United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	186 (105 men, 81 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Eric Flaim (Opening) (short track speed skating) Cammi Granato (Closing) (ice hockey)
Rank:	5
Gold:	6
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

With Salt Lake City hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics, a cultural segment of the city and the state of Utah was shown during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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

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Name	Sport	Event
	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
	Ice hockey	Women's tournament
	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
	Figure skating	Women's singles
Chris Thorpe		Doubles
		Women's 1000 meters
	Figure skating	Women's singles
		Men's halfpipe
		Women's halfpipe
Brian Martin		Doubles
		Women's 1500 meters

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Freestyle skiing	3	0	0	3
Figure skating	1	1	0	2
Alpine skiing	1	0	0	1
Ice hockey	1	0	0	1
Luge	0	1	1	2
Speed skating	0	1	1	2
Snowboarding	0	0	2	2
Total	style=background:gold	6	style=background:silver	3	style=background:#c96	4	13

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	4	2	2	8	61.5%
Male	2	1	2	5	38.5%
Total	style=background:gold	6	style=background:silver	3	style=background:#c96	4	13	100%

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	12	10	22
Biathlon	4	5	9
Bobsleigh	8	–	8
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Curling	5	5	10
Figure skating	6	7	13
Freestyle skiing	8	6	14
Ice hockey	22	20	42
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	6	5	11
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Snowboarding	6	8	14
Speed skating	7	7	14
Total	105	81	186

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
A. J. Kitt	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill
Tommy Moe	1:51.43	12
Kyle Rasmussen	1:51.09	9
Jason Rosener	1:52.33	15
Chad Fleischer	align=left rowspan=3	Combined
Matt Grosjean	48.32	3
Jason Rosener
Chad Fleischer	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:40.19	34
Kyle Rasmussen	1:36.52	13
Tommy Moe	1:35.97	8
Daron Rahlves	1:35.96	7
Sacha Gros	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:24.57	29	1:22.32	29	2:46.89	26
Bode Miller	1:56.98	46
Casey Puckett
Daron Rahlves	1:22.81	21	1:20.78	22	2:43.59	20
Matt Grosjean	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	56.58	11	55.98	16	1:52.56	15
Chip Knight
Andy LeRoy
Bode Miller	57.52	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kirsten Clark	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:32.25	28
Jonna Mendes	1:30.89	17
Kathleen Monahan	1:32.22	26
Picabo Street	1:29.54	6
Kirsten Clark	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	1:31.47	17	41.75	21	39.03	19	2:52.25	18
Caroline Lalive	1:31.05	14	37.29	7	36.42	10	2:44.76	7
Jonna Mendes	1:31.16	15	39.92	18	37.51	15	2:48.59	14
Alex Shaffer	1:32.53	19	37.33	9	35.38	6	2:45.24	9
Kirsten Clark	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G
Jonna Mendes	1:20.35	32
Kathleen Monahan	1:20.25	29
Picabo Street	1:18.02
Caroline Lalive	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom
Julie Parisien	1:25.34	30	1:37.44	27	3:02.78	28
Sarah Schleper	1:23.63	26
Alex Shaffer	1:25.02	29
Kristina Koznick	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	46.73	9
Tasha Nelson
Julie Parisien	47.91	22	48.44	13	1:36.35	13
Sarah Schleper	49.17	31	50.25	22	1:39.42	22

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Jay Hakkinen	align=left rowspan=2	Sprint	31:31.6	3 (1+2)	60
Dan Westover	30:39.5	1 (1+0)	49
Jay Hakkinen	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	1:02:10.3	4 (1+1+0+2)	42
Robert Rosser	1:08:35.7	7 (1+4+1+1)	69
Andrew Erickson Jay Hakkinen Robert Rosser Dan Westover	Relay	1:28:13.9	0 (0+0)	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Deborah Nordyke	align=left rowspan=3	Sprint	25:50.5	2	48
Kristina Sabasteanski	25:12.2	1	33
Stacey Wooley	27:03.0	3	58
Kara Salmela	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	1:04:43.7	5	56
Ntala Skinner	1:09:09.0	3	61
Stacey Wooley	1:03:57.3	2	55
Kristina Sabasteanski Kara Salmela Ntala Skinner Stacey Wooley	Relay	1:48:30.2	1 (0+1)	15

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Herberich Robert Olesen	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	54.91	10	54.70	9	54.46	8	54.46	5	3:38.53	7
Brian Shimer Garrett Hines	54.88	9	54.79	13	54.42	6	54.66	11	3:38.75	10
Jim Herberich Darrin Steele John Kasper Robert Olesen	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	53.74	15	53.72	14	53.81	8	2:41.27	12
Brian Shimer Chip Minton Randy Jones Garrett Hines	52.93	4	53.42	4	53.73	4	2:40.08	5

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
John Bauer	align=left rowspan=4	10 km classical	29:58.4	41
Marcus Nash	32:11.9	78
Justin Wadsworth	30:26.3	47
Patrick Weaver	30:04.4	43
John Bauer	align=left rowspan=3	15 km freestyle pursuit	45:24.6	47
Justin Wadsworth	45:18.0	44
Patrick Weaver	45:07.1	40
John Bauer	align=left rowspan=4	30 km classical	1:44:15.3	47
Marcus Nash	1:44:37.7	49
Justin Wadsworth	1:42:21.1	37
Patrick Weaver
John Bauer	align=left rowspan=4	50 km freestyle	2:24:45.4	53
Marc Gilbertson	2:24:37.5	52
Marcus Nash	2:17:37.8	35
Patrick Weaver	2:20:37.7	44
John Bauer Marcus Nash Justin Wadsworth Patrick Weaver	4×10 km relay	1:48:16.4	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nina Kemppel	align=left rowspan=4	5 km classical	20:29.7	67
Laura McCabe	21:06.9	75
Karen Petty	19:36.6	51
Laura Wilson	20:24.6	65
Laura McCabe	align=left rowspan=3	10 km freestyle pursuit
Karen Petty	34:12.2	52
Laura Wilson	34:42.4	57
Nina Kemppel	align=left rowspan=4	15 km classical	53:57.2	52
Suzanne King	52:58.9	48
Karen Petty	52:45.3	47
Laura Wilson	54:10.4	53
Suzanne King	align=left rowspan=4	30 km freestyle	1:34:01.8	43
Laura McCabe	1:35:09.9	49
Karen Petty	1:33:47.3	41
Laura Wilson	1:33:10.6	36
Suzanne King Laura McCabe Karen Petty Laura Wilson	4×5 km relay	1:00:51.2	15

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Tie-breaker 1	Tie-breaker 2	Semifinal	Final /
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tim Somerville Mike Peplinski Myles Brundidge John Gordon Tim Solin	Men's tournament	L 2–6	L 3–11	W 7–6	L 2–7	W 8–5	L 6–8	W 6–3	=4 Q	W 5–2	W 5–4	L 1–7	Bronze medal final L 4–9	4
Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Debbie Henry Lori Mountford Stacey Liapis	Women's tournament	L 6–7	L 5–8	W 8–5	L 5–8	L 5–8	L 8–9	W 10–2	7	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team

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

Round-robin
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		5	2
		5	2
		3	4
		3	4
		3	4
		2	5
		1	6

Draw 1
Monday, February 9, 14:00Draw 3
Tuesday, February 10, 19:00Draw 5
Thursday, February 12, 9:00Draw 7
Friday, February 13, 14:00Draw 2
Tuesday, February 10, 9:00Draw 4
Wednesday, February 11, 14:00Draw 6
Thursday, February 12, 19:00Tie-breaker 1
Friday, February 13, 19:00Tie-breaker 2
Saturday, February 14, 9:00

Semi-final
Saturday, February 14, 18:00

Bronze medal match
Sunday, February 15, 9:00

Women's tournament

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Lisa Schoeneberg
Third	Erika Brown
Second	Debbie Henry
Lead	Lori Mountford
Alternate	Stacey Liapis

Round-robin
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	W	L
	6	1
	6	1
	5	2
	4	3
	2	5
	2	5
7th	2	5
	1	6

Draw 1
Monday, February 8, 9:00Draw 3
Tuesday, February 10, 14:00Draw 5
Wednesday, February 11, 19:00Draw 7
Friday, February 13, 9:00Draw 2
Monday, February 9, 19:00Draw 4
Wednesday, February 11, 9:00Draw 6
Thursday, February 12, 14:00

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Tara Lipinski became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event.^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event			Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank		Rank
Todd Eldredge	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	3	4	5.5	4
Michael Weiss	11	6	11.5	7
Nicole Bobek	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	17	17	25.5	17
Michelle Kwan	1	2	2.5
Tara Lipinski	2	1	2.0

Mixed

Athlete	Event			/	/	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank		Rank
Kyoko Ina Jason Dungjen	align=left rowspan=2	Pairs	4	4	6.0	4
Jenni Meno Todd Sand	6	9	12.0	8
Jessica Joseph Charles Butler	align=left rowspan=2	Ice dancing	22	20	20	21	41.4	21
Elizabeth Punsalan Jerod Swallow	7	7	7	7	14.0	7

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Aerials
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bergoust	align=left rowspan=4	Aerials	121.04	111.57	232.61	4 Q	133.05	122.59	255.64
Matt Chojnacki	81.65	83.43	165.08	21	Did not advance
Mariano Ferrario	111.17	75.81	186.98	15	Did not advance
Britt Swartley	126.60	120.48	247.08	2 Q	121.70	109.91	231.61	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Stacey Blumer	align=left rowspan=3	Aerials	84.00	46.91	130.90	20	Did not advance
Tracy Evans	88.96	58.27	147.23	17	Did not advance
Nikki Stone	78.10	95.90	174.00	4 Q	98.15	94.85	193.00

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Evan Dybvig	align=left rowspan=4	Moguls		4.55	31	Did not advance
Jim Moran	28.05	22.90	23	Did not advance
Jonny Moseley	25.78	26.53	1 Q	25.10	26.93
Alexander Wilson	28.10	24.32	10 Q	26.31	24.68	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ann Battelle	align=left rowspan=3	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

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						First round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Men's tournament		L 2–4	W 5–2	L 1–4	3	L 1–4	Did not advance		6
United States women's	Women's tournament	W 5–0	W 7–1	W 4–2	W 10–0	W 7–4	1 Q	W 3–1

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

First roundAll times are local (UTC+9).

