United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
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Flag bearer	Evelyn Ashford
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 36	Silver 31	Bronze 27	Total 94
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The United States competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.2.1 Men's Competition 2.2.2 Women's Competition 2.3 Basketball 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 2.4 Boxing 2.5 Cycling 2.6 Hockey 2.6.1 Women's Team Competition 2.7 Modern Pentathlon 2.8 Soccer (football) 2.9 Swimming 2.10 Tennis 2.11 Volleyball 2.11.1 Men's Team Competition 2.11.2 Women's Team Competition 2.12 Water Polo 2.12.1 Men's Team Competition

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Jay Barrs — Archery, Men's Individual Competition

• Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 100 metres, Men's Long Jump

• Joe DeLoach — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

• Steve Lewis — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

• Roger Kingdom — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Andre Phillips — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Butch Reynolds, and Kevin Robinzine — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay

• Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 200 metres

• Evelyn Ashford, Alice Brown, Sheila Echols, and Florence Griffith-Joyner — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay

• Louise Ritter — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee — Athletics, Women's Heptathlon

• Cynthia Brown, Victoria Bullett, Cynthia Cooper, Anne Donovan, Teresa Edwards, Kamie Ethridge, Jennifer Gillom, Bridgette Gordon, Andrea Lloyd, Katrina McClain, Suzanne McConnell, and Teresa Weatherspoon — Basketball, Women's Team Competition

• Kennedy McKinney — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

• Andrew Maynard — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Ray Mercer — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Greg Barton — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000 m Kayak Singles

• Greg Barton and Norman Bellingham — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs

• Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Springboard

• Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform

• Lynne Jewell and Allison Jolly — Sailing, Women's 470

• Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Matt Biondi, Troy Dalbey, Chris Jacobs, and Tom Jager — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Matt Biondi, Matt Cetlinski, Troy Dalbey, and Doug Gjertsen — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• David Berkoff, Matt Biondi, Chris Jacobs, and Richard Schroeder — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Janet Evans — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual

• Ken Flach and Robert Seguso — Tennis, Men's Doubles

• Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver — Tennis, Women's Doubles

• Craig Buck, Bob Ctvrtlik, Scott Fortune, Karch Kiraly, Ricci Luyties, Douglas Partie, Jon Root, Eric Sato, Dave Saunders, Jeff Stork, Troy Tanner, and Steve Timmons — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

• John Smith — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)

• Kenny Monday — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

[edit] Silver

• Jay Barrs, Richard McKinney, and Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Team Competition

• Carl Lewis — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

• Butch Reynolds — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

• Hollis Conway — Athletics, Men's High Jump

• Mike Powell — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Randy Barnes — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

• Evelyn Ashford — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Denean Howard-Hill, and Diane Dixon — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

• Michael Carbajal — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Roy Jones — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• Michelle Mitchell — Diving, Women's Platform

• Gregory Best — Equestrian, Jumping Individual

• Gregory Best, Joe Fargis, Lisa Jacquin, and Anne Kursinski — Equestrian, Jumping Team

• Kevin Asano — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

• Thomas Bohrer, Richard Kennelly, David Krmpotich, and Raoul Rodriguez — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

• Anne Marden — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

• Hal Haenel and Mark Reynolds — Sailing, Men's Star

• William Baylis, Robert Billingham and John Kostecki — Sailing, Men's Soling

• Erich Buljung — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol

• Tom Jager — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Chris Jacobs — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

• David Berkoff — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

• David Wharton — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Beth Barr, Janel Jorgensen, Tracey McFarlane, and Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Tracie Ruiz — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo

• Karen Josephson and Sarah Josephson — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet

• Tim Mayotte — Tennis, Men's Singles

• James Bergeson, Gregory Boyer, George Campbell, Jeffrey Campbell, Jody Campbell, Christopher Duplanty, Michael Evans, Douglas Kimbell, Edward Klass, Alan Mouchawar, Kevin Robertson, Terry Schroeder, and Craig Wilson — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

• Bruce Baumgartner — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Melanie Skillman, Denise Parker, and Debra Ochs — Archery, Women's Team Competition

• Calvin Smith — Athletics, Men's 100 metres

• Danny Everett — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

• Tonie Campbell — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Larry Myricks — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Kim Gallagher — Athletics, Women's 800 metres

• William Anderson, Stacey Augmon, Vernell Coles, Jeffrey Grayer, Hersey Hawkins, Dan Majerle, Daniel Manning, Herman Reid, Mitch Richmond, David Robinson, and Charles Smith — Basketball, Men's Team Competition

