United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1984 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1984 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Sarajevo
Competitors	107 (77 men, 30 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Frank Masley (luge)
Medals ; Ranked 3rd	Gold4Silver4Bronze0Total8
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The United States competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Debbie Armstrong	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 13
Gold	Bill Johnson	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	February 16
Gold	Scott Hamilton	Figure skating	Men's singles	February 16
Gold	Phil Mahre	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 19
Silver	Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers	Figure skating	Pairs	February 12
Silver	Christin Cooper	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	February 13
Silver	Rosalynn Sumners	Figure skating	Women's singles	February 18
Silver	Steve Mahre	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	February 19

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bill Johnson	Downhill	—				1:45.59
Doug Lewis	Downhill	—				1:48.49	24
Phil Mahre	Giant slalom	1:22.09	10	1:21.16	7	2:43.25	8
Steve Mahre		1:23.43	18	1:22.60	18	2:46.03	17
Tiger Shaw		DNF
Phil Mahre	Slalom	51.55	3	47.86	2	1:39.41
Steve Mahre		50.85	1	48.77	8	1:39.62
Tiger Shaw		53.45	17	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Debbie Armstrong	Downhill	—				1:15.57	21
Holly Flanders						1:15.11	16
Maria Maricich						1:15.55	19
Debbie Armstrong	Giant slalom	1:08.97	2	1:12.01	4	2:20.98
Christin Cooper		1:08.97	1	1:12.51	7	2:21.38
Tamara McKinney		1:10.11	8	1:11.72	1	2:21.83	4
Cindy Nelson		1:11.44	20	1:13.44	18	2:24.88	18
Christin Cooper	Slalom	DNF
Tamara McKinney	Slalom	DNF

Biathlon

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Glen Eberle	Individual	1:22:15.0	4	33
Martin Hagen		1:30:19.8	12	53
Lyle Nelson		1:21:05.4	7	26
Bill Carow	Sprint	33:05.8	0	20
Donald Nielsen		35:23.3	3	42
Josh Thompson		35:10.5	4	40
Bill Carow Lyle Nelson Donald Nielsen Josh Thompson	Relay	1:44:31.9	12 (0+12)	11

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frederick Fritsch Wayne DeAtley	Two-man	53.47	21	53.32	17	52.63	16	52.78	16	3:32.20	17
Brent Rushlaw James Tyler	Two-man	53.01	16	52.99	12	52.35	13	52.40	8	3:30.75	15
Jeff Jost Joe Briski Tom Barnes Hal Hoye	Four-man	50.83	11	50.97	8	50.89	5	50.64	4	3:23.33	5
Brent Rushlaw Ed Card James Tyler Frank Hansen	Four-man	51.04	13	51.35	14	51.58	18	51.53	15	3:25.50	16

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Todd Boonstra	15 km	46:36.5	54
Tim Caldwell		45:21.2	39
Bill Koch		43:53.7	27
Dan Simoneau		43:03.4	18
Kevin Brochman	30 km	1:39:24.6	47
Jim Galanes		1:37:21.2	36
Bill Koch		1:33:44.4	21
Dan Simoneau		1:35:50.7	29
Audun Endestad	50 km	2:24:14.4	18
Jim Galanes		2:28:00.7	31
Bill Koch		2:24:02.3	17
Dan Simoneau		2:25:43.1	26
Tim Caldwell Jim Galanes Bill Koch Dan Simoneau	4 × 10 km relay	1:59:52.3	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Susan Long	5 km	19:28.5	38
Judy Rabinowitz		18:41.5	30
Patricia Ross		19:30.9	40
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes		18:30.8	27
Susan Long	10 km	34:58.9	32
Judy Rabinowitz		34:35.1	26
Patricia Ross		35:41.3	39
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes		35:47.4	40
Susan Long	20 km	1:07:25.9	28
Kelly Milligan		1:11:50.4	37
Judy Rabinowitz		1:07:11.4	27
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes		1:08:25.0	33
Susan Long Judy Rabinowitz Patricia Ross Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes	4 × 5 km relay	1:10:48.4	7

