United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics
1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

in Albertville
Albertville
Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...

 
Ladies' singles
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. Aerials was still a demonstration event at these games...

 
Women's moguls
Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Short Track resultsThe venue was the Halle Olympique located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville...

 
Women's 500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The Speed skating competition during the 1992 Winter Olympic Games was held at the Anneau de Vitesse located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville...

 
Women's 500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The Speed skating competition during the 1992 Winter Olympic Games was held at the Anneau de Vitesse located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville...

 
Women's 1000 metres
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events at three venues, held near Albertville, France. Val-d'Isère hosted the men's events, except the slalom, held at Les Menuires; all five of the women's alpine events were held at Méribel...

 
Women's downhill
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events at three venues, held near Albertville, France. Val-d'Isère hosted the men's events, except the slalom, held at Les Menuires; all five of the women's alpine events were held at Méribel...

 
Women's giant slalom
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...

 
Men's singles

Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002....


Cathy Turner
Cathy Turner
Cathy Ann Turner is an American short track speed skater, who won gold medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics....


Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Nicole "Nikki" Ziegelmeyer is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.She was born in Imperial, Missouri....

 
Short track speed skating
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympic Games Short Track resultsThe venue was the Halle Olympique located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville...

 
Women's 3000 metre relay
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Referee:* Benjamin T. WrightAssistant Referee:* Monique GeorgelinJudges: Reinhard Mirmseker Mary Pearson Yang Jiasheng Monique Petis Mieko Fujimori Ingelise Blangsted Igor Prokop Vanessa Riley* Marina Sanaya Maragaret Ann Wier...

 
Ladies' singles
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. Aerials was still a demonstration event at these games...

 
Men's moguls

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Reggie Crist Downhill 1:54.54 28
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe is a former alpine ski racer. He is now retired from international competition and lives in Wilson, Wyoming...

1:53.40 20
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen is a former alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.While competing with the U.S...

1:52.71 16
A J Kitt 1:51.98 9
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe is a former alpine ski racer. He is now retired from international competition and lives in Wilson, Wyoming...

Super-G 1:16.54 28
A J Kitt 1:16.31 23
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen is a former alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.While competing with the U.S...

1:15.58 17
Jeff Olson 1:15.06 13
Chris Puckett Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Casey Puckett
Casey Puckett
Paul Casey Puckett is an American alpine skier who competed from 1990 to 2006 and freestyle skier who has competed since 2008.-Alpine skiing:...

1:08.17 1:05.08 2:13.25 25
Matt Grosjean 1:07.76 DNF DNF
Rob Parisien 1:07.11 1:04.92 2:12.03 20
Casey Puckett
Casey Puckett
Paul Casey Puckett is an American alpine skier who competed from 1990 to 2006 and freestyle skier who has competed since 2008.-Alpine skiing:...

Slalom DNF DNF
Joe Levins DNF DNF
Kyle Wieche 55.42 55.70 1:51.12 23
Matt Grosjean 53.79 53.15 1:46.94 10


Men's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Jeff Olson 1:48.29 DNF DNF
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe
Tommy Moe is a former alpine ski racer. He is now retired from international competition and lives in Wilson, Wyoming...

1:47.19 55.03 56.56 82.15 18
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen
Kyle Rasmussen is a former alpine ski racer from Angels Camp, California.While competing with the U.S...

1:46.30 55.01 55.45 66.70 16
A J Kitt 1:46.29 DNF DNF

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Edie Thys Downhill 1:58.13 25
Krista Schmidinger 1:54.59 12
Hilary Lindh
Hilary Lindh
Hilary Lindh is a former alpine ski racer.Born in Juneau, Alaska, Lindh was just 14 when she was named to the U.S. Ski Team. By 16, she had become the first American to win a World Junior Championships downhill title. All this was done while with Kathy Miklossy and Alex Mitkus in Utah, away from...