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Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Preliminary roundAll times are local (UTC+9).

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Gold medal game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Dolan	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	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
Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	50.716	3	50.501	2	1:41.217
Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer	50.634	2	50.493	1	1:41.127

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-McMahon	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	51.696	7	51.651	7	51.296	7	50.915	8	3:25.5558	8
Cammy Myler	51.795	9	51.654	8	51.219	6	50.807	6	3:25.475	7
Erin Warren	51.644	6	51.461	6	51.364	8	50.859	7	3:25.328	6

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Demong	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	110.5	98.0	208.5	19	44:03.9	40	47:18.9	34
Dave Jarrett	105.5	89.5	195.0	34	42:16.0	25	46:52.0	30
Todd Lodwick	101.0	116.0	217.0	13	42:33.4	28	44:57.4	20
Tim Tetreault	94.0	96.5	190.5	39	42:45.5	29	47:48.5	36
Bill Demong Dave Jarrett Todd Lodwick Tim Tetreault	Team	807.0	9	55:53.6	6	58:38.6	10

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andy Gabel	align=left rowspan=3	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	align=left rowspan=3	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
Eric Flaim Andy Gabel Tommy O'Hare Rusty Smith	5000 m relay	7:16.724	4 QB	7:02.014	6

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erin Gleason	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	48.767	2 Q	46.425	4	Did not advance
Erin Porter	1:04.113	4	Did not advance
Amy Peterson	46.764	3	Did not advance
Erin Gleason	align=left rowspan=3	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
Erin Gleason Caroline Hallisey Amy Peterson Erin Porter Cathy Turner	3000 m relay	4:33.352	4 QB	4:26.253	5

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alan Alborn	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	74.0	79.5	42	Did not advance
Casey Colby	73.0	79.5	42	Did not advance
Brendan Doran	68.5	69.5	52	Did not advance
Randy Weber	71.0	74.5	49	Did not advance
Alan Alborn	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	102.5	82.5	44	Did not advance
Casey Colby	109.0	96.2	29 Q	97.0	69.6	30	165.8	30
Brendan Doran	91.5	58.7	58	Did not advance
Randy Weber	98.5	75.3	50	Did not advance
Alan Alborn Casey Colby Mike Keuler Randy Weber	Team large hill		211.5	279.2		490.7	12

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Alpine
Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Adam Hostetter	align=left rowspan=3	Giant slalom
Mike Jacoby	1:03.53	1:08.27	2:11.80	17
Chris Klug	59.38	1:05.87	2:05.25	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Rosey Fletcher	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom
Lisa Kosglow
Betsy Shaw
Sondra Van Ert	1:17.89	1:08.67	2:26.56	12

Freestyle
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ron Chiodi	align=left rowspan=3	Halfpipe	29.0	31	32.1	23	Did not advance
Ross Powers	38.0	10	39.4	7 Q	82.1
Todd Richards	32.4	26	39.5	6 Q	69.6	16

Women

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

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cory Carpenter	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	37.35	39	37.76	36	75.11	36
Dave Cruikshank	36.67	21	36.86	28	73.53	25
Casey FitzRandolph	35.81	3	36.39	13	72.20	6
Marc Pelchat	36.94	32	36.41	15	73.35	23
K. C. Boutiette	1000 m	1:11.75	8
Cory Carpenter	1:13.03	29
Casey FitzRandolph	1:11.64	7
Nate Mills	1:12.61	23
K. C. Boutiette	1500 m	1:50.04	5
Cory Carpenter	1:53.50	32
Casey FitzRandolph	1:53.26	31
Dave Tamburrino	1:54.91	35
K. C. Boutiette	align=left rowspan=2	5000 m	6:39.67	14
Dave Tamburrino	6:41.19	16
K. C. Boutiette	align=left rowspan=2	10000 m	13:44.03	8
Dave Tamburrino	14:12.00	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Moira D'Andrea	500 m	39.83	18	40.09	23	79.92	19
Amy Sannes	40.41	27	40.49	26	80.90	26
Becky Sundstrom	40.20	25	39.66	15	79.86	17
Chris Witty	39.09	6	39.44	12	78.53	10
Moira D'Andrea	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:18.38	9
Jennifer Rodriguez	1:19.19	13
Becky Sundstrom	1:18.23	6
Chris Witty	1:16.79
Moira D'Andrea	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	2:02.47	14
Jennifer Rodriguez	2:00.97	8
Becky Sundstrom	2:01.81	12
Chris Witty	1:58.97
Kirstin Holum	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:12.24	6
Catherine Raney-Norman	4:22.55	22
Jennifer Rodriguez	4:11.64	4
Kirstin Holum	align=left rowspan=2	5000 m	7:14.20	7
Jennifer Rodriguez	7:16.78	10

References

Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-24.

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/USA/editions/46 United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Web site: Tara Lipinski becomes youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist.