1994 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

6th	5	2

The United States took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, with a delegation of 147 athletes in twelve disciplines, including 95 men and 52 women. With six gold, five silver and two bronze medals, the United States was the fifth most successful nation in the Games. The best athlete was speed skater Bonnie Blair , who won two of the six gold medals. The other Olympic victories went to Dan Jansen (speed skating), Cathie Turner (short track), Tommy Moe and Diann Roffe (both alpine skiing).

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the luge rider Cammy Myler .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Jon Engen

  20 km individual: 64th place (1: 06: 39.7 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 43.7 h)

• Curt Schreiner

  20 km individual: 65th place (1: 07: 41.6 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 43.7 h)

• Duncan Douglas

  10 km sprint: 65th place (33: 29.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 43.7 h)

• Dave Jareckie

  10 km sprint: 64th place (33: 15.6 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 14th place (1: 35: 43.7 h)

Women

• Beth Coats

  7.5 km sprint: 51st place (29: 24.3 min)

  15 km individual: 33rd place (57: 20.0 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 57: 35.9 h)

• Joan Guetschow

  7.5 km sprint: 52nd place (29: 26.7 min)

  15 km individual: 17th place (55: 19.4 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 57: 35.9 h)

• Joan Smith

  7.5 km sprint: 24th place (27: 39.1 min)

  15 km individual: 14th place (54: 46.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 57: 35.9 h)

• Laura Tavares

  15 km individual: 32nd place (57: 04.3 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 8th place (1: 57: 35.9 h)

• Mary Ostergren

  7.5 km sprint: 64th place (30: 35.6 min)

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Men, twos

• Jim Herberich , Chip Minton (USA-1)

  14th place (3: 33.41 min)

• Brian Shimer , Randy Jones (USA-2)

  13th place (3: 32.85 min)

Men, foursome

• Randy Will , Jeff Woodard , Joe Sawyer , Chris Coleman (USA-1)

  15th place (3: 29.97 min)

• Brian Shimer , Bryan Leturgez , Karlos Kirby , Randy Jones (USA-2)

  crashed in the third run

ice Hockey

Garth Snow Mike Dunham Barry Richter Ted Crowley Matt Martin Peter Laviolette Brett Hauer Chris Imes Travis Richards David Sacco Brian Rolston

Peter Ferraro Peter Ciavaglia David Roberts Mark Beaufait John Lilley Jeff Lazaro Craig Johnson Ted Drury Todd Marchant Jim Campbell Darby Hendrickson

• 8th place

figure skating

Men

• Brian Boitano

  6th place (10.0)

• Scott Davis

  8th place (12.0)

Women

• Tonya Harding

  8th place (12.0)

• Nancy Kerrigan

  Silver (2.5)

Couples

• Karen Courtland & Todd Reynolds

  14th place (20.5)

• Kyoko Ina & Jason Dungjen

  9th place (14.5)

• Jenni Meno & Todd Sand

  5th place (8.0)

Ice dance

• Elizabeth Punsalan & Jerod Swallow

  15th place (15.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Dave Besteman

  500 m: 27th place (37.68 s)

  1000 m: 30th place (1: 15.62 min)

• Dave Cruikshank

  500 m: 19th place (37.37 s)

• Dan Jansen

  500 m: 8th place (36.68 s)

  1000 m: gold (1: 12.43 min)

• Nate Mills

  500 m: 20th place (37.41 s)

  1000 m: 21st place (1: 15.11 min)

  1500 m: 37th place (1: 58.43 min)

• Brendan Eppert

  1000 m: 35th place (1: 16.07 min)

• KC Boutiette

  1500 m: 39th place (2: 00.59 min)

• Dave Tamburrino

  1500 m: 22nd place (1: 55.78 min)

• Brian Wanek

  1500 m: 32nd place (1: 57.09 min)

  5000 m: 30th place (7: 05.95 min)

Women

• Bonnie Blair

  500 m: gold (39.25 s)

  1000 m: gold (1: 18.74 min)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 03.44 min)

• Peggy Clasen

  500 m: 23rd place (41.13 s)

• Michelle Kline

  500 m: disqualified

  1000 m: 24th place (1: 22.44 min)

  1500 m: 20th place (2: 08.02 min)

• Kristen Talbot

  500 m: 20th place (41.05 s)

• Chris Witty

  1000 m: 23rd place (1: 22.42 min)

• Chantal Bailey

  1000 m: 31st place (1: 23.52 min)

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 09.68 min)

  3000 m: 22nd place (4: 34.64 min)

• Angela Zuckerman

  1500 m: 21st place (2: 08.43 min)

  3000 m: 19th place (4: 33.08 min)

• Chris Scheels

  3000 m: 21st place (4: 34.14 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Troy Benson

  Mogul slope: 8th place (24.86)

• Craig Rodman

  Mogul slope: 18th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Sean Smith

  Mogul slope: 13th place (23.43)

• Trace Worthington

  Mogul slope: 19th place (eliminated in qualification)

  Jumping: 5th place (218.19)

• Eric Bergoust

  Jumping: 7th place (210.48)

• Kris Feddersen

  Jumping: 11th place (195.26)

Women

• Ann Battelle

  Mogul slope: 8th place (23.71)

• Liz McIntyre

  Moguls : Silver (25.89)

• Donna Weinbrecht

  Moguls: 7th place (24.38)

• Tracy Evans

  Jumping: 7th place (139.77)

• Kristean Porter

  Jumping: 20th place (eliminated in qualification)

• Nikki Stone

  Jumping: 13th place (eliminated in qualification)

Nordic combination

• Ryan Heckman

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 29th place (47: 15.7 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 36: 07.4 h)

• Dave Jarrett

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 35th place (47: 30.4 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 36: 07.4 h)

• Todd Lodwick

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 13th place (44: 21.2 min)

  Team (normal hill / 10 km): 7th place (1: 36: 07.4 h)

• Tim Tetreault

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 41st place (47: 17.0 min)

Luge

Men

• Duncan Kennedy

  crashed in the third run

• Robert Pipkins

  16th place (3: 24.580 min)

• Wendel Suckow

  5th place (3: 22.424 min)

Men, two-seaters

• Mark Grimmette & Jonathan Edwards

  4th place (1: 37.289 min)

• Chris Thorpe & Gordy Sheer

  5th place (1: 37.296 min)

Women

• Bethany Calcaterra

  12th place (3: 18.005 min)

• Cammy Myler

  11th place (3: 17.834 min)

• Erin Warren

  Race not finished

Short track

Men

• Randy Bartz

  5000 m relay: Silver (7: 13.37 min)

• John Coyle

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

  1000 m: 19th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  5000 m relay: Silver (7: 13.37 min)

• Eric Flaim

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

  1000 m: 10th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Silver (7: 13.37 min)

• Andy fork

  500 m: 14th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 9th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Silver (7: 13.37 min)

Women

• Karen Cashman

  3000 m relay: bronze (4: 39.34 min)

• Amy Peterson

  500 m: bronze (46.76 s)

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

  3000 m relay: bronze (4: 39.34 min)

• Cathie Turner

  500 m: gold (45.98 s)

  1000 m: 8th place (disqualified in the B final)

  3000 m relay: bronze (4: 39.34 min)

• Nikki Ziegelmeyer

  3000 m relay: bronze (4: 39.34 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Chad Fleischer

  Super-G: race not finished

  Combination: race not finished

• Matt Grosjean

  Slalom: race not finished

• AJ putty

  Downhill: 17th place (1: 46.82 min)

  Super-G: disqualified

• Tommy Moe

  Downhill: Gold (1: 45.75 min)

  Super-G: silver (1: 32.61 min)

  Combination: 5th place (3: 19.41 min)

• Jeremy Nobis

  Giant Slalom: 9th place (2: 53.60 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Harper Phillips

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Casey Puckett

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 7th place (2: 03.47 min)

• Kyle Rasmussen

  Downhill: 11th place (1: 46.35 min)

  Super-G: disqualified

  Combination: 31st place (3: 37.54 min)

• Erik Schlopy

  Giant Slalom: 34th place (3: 10.00 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Craig Thrasher

  Downhill: 38th place (1: 48.91 min)

