1992 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

5	4th	2

The United States took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, with a delegation of 147 athletes in twelve disciplines, including 97 men and 50 women. With five gold, four silver, and two bronze medals, the United States was the fifth most successful nation at the Games.

Cross-country skier Bill Koch was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Duncan Douglas

  10 km sprint: 55th place (28: 49.2 min)

  20 km individual: 59th place (1: 04: 17.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 30: 44.0 h)

• Jon Engen

  20 km individual: 70th place (1: 06: 18.4 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 30: 44.0 h)

• Curt Schreiner

  10 km sprint: 37th place (28: 08.4 min)

  20 km individual: 51st place (1: 03: 34.2 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 30: 44.0 h)

• Josh Thompson

  10 km sprint: 32nd place (27: 53.2 min)

  20 km individual: 16th place (1: 00: 05.4 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 13th place (1: 30: 44.0 h)

• Erich Wilbrecht

  10 km sprint: 49th place (28: 41.1 min)

Women

• Patrice Anderson

  15 km individual: 42nd place (58: 59.6 min)

• Nancy Bell-Johnstone

  7.5 km sprint: 44th place (28: 20.6 min)

  15 km individual: 34th place (57: 55.2 min)

  3 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 24: 36.9 h)

• Beth Coats

  15 km individual: 47th place (59: 36.1 min)

• Joan Guetschow

  7.5 km sprint: 64th place (31: 30.6 min)

• Mary Ostergren

  7.5 km sprint: 25th place (27: 05.7 min)

  3 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 24: 36.9 h)

• Joan Smith

  7.5 km sprint: 21st place (26: 54.5 min)

  15 km individual: 55th place (1: 01: 15.2 h)

  3 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place (1: 24: 36.9 h)

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Men, twos

• Brian Shimer , Herschel Walker (USA-1)

  7th place (4: 03.95 min)

• Brian Richardson , Greg Harrell (USA-2)

  24th place (4: 08.17 min)

Men, foursome

• Randy Will , Joe Sawyer , Karlos Kirby , Chris Coleman (USA-1)

  9th place (3: 54.92 min)

• Chuck Leonowiccz , Bob Weissenfels , Bryan Leturgez , Jeff Woodard (USA-2)

  11th place (3: 55.23 min)

figure skating

Men

• Christopher Bowman

  4th place (7.5)

• Todd Eldredge

  10th place (15.5)

• Paul Wylie

  Silver (3.5)

Women

• Tonya Harding

  4th place (7.0)

• Nancy Kerrigan

  Bronze (4.0)

• Kristi Yamaguchi

  Gold (1.5)

Couples

• Jenni Meno & Scott Wendland

  11th place (15.0)

• Calla Urbanski & Rocky Marval

  10th place (14.5)

• Natasha Kuchiki & Todd Sand

  6th place (9.0)

Ice dance

• Rachel Mayer & Peter Breen

  15th place (29.0)

• April Sargent-Thomas & Russ Witherby

  11th place (21.6)

ice Hockey

Ray LeBlanc Scott Gordon Greg Brown Guy Gosselin Bret Hedican Dave Tretowicz Sean Hill Scott Lachance Moe Mantha Scott Young Shawn McEachern

Joe Sacco Clark Donatelli CJ Young Tim Sweeney Steve Heinze Ted Donato Marty McInnis Jim Johannson Ted Drury Keith Tkachuk David Emma

• 4th Place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Dave Besteman

  1000 m: 20th place (1: 16.57 min)

• Dave Cruikshank

  500 m: 22nd place (38.28 s)

• Eric Flaim

  1000 m: 16th place (1: 16.47 min)

  1500 m: 24th place (1: 59.60 min)

  5000 m: 6th place (7: 11.15 min)

• Mark Greenwald

  5000 m: 19th place (7: 21.19 min)

  10,000 m: 24th place (15: 03.02 min)

• Dan Jansen

  500 m: 4th place (37.46 s)

  1000 m: 26th place (1: 17.34 min)

• Jeff Klaiber

  10,000 m: 27th place (15: 13.65 min)

• Nate Mills

  1500 m: 35th place (2: 01.54 min)

• Marty Pierce

  500 m: 19th place (38.15 s)