1:52.61
Julie Parisien Super-G DSQ
Diann Roffe
Diann Roffe
Diann Roffe, also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter is an American alpine skier who learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, yet reached the pinnacle of her sport, winning an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.-Career highlights:*1985 World Championships in...

DNF
Hilary Lindh
Hilary Lindh
Hilary Lindh is a former alpine ski racer.Born in Juneau, Alaska, Lindh was just 14 when she was named to the U.S. Ski Team. By 16, she had become the first American to win a World Junior Championships downhill title. All this was done while with Kathy Miklossy and Alex Mitkus in Utah, away from...

1:25.37 17
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens is a former alpine ski racer. She made her debut on the World Cup circuit in December 1982, at age 17.Two seasons later she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships....

1:24.19 8
Edie Thys Giant Slalom 1:09.59 DNF DNF
Diann Roffe
Diann Roffe
Diann Roffe, also known as Diann Roffe-Steinrotter is an American alpine skier who learned to ski at tiny Brantling Ski Center near Rochester, yet reached the pinnacle of her sport, winning an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.-Career highlights:*1985 World Championships in...

1:07.21 1:06.50 2:13.71
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens is a former alpine ski racer. She made her debut on the World Cup circuit in December 1982, at age 17.Two seasons later she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships....

1:07.03 1:07.44 2:14.47 7
Julie Parisien 1:06.90 1:07.20 2:14.10 5
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens
Eva Twardokens is a former alpine ski racer. She made her debut on the World Cup circuit in December 1982, at age 17.Two seasons later she was the bronze medalist in the giant slalom at the 1985 World Championships....

Slalom DNF DNF
Heidi Voelker 50.92 46.77 1:37.69 20
Monique Pelletier 50.38 46.25 1:36.63 18
Julie Parisien 48.22 45.18 1:33.40 4


Women's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Kristin Krone DNF DNF
Krista Schmidinger 1:26.36 37.66 37.11 51.56 11

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Duncan Douglas 2 28:49.2 55
Erich Wilbrecht 2 28:41.1 49
Curt Schreiner 0 28:08.4 37
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson (biathlete)
Joshua Casey Thompson is a retired American biathlete and pilot. His silver at the 20 KM race of the Biathlon World Championships 1987 was the best place a US biathlete had achieved at that point. He never won an Olympic medal but finished sixteenth at the 1992 Winter Olympics which was a good...

1 27:53.2 32

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Jon Engen 1'01:18.4 5 1'06:18.4 70
Duncan Douglas 58:17.5 6 1'04:17.5 59
Curt Schreiner 1'00:34.2 3 1'03:34.2 51
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson (biathlete)
Joshua Casey Thompson is a retired American biathlete and pilot. His silver at the 20 KM race of the Biathlon World Championships 1987 was the best place a US biathlete had achieved at that point. He never won an Olympic medal but finished sixteenth at the 1992 Winter Olympics which was a good...

58:05.4 2 1'00:05.4 16


Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Jon Engen
Duncan Douglas
Josh Thompson
Josh Thompson (biathlete)
Joshua Casey Thompson is a retired American biathlete and pilot. His silver at the 20 KM race of the Biathlon World Championships 1987 was the best place a US biathlete had achieved at that point. He never won an Olympic medal but finished sixteenth at the 1992 Winter Olympics which was a good...


Curt Schreiner
1 1'30:44.0 13

Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Joan Guetschow
Joan Guetschow
Joan Guetschow is an Olympic biathlete . She competed at the Olympic Games in 1992 in Albertville and 1994 in Lillehammer, representing the United States. She also competed for her country in the World Championships in Borovetz in 1993. She has also been talented in other sports...

3 31:30.6 64
Nancy Bell-Johnstone 3 28:20.6 44
Mary Ostergren 2 27:05.7 25
Joan Smith 0 26:54.5 21

Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Joan Smith 56:15.2 5 1'01:15.2 55
Beth Coats 57:36.1 2 59:36.1 47
Patrice Anderson 56:59.6 2 58:59.6 42
Nancy Bell-Johnstone 52:55.2 5 57:55.2 34


Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Nancy Bell-Johnstone
Joan Smith
Mary Ostergren
2 1'24:36.9 15


1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer is an American bobsledder who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002....


Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
Herschel Junior Walker is an American mixed martial artist and a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs and earned the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He began his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League...

Two-man 1:00.34 6 1:01.27 10 1:01.22 8 1:01.12 4 4:03.95 7
USA-2 Brian Richardson
Greg Harrell
Two-man 1:01.56 24 1:02.15 26 1:02.26 28 1:02.20 22 4:08.17 24

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Randy Will
Joe Sawyer
Karlos Kirby
Karlos Kirby
Karlos Kirby is an American bobsledder who competed during the 1990s.A native of Iowa, in 1992 Kirby became the first person from the state of Iowa to compete in a Winter Olympic Games. A bobsledder, Kirby earned a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1993 FIBT World Championships in Igls,...


Chris Coleman
Four-man 58.57 10 58.71 3 58.75 10 58.89 8 3:54.92 9
USA-2 Chuck Leonowiccz
Bob Weissenfels
Bryan Leturgez
Bryan Leturgez
Bryan Leturgez is an American football player, track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from 1987 to 1998.A native of Indiana he was born in Terre Haute and lived there off and on until 7th grade. Both his mother and father were in the education field and moved a number of times as...


Jeff Woodard
Four-man 58.74 12 58.99 13 58.56 2 58.94 12 3:55.23 11

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
John Farra 32:06.0 60
Ben Husaby 30:06.0 26
John Bauer
John Bauer (skier)
John William Bauer was an American cross country skier. He competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 5th in the men's 4 by 10 kilometres relay at the 2002 games....

29:58.0 23
John Aalberg 29:47.6 18
15 km
pursuit1
F
John Farra 44:54.3 49
Ben Husaby 44:41.1 46
John Bauer
John Bauer (skier)
John William Bauer was an American cross country skier. He competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 5th in the men's 4 by 10 kilometres relay at the 2002 games....

43:01.7 32
John Aalberg 42:19.2 26
30 km
C
Pete Vordenberg 1'32:24.7 51
John Callahan 1'32:07.9 49
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

1'30:41.6 42
Luke Bodensteiner 1'28:45.7 27
50 km
F
Pete Vordenberg 2'26:25.8 57
Jim Curran 2'26:17.0 56
Luke Bodensteiner 2'18:42.4 43
John Aalberg 2'15:33.5 33

1 Starting delay based om 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
John Aalberg
Ben Husaby
John Bauer
John Bauer (skier)
John William Bauer was an American cross country skier. He competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 5th in the men's 4 by 10 kilometres relay at the 2002 games....


Luke Bodensteiner
1'48:15.8 12

Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Nina Kemppel
Nina Kemppel
Nina Kemppel is an American cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 14th twice, both earned in 2001....

17:12.9 56
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 32nd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Lillehammer in...

16:27.8 52
Ingrid Butts 16:07.9 47
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1993. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 5 km event at Albertville in 1992.Fiddler's best...

15:19.2 25
10 km
pursuit2
F
Nina Kemppel
Nina Kemppel
Nina Kemppel is an American cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2003. Her best World Cup finish was 14th twice, both earned in 2001....

33:56.7 52
Ingrid Butts 31:59.7 48
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 32nd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Lillehammer in...

31:05.1 41
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1993. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 5 km event at Albertville in 1992.Fiddler's best...

29:24.9 29
15 km
C
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage 50:00.5 44
Sue Forbes 49:42.7 41
Brenda White 48:06.0 36
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1993. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 5 km event at Albertville in 1992.Fiddler's best...

46:42.4 27
30 km
F
Brenda White 1'37:54.0 49
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage 1'36:39.8 45
Betsy Youngman 1'36:12.1 43
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1993. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 5 km event at Albertville in 1992.Fiddler's best...

1'33:02.5 29

2 Starting delay based om 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler
Nancy Fiddler was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1993. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she had her best career finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 25th in the 5 km event at Albertville in 1992.Fiddler's best...


