United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The United States of America (USA) competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain. 545 competitors, 355 men and 190 women, took part in 248 events in 28 sports.[1] At the closing ceremony, a segment of American culture was performed, as the country hosted the next Olympics in Atlanta.
The team finished second in the overall medal rankings, narrowly losing to the Unified Team , 108 to 112. The Unified Team was basically a Soviet team competing under a different name, as the USSR collapsed several months prior to the Games. The Americans greatly improved compared to the 1988 Olympics mainly due to the break-up of the Eastern Bloc and its doping system.[2] [3] [4]
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded .
Medals by day
Day
Date
Total
1
July 26
1
1
1
3
2
July 27
2
1
4
7
3
July 28
1
2
2
5
4
July 29
3
2
0
5
5
July 30
4
5
3
12
6
July 31
3
3
2
8
7
August 1
1
2
5
8
8
August 2
3
2
2
7
9
August 3
2
7
2
11
10
August 4
0
1
2
3
11
August 5
2
3
2
7
12
August 6
6
3
2
11
13
August 7
3
0
5
8
14
August 8
6
2
2
10
15
August 9
0
0
3
3
Total
37
34
37
108
Medals by gender
Gender
Total
Percentage
Male
23
23
17
63
58.3%
Female
14
11
19
44
40.7%
Mixed
0
0
1
1
1.0%
Total
37
34
37
108
100%
* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[5]
Archery
The United States won no medals in archery. Two individuals made it to the quarterfinals, as did both of the teams, but all were defeated there. The six archers combined for a 5-5 record in individual matches and a 2-2 record in team matches.
Men
Women
Athletics
Key
Note –Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or , in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Men
Track and road events
* - Athlete ran in the heat but not the final.
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete
Event
Points
Rank
Dave Johnson
Result
11.16
7.33
15.28
2.00
49.76
14.76
49.12
5.10
62.86
4:36.63
8309
Points
825
893
807
803
826
879
852
941
781
702
Aric Long
Result
11.25
7.21
14.00
2.18
49.93
DSQ
45.76
DNS
DNF
Points
806
864
728
973
818
0
783
Rob Muzzio
Result
11.36
6.94
16.02
2.00
50.00
14.75
50.74
4.90
61.64
4:31.52
8195
5
Points
782
799
852
803
815
880
886
880
763
705
Women
Track and road events
* - Athlete ran in the heat but not the final.
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete
Event
Points
Rank
Kym Carter
Result
13.97
1.85
14.35
24.54
6.10
37.58
2:08.62
6256
11
Points
983
1041
817
929
880
621
985
Cindy Greiner
Result
13.59
1.79
14.35
24.60
6.38
40.78
2:14.16
6300
9
Points
1037
966
817
924
969
682
905
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Result
12.85
1.91
14.13
23.12
7.10
44.98
2:11.78
7044
Points
1147
1119
803
1067
1206
763
939
Badminton
Men
Women
Baseball
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.[6] [7]
Summary
Roster
Basketball
Summary
Men's tournament
Roster
United States men's national basketball team roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
Club – describes last club before the competition
Age – describes age on 26 July 1992
Group stage
Source:
FIBA Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Brazil 1–0 Germany
^ a b Head-to-head record: Angola 1–0 Spain
26 July 1992
(1992-07-26 ) 16:30v
27 July 1992
(1992-07-27 ) 20:30v
29 July 1992
(1992-07-29 ) 20:30v
31 July 1992
(1992-07-31 ) 22:30v
2 August 1992
(1992-08-02 ) 22:30v
Quarterfinal
4 August 1992
(1992-08-04 ) 22:30v
Semifinal
6 August 1992
(1992-08-06 ) 22:30v
Gold medal game
8 August 1992
(1992-08-08 ) 22:00v
Women's tournament
Roster
United States women's national basketball team roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Legend
Club – describes last club before the competition
Age – describes age on 26 July 1992
Group stage
{#section:Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|BStandings}}
30 July 1992 (1992-07-30 ) 11:00
1 August 1992 (1992-08-01 ) 11:00
3 August 1992 (1992-08-03 ) 22:00
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Men
Women
Athlete
Event
Run 1
Run 2
Best
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Dana Chladek
K-1
2:11.75
1
3:06.46
22
2:11.75
Maylon Hanold
5:32.75
25
3:13.80
23
3:13.80
25
Cathy Hearn
2:31.99
16
2:19.51
7
2:19.51
9
Sprint
Men
Women
Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage
Cycling
Twenty cyclists represented the United States in 1992. Erin Hartwell won bronze in the men's 1 km time trial and Rebecca Twigg won bronze in the women's individual pursuit.
Road
Track
Points race
Pursuit
Sprint
Time trial
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
16 fencers represented the United States in 1992.
Men
Women
Summary
Team
Event
Group stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final / BM
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
United States men
Men's tournament
Italy L 1–2
Kuwait W 3–1
Poland T 2–2
3
Did not advance
Roster
Head coach: Lothar Osiander
No.
Pos.
Player
DoB
Age
Caps
Club
Tournament games
Tournament goals
Minutes played
Sub off
Sub on
Cards yellow/red
1
GK
Brad Friedel
May 18, 1971
21
?
UCLA
2
DF
Cam Rast
January 16, 1970
22
?
Santa Clara University
3
DF
Alexi Lalas
June 1, 1970
22
?
4
DF
Mike Burns
September 14, 1970
21
?
5
DF
Erik Imler
June 1, 1971
21
?
Virginia Cavaliers
6
MF
Dario Brose
January 27, 1970
22
?
Stade Briochin
7
FW
Dante Washington
November 21, 1970
21
?
Radford
8
DF
Mike Lapper
August 28, 1970
19
?
9
FW
Steve Snow
March 2, 1971
21
?
Standard Liège
10
MF
Claudio Reyna
July 20, 1973
19
?
Virginia Cavaliers
11
MF
Yari Allnutt
February 2, 1970
22
?
University of Portland
12
DF
Troy Dayak
January 21, 1971
21
?
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
13
FW
Joe-Max Moore
February 23, 1971
21
?
UCLA
14
MF
Cobi Jones
June 16, 1970
22
?
15
DF
Zak Ibsen
June 2, 1972
20
?
UCLA
16
MF
Manny Lagos
June 11, 1971
21
?
Minnesota Thunder
17
MF
Mike Huwiler
April 1, 1972
20
?
Virginia Cavaliers
18
GK
Ian Feuer
May 20, 1971
21
?
Molenbeek
19
MF
Chris Henderson
December 11, 1970
21
?
Seattle Storm
20
DF
Curt Onalfo
November 19, 1969
22
?
La Ciotat
Group stage
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men
Team
Athlete
Event
Apparatus
Total
F
PH
R
V
PB
HB
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
Score
Rank
Trent Dimas
Team
9.325
9.475
9.350
9.475
9.575
9.125
9.400
9.550
9.625
9.325
9.725
9.725 Q
113.675
44
Scott Keswick
9.650
9.675
9.550
9.150
9.775
9.650
9.525
9.000
9.575
9.475
9.700
9.000
113.725
43 Q
Jair Lynch
9.525
9.075
9.550
9.500
9.475
9.300
8.975
8.800
9.550
9.700 Q
9.650
9.675
112.775
60
Dominick Minicucci, Jr.
9.425
9.350
9.425
9.625
9.525
9.475
9.325
9.350
9.425
9.425
9.650
8.950
112.950
56
John Roethlisberger
9.600
9.650
9.150
9.700
9.700
9.525
9.375
9.500
9.500
9.300
9.675
9.525
114.200
36 Q
Chris Waller
9.650
9.575
9.650
9.775 Q
9.675
9.550
9.025
9.525
9.600
9.525
9.650
9.600
114.800
27 Q
Total
95.575
95.600
95.750
93.575
95.300
95.925
571.725
6
Individual finals
Women
Team
Athlete
Event
Apparatus
Total
V
UB
BB
F
C
O
C
O
C
O
C
O
Score
Rank
Wendy Bruce
Team
9.825
9.950
9.787
9.850
9.650
9.712
9.750
9.637
78.161
28
Dominique Dawes
9.762
9.900
9.762
9.812
9.750
9.637
9.812
9.925
78.360
26
Shannon Miller
9.950
9.925 Q
9.912
9.950 Q
9.887
9.900 Q
9.887
9.900 Q
79.311
1 Q
Betty Okino
9.887
9.937
9.850
9.887
9.862
9.850 Q
9.900
9.825
78.998
6 Q
Kerri Strug
9.837
9.950
9.837
9.862
9.775
9.750
9.887
9.837
78.735
14
Kim Zmeskal
9.900
9.995 Q
9.887
9.900
9.350
9.912
9.925
9.925 Q
78.749
12 Q
Total
99.111
98.722
98.048
98.823
394.704
Individual finals
Rhythmic
Athlete
Event
Preliminary round
Final round
Apparatus
Total
Apparatus
Total
Rope
Hoop
Ball
Clubs
Score
Rank
Rope
Hoop
Ball
Clubs
Score
Rank
Tamara Levinson
All-around
9.025
9.000
8.200
8.250
34.475
40
Did not advance
Jenifer Lovell
9.025
9.125
8.950
9.025
36.125
23
Did not advance
Handball
Summary
Women's tournament
Preliminary round (group A)
United States – Unified Team 16-23
United States – Germany 16-32
United States – Nigeria 23-21
Classification Match
5th/6th place : United States – Austria 17-26
Team roster
Head coach : Vojtech Mares
Coach : William Michael Connor
Judo
Men
Women
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1992.
Athlete
Event
Fencing (épée one touch)
Swimming (300 m freestyle)
Riding (show jumping)
Shooting (10 m air pistol)
Running (4000 m cross-country)
Total
RR
Rank
MP points
Time
Rank
MP points
Penalties
Rank
MP points
Score
Rank
MP points
Time
Rank
MP points
MP points
Rank
Michael Gostigian
Individual
30 V – 35 D
=46
728
3:13.90
2
1324
120
28
980
189
=12
1105
13:29.30
25
1138
5275
9
James Haley
34 V – 31 D
=28
796
3:22.10
=19
1256
60
12
1040
188
=17
1090
14:19.30
53
988
5170
25
Rob Stull
45 V – 20 D
3
983
3:25.10
33
1232
225
44
875
182
=42
1000
13:37.90
34
1114
5204
20
Michael Gostigian James HaleyRob Stull
Team
—
=4
2507
—
1
3812
—
6
2895
—
5
3195
—
10
3240
15649
4
Rowing
Men
Women
Qualification legend: FA =Final A (medal); FB =Final B (non-medal); FC =Final C (non-medal); FD =Final D (non-medal); SA/B =Semifinal A/B; SC/D =Semifinal C/D; R =Repechage
Sailing
Men
Women
Open
Fleet racing
Mixed racing
Athlete
Event
Fleet racing
Match racing
Race
Total
Round robin
Semifinal
Final / BM
1
2
3
4
5
6
Points
Rank
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Points
Rank
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Jim Brady Doug Kern Kevin Mahaney
Soling
0.0
13.0
5.7
0.0
5.7
31.0
24.4
1 Q
GBR W
ESP W
GER L
DEN W
SWE W
4
1 Q
Great Britain (GBR) W 2–0
Denmark (DEN) L 0–2
Shooting
Men
Women
Open shotgun
Swimming
Men
Women
* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.
Note: Times in the first round ranked across all heats.
Qualification legend: FA – Advance to medal final; FB – Advance to non-medal final
Synchronized swimming
Three female synchronized swimmers represented the United States in 1992.
Table tennis
Tennis
Men
Athlete
Event
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Michael Chang
Singles
Mancini (ARG ) W 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Oncins (BRA ) L 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Jim Courier
Krishnan (IND ) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Bloom (ISR ) W 6–2, 6–0, 6–0
Rosset (SUI ) L 4–6, 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Pete Sampras
Masur (AUS ) W 6–1, 7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Yzaga (PER ) W 6–3, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1
Cherkasov (EUN ) L 7–6(9–7) , 6–1, 5–7, 0–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Jim Courier Pete Sampras
Doubles
—
Edberg /Järryd (SWE ) W 1–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
Casal /Sánchez (ESP ) L 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Women
Athlete
Event
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Jennifer Capriati
Singles
Reinach (RSA ) W 6–1, 6–0
Tarabini (ARG ) W 6–4, 6–1
Basuki (INA ) W 6–3, 6–4
Huber (GER ) W 6–3, 7–6(6–1)
Sánchez Vicario (ESP ) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Graf (GER ) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Mary Joe Fernández
Chen (CHN ) W 6–2, 6–3
Hy (CAN ) W 6–2, 1–6, 12–10
Zvereva (EUN ) W 7–6(10–9) , 6–1
Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI ) W 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Graf (GER ) L 4–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Zina Garrison-Jackson
Coetzer (RSA ) L 5–7, 1–6
Did not advance
Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández
Doubles
—
Muns-Jagerman /Schultz (NED ) W 6–0, 6–0
Graf /Huber (GER ) W 7–6(7–3) , 6–4
de Swardt /Reinach (RSA ) W 6–2, 6–4
Meskhi /Zvereva (EUN ) W 6–4, 7–5
Martínez /Sánchez Vicario (ESP ) W 7–5, 6–6, 6–2
Volleyball
Summary
Men's tournament
Preliminary round (group A)
Lost to Japan (1-3)
Defeated Canada (3-2)
Defeated Spain (3-2)
Defeated France (3-0)
Defeated Italy (3-1)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Unified Team (3-1)
Semifinals
Bronze-medal match
Team roster
Head coach : Fred Strum
Women's tournament
Preliminary round (group A)
Lost to Japan (2-3)
Defeated Unified Team (3-2)
Defeated Spain (3-0)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
Semifinals
Bronze-medal match
Team roster
Head coach : Terry Liskevych
Water polo
Summary
Roster
Preliminary round
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Key :
TO – Victory by fall .
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Technical superiority – a margin of victory of at least 15 points.
EF – Decision by withdrawal
D2 – Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity
Q – Qualify to gold medal bout
q – Qualify to bronze medal bout
See also
References
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^ Ruiz, Rebecca R. (13 August 2016). "The Soviet Doping Plan: Document Reveals Illicit Approach to '84 Olympics" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 3 September 2016 .
^ United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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