• Nick Thometz

  500 m: 13th place (37.83 s)

  1000 m: 15th place (1: 16.19 min)

• Chris Shelley

  1500 m: 32nd place (2: 01.11 min)

• Brian Wanek

  1500 m: 19th place (1: 58.50 min)

  5000 m: 12th place (7: 13.35 min)

  10,000 m: 22nd place (14: 51.34 min)

Women

• Bonnie Blair

  500 m: gold (40.33 s)

  1000 m: gold (1: 21.90 min)

  1500 m: 21st place (2: 10.89 min)

• Peggy Clasen

  500 m: 22nd place (41.95 s)

  1000 m: 29th place (1: 25.31 min)

• Moira D'Andrea

  1000 m: 32nd place (1: 26.13 min)

• Mary Docter

  1500 m: 15th place (2: 09.66 min)

  3000 m: 15th place (4: 34.51 min)

  5000 m: 17th place (8: 04.42 min)

• Michelle Kline

  500 m: 26th place (42.41 s)

  1000 m: disqualified

  3000 m: 25th place (4: 45.65 min)

  5000 m: 24th place (8: 20.88 min)

• Tara Laszlo

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 13.35 min)

  5000 m: 23rd place (8: 15.00 min)

• Kristen Talbot

  500 m: 17th place (41.77 s)

• Angela Zuckerman

  1500 m: 26th place (2: 13.21 min)

  3000 m: 22nd place (4: 41.88 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Bob Aldighieri

  Mogul slope: 23rd place (eliminated in qualification)

• Nelson Carmichael

  Moguls: bronze (24.82)

• Chuck Martin

  Mogul slope: 15th place (20.77)

• Craig Rodman

  Mogul slope: 13th place (21.18)

Women

• Ann Battelle

  Mogul slope: 21st place (eliminated in qualification)

• Maggie Connor

  Moguls: 22nd place (eliminated in qualification)

• Liz McIntyre

  Mogul slope: 6th place (21.24)

• Donna Weinbrecht

  Moguls: Gold (23.69)

Nordic combination

• Ryan Heckman

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 37th place (53: 41.9 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 8th place (1: 32: 44.8 h)

• Joe Holland

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Cross-country race not finished

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 8th place (1: 32: 44.8 h)

• Tim Tetreault

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 40th place (54: 49.6 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 8th place (1: 32: 44.8 h)

• Todd Wilson

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 39th place (54: 22.1 min)

Sledding

Men, single-seaters

• Duncan Kennedy

  10th place (3: 03.852 min)

• Robert Pipkins

  21st place (3: 06.899 min)

• Wendel Suckow

  12th place (3: 04.195 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Wendel Suckow & Bill Tavares

  9th place (1: 33.451 min)

• Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer

  12th place (1: 34.042 min)

Women

• Cammy Myler

  5th place (3: 07.673 min)

• Erica Terwillegar

  9th place (3: 08.547 min)

• Bonny Warner

  18th place (3: 09.757 min)

Short track

Men

• Andy fork

  1000 m: disqualified in the preliminary run

Women

• Darcie Dohnal

  3000 m relay: silver (4: 37.85 min)

• Amy Peterson

  500 m: 21st place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  3000 m relay: silver (4: 37.85 min)

• Cathie Turner

  500 m: gold (47.04 s)

  3000 m relay: silver (4: 37.85 min)

• Nikki Ziegelmeyer

  3000 m relay: silver (4: 37.85 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Reggie Crist

  Downhill: 28th place (1: 54.54 min)

• AJ putty

  Downhill: 9th place (1: 51.98 min)

  Super-G: 23rd place (1: 16.31 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Matt Grosjean

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 10th place (1: 46.94 min)

• Joe Levins

  Slalom: race not finished

• Tommy Moe

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 53.40 min)

  Super-G: 28th place (1: 16.54 min)

  Combination: 18th place (82.15)

• Jeff Olson

  Super-G: 13th place (1: 15.06 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Rob Parisien

  Giant Slalom: 20th place (2: 12.03 min)

• Casey Puckett

  Giant Slalom: 25th place (2: 13.25 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Chris Puckett

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Kyle Rasmussen

  Downhill: 16th place (1: 52.71 min)

