United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1994 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1994 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Lillehammer
Competitors	147 (95 men, 52 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Cammy Myler (luge)
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tommy Moe	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	February 13
Gold	Diann Roffe	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	February 15
Gold	Dan Jansen	Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters	February 18
Gold	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 19
Gold	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 23
Gold	Cathy Turner	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 24
Silver	Picabo Street	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	February 15
Silver	Elizabeth McIntyre	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	February 16
Silver	Tommy Moe	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	February 17
Silver	Nancy Kerrigan	Figure skating	Women's singles	February 25
Silver	Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andrew Gabel	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 meter relay	February 26
Bronze	Amy Peterson	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 24
Bronze	Karen Cashman Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 meter relay	February 24

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	3	0	0	3
Alpine skiing	2	2	0	4
Short track speed skating	1	1	2	4
Figure skating	0	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	0	1	0	1
Total	6	5	2	13

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	4	3	2	9	69.2%
Male	2	2	0	4	30.8%
Total	6	5	2	13	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	2	0	0	2
Tommy Moe	Alpine skiing	1	1	0	2
Cathy Turner	Short track speed skating	1	0	1	2
Amy Peterson	Short track speed skating	0	0	2	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	10	12	22
Biathlon	4	5	9
Bobsleigh	10	–	10
Cross-country skiing	8	8	16
Figure skating	6	6	12
Freestyle skiing	6	6	12
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Ski jumping	6	–	6
Speed skating	8	8	16
Total	95	52	147

Alpine skiing

^[2] Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
A J Kitt	Downhill	—						1:46.82	17
Tommy Moe								1:45.75
Kyle Rasmussen								1:46.35	11
Craig Thrasher								1:48.91	38
Chad Fleischer	Combined	1:40.17	28	DNF
Tommy Moe		1:37.14	3	52.93	17	49.34	9	3:19.41	5
Kyle Rasmussen		1:36.96	2	1:08.24	37	52.34	27	3:37.54	31
Craig Thrasher		1:40.36	31	DNF
Chad Fleischer	Super-G	—						DNF
A J Kitt								DSQ
Tommy Moe								1:32.61
Kyle Rasmussen								DSQ
Jeremy Nobis	Giant slalom	1:29.02	6	1:24.58	14	—		2:53.60	9
Harper Phillips		1:30.31	21	DNF				DNF
Casey Puckett		DNF						DNF
Erik Schlopy		1:42.26	44	1:27.74	31			3:10.00	34
Matt Grosjean	Slalom	48.32	3	DNF		—		DNF
Jeremy Nobis		1:04.86	25	DNF		DNF
Casey Puckett		1:02.97	14	1:00.50	5	2:03.47	7
Erik Schlopy		DNF				DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Megan Gerety	Downhill	—						1:38.24	20
Hilary Lindh								1:37.44	7
Krista Schmidinger								1:38.76	27
Picabo Street								1:36.59
Julie Parisien	Combined	DSQ
Monique Pelletier		1:30.36	24	1:19.01	27	49.42	15	3:38.79	24
Picabo Street		1:28.19	2	52.59	13	49.37	14	3:10.15	10
Megan Gerety	Super-G	—						DNF
Hilary Lindh								1:23.38	13
Shannon Nobis								1:23.02	10
Diann Roffe								1:22.15
Diann Roffe	Giant slalom	1:23.99	27	DNF		—		DNF
Anne-Lise Parisien		1:23.55	24	1:12.89	9			2:36.44	13
Eva Twardokens		1:22.12	12	1:12.29	7			2:34.41	6
Heidi Voelker		1:23.08	18	DNF				DNF
Julie Parisien	Slalom	1:01.61	21	DSQ		—		DSQ
Monique Pelletier		1:01.87	24	DSQ				DSQ
Carrie Sheinberg		1:01.63	22	58.53	16			2:00.16	18
Eva Twardokens		1:01.47	19	DNF				DNF

Biathlon

^[2] Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jon Engen	Individual	1:06:39.7	4 (2+2+0+0)	64
Curt Schreiner	Individual	1:07:41.6	6 (1+1+2+2)	65
Duncan Douglas	Sprint	33:29.2	3 (1+2)	65
Dave Jareckie	Sprint	33:15.6	4 (2+2)	64
Duncan Douglas Jon Engen Dave Jareckie Curt Schreiner	Relay	1:35:43.7	0 (0+0)	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Beth Coats	Individual	57:20.0	4 (1+1+1+1)	33
Joan Guetschow		55:19.4	1 (0+0+0+1)	17
Joan Smith		54:46.7	3 (0+1+1+1)	14
Laura Tavares		57:04.3	4 (1+1+1+1)	32
Beth Coats	Sprint	29:24.3	3 (3+0)	51
Joan Guetschow		29:26.7	4 (1+3)	52
Mary Ostergren		30:35.6	4 (3+1)	64
Joan Smith		27:39.1	2 (0+2)	24
Beth Coats Joan Guetschow Joan Smith Laura Tavares	Relay	1:57:35.9	3 (0+3)	8

Bobsleigh

^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Herberich Chip Minton	Two-man	53.04	15	53.58	17	53.29	15	53.50	13	3:33.41	14
Brian Shimer Randy Jones	Two-man	52.99	12	53.37	11	52.86	5	53.63	17	3:32.85	13
Randy Will Jeff Woodard Joe Sawyer Chris Coleman	Four-man	52.03	8	52.42	12	52.77	19	52.75	17	3:29.97	15
Brian Shimer Bryan Leturgez Karlos Kirby Randy Jones	Four-man	52.25	13	52.29	9	DNF

Cross-country skiing

^[2] Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Aalberg	10 km classical	27:02.3	45
Luke Bodensteiner		27:22.3	58
Todd Boonstra		26:56.3	41
Ben Husaby		27:11.3	52
John Aalberg	15 km freestyle pursuit	1:05:33.4	33
Luke Bodensteiner		1:06:53.0	45
Todd Boonstra		1:06:07.1	41
Ben Husaby		1:06:35.9	43
John Aalberg	30 km freestyle	1:21:45.1	43
Luke Bodensteiner		1:20:13.0	36
Marcus Nash		1:27:18.7	65
Carl Swenson		1:22:08.6	45
Todd Boonstra	50 km classical	2:20:41.0	39
Ben Husaby		2:23:37.3	53
Pete Vordenberg		2:22:53.1	49
Justin Wadsworth		2:19:49.1	35
John Aalberg Luke Bodensteiner Todd Boonstra Ben Husaby	4x10 km relay	1:49:40.5	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ingrid Butts	5 km classical	16:33.6	53
Nina Kemppel		15:44.8	28
Karen Petty		16:52.5	59
Leslie Thompson		16:08.0	40
Ingrid Butts	10 km freestyle pursuit	48:39.6	50
Nina Kemppel		46:21.8	31
Karen Petty		DNF
Leslie Thompson		46:30.6	32
Nina Kemppel	15 km freestyle	46:56.8	42
Laura McCabe		45:51.1	34
Leslie Thompson		46:10.3	37
Laura Wilson		45:59.9	35
Nina Kemppel	30 km classical	1:32:55.3	27
Suzanne King		1:45:27.9	51
Laura Wilson		1:38:52.6	49
Dorcas Wonsavage		1:36:34.1	40
Nina Kemppel Laura McCabe Leslie Thompson Laura Wilson	4x5 km relay	1:02:28.4	10

Figure skating

^[2] Individual

Athlete	Event	SP	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	TFP	Rank
Brian Boitano	Men's singles	8 Q	6	10.0	6
Scott Davis	Men's singles	4 Q	8	10.0	8
Tonya Harding	Ladies' singles	10 Q	7	12.0	8
Nancy Kerrigan	Ladies' singles	1 Q	2	2.5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	CD1	CD2	SP / OD	FS / FD	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	TFP	Rank
Karen Courtland Todd Reynolds	Pairs	—		13	14	20.5	14
Kyoko Ina Jason Dungjen		—		15	7	14.5	9
Jenni Meno Todd Sand		—		6	5	8.0	5
Elizabeth Punsalan Jerod Swallow	Ice dancing	14	14	14	15	15.0	15

Freestyle skiing

^[2] Aerials
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bergoust	Aerials	93.89	96.59	190.48	12 Q	98.12	112.36	210.48	7
Kris Feddersen		104.50	94.77	199.27	9 Q	91.58	103.68	195.26	11
Trace Worthington		117.03	104.08	221.11	4 Q	102.57	115.62	218.19	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Tracy Evans	Aerials	76.86	71.05	147.91	8 Q	76.70	63.07	139.77	7
Kristean Porter		66.26	24.88	91.14	20	Did not advance
Nikki Stone		79.60	64.26	143.86	13	Did not advance

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Troy Benson	Moguls	24.42	13 Q	24.86	8
Craig Rodman		23.98	18	Did not advance
Sean Smith		24.31	16 Q	23.43	13
Trace Worthington		23.79	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ann Battelle	Moguls	23.63	8 Q	23.71	8
Liz McIntyre		25.23	1 Q	25.89
Donna Weinbrecht		23.96	6 Q	24.38	7

Ice hockey

^[2] Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Quarterfinal	Semifinal / PS	Final / BM / PF
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Men's tournament	France T 4–4	Slovakia T 3–3	Canada T 3–3	Sweden L 4–6	Italy W 7–1	4 Q	Finland L 1–6	5-8th place semifinal Czech Republic L 3–5	7th place final Germany L 3–4	8

Roster

Group play {{#section:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Group B}} {{#section:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|B3}}

