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
1 Gold	Boitano, BrianBrian Boitano	Figure skating	Men's singles
1 Gold	Blair, BonnieBonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
2 Silver	Flaim, EricEric Flaim	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
3 Bronze	Thomas, DebiDebi Thomas	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
3 Bronze	Oppegard, PeterPeter Oppegard Jill Watson	Figure skating	Pair skating
3 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
		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
	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
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Hilary Lindh	Downhill			DNF	–
Kristin Krone				1:29.13	20
Edie 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
Edie 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
	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
Edie Thys	1:18.38	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
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
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 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Lyle Nelson Curt Schreiner Darin Binning Josh Thompson	2	1'29:33.0	9

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One 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
			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
			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
		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 10km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Todd Boonstra Dan Simoneau Bill Spencer Joe Galanes	1'50:27.6	13

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		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 5km relay

Athletes	Race
	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
Paul Wylie	12	8	9	19.4	10
Christopher Bowman	8	5	7	13.8	7
Brian Boitano	2	2	1	3.0	01 !

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Caryn Kadavy	7	5	DNS	DNF	–
Jill Trenary	5	6	5	10.4	4
Debi Thomas	2	2	4	6.0	03 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
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	03 !

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
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
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
United States	8–4	Switzerland

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
4th	Corey Millen	8	6	5	11	4

Team Roster

• Scott Fusco
• Corey Millen
• Greg Brown
• Guy Gosselin
• Clark Donatelli
• Jim Johannson
• Peter Laviolette
• Scott Young
• Brian Leetch
• Mike Richter
• Jeff Norton
• Eric Weinrich
• Dave Snuggerud
• Allen Bourbeau
• Kevin Stevens
• Tony Granato
• Craig Janney
• Steve Leach
• Brad MacDonald
• Kevin Miller
• Todd Okerlund
• Chris Terreri

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	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
	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
	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
		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
	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
		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
	Points 1	Rank
Ted Langlois Mark Konopacke Dennis McGrane Mike Holland	496.8	10

¹Four 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
		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	02 !
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
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kristen Talbot	41.71	25
	Leslie Bader	41.57	23
	Katie Class	40.91	12
	Bonnie Blair	39.10 WR	01 !
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	03 !
1500 m	Jane 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
	Jane Goldman	4:25.26	11
5000 m	Nancy Swider-Peltz	7:52.12	22
	Mary Docter	7:37.00	11
	Jane 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. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-22.