  Super-G: 17th place (1: 15.58 min)

  Combination: 16th place (66.70)

• Kyle Wieche

  Slalom: 23rd place (1: 51.12 min)

Women

• Kristin Krone

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Hilary Lindh

  Downhill: Silver (1: 52.61 min)

  Super-G: 17th place (1: 25.37 min)

• Julie Parisien

  Super-G: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 5th place (2: 14.10 min)

  Slalom: 4th place (1: 33.40 min)

• Monique Pelletier

  Slalom: 18th place (1: 36.63 min)

• Diann Roffe

  Super-G: race not finished

  Giant Slalom: Silver (2: 13.71 min)

• Krista Schmidinger

  Downhill: 12th place (1: 54.59 min)

  Combination: 11th place (51.56)

• Edith Thys

  Downhill: 25th place (1: 58.13 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Eva Twardokens

  Super-G: 8th place (1: 24.19 min)

  Giant Slalom: 7th place (2: 14.47 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Heidi Voelker

  Slalom: 20th place (1: 37.69 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• John Aalberg

  10 km classic: 18th place (29: 47.6 min)

  15 km pursuit: 26th place (42: 19.2 min)

  50 km freestyle: 33rd place (2: 15: 33.5 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 48: 15.8 h)

• John Bauer

  10 km classic: 23rd place (29: 58.0 min)

  15 km pursuit: 32nd place (43: 01.7 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 48: 15.8 h)

• Luke Bodensteiner

  30 km classic: 27th place (1: 28: 45.7 h)

  50 km freestyle: 43rd place (2: 18: 42.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 48: 15.8 h)

• John Callahan

  30 km classic: 49th place (1: 32: 07.9 h)

• Jim Curran

  50 km freestyle: 56th place (2: 26: 17.0 h)

• John Farra

  10 km classic: 60th place (32: 06.0 min)

  15 km pursuit: 49th place (44: 54.3 min)

• Ben Husaby

  10 km classic: 26th place (30: 06.0 min)

  15 km pursuit: 46th place (44: 41.1 min)

  4 × 10 km relay: 12th place (1: 48: 15.8 h)

• Bill Koch

  30 km classic: 42nd place (1: 30: 41.6 h)

• Pete Vordenberg

  30 km classic: 51st place (1: 32: 24.7 h)

  50 km freestyle: 57th place (2: 26: 25.8 h)

Women

• Ingrid Butts

  5 km classic: 47th place (16: 07.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 48th place (31: 59.7 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 13th place (1: 04: 48.5 h)

• Dorcas DenHartog Wonsavage

  15 km classic: 44th place (50: 00.5 min)

  30 km freestyle: 45th place (1: 36: 39.8 h)

• Nancy Fiddler

  5 km classic: 25th place (15: 19.2 min)

  10 km pursuit: 29th place (29: 24.9 min)

  15 km classic: 27th place (46: 42.4 min)

  30 km freestyle: 29th place (1: 33: 02.5 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 13th place (1: 04: 48.5 h)

• Sue Forbes

  15 km classic: 41st place (49: 42.7 min)

• Nina Kemppel

  5 km classic: 56th place (17: 12.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 52nd place (33: 56.7 min)

• Leslie Thompson

  5 km classic: 52nd place (16: 27.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 41st place (31: 05.1 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 13th place (1: 04: 48.5 h)

• Brenda White

  15 km classic: 36th place (48: 06.0 min)

  30 km freestyle: 49th place (1: 37: 54.0 h)

• Betsy Youngman

  30 km freestyle: 43rd place (1: 36: 12.1 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 13th place (1: 04: 48.5 h)

Ski jumping

• Jim Holland

  Normal hill: 13th place (201.1)

  Large hill: 12th place (175.1)

  Team: 12th place (482.4)

• Bob Holme

  Normal hill: 51st place (171.37)

  Large hill: 36th place (137.1)

  Team: 12th place (482.4)

• Ted Langlois

  Normal hill: 28th place (188.8)

  Large hill: 48th place (118.4)

  Team: 12th place (482.4)

• Bryan Sanders

  Normal hill: 38th place (184.8)

  Large hill: 36th place (137.1)

  Team: 12th place (482.4)

Web links

• United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )