United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano
Competitors	186 (105 men, 81 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Eric Flaim (Opening) (short track speed skating) Cammi Granato (Closing) (ice hockey)
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 6	Silver 3	Bronze 4	Total 13
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The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Street, PicaboPicabo Street	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
Gold	Lipinski, TaraTara Lipinski	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Gold	Bergoust, EricEric Bergoust	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
Gold	Moseley, JonnyJonny Moseley	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
Gold	Stone, NikkiNikki Stone	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
Gold	United States women's national ice hockey team Chris Bailey   Tricia Dunn-Luoma   Vicki Movsessian Laurie Baker   Cammi Granato   Jenny Potter Alana Blahoski   Katie King   Angela Ruggiero Lisa Brown-Miller   Shelley Looney   Sarah Tueting Karyn Bye   Sue Merz   Gretchen Ulion Colleen Coyne   Allison Mleczko   Sandra Whyte Sara Decosta   Tara Mounsey	Ice hockey	Women's tournament
Silver	Kwan, MichelleMichelle Kwan	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Silver	Sheer, GordonGordon Sheer Chris Thorpe	Luge	Doubles
Silver	Witty, ChrisChris Witty	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
Bronze	Grimmette, MarkMark Grimmette Brian Martin	Luge	Doubles
Bronze	Powers, RossRoss Powers	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
Bronze	Dunn-Downing, ShannonShannon Dunn-Downing	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe
Bronze	Witty, ChrisChris Witty	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
A. J. Kitt	Downhill			DNF	–
Jason Rosener				1:52.33	15
Tommy Moe				1:51.43	12
Kyle Rasmussen				1:51.09	9
Chad Fleischer	Super-G			1:40.19	34
Kyle Rasmussen				1:36.52	13
Tommy Moe				1:35.97	8
Daron Rahlves				1:35.96	7
Casey Puckett	Giant slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Bode Miller		1:56.98	DSQ	DSQ	–
Sacha Gros		1:24.57	1:22.32	2:46.89	26
Daron Rahlves		1:22.81	1:20.78	2:43.59	20
Andy LeRoy	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Chip Knight		DNF	–	DNF	–
Bode Miller		57.52	DNF	DNF	–
Matt Grosjean		56.58	55.98	1:52.56	15

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Chad Fleischer	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Jason Rosener	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Matt Grosjean	48.32	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kirsten Clark	Downhill			1:32.25	28
Kathleen Monahan				1:32.22	26
Jonna Mendes				1:30.89	17
Picabo Street				1:29.54	6
Kirsten Clark	Super-G			DNF	–
Jonna Mendes				1:20.35	32
Kathleen Monahan				1:20.25	29
Picabo Street				1:18.02
Caroline Lalive	Giant slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Julie Parisien		1:25.34	1:37.44	3:02.78	28
Alex Shaffer		1:25.02	DNF	DNF	–
Sarah Schleper		1:23.63	DNF	DNF	–
Tasha Nelson	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Sarah Schleper		49.17	50.25	1:39.42	22
Julie Parisien		47.91	48.44	1:36.35	13
Kristina Koznick		46.73	DNF	DNF	–

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Alex Shaffer	1:32.53	37.33	35.38	2:45.24	9
Kirsten Clark	1:31.47	41.75	39.03	2:52.25	18
Jonna Mendes	1:31.16	39.92	37.51	2:48.59	14
Caroline Lalive	1:31.05	37.29	36.42	2:44.76	7

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Jay Hakkinen	3	31:31.6	60
	Dan Westover	1	30:39.5	49

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Robert Rosser	1'01:35.7	7	1'08:35.7	69
	Jay Hakkinen	58:10.3	4	1'02:10.3	42

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Jay Hakkinen Dan Westover Andrew Erickson Robert Rosser	0	1'28:13.9	17

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Stacey Wooley	3	27:03.0	58
	Deborah Nordyke	2	25:50.5	48
	Kristina Sabasteanski	1	25:12.2	33

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Ntala Skinner	1'06:09.0	3	1'09:09.0	61
	Kara Salmela	59:43.7	5	1'04:43.7	56
	Stacey Wooley	1'01:57.3	2	1'03:57.3	55

Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Ntala Skinner Stacey Wooley Kara Salmela Kristina Sabasteanski	1	1'48:30.2	15

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

² One 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 Garrett Hines	Two-man	54.88	9	54.79	13	54.42	6	54.66	11	3:38.75	10
USA-2	Jim Herberich Robert Olesen	Two-man	54.91	10	54.70	9	54.46	8	54.46	5	3:38.53	7

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Brian Shimer Chip Minton Randy Jones Garrett Hines	Four-man	52.93	4	53.42	4	53.73	4	2:40.08	5
USA-2	Jim Herberich Darrin Steele John Kasper Robert Olesen	Four-man	53.74	15	53.72	14	53.81	8	2:41.27	12

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Marcus Nash	32:11.9	78
	Justin Wadsworth	30:26.3	47
	Patrick Weaver	30:04.4	43
	John Bauer	29:58.4	41
15 km pursuit^1 F	John Bauer	45:24.6	47
	Justin Wadsworth	45:18.0	44
	Patrick Weaver	45:07.1	40
30 km C	Patrick Weaver	DNF	–
	Marcus Nash	1'44:37.7	49
	John Bauer	1'44:15.3	47
	Justin Wadsworth	1'42:21.1	37
50 km F	John Bauer	2'24:45.4	53
	Marc Gilbertson	2'24:37.5	52
	Patrick Weaver	2'20:37.7	44
	Marcus Nash	2'17:37.8	35

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Marcus Nash John Bauer Patrick Weaver Justin Wadsworth	1'48:16.4	17

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Laura McCabe	21:06.9	75
	Nina Kemppel	20:29.7	67
	Laura Wilson	20:24.6	65
	Karen Petty	19:36.6	51
10 km pursuit^2 F	Laura McCabe	DNF	–
	Laura Wilson	34:42.4	57
	Karen Petty	34:12.2	52
15 km C	Laura Wilson	54:10.4	53
	Nina Kemppel	53:57.2	52
	Suzanne King	52:58.9	48
	Karen Petty	52:45.3	47
30 km F	Laura McCabe	1'35:09.9	49
	Suzanne King	1'34:01.8	43
	Karen Petty	1'33:47.3	41
	Laura Wilson	1'33:10.6	36

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Karen Petty Suzanne King Laura McCabe Laura Wilson	1'00:51.2	15

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Harris	6	1
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	5	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	5	2
United States	Tim Somerville	3	4
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	3	4
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	3	4
Great Britain	Douglas Dryburgh	2	5
Germany	Andy Kapp	1	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	2–6	Sweden
Canada	11–3	United States
United States	7–6	Norway
United States	2–7	Switzerland
United States	8–5	Germany
Japan	8–6	United States
United Kingdom	3–6	United States

Tie-breaker 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	5-2	Sweden

Tie-breaker 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	5-4	Japan

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Harris)	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	X	7
United States (Somerville)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Bronze medal game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Somerville) 4th	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	X	9

Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Tim Somerville	Mike Peplinski	Myles Brundidge	John Gordon	Tim Solin

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Sandra Schmirler	6	1
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	6	1
Denmark	Helena Blach Lavrsen	5	2
Great Britain	Kirsty Hay	4	3
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	2	5
Norway	Dordi Nordby	2	5
United States 7th	Lisa Schoeneberg	2	5
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	1	6

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Canada	7–6	United States
Sweden	8–5	United States
Germany	5–8	United States
United Kingdom	8–5	United States
United States	5–8	Denmark
United States	8–9	Norway
United States	10–2	Japan

Contestants

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Lisa Schoeneberg	Erika Brown	Debbie Henry	Lori Mountford	Stacy Liapis

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Michael Weiss	11	6	11.5	7
Todd Eldredge	3	4	5.5	4

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Nicole Bobek	17	17	25.5	17
Michelle Kwan	1	2	2.5
Tara Lipinski	2	1	2.0

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jenni Meno Todd Sand	6	9	12.0	8
Kyoko Ina Jason Dungjen	4	4	6.0	4