• Romallis Ellis — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Kenneth Gould — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

• Connie Parakevin-Young — Cycling, Women's Sprint

• Kelly McCormick — Diving, Women's Springboard

• Wendy Williams — Diving, Women's Platform

• Phoebe Mills — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

• Michael Swain — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Seth Bauer, William Burden, Jeffrey McLaughlin, Peter Nordell, Ted Patton, John Pescatore, John Rusher, Jonathan Smith, and Michael Teti — Rowing, Men's Eights

• Michael Gebhardt — Sailing, Men's Lechner Sailboard

• Charles McKee and John Shadden — Sailing, Men's 470

• Matt Biondi — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Jill Sterkel — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Mary T Meagher — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Mitzi Kremer, Dara Torres, Laura Walker, and Mary Wayte — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Brad Gilbert — Tennis, Men's Singles

• Zina Garrison — Tennis, Women's Singles

• Dennis Koslowski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

• Nathaniel Carr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

• William Scherr — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

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[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

The United States continued to be a strong contender in archery, though it found that Korea had taken the top spot in the sport. Jay Barrs was the only non-Korean to win a gold medal for archery in Seoul. Two-time gold medallist Darrell Pace and 1984 silver medallist Richard McKinney joined Barrs in winning the team silver, while the women's team added a bronze medal despite not having any of the individual archers advance to the final.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Melanie Skillman – Semi Final (→ 10th place)
• Denise Parker – 1/8 final (→ 21st place)
• Debra Ochs – Preliminary Round (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jay Barrs – Final (→ Gold Medal)
• Richard McKinney – Final (→ 6th place)
• Darrell Pace – Semi Final (→ 9th place)

Women's Team Competition:

• Skillman, Parker, and Ochs – Final (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Team Competition:

• Barrs, McKinney, and Pace – Final (→ Silver Medal)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

• Carl Lewis
  1. Heat — 10.14s
  2. Semi Final — 9.97s
  3. Final — 9.92s (→ Gold Medal)

• Calvin Smith
  1. Heat — 10.28
  2. Semi Final — 10.15s
  3. Final — 9.99s (→ Bronze Medal)

• Dennis Mitchell
  1. Heat — 10.37
  2. Semi Final — 10.23s
  3. Final — 10.04s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200 metres

• Joe DeLoach
  1. Heat — 20.56s
  2. Semi Final — 20.06s
  3. Final — 19.75s (→ Gold Medal)

• Carl Lewis
  1. Heat — 20.57s
  2. Semi Final — 20.23s
  3. Final — 19.79s (→ Silver Medal)

• Roy Martin
  1. Heat — 20.54s
  2. Semi Final — 20.62s (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Steve Lewis
  1. Heat — 44.41s
  2. Semi Final — 44.35s
  3. Final — 43.87s (→ Gold Medal)

• Butch Reynolds
  1. Heat — 44.46s
  2. Semi Final — 44.33s
  3. Final — 43.93s (→ Silver Medal)

• Danny Everett
  1. Heat — 44.83s
  2. Semi Final — 44.36s
  3. Final — 44.09s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres

• Johnny Gray
  1. Heat — 1:48.83
  2. Semi Final — 1:45.04
  3. Final — 1:44.80 (→ 5th place)

• Mark Everett
  1. Heat — 1:49.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Steve Scott
  1. Heat — 3:41.57
  2. Semi Final — 3:38.20
  3. Final — 3:36.99 (→ 5th place)

• Jeff Atkinson
  1. Heat — 3:38.33
  2. Semi Final — 3:39.12
  3. Final — 3:40.80 (→ 10th place)

• Mark Deady
  1. Heat — 3:41.91
  2. Semi Final — 3:48.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Sydney Maree
  1. Heat — 13:47.85
  2. Semi Final — 13:22.61
  3. Final — 13:23.69 (→ 5th place)

• Doug Padilla
  1. Heat — 13:58.45
  2. Semi Final — 13:37.11 (→ did not advance)

• Terry Brahm
  1. Heat — 14:37.98
  2. Semi Final — 14:04.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Bruce Bickford

1. First Round — 28:16.16
2. Final — 29:09.74 (→ 18th place)

• Pat Porter

1. First Round — 28:45.04 (→ did not advance)

• Steve Plasencia

1. First Round — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Dennis Mitchell, Albert Robinson, Calvin Smith, and Lee McNeill

1. Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Andrew Valmon, Kevin Robinzine, Antonio McKay, and Steve Lewis

1. Heat — 3:02.16
2. Semi Final — 3:02.84

• Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, and Butch Reynolds

1. Final — 2:56.16 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Marathon

• Pete Pfitzinger

1. Final — 2"14:44 (→ 14th place)

• Ed Eyestone

1. Final — 2"19:09 (→ 29th place)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Henry Marsh

1. Heat — 8:33.89
2. Semi Final — 8:18.94
3. Final — 8:14.39 (→ 6th place)

• Brian Diemer

1. Heat — 8:38.40
2. Semi Final — 8:23.89 (→ did not advance)

• Brian Abshire

1. Heat — 8:36.56
2. Semi Final — 8:27.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Hollis Conway

1. Qualification — 2.28m
2. Final — 2.36m (→ Silver Medal)

• Jim Howard

1. Qualification — 2.25m
2. Final — 2.31m (→ 10th place)

• Brian Stanton

1. Qualification — 2.25m
2. Final — 2.31m (→ 11th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Carl Lewis

1. Qualification — 8.08m
2. Final — 8.73m (→ Gold Medal)

• Mike Powell

1. Qualification — 8.34m
2. Final — 8.49m (→ Silver Medal)

• Larry Myricks

1. Qualification — 8.19m
2. Final — 8.27m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Lance Deal

• Qualifying Heat — 73.66m (→ did not advance)

• Kenneth Flax

• Qualifying Heat — 72.70m (→ did not advance)

• Jud Logan

• Qualifying Heat — 72.64m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Randy Barnes

• Qualifying Heat – 20.83m
• Final – 22.39m (→ Silver Medal)

• Gregg Tafralis

• Qualifying Heat – 19.71m
• Final – 20.16m (→ 9th place)

• Jim Doehring

• Qualifying Heat – 19.73m
• Final – 19.27 (→ 11th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Mac Wilkins

• Qualifying Heat – 62.48m
• Final – 65.90m (→ 5th place)

• Mike Buncic

• Qualifying Heat – 63.16m
• Final – 62.46m (→ 10th place)

• Randy Heisler

• Qualifying Heat – 59.08m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Tom Petranoff

• Qualification — 77.48m (→ did not advance)

• Brian Crouser

• Qualification — 72.72m (→ did not advance)

• David Stephens

• Qualification — 78.42m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Tim Bright — 8216 points (→ 7th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.18s
2. Long Jump — 7.05m
3. Shot Put — 14.12m
4. High Jump — 2.06m
5. 400 metres — 49.34s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.39s
7. Discus Throw — 41.68m
8. Pole Vault — 5.70m
9. Javelin Throw — 61.60m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:51.20s

• David Johnson — 8180 points (→ 9th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.15s
2. Long Jump — 7.12m
3. Shot Put — 14.52m
4. High Jump — 2.03m
5. 400 metres — 49.15s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.66s
7. Discus Throw — 42.36m
8. Pole Vault — 4.90m
9. Javelin Throw — 66.46m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:29.62s

Men's 50km Walk

• Marco Evoniuk

• Final — 3'56:55 (→ 22nd place)

• Carl Schueler

• Final — 3'57:44 (→ 23rd place)

• Andrew Kaestner

• Final — 4'12:49 (→ 34th place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Denean Howard, and Diane Dixon

• Heat — 3:25.86

• Denean Howard, Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, and Florence Griffith-Joyner

• Final — 3:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Marathon

• Nancy Ditz

• Final – 2:33:42 (→ 17th place)

• Margaret Groos

• Final – 2:40:59 (→ 39th place)

• Cathy O'Brien

• Final – 2:41:04 (→ 40th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Carol Cady

• Qualification – 62.72m
• Final – 63.42m (→ 11th place)

• Ramona Pagel

• Qualification – 57.50m (→ did not advance)

• Connie Price

• Qualification – 57.04m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Donna Mayhew

• Qualification – 63.24m
• Final – 61.78m (→ 7th place)

• Lynda Sutfin

• Qualification – 56.12m (→ did not advance)

• Karin Smith

• Qualification – 57.94m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Bonnie Dasse

• Qualification – 19.45m
• Final – 17.60m (→ 12th place)

• Connie Price

• Qualification – 17.09m (→ did not advance)

• Ramona Pagel

• Qualification – 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee

• Final Result — 7291 points (→ Gold Medal)

• Cindy Greiner

• Final Result — 6297 points (→ 8th place)

• Wendy Brown

• Final Result — 5972 points (→ 18th place)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Spain (97-53)
• Defeated Canada (102-70)
• Defeated Brazil (102-87)
• Defeated China (108-57)
• Defeated Egypt (102-35)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Puerto Rico (94-57)

• Semifinals

• Lost to Soviet Union (76-82)

• Final

• Defeated Australia (78-49) → Bronze Medal

• Team Roster

• William Anderson
• Stacey Augmon
• Vernell Coles
• Jeffrey Grayer
• Hersey Hawkins
• Dan Majerle
• Daniel Manning
• Herman Reid
• Mitch Richmond
• David Robinson
• Charles Smith

• Head Coach: John Thompson

[edit] Boxing

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Michael Carbajal → Silver Medal
  1. First round – Bye
  2. Second round – Defeated Kwang-So Oh (KOR), 3:2
  3. Third round – Defeated Hien Dang Hieu (VIE), RSC-1
  4. Quarterfinals – Defeated Robert Olsen (CAN), 5:0
  5. Semifinal – Defeated Róbert Isaszegi (HUN), 4:1
  6. Final – Lost to Ivailo Marinov Khristov (BUL), 0:5

Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Arthur Johnson
  1. First Round — Defeated Andrea Mannai (ITA), 5:0
  2. Second Round — Defeated Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP), RSC-2
  3. Third Round — Lost to Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR), 0:5

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Kennedy McKinney (→ Gold Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Erik Perez (GUY), RSC-1
  3. Third Round — Defeated Shahuraj Birajdor (IND), walk-over
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Stephen Mwema (KEN), 5:0
  5. Semifinals — Defeated Phajol Moolsan (THA), RSC-1
  6. Final — Defeated Aleksandar Hristov (BUL), 5:0

Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Kelcie Banks
  1. First Round – Lost to Regilio Tuur (HOL) on knock-out

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Romallis Ellis (→ Bronze Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Lee Kang-Su (KOR), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Defeated Kassim Traoré (MLI), RSC-2
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Emil Chuprenski (BUL), 3:2
  5. Semifinals — Lost to Andreas Zülow (GDR), 0:5

Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Todd Foster
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Kampompo Miango (ZAI), KO-2
  3. Third Round — Defeated Chun Jil-Chun (KOR), KO-2
  4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Grahame Cheney (AUS), 2:3

Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Kenneth Gould (→ Bronze Medal)
  1. First Round — Defeated Joseph Marva (TNZ), 4:1
  2. Second Round — Defeated Alfred Addo Ankamah (GHA), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Defeated Maselino Francis Masoe (ASA), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Joni Nyman (FIN), 5:0
  5. Semifinals — Lost to Laurent Boudouani (FRA), 1:4

Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Roy Jones Jr. (→ Silver Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated M'tendere Makalamba (MLW), KO-1
  3. Third Round — Defeated Michal Franek (CZE), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Evgeni Zaytsev (URS), 5:0
  5. Semifinals — Defeated Richard Woodhall (GBR), 5:0
  6. Final — Lost to Park Si-Hun (KOR), 2:3

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Anthony Hembrick
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Ha Jong-Ho (KOR), walk-over

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Andrew Maynard (→ Gold Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Mikaele Masoe (ASA), RSC-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Lajos Eros (HUN), 5:0
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Henryk Petrich (POL), AB-3
  5. Final — Defeated Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), 5:0

Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Ray Mercer (→ Gold Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Rudolf Gavenčiak (CZE), RSC-3
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Luigi Gaudiano (ITA), KO-1
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (HOL), RSC-2
  5. Final — Defeated Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), KO-1

Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Riddick Bowe (→ Silver Medal)
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Ikonomonya Botowamungu (AUT), KO-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Peter Hrivnák (CZE), RSC-1
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Aleksandr Miroshnichenko (URS), 5:0
  5. Final — Lost to Lennox Lewis (CAN), RSC-2

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Inga Benedict-Thompson — 2:00:52 (→ 8th place)
• Bunki Bankaitis-Davis — 2:00:52 (→ 14th place)
• Sally Zack — 2:00:52 (→ 16th place)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Women's Team Competition

The US women's field hockey team competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics.

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• USA – Netherlands 1-3
• USA – Argentina 1-2
• USA – Great Britain 2-2

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: USA – West Germany 1-2
• 7th/8th place: USA – Argentina 1-3 (→ 8th place)

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) Patty Shea (gk)
• ( 2.) Yolanda Hightower
• ( 3.) Mary Koboldt
• ( 4.) Marcia Pankratz
• ( 5.) Cheryl Van Kuren
• ( 6.) Diane Bracalente
• ( 7.) Beth Beglin
• ( 8.) Marcella Place
• ( 9.) Sandy van der Heyden
• (10.) Tracey Fuchs
• (11.) Sheryl Johnson
• (12.) Sandra Costigan
• (13.) Christy Morgan
• (14.) Barbara Marois
• (15.) Megan Donnelly
• (16.) Donna Lee

Head Coach: Boudewijn Castelijn

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Robert Nieman – 5034 pts (→ 18th place)
• Robert Stull – 4588 pts (→ 49th place)
• Michael Gostigan – 4023 pts (→ 60th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Nieman, Stull, and Gostigan – 13645 pts (→ 16th place)

[edit] Soccer (football)

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Sept 18: USA 1-1 Argentina
• Sept 20: USA 0-0 South Korea
• Sept 22: USA 2-4 Soviet Union
  

Failed to qualify for second round.

• Team Roster

• (01.) David Vanole (GK)
• (02.) Steve Trittschuh
• (03.) John Doyle
• (04.) Kevin Crow
• (05.) Mike Windischmann
• (06.) Frank Klopas
• (07.) Jim Gabarra
• (08.) Rick Davis
• (09.) Brent Goulet
• (10.) Peter Vermes
• (11.) Eric Eichmann
• (12.) Paul Krumpe
• (13.) John Harkes
• (14.) John Stollmeyer
• (15.) Tab Ramos
• (16.) Bruce Murray
• (17.) Desmond Armstrong
• (18.) Jeff Duback (GK)
• (19.) Brian Bliss
• (20.) Paul Caligiuri

Head Coach: Lothar Osiander

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Matt Biondi
  1. Heat – 22.39
  2. Final – 22.14 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tom Jager
  1. Heat – 22.61
  2. Final – 22.36 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Matt Biondi
  1. Heat – 49.04
  2. Final – 48.63 (→ Gold Medal)

• Chris Jacobs
  1. Heat – 49.20
  2. Final – 49.08 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Matt Biondi
  1. Heat – 1:48.39
  2. Final – 1:47.99 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Troy Dalbey
  1. Heat – 1:48.96
  2. Final – 1:48.86 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Matt Cetlinski
  1. Heat – 3:50.82
  2. Final – 3:48.09 (→ 4th place)

• Daniel Jorgensen
  1. Heat – 3:52.64
  2. B-Final – 3:55.34 (→ 14th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Matt Cetlinski
  1. Heat – 15:07.41
  2. Final – 15:14.76 (→ 4th place)

• Lars Jorgensen
  1. Heat – 15:39.51 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• David Berkoff
  1. Heat – 54.51
  2. Final – 55.18 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jay Mortenson
  1. Heat – 57.19
  2. B-Final – 57.06 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Daniel Veatch
  1. Heat – 2:01.73
  2. Final – 2:02.26 (→ 7th place)

• Steve Bigelow
  1. Heat – 2:03.64
  2. B-Final – 2:02.95 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Richard Schroeder
  1. Heat – 1:03.05
  2. Final – 1:02.55 (→ 6th place)

• Daniel Watters
  1. Heat – 1:04.04
  2. B-Final – 1:04.17 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Mike Barrowman
  1. Heat – 2:15.85
  2. Final – 2:15.45 (→ 4th place)

• Kirk Stackle
  1. Heat – 2:19.47 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Matt Biondi
  1. Heat – 53.46
  2. Final – 53.01 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jay Mortenson
  1. Heat – 54.44
  2. Final – 54.07 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Melvin Stewart
  1. Heat – 1:59.78
  2. Final – 1:59.19 (→ 5th place)

• Mark Dean
  1. Heat – 2:00.86
  2. B-Final – 2:00.26 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• David Wharton
  1. Heat – 2:04.64
  2. B-Final – 2:03.05 (→ 9th place)

• Bill Stapleton
  1. Heat – 2:05.32
  2. B-Final – 2:06.82 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• David Wharton
  1. Heat – 4:20.84
  2. Final – 4:17.36 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jeff Kostoff
  1. Heat – 4:24.10
  2. B-Final – 4:22.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Brent Lang, Doug Gjertsen, Shaun Jordan, and Troy Dalbey
  1. Heat – 3:19.52
• Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, and Matt Biondi
  1. Final – 3:16.53 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Craig Oppel, Daniel Jorgensen, Matt Cetlinski, and Doug Gjertsen
  1. Heat – 7:18.76
• Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, and Matt Biondi
  1. Final – 7:12.51 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Jay Mortenson, and Tom Jager
  1. Heat – 3:43.00
• David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Matt Biondi, and Chris Jacobs
  1. Final – 3:36.93 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Leigh Fetter
  1. Heat – 25.91
  2. Final – 25.78 (→ 5th place)

