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United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Nagano
Competitors	186 (105 men, 81 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Eric Flaim (Opening) (short track speed skating) Cammi Granato (Closing) (ice hockey)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 13
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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.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Picabo Street Alpine skiing Women's super-G February 11  Gold Jonny Moseley Freestyle skiing Men's moguls February 11  Gold United States women's national ice hockey team Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara Decosta Tricia Dunn-Luoma Cammi Granato Katie King Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Jenny Potter Angela Ruggiero Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte Ice hockey Women's tournament February 17  Gold Eric Bergoust Freestyle skiing Men's aerials February 18  Gold Nikki Stone Freestyle skiing Women's aerials February 18  Gold Tara Lipinski Figure skating Women's singles February 20  Silver Gordon Sheer Chris Thorpe Luge Doubles February 13  Silver Chris Witty Speed skating Women's 1000 meters February 19  Silver Michelle Kwan Figure skating Women's singles February 20  Bronze Ross Powers Snowboarding Men's halfpipe February 12  Bronze Shannon Dunn-Downing Snowboarding Women's halfpipe February 12  Bronze Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Luge Doubles February 13  Bronze Chris Witty Speed skating Women's 1500 meters February 16

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 6 3 4 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 4 2 2 8 61.5% Male 2 1 2 5 38.5% Total 6 3 4 13 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Chris Witty Speed skating 0 1 1 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kirsten Clark	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	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	Super-G	—						DNF
Jonna Mendes								1:20.35	32
Kathleen Monahan								1:20.25	29
Picabo Street								1:18.02
Caroline Lalive	Giant slalom	DNF				—		DNF
Julie Parisien		1:25.34	30	1:37.44	27			3:02.78	28
Sarah Schleper		1:23.63	26	DNF				DNF
Alex Shaffer		1:25.02	29	DNF				DNF
Kristina Koznick	Slalom	46.73	9	DNF		—		DNF
Tasha Nelson		DSQ						DSQ
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

Men

Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Tie-breaker 1	Tie-breaker 2	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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	SWE L 2–6	CAN L 3–11	NOR W 7–6	SUI L 2–7	GER W 8–5	JPN L 6–8	GBR W 6–3	=4 Q	SWE W 5–2	JPN W 5–4	CAN L 1–7	Bronze medal final  NOR L 4–9	4
Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Debbie Henry Lori Mountford Stacey Liapis	Women's tournament	CAN L 6–7	SWE L 5–8	GER W 8–5	GBR L 5–8	DEN L 5–8	NOR L 8–9	JPN W 10–2	7	—		Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team

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

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Harris	6	1
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	5	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	5	2
United States	Tim Somerville	3	4
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	3	4
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	3	4
Great Britain	Douglas Dryburgh	2	5
Germany	Andy Kapp	1	6

Draw 1 Monday, February 9, 14:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2  Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 Draw 3 Tuesday, February 10, 19:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 Draw 5 Thursday, February 12, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 8  Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 Draw 7 Friday, February 13, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Dryburgh) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3  United States (Somerville) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 6

Draw 2 Tuesday, February 10, 9:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Harris) 3 0 2 0 1 5 X X X X 11  United States (Somerville) 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X X X 3 Draw 4 Wednesday, February 11, 14:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 X X 7 Draw 6 Thursday, February 12, 19:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Tsuruga) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 X 8  United States (Somerville) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6

Tie-breaker 1 Friday, February 13, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 X 5  Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2

Tie-breaker 2 Saturday, February 14, 9:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5  Japan (Tsuruga) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

Semi-final
Saturday, February 14, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Harris)	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	X	7
United States (Somerville)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Bronze medal match
Sunday, February 15, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Somerville) 4th	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	X	9

Women's tournament

Team

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

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Sandra Schmirler	6	1
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	6	1
Denmark	Helena Blach Lavrsen	5	2
Great Britain	Kirsty Hay	4	3
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	2	5
Norway	Dordi Nordby	2	5
United States 7th	Lisa Schoeneberg	2	5
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	1	6

Draw 1 Monday, February 8, 9:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Schmirler) 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 X 7  United States (Schoeneberg) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 Draw 3 Tuesday, February 10, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Germany (Schöpp) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5  United States (Schoeneberg) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 Draw 5 Wednesday, February 11, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5  Denmark (Lavrsen) 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 8 Draw 7 Friday, February 13, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 X X 10  Japan (Ohkutsu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2

Draw 2 Monday, February 9, 19:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Sweden (Gustafson) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 8  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 5 Draw 4 Wednesday, February 11, 9:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Hay) 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 Draw 6 Thursday, February 12, 14:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 8  Norway (Nordby) 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 9

Figure skating

Tara Lipinski became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event.

Individual

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

Mixed

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bergoust	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
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Stacey Blumer	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
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Evan Dybvig	Moguls	DNF	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

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						First round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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	Bye			—		Bye	Sweden L 2–4	Belarus W 5–2	Canada L 1–4	3	Czech Republic L 1–4	Did not advance		6
United States women's	Women's tournament	China W 5–0	Sweden W 7–1	Finland W 4–2	Japan W 10–0	Canada W 7–4	1 Q	—						Canada W 3–1

Men's tournament

Roster
The following is the United States roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Head coach: Ron Wilson

Assistant coaches: John Cunniff, Paul Holmgren, Jeff Jackson

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	D	Brian Leetch (A)	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	187 lb (85 kg)	(1968-03-03)March 3, 1968 (aged 29)	New York Rangers
3	D	Derian Hatcher	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	245 lb (111 kg)	(1972-06-04)June 4, 1972 (aged 25)	Dallas Stars
4	D	Kevin Hatcher	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	231 lb (105 kg)	(1966-09-09)September 9, 1966 (aged 31)	Pittsburgh Penguins
5	D	Mathieu Schneider	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1969-06-12)June 12, 1969 (aged 28)	Toronto Maple Leafs
6	D	Bryan Berard	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	220 lb (100 kg)	(1977-03-05)March 5, 1977 (aged 20)	New York Islanders
7	D	Chris Chelios (C)	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	191 lb (87 kg)	(1962-01-25)January 25, 1962 (aged 36)	Chicago Blackhawks
9	F	Mike Modano	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	210 lb (95 kg)	(1970-06-07)June 7, 1970 (aged 27)	Dallas Stars
10	F	John LeClair	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	225 lb (102 kg)	(1969-07-05)July 5, 1969 (aged 28)	Philadelphia Flyers
11	F	Tony Amonte	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	202 lb (92 kg)	(1970-08-02)August 2, 1970 (aged 27)	Chicago Blackhawks
12	F	Bill Guerin	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	220 lb (100 kg)	(1970-11-09)November 9, 1970 (aged 27)	Edmonton Oilers
15	F	Brett Hull	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1964-08-09)August 9, 1964 (aged 33)	St. Louis Blues
16	F	Pat LaFontaine	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1965-02-22)February 22, 1965 (aged 32)	New York Rangers
17	F	Keith Tkachuk (A)	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	235 lb (107 kg)	(1972-03-28)March 28, 1972 (aged 25)	Phoenix Coyotes
18	F	Adam Deadmarsh	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1975-05-10)May 10, 1975 (aged 22)	Colorado Avalanche
19	F	Doug Weight	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	196 lb (89 kg)	(1971-01-21)January 21, 1971 (aged 27)	Edmonton Oilers
20	D	Gary Suter	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1964-06-24)June 24, 1964 (aged 33)	Chicago Blackhawks
24	D	Keith Carney	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1970-02-03)February 3, 1970 (aged 28)	Chicago Blackhawks
25	F	Jamie Langenbrunner	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	202 lb (92 kg)	(1975-07-24)July 24, 1975 (aged 22)	Dallas Stars
27	F	Jeremy Roenick	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1970-01-17)January 17, 1970 (aged 28)	Phoenix Coyotes
29	F	Joel Otto	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	220 lb (100 kg)	(1961-10-29)October 29, 1961 (aged 36)	Philadelphia Flyers
31	G	Guy Hebert	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1967-01-07)January 7, 1967 (aged 31)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
34	G	John Vanbiesbrouck	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1963-09-04)September 4, 1963 (aged 34)	Florida Panthers
35	G	Mike Richter	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1966-09-22)September 22, 1966 (aged 31)	New York Rangers

First round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	2
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

13 February 1998 14:45

Sweden

4–2 (1–2, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Mike Richter	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier Troy Sartison
	0–1 11:10 – Chelios (Guerin, Tkachuk) Alfredsson (Forsberg) (PP) – 12:26 1–1 1–2 12:50 – Modano (Guerin) Kjellberg (Renberg, Samuelsson) – 21:50 2–2 Alfredsson (Forsberg) – 31:33 3–2 Sundin (Andersson) – 57:04 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	31

14 February 1998 14:45

United States

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

	Mike Richter	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Kerry Fraser Linesmen: Gérard Gauthier Troy Sartison
	Chelios (LaFontaine) (PP) – 9:06 1–0 LaFontaine (Leetch, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 10:31 2–0 2–1 18:02 – Karachun (Lozhkin, Galchenyuk) Leetch (LeClair, Hull) (PP) – 28:16 3–1 3–2 40:27 – Pankov (Skabelka, Bekbulatov) Hull (Weight, K. Hatcher) (PP) – 53:45 4–2 Deadmarsh (Guerin, Roenick) – 58:14 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	30

14 February 1998 18:45

Sweden

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,945

	Tommy Salo	Goalies	Patrick Roy	Referee: Mark Faucette Linesmen: Kevin Collins Janne Rautavuori
	Lidström (Alfredsson, Renberg) (PP) – 15:27 1–0 1–1 31:56 – Nieuwendyk (Blake, Lindros) 1–2 37:02 – MacInnis (Nieuwendyk) (PP) 1–3 39:53 – Blake (Nieuwendyk, Fleury) Sundin (Lidström, Norström) – 49:31 2–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	29

