United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics


The United States competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 545 competitors, 355 men and 190 women, took part in 248 events in 28 sports. 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.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 100 meter breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 100 meter butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter freestyle
*
Nicole Haislett
Angel Martino
Ashley Tappin*
Jenny Thompson
Dara Torres		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay
DivingMen's 3 meter springboard
SwimmingMen's 200 meter breaststroke

Joe Hudepohl
Tom Jager
Shaun Jordan*
Jon Olsen
Joel Thomas*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay
ShootingWomen's 50 meter rifle three position
SwimmingMen's 200 meter butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 800 meter freestyle

Nicole Haislett*
Megan Kleine*
Lea Loveless
Anita Nall
Summer Sanders*
Jenny Thompson
Janie Wagstaff*		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
AthleticsMen's shot put
*
Matt Biondi*
Hans Dersch*
Nelson Diebel
Pablo Morales
Jon Olsen
Jeff Rouse
Melvin Stewart*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter butterfly
AthleticsWomen's 100 meters
AthleticsHeptathlon

Scott Strausbaugh		CanoeingSlalom C-2
GymnasticsHorizontal bar
AthleticsMen's triple jump

Mark Reynolds		SailingStar
AthleticsMen's 400 meters

Sarah Josephson		Synchronized swimmingDuet
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's 400 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's 200 meters
Synchronized swimmingSolo
WrestlingFreestyle –130 kilogram
TennisWomen's singles
WrestlingFreestyle –62 kilogram
WrestlingFreestyle –82 kilogram

James Jett*
Carl Lewis
Michael Marsh
Dennis Mitchell		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 meter relay
*
Charles Jenkins*
Michael Johnson
Steve Lewis
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 meter relay

Michelle Finn*
Carlette Guidry
Esther Jones
Gwen Torrence		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 meter relay

BasketballMen's tournament
BoxingLightweight

Mary Joe Fernández		TennisWomen's doubles
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 meter individual medley
SwimmingWomen's 400 meter freestyle
WrestlingGreco-Roman –100 kilogram
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter butterfly
GymnasticsWomen's individual all-around
JudoMen's –78 kilogram
SwimmingMen's 50 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter individual medley
AthleticsMen's shot put
ShootingMen's 50 meter rifle three position
SwimmingMen's 200 meter individual medley
GymnasticsBalance beam

Cynthia Eckert
Carol Feeney
Amy Fuller		RowingWomen's four

William Burden
Patrick Manning
Jeffrey McLaughlin		RowingMen's coxless four
SailingMen's Lechner A-390
AthleticsMen's 110 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's triple jump
DivingMen's 10 meter platform

Morgan Reeser		SailingMen's 470
SailingFinn

Paul Foerster		SailingFlying Dutchman

Randy Smyth		SailingTornado

Doug Kern
Kevin Mahaney		SailingSoling
AthleticsMen's 400 meters
AthleticsWomen's 400 meter hurdles
WrestlingFreestyle –52 kilogram
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's 100 meter hurdles
WrestlingFreestyle –74 kilogram
*
Natasha Kaiser
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
Gwen Torrence
Dannette Young*		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 meter relay
BoxingMiddleweight
SwimmingWomen's 400 meter individual medley
CyclingMen's 1 kilometer time trial
DivingWomen's 10 meter platform

Joe Hudepohl
Scott Jaffe*
Dan Jorgensen*
Jon Olsen
Melvin Stewart		SwimmingMen's 4 ×200 meter freestyle relay
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter breaststroke

Dominique Dawes
Shannon Miller
Betty Okino
Kerri Strug
Kim Zmeskal		GymnasticsWomen's team all-around
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter backstroke
SwimmingMen's 50 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
WrestlingGreco-Roman –68 kilogram
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit
SwimmingWomen's 50 meter freestyle
AthleticsMen's 100 meters
CanoeingWomen's slalom K-1
GymnasticsWomen's floor exercise
GymnasticsUneven bars

Anna Seaton		RowingWomen's pair
AthleticsMen's high jump

Robert Dover
Carol Lavell
Michael Poulin		EquestrianTeam dressage
AthleticsMen's 110 meter hurdles
AthleticsDecathlon

J. J. Isler		SailingWomen's 470
SailingEurope
AthleticsMen's 800 meters
AthleticsWomen's 400 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's 10,000 meters
AthleticsWomen's long jump

BasketballWomen's tournament
TennisWomen's singles
WrestlingFreestyle –90 kilogram
CanoeingMen's K-1 1000 meters

VolleyballWomen's tournament
BoxingFlyweight
EquestrianIndividual jumping

VolleyballMen's tournament

* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

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

;Men
;;Track and road events
;;Field events
;;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;;Track and road events
;;Field events
;;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
Kym CarterResult13.971.8514.3524.546.1037.582:08.62625611
Kym CarterPoints9831041817929880621985625611
Cindy GreinerResult13.591.7914.3524.606.3840.782:14.1663009
Cindy GreinerPoints103796681792496968290563009
Jackie Joyner-KerseeResult12.851.9114.1323.127.1044.982:11.787044
Jackie Joyner-KerseePoints11471119803106712067639397044

Badminton

;Men
;Women

Baseball

These were the first Olympic Games in which baseball was a sanctioned medal sport after having been featured nine times as a demonstration sport.
;Summary
Roster
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group stage
TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTie
50579350+22910
41423400+239
23420463−4371–0
23369432−6370–1
14324392−6861–0
14398476−7860–1

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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group stage
TeamWLPFPAPDPts
30318181+1376
21205226−215
12181238−574
03183242−593

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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

;Men
;Women

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

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lance ArmstrongMen's road race4:35:5614
Bob MionskeMen's road race4:42:3175
Timm PeddieMen's road race4:35:5637
George Hincapie
Scott Mercier
Nathan Sheafor
John Stenner		Men's team time trial2:13:3516
Jeanne GolayWomen's road race2:05:036
Inga ThompsonWomen's road race2:05:0326
Sally ZackWomen's road race2:05:0310

Track

;Points race
;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Erin HartwellMen's 1 km time trial1:04.753

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

16 fencers represented the United States in 1992.
;Men
;Women

Football

;Summary
;Roster
Head coach: Lothar Osiander
;Group stage
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Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;;Team
;;Individual finals
;Women
;;Team
;;Individual finals

Rhythmic

Handball

;Summary

Women's tournament

;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1992.

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
;Open
;;Fleet racing
;;Mixed racing

Shooting

;Men
;Women
;Open shotgun

Swimming

;Men
;Women

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
;Women

Volleyball

;Summary

Men's Tournament

;Summary
;Roster
;Preliminary round
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

Wrestling