Ingrid Butts
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson
Leslie Thompson was an American cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Calgary in 1988 and her best individual finish of 32nd in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Lillehammer in...


Betsy Youngman
1'04:48.5 13

Figure skating

Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Todd Eldredge
Todd Eldredge
Todd James Eldredge is an American figure skater. He is the 1996 World Champion and a six-time national champion .-Biography:...

9 11 15.5 10
Christopher Bowman
Christopher Bowman
Christopher Nicol' Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.-Biography:Bowman was born in...

7 4 7.5 4
Paul Wylie
Paul Wylie
Paul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...

3 2 3.5


Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...

6 4 7.0 4
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.-Early life and skating career:...

2 3 4.0
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...

1 1 1.5


Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno is an American pair skater. She first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992...


Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with Jenni Meno and the duo skated in the 1992 Winter Olympics. However, after that season, Meno left Wendland for another partner.-Men's singles:-Pairs :...

12 9 15.0 11
Calla Urbanski
Calla Urbanski
Calla V. Urbanski-Petka is an American pair skater. With partner Rocky Marval, she is the 1992-1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. They were dubbed "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" by the media because of their former occupations. They split up in the...


Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval is an American pair skater. With partner Calla Urbanski, he is the 1992–1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics....

7 11 14.5 10
Natasha Kuchiki
Natasha Kuchiki
Natasha Kuchiki is an American pairs figure skater. Her parents, Denise and Sashi, were competitive figure skaters who met in the Ice Capades. Her sister Tamara was also a competitive figure skater....


Todd Sand
Todd Sand
Todd Sand is an American pairs skater. He currently skates professionally with wife Jenni Meno.-Life and career:Sand was born in Burbank, California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship and early in his career, he represented Denmark as a single skater...

6 6 9.0 6


Ice Dancing
Athletes CD1 CD2 OD FD TFP Rank
Rachel Mayer
Rachel Mayer
Rachel L. Mayer is an American ice dancer. With partner Peter Breen, she represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics where they placed 15th.-Biography:...


Peter Breen
14 14 14 15 29.0 15
April Sargent-Thomas
Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby is an American coach and former competitive figure skater. He competed in ice dance with several partners. He and April Sargent Thomas competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics...

10 10 11 11 21.6 11

Freestyle skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Bob Aldighieri Moguls 36.44 20.61 23 Did not advance
Craig Rodman 33.31 22.25 16 Q 35.21 21.18 13
Chuck Martin 34.33 22.59 14 Q 32.70 20.77 15
Nelson Carmichael
Nelson Carmichael
Nelson Carmichael is an American mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics....

31.50 23.90 4 Q 32.05 24.82

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Maggie Connor Moguls 43.08 13.95 22 Did not advance
Ann Battelle 43.99 14.51 21 Did not advance
Liz McIntyre 38.71 22.60 4 Q 40.27 21.24 6
Donna Weinbrecht
Donna Weinbrecht
Donna Weinbrecht won the first gold medal awarded in the first Olympic mogul competitions in freestyle skiing, which were held at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Weinbrecht grew up in West Milford, New Jersey...

39.81 23.48 2 Q 40.51 23.69

Ice hockey

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.
     Team advanced to the Final Round
     Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
5 4 0 1 18 7 11 9
5 3 0 2 22 11 11 8
5 3 1 1 22 11 11 7
5 2 3 0 11 12 -1 4
5 1 4 0 18 24 -6 2
5 0 5 0 4 30 -26 0

6:3
2:0
4:1
3:0
3:3


Final round

Quarter-finals
1:4


Semi-finals
5:2


Bronze Medal Game
6:1 4th

Contestants
  • Ray LeBlanc
    Ray LeBlanc
    Raymond J. LeBlanc is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender. He is best known as the goaltender for the United States team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France...

  • Scott Gordon
    Scott Gordon
    Scott Gordon is an American born professional hockey coach and former professional hockey goaltender. He is an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League and a former head coach of the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins and the National Hockey League's New...

