United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary | ||||||||||
Competitors | 118 (86 men, 32 women) in 10 sports | |||||||||
Flag bearer | Lyle Nelson (biathlon) | |||||||||
Medals Rank: 9 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 6 |
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The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Boitano, BrianBrian Boitano | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Gold | Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres |
Silver | Flaim, EricEric Flaim | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres |
Bronze | Thomas, DebiDebi Thomas | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Bronze | Oppegard, PeterPeter Oppegard Jill Watson | Figure skating | Pair skating |
Bronze | Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Bill Hudson | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Doug Lewis | 2:06.25 | 32 | |||
Jeff Olson | 2:05.09 | 28 | |||
A. J. Kitt | 2:04.94 | 26 | |||
A. J. Kitt | Super-G | DSQ | – | ||
Bill Hudson | 1:47.29 | 30 | |||
Jeff Olson | 1:45.56 | 24 | |||
Tiger Shaw | 1:44.26 | 18 | |||
Jack Miller | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Bob Ormsby | 1:10.07 | 1:05.78 | 2:15.85 | 34 | |
Felix McGrath | 1:06.79 | 1:03.81 | 2:10.60 | 13 | |
Tiger Shaw | 1:06.71 | 1:03.52 | 2:10.23 | 12 | |
Bob Ormsby | Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Alex Williams | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Felix McGrath | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Jack Miller | 55.00 | DNF | DNF | – |
Men's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Jeff Olson | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Bill Hudson | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Felix McGrath | 1:53.35 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
A. J. Kitt | 1:50.42 | 56.95 | DNF | DNF | – |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
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Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Hilary Lindh | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Kristin Krone | 1:29.13 | 20 | |||
Edith Thys | 1:28.53 | 18 | |||
Kristin Krone | Super-G | 1:24.51 | 32 | ||
Hilary Lindh | 1:23.11 | 26 | |||
Debbie Armstrong | 1:21.87 | 18 | |||
Edith Thys | 1:20.93 | 9 | |||
Tamara McKinney | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Heidi Voelker | 1:02.10 | DNF | DNF | – | |
Diann Roffe | 1:01.75 | 1:08.94 | 2:10.69 | 12 | |
Debbie Armstrong | 1:01.73 | 1:08.99 | 2:10.72 | 13 | |
Heidi Voelker | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Tamara McKinney | DNF | – | DNF | – | |
Diann Roffe | 51.74 | 51.14 | 1:42.88 | 15 | |
Beth Madsen | 51.09 | 50.09 | 1:41.18 | 11 |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
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Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
Beth Madsen | 1:21.31 | 41.86 | 42.92 | 108.64 | 15 |
Hilary Lindh | 1:19.27 | 46.96 | 48.35 | 164.57 | 23 |
Kristin Krone | 1:18.80 | 44.94 | 45.25 | 114.81 | 17 |
Edith Thys | 1:18.38 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
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10 km Sprint | Curt Schreiner | 3 | 28:19.9 | 50 |
Bill Carow | 4 | 28:19.6 | 49 | |
Lyle Nelson | 1 | 27:34.3 | 30 | |
Josh Thompson | 4 | 27:27.7 | 27 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
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20 km | Curt Schreiner | 1'00:22.7 | 5 | 1'05:22.7 | 52 |
Bill Carow | 1'00:10.1 | 5 | 1'05:10.1 | 49 | |
Darin Binning | 59:54.8 | 4 | 1'03:54.8 | 42 | |
Josh Thompson | 56:29.4 | 5 | 1'01:29.4 | 25 |
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes | Race | ||