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Jessica Joseph Charles Butler	22	20	20	21	41.4	21
Elizabeth Punsalan Jerod Swallow	7	7	7	7	14.0	7

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Evan Dybvig	Moguls	none	4.55	31	Did not advance
Jim Moran		28.05	22.90	23	Did not advance
Alexander Wilson		28.10	24.32	10 Q	26.31	24.68	10
Jonny Moseley		25.78	26.53	1 Q	25.10	26.93
Matt Chojnacki	Aerials		165.08	21	Did not advance
Mariano Ferrario			186.98	15	Did not advance
Eric Bergoust			232.61	4 Q		255.64
Britt Swartley			247.08	2 Q		231.61	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ann Battelle	Moguls	34.01	21.24	16 Q	31.89	23.65	10
Liz McIntyre		34.77	23.07	3 Q	32.79	23.72	8
Donna Weinbrecht		33.47	23.35	1 Q	33.40	24.02	4
Stacey Blumer	Aerials		130.90	20	Did not advance
Tracy Evans			147.23	17	Did not advance
Nikki Stone			174.00	4 Q		193.00

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

First round – Group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	11	7	+4	4
United States	3	1	2	0	8	10	-2	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	15	-11	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998

Sweden

4 – 2 (1-2, 2-0, 1-0)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

14 February 1998

United States

5 – 2 (2-1, 1-0, 2-1)

Belarus

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

16 February 1998

Canada

4 – 1 (0-1, 0-2, 1-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,863

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998

Czech Republic

4 – 1 (1-0, 0-3, 0-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

• Team roster
• John Vanbiesbrouck
• Mike Richter
• Guy Hebert
• Chris Chelios
• Brian Leetch
• Gary Suter
• Derian Hatcher
• Kevin Hatcher
• Mathieu Schneider
• Keith Carney
• Bryan Berard
• Mike Modano
• Bill Guerin
• Brett Hull
• Pat LaFontaine
• Jeremy Roenick
• John LeClair
• Keith Tkachuk
• Doug Weight
• Jamie Langenbrunner
• Adam Deadmarsh
• Tony Amonte
• Joel Otto
• Head Coach: Ron Wilson

Women's tournament

Group stage

The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	0	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	0	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	0	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	2	45	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	0–5	United States
United States	7–1	Sweden
United States	4–2	Finland
United States	10–0	Japan
Canada	4–7	United States

Gold medal game

17 February
	United States	3 – 1	Canada		Big Hat (8,626)
		First period			Ref: Marina Zenk
		no scoring
		Second period
	G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38
		Third period
	S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57
			D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59
	S. Whyte (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Gold:

United States Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara Decosta Tricia Dunn Cammi Granato – C Katie King Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Angela Ruggiero Jenny Potter Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Dolan	50.558	15	50.163	12	50.140	12	50.267	12	3:21.128	13
Adam Heidt	50.401	13	49.899	8	49.971	9	49.827	4	3:20.098	9
Wendel Suckow	50.069	6	49.871	7	49.908	6	49.880	5	3:19.728	6

Doubles (men)

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	50.634	2	50.493	1	1:41.127
Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	50.716	3	50.501	2	1:41.217

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cammy Myler	51.795	9	51.654	8	51.219	6	50.807	6	3:25.475	7
Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon	51.696	7	51.651	7	51.296	7	50.915	8	3:25.5558	8
Erin Warren	51.644	6	51.461	6	51.364	8	50.859	7	3:25.328	6

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Tim Tetreault	Individual	190.5	39	47:48.5	36
Dave Jarrett		195.0	34	46:52.0	30
Bill Demong		208.5	19	47:18.9	34
Todd Lodwick		217.0	13	44:57.4	20

Men's team

Four participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 5 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Dave Jarrett Tim Tetreault Bill Demong Todd Lodwick	807.0	9	58:38.6	10

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	500 m	43.899	2 Q	44.124	3 ADV	59.811	4 QB	43.072	7
Rusty Smith		44.584	3	Did not advance
Dan Weinstein		43.492	3	Did not advance
Andy Gabel	1000 m	1:31.672	2 Q	1:35.641	3 ADV	1:32.985	1 QA	1:33.518	4
Scott Koons		1:31.110	4	Did not advance
Rusty Smith		1:33.326	1 Q	1:39.775	4	Did not advance
Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith Eric Flaim	5000 m relay					7:16.724	4 QB	7:02.014	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Erin Porter	500 m	1:04.113	4	Did not advance
Erin Gleason		48.767	2 Q	46.425	4	Did not advance
Amy Peterson		46.764	3	Did not advance
Erin Gleason	1000 m	1:36.965	3	Did not advance
Erin Porter		1:52.939	4	Did not advance
Amy Peterson		1:33.530	1 Q	1:36.274	2 Q	1:35.644	4 QB	1:37.348	4
Caroline Hallisey Amy Peterson Erin Porter Cathy Turner Erin Gleason	3000 m relay					4:33.352	4 QB	4:26.253	5

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Brendan Doran	Normal hill	68.5	69.5	52	Did not advance
Randy Weber		71.0	74.5	49	Did not advance
Casey Colby		73.0	79.5	42	Did not advance
Alan Alborn		74.0	79.5	42	Did not advance
Brendan Doran	Large hill	91.5	58.7	58	Did not advance
Randy Weber		98.5	75.3	50	Did not advance
Alan Alborn		102.5	82.5	44	Did not advance
Casey Colby		109.0	96.2	29 Q	97.0	69.6	165.8	30

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points ^1	Rank
Mike Keuler Alan Alborn Randy Weber Casey Colby	490.7	12

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Adam Hostetter	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Mike Jacoby	1:03.53	1:08.27	2:11.80	17
Chris Klug	59.38	1:05.87	2:05.25	6

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ron Chiodi	29.0	31	32.1	23	Did not advance
Todd Richards	32.4	26	39.5	6 QF	69.6	16
Ross Powers	38.0	10	39.4	7 'QF	82.1

Women's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Betsy Shaw	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Lisa Kosglow	DNF	–	DNF	–
Rosey Fletcher	DNF	–	DNF	–
Sondra Van Ert	1:17.89	1:08.67	2:26.56	12

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michelle Taggart	26.1	18	25.5	15	Did not advance
Barrett Christy	30.3	14	31.6	10	Did not advance
Shannon Dunn	33.3	7	36.6	2 QF	72.8
Cara-Beth Burnside	36.7	2 QF			72.6	4

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Cory Carpenter	37.35	39	37.76	36	75.11	36
	Marc Pelchat	36.94	32	36.41	15	73.35	23
	Dave Cruikshank	36.67	21	36.86	28	73.53	25
	Casey FitzRandolph	35.81	3	36.39	13	72.20	6
1000 m	Cory Carpenter					1:13.03	29
	Nate Mills					1:12.61	23
	K. C. Boutiette					1:11.75	8
	Casey FitzRandolph					1:11.64	7
1500 m	Dave Tamburrino					1:54.91	35
	Cory Carpenter					1:53.50	32
	Casey FitzRandolph					1:53.26	31
	K. C. Boutiette					1:50.04	5
5000 m	Dave Tamburrino					6:41.19	16
	K. C. Boutiette					6:39.67	14
10,000 m	Dave Tamburrino					14:12.00	16
	K. C. Boutiette					13:44.03	8

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Amy Sannes	40.41	27	40.49	26	80.90	26
	Becky Sundstrom	40.20	25	39.66	15	79.86	17
	Moira D'Andrea	39.83	18	40.09	23	79.92	19
	Chris Witty	39.09	6	39.44	12	78.53	10
1000 m	Jennifer Rodriguez					1:19.19	13
	Moira D'Andrea					1:18.38	9
	Becky Sundstrom					1:18.23	6
	Chris Witty					1:16.79
1500 m	Moira D'Andrea					2:02.47	14
	Becky Sundstrom					2:01.81	12
	Jennifer Rodriguez					2:00.97	8
	Chris Witty					1:58.97
3000 m	Catherine Raney Norman					4:22.55	22
	Kirstin Holum					4:12.24	6
	Jennifer Rodriguez					4:11.64	4
5000 m	Jennifer Rodriguez					7:16.78	10
	Kirstin Holum					7:14.20	7

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-24.