the round of 16, Courier lost to the eventual winner of the gold medal, Marc Rosset .

  • Jim Courier
    Men, Singles: Round of 16
    Men, doubles: Round of 16
  • Pete Sampras
    Men, Singles: Round of 16
    Men, doubles: Round of 16

Table tennis Table tennis

The US participants were unsuccessful in table tennis, none of them survived the group stage.

  • Jim Butler
    Men, singles: 17th place
    Men, doubles: 25th place
  • Diana Gee
    Women, singles: 33rd place
    Women, doubles: 17th place
  • Lily Yip
    Women, singles: 33rd place
    Women, doubles: 17th place
  • Sean O'Neill
    Men, singles: 33rd place
    Men, doubles: 25th place

do gymnastics do gymnastics

No US athlete could win more medals in Barcelona than gymnast Shannon Miller, she won a total of five medals, including one in the team all-around competition. Trent Dimas secured gold on the horizontal bar, otherwise there were no medal successes for the men.

  • Wendy Bruce
    Women, individual all-around: 28th place in qualification
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, floor: 42nd place in qualification
    Women, horse: 11th place in the qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 30th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 33rd place in qualification
  • Dominique Dawes
    Women, individual all-around: 26th place in qualification
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, floor: 12th place in qualification
    Women, horse: 22nd place in qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 41st place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 32nd place in qualification
  • Trent Dimas
    Men, individual all-around: 44th place in qualification
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 61st place in qualification
    Men, horse: 37th place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 41st place in qualification
    Men, horizontal bar: gold gold
    Men, Rings: 69th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 49th place in qualification
  • Scott Keswick
    Men, individual all-around: 19th place
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 16th place in qualification
    Men, horse: 82nd place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 32nd place in qualification
    Men, horizontal bar: 66th place in qualification
    Men, rings: 17th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 59th place in qualification
  • Jair Lynch
    Men, individual all-around: 60th place in the qualification
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 73rd place in qualification
    Men, horse: 92nd place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 6th place
    Men, horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification
    Men, rings: 66th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 26th place in qualification
  • Shannon Miller
    Women, individual all-around: silver silver
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, bottom: bronze bronze
    Women, horse: 6th place
    Women, uneven bars: bronze bronze
    Women, balance beam: silver silver
  • Dominick Minicucci
    Men, individual all-around: 56th place in qualification
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 63rd place in qualification
    Men, horse: 67th place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 49th place in qualification
    Men, horizontal bar: 73rd place in qualification
    Men, Rings: 47th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 26th place in qualification
  • Betty Okino
    Women, individual all-around: 12th place
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, floor: 14th place in qualification
    Women, horse: 5th place in the qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 17th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 6th place
  • John Roethlisberger
    Men, individual all-around: 34th place
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 20th place in qualification
    Men, horse: 49th place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 54th place in qualification
    Men, horizontal bar: 28th place in qualification
    Men, rings: 29th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 46th place in qualification
  • Kerri Strug
    Women, individual all-around: 14th place in the qualification
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, floor: 15th place in qualification
    Women, horse: 9th place in the qualification
    Women, uneven bars: 25th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 20th place in qualification
  • Chris Waller
    Men, individual all-around: 35th place
    Men, team all-around competition: 6th place
    Men, floor: 24th place in qualification
    Men, horse: 79th place in qualification
    Men, parallel bars: 24th place in qualification
    Men, horizontal bar: 17th place in qualification
    Men, rings: 29th place in qualification
    Men, pommel horse: 5. space
  • Kim Zmeskal
    Women, individual all-around: 10th place
    Women, team all-around: bronze bronze
    Women, floor: 6th place
    Women, horse: 8th place
    Women, uneven bars: 10th place in qualification
    Women, balance beam: 42nd place in qualification

volleyball volleyball

Both the men's and women's teams won the bronze medal. The men, who won gold four years earlier, lost to Brazil in the semi-finals and defeated Cuba in the small final . For the women, who finished seventh in Seoul, it was the other way around: They lost their semi-finals against Cuba and prevailed against Brazil in the third place match.

  • Men
    bronze bronze
  • Women
    bronze bronze

Water polo Water polo

The water polo players were able to qualify for the knockout round as second in their group, but this time they were denied a medal after silver in Seoul: They first lost the semi-final against hosts Spain and then the small final against the United Team .

  • Men
    4th Place

Diving Diving

Compared to five medals in Seoul, the Americans jumped this time to triple precious metal. The other participants also made it into the top ten.

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