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Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Lyle Nelson Curt Schreiner Darin Binning Josh Thompson |
2 | 1'29:33.0 | 9 |
- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
USA-1 | Brent Rushlaw Mike Aljoe |
Two-man | 59.01 | 25 | 1:00.13 | 17 | 1:00.96 | 16 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
USA-2 | Matt Roy Jim Herberich |
Two-man | 59.37 | 29 | 1:00.06 | 15 | 1:00.34 | 10 | 59.57 | 11 | 3:59.34 | 16 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
USA-1 | Brent Rushlaw Hal Hoye Mike Wasko Bill White |
Four-man | 56.72 | 4 | 57.67 | 8 | 56.69 | 9 | 57.20 | 1 | 3:48.28 | 4 |
USA-2 | Brian Shimer Jim Herberich Matt Roy Scott Pladel |
Four-man | 57.17 | 12 | 58.49 | 19 | 57.47 | 19 | 58.10 | 13 | 3:51.23 | 16 |
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km C |
Joe Galanes | 48:05.2 | 58 |
Todd Boonstra | 47:21.8 | 53 | |
Bill Spencer | 45:59.6 | 40 | |
Dan Simoneau | 44:53.8 | 29 | |
30 km C |
Joe Galanes | DNF | – |
Kevin Brochman | 1'37:07.1 | 56 | |
Jon Engen | 1'35:41.9 | 51 | |
Dan Simoneau | 1'35:21.4 | 49 | |
50 km F |
Dan Simoneau | DNF | – |
Jon Engen | DNF | – | |
Bill Spencer | 2'25:22.6 | 56 | |
Kevin Brochman | 2'19:45.5 | 47 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Todd Boonstra Dan Simoneau Bill Spencer Joe Galanes |
1'50:27.6 | 13 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C |
Betsy Youngman | 17:32.6 | 47 |
Nancy Fiddler | 17:05.4 | 41 | |
Leslie Thompson | 16:58.5 | 39 | |
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | 16:31.1 | 31 | |
10 km C |
Leslie Thompson | 35:17.7 | 45 |
Nancy Fiddler | 34:31.1 | 41 | |
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage | 34:26.1 | 40 | |
Leslie Bancroft-Krichko | 33:25.1 | 36 | |
20 km F |
Nancy Fiddler | 1'03:57.5 | 43 |
Betsy Youngman | 1'03:31.3 | 42 | |
Leslie Thompson | 1'01:04.1 | 25 | |
Dorcas DenHartog-Wonsavage | 1'00:48.6 | 23 |
- C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
- Women's 4 x 5 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Dorcas DanHartog-Wonsavage Leslie Thompson Nancy Fiddler Leslie Bancroft-Krichko |
1'04:08.8 | 8 |
Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Paul Wylie | 12 | 8 | 9 | 19.4 | 10 |
Christopher Bowman | 8 | 5 | 7 | 13.8 | 7 |
Brian Boitano | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 |
- Women
Athlete | CF | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Caryn Kadavy | 7 | 5 | DNS | DNF | – |
Jill Trenary | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10.4 | 4 |
Debi Thomas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6.0 |
- Pairs
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
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Natalie Seybold Wayne Seybold |
10 | 10 | 15.0 | 10 |
Gillian Wachsman Todd Waggoner |
4 | 5 | 7.0 | 5 |
Jill Watson Peter Oppegard |
3 | 3 | 4.5 |
- Ice Dancing
Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
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Susan Wynne Joseph Druar |
11 | 11 | 11 | 22.0 | 11 |
Suzanne Semanick Scott Gregory |
6 | 6 | 6 | 12.0 | 6 |
Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Group B
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
Austria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1 |
- USA 10-6 Austria
- Czechoslovakia 7-5 USA
- Soviet Union 7-5 USA
- USA 6-3 Norway
- West Germany 4-1 USA
Game for 7th place
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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United States | 8–4 | Switzerland |
Leading scorers
Rk | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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4th | Corey Millen | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