  • Greg Brown
  • Guy Gosselin
    Guy Gosselin
    Guy Gordon Gosselin is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the eighth round, 159th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft....

  • Sean Hill
    Sean Hill
    Sean Ronald Hill is an American professional ice hockey player. He was most recently a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild in the NHL. He won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens...

  • Scott Lachance
    Scott Lachance
    Scott Joseph Lachance is a former American professional ice hockey defenseman who last played for the Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League....

  • Dave Tretowicz
  • Moe Mantha
    Moe Mantha, Jr.
    Maurice William Mantha, Jr. is a retired American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman and former coach who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota North Stars and Philadelphia Flyers.-Playing...

  • Clark Donatelli
    Clark Donatelli
    John Clark Donatelli is an American former professional ice hockey player. Donatelli was a long-time minor league player in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League...

  • Ted Donato
    Ted Donato
    Edward Paul Donato is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the NHL. Since he retired from professional hockey as a player in 2004, he has served as the head coach for the Harvard University hockey team.-Career:...

  • Ted Drury
    Ted Drury
    Theodore Evans Drury is a retired American ice hockey player. He is the older brother of former NHL star, Chris Drury....

  • David Emma
    David Emma
    David Anaclethe "Dave" Emma is an American retired ice hockey player. Emma won the Hobey Baker Award in 1991. Emma would go on to play professionally in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, and Florida Panthers.Emma attended Bishop Hendricken High School in...

  • Steve Heinze
    Steve Heinze
    Stephen Herbert Heinze is a former National Hockey League right wing. He was drafted in the third round, 60th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft....

  • Jim Johannson
    Jim Johannson
    Jim Johannson is an American former professional ice hockey player. He is currently an executive with USA Hockey. Johannson was selected by the Hartford Whalers in the 7th round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft....

  • Shawn McEachern
    Shawn McEachern
    Shawn K. McEachern is an American ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is the current head boys' varsity ice hockey coach at The Rivers School, an independent 6–12 school in Weston, Massachusetts....

  • Marty McInnis
    Marty McInnis
    Martin Edward McInnis is a retired American ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the New York Islanders, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Boston Bruins....

  • Joe Sacco
  • C. J. Young
    C. J. Young
    Carl Joshua "C. J." Young is a former American ice hockey player-Playing career:Young was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft. After four seasons playing for Harvard University in the NCAA, he started playing professional hockey with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of...

  • Scott Young

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Robert Pipkins 47.996 32 45.878 14 46.601 15 46.424 14 3:06.899 21
Wendel Suckow
Wendel Suckow
Wendel "The Barbour" Suckow is an American luger who competed during the 1990s. He is best known for the being the first American to ever win a gold medal in luge either at the Winter Olympics or the World Championships when he was the surprise winner of the 1993 championships in Calgary, Alberta,...

45.838 13 45.874 13 46.416 12 46.067 7 3:04.195 12
Duncan Kennedy 45.553 6 45.849 12 45.258 8 46.192 12 3:03.852 10


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wendel Suckow
Wendel Suckow
Wendel "The Barbour" Suckow is an American luger who competed during the 1990s. He is best known for the being the first American to ever win a gold medal in luge either at the Winter Olympics or the World Championships when he was the surprise winner of the 1993 championships in Calgary, Alberta,...


Bill Tavares
46.787 9 46.664 7 1:33.451 9
Chris Thorpe
Chris Thorpe
Chris Thorpe is an American luger who competed from 1989 to 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1998 and a bronze in 2002....


Gordy Sheer
46.980 12 47.062 12 1:34.042 12

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bonny Warner
Bonny Warner
Bonny Warner is an American luger who competed from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. She later competed in women's bobsleigh from 1999 to 2002...