  Combination: race not finished

Women

• Megan Gerety

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 38.24 min)

  Super-G: race not finished

• Hilary Lindh

  Downhill: 7th place (1: 37.44 min)

  Super-G: 13th place (1: 23.38 min)

• Shannon Nobis

  Super-G: 10th place (1: 23.02 min)

• Diann Roffe

  Super-G: Gold (1: 22.15 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Anne-Lise Parisien

  Giant Slalom: 13th place (2: 36.44 min)

• Julie Parisien

  Slalom: disqualified

  Combination: disqualified

• Monique Pelletier

  Slalom: disqualified

  Combination: 24th place (3: 38.79 min)

• Krista Schmidinger

  Downhill: 27th place (1: 38.76 min)

• Carrie Sheinberg

  Slalom: 18th place (2:00, 16 min)

• Picabo Street

  Downhill: Silver (1: 36.59 min)

  Combination: 10th place (3: 10.15 min)

• Eva Twardokens

  Giant Slalom: 6th place (2: 34.41 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Heidi Voelker

  Giant slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• John Aalberg

  10 km classic: 45th place (27: 02.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 33rd place (41: 13.4 min)

  30 km freestyle: 43rd place (1: 21: 45.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (1: 49: 40.5 h)

• Luke Bodensteiner

  10 km classic: 58th place (27: 22.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 45th place (42: 33.0 min)

  30 km freestyle: 36th place (1: 20: 13.0 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (1: 49: 40.5 h)

• Todd Boonstra

  10 km classic: 41st place (26: 56.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 41st place (41: 47.1 min)

  50 km classic: 39th place (2: 20: 41.0 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (1: 49: 40.5 h)

• Ben Husaby

  10 km classic: 52nd place (27: 11.3 min)

  15 km pursuit: 43rd place (42: 15.9 min)

  50 km classic: 53rd place 2: 23: 37.3 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place (1: 49: 40.5 h)

• Marcus Nash

  30 km freestyle: 65th place (1: 27: 18.7 h)

• Carl Swenson

  30 km freestyle: 45th place (1: 22: 08.6 h)

• Pete Vordenberg

  50 km classic: 49th place (2: 22: 53.1 h)

• Justin Wadsworth

  50 km classic: 35th place (2: 19: 49.1 h)

Women

• Ingrid Butts

  5 km classic: 53rd place (16: 33.6 min)

  10 km pursuit: 50th place (34: 31.6 min)

• Nina Kemppel

  5 km classic: 28th place (15: 44.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 31st place (32: 13.8 min)

  15 km freestyle: 42nd place (46: 56.8 min)

  30 km classic: 27th place (1: 32: 55.3 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (1: 02: 28.4 h)

• Kerrin Petty

  5 km classic: 59th place (16: 52.5 min)

  10 km pursuit: race not finished

• Leslie Thompson

  5 km classic: 40th place (16: 08.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 32nd place (32: 22.6 min)

  15 km freestyle: 37th place (46: 10.3 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (1: 02: 28.4 h)

• Laura McCabe

  15 km freestyle: 34th place (45: 51.1 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (1: 02: 28.4 h)

• Laura Wilson

  15 km freestyle: 35th place (45: 59.9 min)

  30 km classic: 49th place (1: 38: 52.6 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: 10th place (1: 02: 28.4 h)

• Suzanne King

  30 km classic: 51st place (1: 45: 27.9 h)

• Dorcas Wonsavage

  30 km classic: 40th place (1: 36: 34.1 h)

Ski jumping

• Greg Boester

  Team: 11th place (505.0)

• Jim Holland

  Normal hill: 48th place (158.0)

  Large hill: 46th place (102.9)

• Robert Holme

  Normal hill: 35th place (195.0)

  Large hill: 50th place (85.0)

• Ted Langlois

  Normal hill: 33rd place (197.0)

  Large hill: 35th place (135.2)

  Team: 11th place (505.0)

• Randy Weber

  Normal hill: 44th place (170.5)

  Large hill: 53rd place (69.7)

  Team: 11th place (505.0)

• Kurt Stein

  Team: 11th place (505.0)

Web links

• United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )