1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

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The United States participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada with a delegation of 118 athletes, 86 men and 31 women.

Flag bearer

Biathlete Lyle Nelson carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony at McMahon Stadium .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Binning in it

  20 km: 42nd place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Bill Carow

  10 km: 49th place

  20 km: 49th place

• Lyle Nelson

  10 km: 30th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Curt Schreiner

  10 km: 50th place

  20 km: 52nd place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

• Josh Thompson

  10 km: 27th place

  20 km: 25th place

  4 × 7.5 km: 9th place

bob

Two-man bobsleigh: Mike Aljoe / Brent Rushlaw (USA I) DNF Jim Herberich / Matt Roy (USA II) 16th place

Four-man bobsleigh: Hal Hoye / Brent Rushlaw / Mike Wasko / Bill White (USA I) 4th Place Jim Herberich / Scott Pladel / Matt Roy / Brian Shimer (USA II) 16th place

ice Hockey

Men: 7th place

Allen Bourbeau Greg Brown Clark Donatelli Scott Fusco Guy Gosselin Tony Granato Craig Janney Jim Johannson Peter Laviolette Steve Leach Brian Leetch

Lane MacDonald Corey Millen Kevin Miller Jeff Norton Todd Okerlund Mike Richter Dave Snuggerud Kevin Stevens Chris Terreri Eric Weinrich Scott Young

figure skating

Women: Caryn Kadavy Withdrawn Debi Thomas Jill Trenary 4th Place

Men's: Brian Boitano Christopher Bowman 7th place Paul Wylie 10th place

Couples: Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard Gillian Wachsman / Todd Wagoner 5th place Kim Seybold / Wayne Seybold 10th place

Ice dance: Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 6th place Susie Wynne / Joseph Druar 11th place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Leslie Bader 500 m: 23rd place 1000 m: 7th place 1500 m: 10th place 3000 m: 20th place Bonnie Blair 500 m: 1000 m: 1500 m: 4th place Katie Class 500 m: 12th place . 1000 m: 8th place 1500 m: 13th place Mary Docter 3000 m: 19th place 5000 m: 11th place Jane Goldman 1500 m: 18th place 3000 m: 11th place 5000 m: 10th place Nancy Swider-Peltz 1000 m: 24th place 5000 m: 22nd place Kristen Talbot 500 m: 25th place

Men's: John Baskfield 1500 m: 20th place Tom Cushman 1000 m: 17th place Eric Flaim 1000 m: 4th place 1500 m: 5000 m: 4th place 10,000 m: 4th place Mark Greenwald 1500 m: 11th place 5000 m: 9th place Erik Henriksen 500 m: 15th place Dan Jansen 500 m: DNF 1000 m: DNF Jeff Klaiber 10,000 m: 25th place Marty Pierce 500 m: 22nd place Dave Silk 1500 m: 15th place 5000 m: 6th place 10,000 m: 14th place Nick Thometz 500 m: 8th place 1000 m: 18th place

Sledding

Women: Cammy Myler 9th place Erica Terwillegar 11th place Bonny Warner 6th place

Men's: Duncan Kennedy 14th place Frank Masley 12th place Jon Owen 23rd place

Double seater: Timothy Nardiello / Miroslav Zajonc 11th place Joe Barile / Steven Maher 16th place

Alpine skiing

Women: Debbie Armstrong Super G: 18th place Giant slalom: 13th place Kristin Krone Departure: 20th place Super G: 32nd place Combination: 17th place Hilary Lindh Departure: DNF Super G: 26th place Combination: 23rd place Beth Madsen Slalom: 11th place Combination: 15th place Tamara McKinney Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Diann Roffe-Steinrotter Giant slalom: 12th place Slalom: 15th place Edie Thys Departure: 18th place Super G: 9th place Combination: DNF Heidi Voelker Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF

Men's: Bill Hudson Departure: DNF Super G: 30th place Combination: DNF AJ putty Departure: 26th place Super G: DSQ Combination: DNF Doug Lewis Departure: 32nd place Felix McGrath Giant slalom: 13th place Slalom: DNF Combination: DNF Jack Miller Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: DNF Jeff Olson Departure: 28th place Super G: 24th place Combination: DNF Bob Ormsby Giant slalom: 34th place Slalom: DSQ Tiger Shaw Super G: 18th place Giant slalom: 12th place Alex Williams Slalom: DNF

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Leslie Bancroft-Krichko 5 km: 31st place 10 km: 36th place 4 × 5 km: 8th place Dorcas DenHartog Wonsavage 10 km: 40th place 20 km: 23rd place 4 × 5 km: 8th place Nancy Fiddler 5 km: 41st place 10 km: 41st place 20 km: 43rd place 4 × 5 km: 8th place Leslie Thompson 5 km: 39th place 10 km: 45th place 20 km: 25th place 4 × 5 km: 8th place Betsy Youngman 5 km: 47th place 20 km: 42nd place

Men's: Todd Boonstra 15 km: 53rd place 4 × 10 km: 13th place Kevin Brochman 30 km: 56th place 50 km: 47th place Jon Engen 30 km: 51st place 50 km: DNF Joe Galanes 15 km: 58th place 30 km: DNF 4 × 10 km: 13th place Dan Simoneau 15 km: 29th place 30 km: 49th place 50 km: DNF 4 × 10 km: 13th place Bill Spencer 15 km: 40th place 50 km: 56th place 4 × 10 km: 13th place

Nordic combination

Men's:

• Gary Crawford

  Singles: 41st place

• Joe Holland

  Individual: 19th place

  Team: 10th place

• Hans Johnstone

  Team: 10th place

• Todd Wilson

  Singles: 40th place

  Team: 10th place

Ski jumping

Men's:

• Chris Hastings

  Large hill: 49th place

• Mike Holland

  Normal hill: 33rd place

  Large hill: 32nd place

  Team: 10th place

• Mark Konopacke

  Normal hill: 18th place

  Large hill: 42nd place

  Team: 10th place

• Ted Langlois

  Normal hill: 50th place

  Large hill: 10th place

• Dennis McGrane

  Normal hill: 43rd place

  Team: 10th place

• Rick Mewborn

  Normal hill: 54th place

Web links

• 1988 United States Olympic Team in Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )