United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Competitors	118 (86 men, 32 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Lyle Nelson (biathlon)
	Olympic history (summary)
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Intercalated Games
	1906

The United States competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Brian Boitano	Figure skating	Men's singles
Gold	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
Silver	Eric Flaim	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
Bronze	Debi Thomas	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Bronze	Peter Oppegard Jill Watson	Figure skating	Pair skating
Bronze	Bonnie Blair	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	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

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 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

Men

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

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Athletes	Time	Rank
Dorcas DanHartog-Wonsavage Leslie Thompson Nancy Fiddler Leslie Bancroft-Krichko	1'04:08.8	8

Figure skating

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

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

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

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

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

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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
Athlete	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

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athletes	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

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athletes	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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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
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v t e Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada
Africa	Morocco
America	Argentina Bolivia Canada Chile Costa Rica Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands
Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji Guam New Zealand

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United States at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Group B

Game for 7th place

Leading scorers

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References

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