47.493 18 47.385 16 47.513 17 47.366 18 3:09.757 18
Erica Terwillegar 47.094 8 47.124 8 47.210 9 47.119 14 3:08.547 9
Cammy Myler
Cammy Myler
Cameron "Cammy" Myler is an American luger who was a member of the U.S. National Luge Team from 1985 to 1998 and competed on four Winter Olympics teams - 1988 , 1992 1994 and 1998...

46.974 5 47.019 6 46.962 6 46.988 8 3:07.673 5

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Todd Wilson Individual 176.7 43 +5:45.4 54:22.1 39
Tim Tetreault
Tim Tetreault
Tim Tetreault is an American nordic combined skier who competed from 1992 to 1998. He finished eighth in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville....

195.5 29 +3:40.0 54:49.6 40
Ryan Heckman
Ryan Heckman
Ryan Heckman is an American nordic combined skier who competed from 1992 to 1997. He finished eighth in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville....

196.4 28 +3:34.0 53:41.9 37
Joe Holland
Joe Holland
Joe Holland is an American nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His best finish at the Olympic Winter Games was eighth in the 3 x 10 km event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France...

206.3 15 +2:28.0 DNF


Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Joe Holland
Joe Holland
Joe Holland is an American nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His best finish at the Olympic Winter Games was eighth in the 3 x 10 km event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France...


Tim Tetreault
Tim Tetreault
Tim Tetreault is an American nordic combined skier who competed from 1992 to 1998. He finished eighth in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville....


Ryan Heckman
Ryan Heckman
Ryan Heckman is an American nordic combined skier who competed from 1992 to 1997. He finished eighth in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville....

591.3 4 +4:29.0 1'32:44.8 8

Short track speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Andy Gabel 1000 m DSQ Did not advance

Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Cathy Turner
Cathy Turner
Cathy Ann Turner is an American short track speed skater, who won gold medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics....

500 m 47.69 1 Q 48.51 1 Q 47.41 1 QA 47.04
Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002....

51.05 3 Did not advance
Darcie Dohnal
Darcie Dohnal
Darcie Dohnal is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.In 1992 she was a member of the American relay team which won the silver medal in the 3000 metre relay competition....


Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson
Amy Peterson is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002....


Cathy Turner
Cathy Turner
Cathy Ann Turner is an American short track speed skater, who won gold medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics....


Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Nicole "Nikki" Ziegelmeyer is an American short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics.She was born in Imperial, Missouri....

3000 m relay 4:42.56 2 Q 4:37.85

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Bob Holme Normal hill 77.0 83.7 78.5 87.6 171.3 51
Ted Langlois 80.0 91.5 83.0 97.3 188.8 28
Bryan Sanders 83.5 99.1 77.0 85.7 184.8 38
Jim Holland
Jim Holland
Jim Holland is a US ski jumper who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Jim's brothers Mike Holland and Joe Holland also competed in the Olympic Winter Games in ski jumping and nordic combined respectively. A native of...

85.0 104.5 81.0 96.6 201.1 13
Ted Langlois Large hill 88.0 57.2 90.5 61.2 118.4 48
Bryan Sanders 90.5 61.2 98.5 75.9 137.1 36
Bob Holme 96.5 71.1 92.5 66.0 137.1 36
Jim Holland
Jim Holland
Jim Holland is a US ski jumper who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Jim's brothers Mike Holland and Joe Holland also competed in the Olympic Winter Games in ski jumping and nordic combined respectively. A native of...

105.0 90.0 101.5 85.1 175.1 12


Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Jim Holland
Jim Holland
Jim Holland is a US ski jumper who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Jim's brothers Mike Holland and Joe Holland also competed in the Olympic Winter Games in ski jumping and nordic combined respectively. A native of...


Ted Langlois
Bryan Sanders
Bob Holme
482.4 12

1Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Dave Cruikshank
Dave Cruikshank
David Wright "Dave" Cruikshank is a four-time U.S. Olympic speedskater, an NHL skating and performance coach, and co-owner of DC Hybrid Skating, a performance training center for hockey players in Milwaukee, WI....