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	TFP	Rank
Brian Boitano	Men's singles	8	3	5	11.0	5
Mark Cockerell		18	17	10	27.6	13
Scott Hamilton		1	2	2	3.4
Tiffany Chin	Ladies' singles	12	2	3	11.0	4
Rosalynn Sumners		1	5	2	4.6
Elaine Zayak		13	6	4	14.2	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	CD	SP / OD	FS / FD	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	TFP	Rank
Kitty Carruthers Peter Carruthers	Pairs	—	2	2	3.0
Lea Ann Miller William Fauver			10	10	15.0	10
Jill Watson Burt Lancon			8	6	10.0	6
Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert	Ice dancing	3	3	4	7.0	4
Carol Fox Richard Dalley		6	5	5	10.4	5
Elisa Spitz Scott Gregory		10	10	10	20.0	10

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	First round						Consolation game	Final round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Canada L 2–4	Czechoslovakia L 1–4	Norway T 3–3	Austria W 7–3	Finland T 3–3	4	7th place game Poland W 7–4	Did not advance			7

Roster

Head coaches: Lou Vairo & Tim Taylor

First round
Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	0	38	7	+31	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	24	10	+14	8
Finland	5	2	2	1	27	19	+8	5
United States	5	1	2	2	16	17	−1	4
Austria	5	1	4	0	13	37	−24	2
Norway	5	0	4	1	15	43	−28	1

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

7 February 1984

United States

2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

9 February 1984

Czechoslovakia

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

United States

11 February 1984

Norway

3–3
(1–2, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

13 February 1984

United States

7–3
(2–1, 0–1, 5–1)

Austria

15 February 1984

Finland

3–3
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)

United States

7th place game

17 February 1984

United States

7–4
(2–2, 4–2, 1–0)

Poland

Luge

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Gilman	Singles	47.341	17	48.178	26	47.151	15	47.187	16	3:09.857	17
Frank Masley		46.890	15	47.073	16	46.797	12	46.990	15	3:07.750	14
Timothy Nardiello		47.899	23	47.799	22	47.784	22	47.838	22	3:11.320	21
Raymond Bateman Frank Masley	Doubles	43.047	12	43.284	13	—				1:26.331	13
Doug Bateman Ronald Rossi	Doubles	42.400	10	42.251	7	—				1:24.651	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Toni Damigella	Singles	45.170	25	43.187	15	45.579	24	43.045	17	2:56.981	20
Theresa Riedl		43.520	16	43.995	24	44.620	21	43.130	18	2:55.265	19
Bonny Warner		42.632	8	42.647	11	44.103	19	42.528	14	2:51.910	15

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pat Ahern	Individual	103.5	91.6	195.1	17	49:55.2	189.520	17	384.620	17
Kerry Lynch		95.9	85.9	181.8	22	48:02.9	206.365	3	388.165	13
Mike Randall		70.2	75.6	145.8	27	51:31.0	175.150	25	320.950	28

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Landis Arnold	Normal hill	81.0	92.6	79.0	89.4	182.0	28
Jeff Hastings		84.0	99.4	86.0	104.1	203.5	9
Mike Holland		81.0	90.6	87.0	73.7	164.3	41
Dennis McGrane		86.0	102.6	73.0	75.8	178.4	33
Jeff Hastings	Large hill	102.5	95.7	107.0	105.5	201.2	4
Mike Holland		90.0	71.2	96.0	83.6	154.8	37
Dennis McGrane		71.0	7.1	89.0	72.8	79.9	53
Reed Zuehlke		96.0	85.6	95.5	82.9	168.5	29

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Erik Henriksen	500 m	39.45	20
Dan Jansen		38.55	4
Nick Thometz		38.56	5
Erik Henriksen	1000 m	1:17.64	11
Dan Jansen		1:18.73	16
Nick Thometz		1:16.85	4
Erik Henriksen	1500 m	2:02.20	21
Mark Mitchell		2:04.26	33
Nick Thometz		2:00.77	14
Mark Huck	5000 m	7:46.91	35
Mark Mitchell		7:34.32	21
Mike Woods		7:24.81	12
Mark Mitchell	10,000 m	15:21.24	21
Mike Woods	10,000 m	14:57.30	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bonnie Blair	500 m	42.53	8
Katie Class		42.97	10
Connie Paraskevin-Young		43.05	13
Katie Class	1000 m	1:27.57	17
Mary Docter		1:28.55	24
Lydia Stephans		1:26.73	13
Mary Docter	1500 m	2:12.14	14
Jane Goldman		2:12.94	17
Nancy Swider-Peltz		2:13.74	18
Mary Docter	3000 m	4:36.25	6
Jane Goldman		4:42.49	12
Nancy Swider-Peltz		4:40.10	10

References

Official Olympic Reports
Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2009-06-22.

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United States at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References