{{#section:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|B15}} Quarterfinal {{#section:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Q2}} 5-8th place semifinal {{#section:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|D1}} Seventh place game {{#section-h:Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Seventh place game}}

Luge

^[2] Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Duncan Kennedy	Singles	50.587	6	50.633	4	DNF
Robert Pipkins		51.248	17	51.332	17	50.885	15	51.115	16	3:24.580	16
Wendel Suckow		50.698	10	50.819	7	50.359	5	50.548	4	3:22.424	5
Jonathan Edwards Mark Grimmette	Doubles	48.617	5	48.672	4	—				1:37.289	4
Gordy Sheer Chris Thorpe	Doubles	48.571	4	48.725	6	—				1:37.296	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bethany Calcaterra	Singles	49.733	14	49.542	12	49.304	7	49.426	9	3:18.005	12
Cammy Myler		49.201	8	49.763	15	49.324	10	49.546	14	3:17.834	11
Erin Warren		DNF

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryan Heckman	Individual	191.5	30	41:05.07	29	47:15.7	29
Dave Jarrett		195.0	34	39:34.4	12	47:30.4	35
Todd Lodwick		232.0	5	42:41.2	43	44:21.2	13
Tim Tetreault		186.5	35	40:34.0	24	47:17.0	41
Ryan Heckman Dave Jarrett Todd Lodwick	Team	602.0	7	1:25:10.4	8	1:36:07.4	7

Short track speed skating

^[2] Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Coyle	500m	45.42	3	Did not advance					19
Eric Flaim		44.71	4	Did not advance					25
Andy Gabel		44.31	2 Q	48.91	3	Did not advance			14
John Coyle	1000m	1:32.92	3	Did not advance					19
Eric Flaim		1:33.71	2 Q	1:29.70	3	Did not advance			10
Andy Gabel		1:32.32	1 Q	1:33.59	3	Did not advance			9
Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel	5000m relay	—				7:18.58	3 Q	7:13.37

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amy Peterson	500m	47.02	1 Q	46.59	1 Q	46.28	2 Q	46.76
Cathy Turner	500m	46.22 OR	1 Q	47.24	2 Q	47.54	1 Q	45.98
Amy Peterson	1000m	1:45.38	2 Q	1:39.51	3	Did not advance			13
Cathy Turner	1000m	1:47.03	2 Q	1:38.98	2 Q	DSQ		Did not advance	8
Karen Cashman Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	3000m relay	—				4:35.52	3 Q	4:39.34

Shana Sundstrom was an alternate of the American short track relay team.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Jim Holland	Normal hill	85.0	52	73.0	45	158.0	48
Bob Holme		97.0	41	98.0	31	195.0	35
Ted Langlois		108.5	31	88.5	37	197.0	33
Randy Weber		86.5	51	84.0	40	170.5	44
Jim Holland	Large hill	42.1	49	60.8	40	102.9	46
Bob Holme		47.3	47	37.7	53	85.0	50
Ted Langlois		71.6	34	63.6	35	135.2	35
Randy Weber		30.7	51	39.0	52	69.7	53
Greg Boester Ted Langlois Kurt Stein Randy Weber	Team	235.2	11	269.8	11	505.0	11

Speed skating

^[2] Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dave Besteman	500 m	37.68	27
Dave Cruikshank		37.37	19
Dan Jansen		36.68	8
Nate Mills		37.41	20
Dave Besteman	1000 m	1:15.62	30
Brendan Eppert		1:16.07	35
Dan Jansen		1:12.43 WR
Nate Mills		1:15.11	21
K. C. Boutiette	1500 m	2:00.59	39
Nate Mills		1:58.43	37
Dave Tamburrino		1:55.78	22
Brian Wanek		1:57.09	32
Brian Wanek	5000 m	7:05.95	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bonnie Blair	500 m	39.25
Peggy Clasen		41.13	23
Michelle Kline		DSQ
Kristen Talbot		41.05	20
Chantal Bailey	1000 m	1:23.52	31
Bonnie Blair		1:18.74
Michelle Kline		1:22.44	24
Chris Witty		1:22.42	23
Chantal Bailey	1500 m	2:09.68	27
Bonnie Blair		2:03.44	4
Michelle Kline		2:08.02	20
Angela Zuckerman		2:08.43	21
Chantal Bailey	3000 m	4:34.64	22
Chris Scheels		4:34.14	21
Angela Zuckerman		4:33.08	19

References

↑ "Olympedia – United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
↑ "They're 3 of a Speed-Crazy Kind". Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1995.
↑ "Short Track Olympian List". Team USA. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
↑ "Shana Sundstrom Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

Official Olympic Reports
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

[1] "Olympedia – United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[OfficialReport-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympiske Organisasjonskomité. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved October 1, 2013.

[3] "They're 3 of a Speed-Crazy Kind". Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1995.

[4] "Short Track Olympian List". Team USA. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[5] "Shana Sundstrom Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

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United States at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating

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