38.28 22
Marty Pierce 38.15 19
Nick Thometz
Nick Thometz
Keith James Thometz was an American ice speed-skater. For most of 1987 he held the World record for men's 500 meter speed skating. At the Speed Skating World Cup of 1986-1987 he won the 500 meter and 1000 meter divisions. He also won a silver medal at the 1987 World Sprint Speed Skating...

37.83 13
Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen
Daniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....

37.46 4
1000 m Dan Jansen
Dan Jansen
Daniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....

1:17.34 26
Dave Besteman
Dave Besteman
Dave Besteman is a former Olympic speed skater.-Olympic results:-References:...

1:16.57 20
Eric Flaim
Eric Flaim
Eric Joseph Flaim is a former US speed skater.-Biography:Eric Flaim began skating at the age of 5 on the tiny pond next to his home on Fairwood Drive, Pembroke...

1:16.47 16
Nick Thometz
Nick Thometz
Keith James Thometz was an American ice speed-skater. For most of 1987 he held the World record for men's 500 meter speed skating. At the Speed Skating World Cup of 1986-1987 he won the 500 meter and 1000 meter divisions. He also won a silver medal at the 1987 World Sprint Speed Skating...

1:16.19 15
1500 m Nate Mills 2:01.54 35
Chris Shelley 2:01.11 32
Eric Flaim
Eric Flaim
Eric Joseph Flaim is a former US speed skater.-Biography:Eric Flaim began skating at the age of 5 on the tiny pond next to his home on Fairwood Drive, Pembroke...

1:59.60 24
Brian Wanek 1:58.50 19
5000 m Mark Greenwald 7:21.19 19
Brian Wanek 7:13.35 12
Eric Flaim
Eric Flaim
Eric Joseph Flaim is a former US speed skater.-Biography:Eric Flaim began skating at the age of 5 on the tiny pond next to his home on Fairwood Drive, Pembroke...

7:11.15 6
10,000 m Jeff Klaiber 15:13.65 27
Mark Greenwald 15:03.02 24
Brian Wanek 14:51.34 22


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Michelle Kline 42.41 26
Peggy Clasen 41.95 22
Kristen Talbot 41.77 17
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...

40.33
1000 m Michelle Kline DSQ
Moira D'Andrea 1:26.13 32
Peggy Clasen 1:25.31 29
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...

1:21.90
1500 m Tara Laszlo 2:13.35 27
Angela Zuckerman 2:13.21 26
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...

2:10.89 21
Mary Docter
Mary Docter
Mary Angela Docter is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games , mainly in the 3,000 meter event...

2:09.66 15
3000 m Michelle Kline 4:45.65 25
Angela Zuckerman 4:41.88 22
Mary Docter
Mary Docter
Mary Angela Docter is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games , mainly in the 3,000 meter event...

4:34.51 15
5000 m Michelle Kline 8:20.88 24
Tara Laszlo 8:15.00 23
Mary Docter
Mary Docter
Mary Angela Docter is an American speed skater from Madison, Wisconsin. She competed in four Olympic Games , mainly in the 3,000 meter event...

8:04.42 17

Curling
Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The competition was held in the patinoire olympique of Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a venue about 50 km from the host city, Albertville.-Medal table:-Events:-Standings:-Results:...

  • Rob Nichols
  • Ray Somerville
  • Tim Somerville
    Tim Somerville
    Tim Somerville is an American curler. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the American team placed fourth, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-References:...

  • Mike Strum
  • Will Strum

1992 U.S. Olympic Team Designs

After viewing some of his sketches, the United States Olympic Committee
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic Committee is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various...

 invited Henry Grethel
Henry Grethel
Henry E. Grethel is an American fashion designer, merchandiser and marketer. He was born in Syracuse, New York and is known for his elegant American sportswear collections which make use of sophisticated colors and fine fabrics...

, American fashion designer, to design and oversee production of both the winter and summer parade uniforms for Team USA in the 1992 Olympic games Separate outfits were designed by Grethel for the opening ceremonies of the winter games in Albertville, France and the summer games in Barcelona, Spain.
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