Quarterfinal

18 February 1998 14:45

Czech Republic

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

United States

The Big Hat, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

	Dominik Hašek	Goalies	Mike Richter / John Vanbiesbrouck	Referee: Bill McCreary Linesmen: Alexander Poliakov Ray Scapinello
	0–1 16:12 – Modano (Amonte, Tkachuk) Růžička (Jágr, Straka) – 28:21 1–1 Jágr (Dopita) – 29:19 2–1 Ručinský (Lang, Šmehlík) – 36:35 3–1 Dopita – 59:21 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	39

Women's tournament

Roster
The following is the United States roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Head coach: Ben Smith
Assistant coach: Tom Mutch

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	1996–97 team
1	G	Sara DeCosta	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	(1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 20)	Warwick, Rhode Island	Providence College
2	D	Tara Mounsey	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	(1978-03-12)12 March 1978 (aged 19)	Concord, New Hampshire	Brown University
3	F	Lisa Brown-Miller	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	128 lb (58 kg)	(1966-11-16)16 November 1966 (aged 31)	Union Lake, Michigan	National Team
4	D	Angela Ruggiero	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	(1980-01-03)3 January 1980 (aged 18)	Panorama City, California	Choate Rosemary Hall
5	D	Colleen Coyne	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	131 lb (59 kg)	(1971-09-19)19 September 1971 (aged 26)	Medford, Massachusetts	National Team
6	F	Karen Bye – A	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1971-05-18)18 May 1971 (aged 26)	River Falls, Wisconsin	National Team
7	D	Sue Merz	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	(1972-04-10)10 April 1972 (aged 25)	Greenwich, Connecticut	Newtonbrook Panthers
8	F	Laurie Baker	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1976-11-06)6 November 1976 (aged 21)	Concord, Massachusetts	Providence College
9	F	Sandra Whyte	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	(1970-08-24)24 August 1970 (aged 27)	Saugus, Massachusetts	National Team
11	F	A. J. Mleczko	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 22)	Nantucket, Massachusetts	National Team
12	F	Jenny Schmidgall	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	(1979-01-12)12 January 1979 (aged 19)	St. Paul, Minnesota	Edina High School
14	D	Vicki Movsessian	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1972-11-06)6 November 1972 (aged 25)	Lexington, Massachusetts	National Team
15	F	Shelley Looney	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1972-01-21)21 January 1972 (aged 26)	Brownstown Township, Michigan	National Team
18	F	Alana Blahoski	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	127 lb (58 kg)	(1974-04-29)29 April 1974 (aged 23)	St. Paul, Minnesota	National Team
20	F	Katie King	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	(1975-05-24)24 May 1975 (aged 22)	Salem, New Hampshire	Brown University
21	F	Cammi Granato – C	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1971-03-25)25 March 1971 (aged 26)	Downers Grove, Illinois	Concordia University
22	F	Gretchen Ulion	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	130 lb (59 kg)	(1972-05-04)4 May 1972 (aged 25)	Marlborough, Connecticut	National Team
24	D	Chris Bailey	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	(1972-02-05)5 February 1972 (aged 26)	Marietta, New York	National Team
25	F	Tricia Dunn	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	142 lb (64 kg)	(1974-04-25)25 April 1974 (aged 23)	Derry, New Hampshire	National Team
29	G	Sarah Tueting	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	(1976-04-26)26 April 1976 (aged 21)	Winnetka, Illinois	National Team

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	0	33	7	+26	10	Gold medal game
2	Canada	5	4	0	1	28	12	+16	8
3	Finland	5	3	0	2	27	10	+17	6	Bronze medal game
4	China	5	2	0	3	10	15	−5	4
5	Sweden	5	1	0	4	10	21	−11	2
6	Japan (H)	5	0	0	5	2	45	−43	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

8 February 1998 20:00

China

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,255

9 February 1998 16:00

United States

7–1 (1–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,607

11 February 1998 20:00

United States

4–2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,688

12 February 1998 16:00

United States

10–0 (5–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 5,015

14 February 1998 20:00

Canada

4–7 (1–1, 0–0, 3–6)

United States

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 5,872

Gold medal game

17 February 1998 18:00

United States

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Big Hat Attendance: 8,626

Luge

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Dolan	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	Doubles	50.716	3	50.501	2	—				1:41.217
Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer		50.634	2	50.493	1					1:41.127

Women

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Men

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

Women

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

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Alpine
Men

Women

Freestyle
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ron Chiodi	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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cara-Beth Burnside	Halfpipe	36.7	2 Q	Bye		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

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		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	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	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	3000 m	—				4:12.24	6
Catherine Raney-Norman						4:22.55	22
Jennifer Rodriguez						4:11.64	4
Kirstin Holum	5000 m	—				7:14.20	7
Jennifer Rodriguez						7:16.78	10

References

1. United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics
2. "Tara Lipinski becomes youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist".
3. "1998 U.S. Olympic Men's Hockey Team". USA Hockey. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
4. "1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team". USA Hockey. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
5. "Team USA 1998 Winter Olympic Roster". whockey.com. December 9, 1997. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
6. "1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team". United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
7. "1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Team Roster". USA Hockey. December 3, 1998. Archived from the original on December 3, 1998. Retrieved October 26, 2023.

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

• Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• United States at the Winter Olympics by year
• 1998 in American sports