Team Roster
Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Jon Owen | 47.670 | 25 | 47.632 | 23 | 47.834 | 25 | 48.328 | 28 | 3:11.464 | 23 |
Duncan Kennedy | 47.032 | 16 | 47.065 | 16 | 47.093 | 15 | 47.282 | 16 | 3:08.472 | 14 |
Frank Masley | 46.813 | 11 | 46.890 | 9 | 46.813 | 8 | 47.427 | 18 | 3:07.943 | 12 |
(Men's) Doubles
Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Miro Zajonc Timothy Nardiello |
46.482 | 13 | 46.838 | 11 | 1:33.320 | 11 |
Joe Barile Steven Maher |
46.262 | 10 | 48.701 | 17 | 1:34.963 | 16 |
- Women
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Erica Terwillegar | 46.506 | 9 | 47.300 | 15 | 46.780 | 10 | 46.705 | 10 | 3:07.291 | 11 |
Cammy Myler | 46.502 | 8 | 46.888 | 9 | 46.828 | 12 | 46.617 | 8 | 3:06.835 | 9 |
Bonny Warner | 46.409 | 6 | 46.643 | 8 | 46.633 | 7 | 46.371 | 5 | 3:06.211 | 6 |
Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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 | |||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Gary Crawford | Individual | 135.8 | 43 | 10:18.0 | 47:30.6 | 299.445 | 41 |
Todd Wilson | 180.1 | 37 | 5:22.7 | 47:30.6 | 359.765 | 40 | |
Joe Holland | 210.4 | 9 | 2:00.7 | 43:02.5 | 399.980 | 19 |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
- 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
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Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
Joe Holland Todd Wilson Hans Johnstone |
516.9 | 9 | 9:24.5 | 1'33:06.9 | 10 |
Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Rick Mewborn | Normal hill | 75.0 | 80.1 | 74.0 | 78.5 | 158.6 | 54 |
Dennis McGrane | 78.0 | 90.4 | 73.0 | 79.4 | 169.8 | 43 | |
Mike Holland | 79.5 | 92.8 | 74.5 | 81.8 | 174.6 | 33 | |
Mark Konopacke | 83.5 | 100.2 | 79.0 | 88.0 | 188.2 | 18 | |
Chris Hastings | Large hill | 94.0 | 74.0 | 93.0 | 71.1 | 145.1 | 49 |
Ted Langlois | 95.0 | 75.9 | 90.0 | 66.9 | 142.8 | 50 | |
Mark Konopacke | 100.0 | 83.9 | 96.0 | 76.3 | 160.2 | 42 | |
Mike Holland | 105.0 | 96.9 | 92.0 | 73.7 | 170.6 | 32 |
- Men's team large hill
Athletes | Result | |
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Points 1 | Rank | |
Ted Langlois Mark Konopacke Dennis McGrane Mike Holland |
496.8 | 10 |
- 1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Men
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Dan Jansen | DNF | – |
Marty Pierce | 37.76 | 22 | |
Erik Henriksen | 37.50 | 15 | |
Nick Thometz | 37.16 | 8 | |
1000 m | Dan Jansen | DNF | – |
Nick Thometz | 1:14.71 | 18 | |
Tom Cushman | 1:14.68 | 17 | |
Eric Flaim | 1:13.53 | 4 | |
1500 m | John Baskfield | 1:55.88 | 20 |
Dave Silk | 1:55.26 | 15 | |
Mark Greenwald | 1:54.64 | 11 | |
Eric Flaim | 1:52.12 | ||
5000 m | Mark Greenwald | 6:51.98 | 9 |
Dave Silk | 6:49.95 | 6 | |
Erick Flaim | 6:47.09 | 4 | |
10,000 m | Jeff Klaiber | 14:38.60 | 25 |
Dave Silk | 14:25.56 | 14 | |
Eric Flaim | 14:05.57 | 4 |
- Women
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Kristen Talbot | 41.71 | 25 |
Leslie Bader | 41.57 | 23 | |
Katie Class | 40.91 | 12 | |
Bonnie Blair | 39.10 WR | ||
1000 m | Nancy Swider-Peltz | 1:24.81 | 24 |
Katie Class | 1:21.10 | 8 | |
Leslie Bader | 1:21.09 | 7 | |
Bonnie Blair | 1:18.31 | ||
1500 m | Janet Goldman | 2:08.72 | 18 |
Katie Class | 2:07.30 | 13 | |
Leslie Bader | 2:05.53 | 10 | |
Bonnie Blair | 2:04.02 | 4 | |
3000 m | Leslie Bader | 4:30.09 | 20 |
Mary Docter | 4:29.93 | 19 | |
Janet Goldman | 4:25.26 | 11 | |
5000 m | Nancy Swider-Peltz | 7:52.12 | 22 |
Mary Docter | 7:37.00 | 11 | |
Janet Goldman | 7:36.98 | 10 |
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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