• Jill Sterkel
  1. Heat – 26.02
  2. Final – 25.71 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Dara Torres
  1. Heat – 56.37
  2. Final – 56.25 (→ 7th place)

• Mitzi Kremer
  1. Heat – 56.97
  2. B-Final – 56.83 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Mary Wayte
  1. Heat – 1:59.50
  2. Final – 1:59.04 (→ 4th place)

• Mitzi Kremer
  1. Heat – 2:01.45
  2. Final – 2:00.23 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Janet Evans
  1. Heat – 4:10.12
  2. Final – 4:03.85 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tami Bruce
  1. Heat – 4:10.73
  2. Final – 4:08.16 (→ 4th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Janet Evans
  1. Heat – 8:28.13
  2. Final – 8:20.20 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tami Bruce
  1. Heat – 8:31.57
  2. Final – 8:30.86 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Betsy Mitchell
  1. Heat – 1:02.85
  2. Final – 1:02.71 (→ 4th place)

• Beth Barr
  1. Heat – 1:02.63
  2. Final – 1:02.78 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Beth Barr
  1. Heat – 2:13.91
  2. Final – 2:12.39 (→ 4th place)

• Andrea Hayes
  1. Heat – 2:14.77
  2. Final – 2:15.02 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tracey McFarlane
  1. Heat – 1:10.59
  2. Final – 1:09.60 (→ 6th place)

• Susan Johnson
  1. Heat – 1:11.09
  2. B-Final – 1:11.08 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Susan Rapp
  1. Heat – 2:34.21
  2. B-Final – 2:32.90 (→ 13th place)

• Tracey McFarlane
  1. Heat – 2:32.11
  2. B-Final – 2:33.46 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Janel Jorgensen
  1. Heat – 1:00.97
  2. Final – 1:00.48 (→ 5th place)

• Mary T Meagher
  1. Heat – 1:11.09
  2. B-Final – 1:00.97 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Mary T Meagher
  1. Heat – 2:12.35
  2. Final – 2:10.80 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Trina Radke
  1. Heat – 2:13.05
  2. Final – 2:11.55 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  1. Heat – 2:17.45
  2. Final – 2:17.99 (→ 8th place)

• Mary Wayte
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Janet Evans
  1. Heat – 4:43.04
  2. Final – 4:37.76 (→ Gold Medal)

• Erika Hansen
  1. Heat – 4:50.03
  2. B-Final – 4:51.93 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Laura Walker, Paige Zemina, Jill Sterkel, and Mary Wayte
  1. Heat – 3:45.10
• Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, and Dara Torres
  1. Final – 3:44.25 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Betsy Mitchell, Tracey McFarlane, Mary T Meagher, and Dara Torres
  1. Heat – 4:10.38
• Beth Barr, Tracey McFarlane, Janel Jorgensen, and Mary Wayte
  1. Final – 4:07.90 (→ Silver Medal)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Chris Evert
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Defeated Sandra Cecchini (Italy) 6-2 6-2
  3. Third Round – Lost to Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-2 4-6 1-6

• Zina Garrison → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Defeated Claudia Hernandez-Salas (Mexico) 6-1 6-4
  3. Third Round – Defeated Barbara Paulus (Austria) 7-5 6-2
  4. Quarterfinals – Defeated Pam Shriver (USA) 6-2 6-3
  5. Semifinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2-6 0-6

• Pam Shriver
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Defeated Jill Hetherington (Canada) 6-2 6-3
  3. Third Round – Defeated Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-3 3-6 6-2
  4. Quarterfinals – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 2-6 3-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• Ken Flach and Robert Seguso → Gold Medal
  1. First Round – Defeated Suharyadi Suharyadi and Donald Wailan-Walalangi (Indonesia) 6-3 6-1 7-5
  2. Second Round – Defeated Gabor Koves and László Markovits (Hungary) 6-4 6-4 6-4
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Morten Christensen and Michael Tauson (Denmark) 6-4 7-5 6-2
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-4 6-1
  5. Final – Defeated Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• United States – Japan 3-0 (15-13, 15-2, 15-2)
• United States – The Netherlands 3-1 (15-7, 12-15, 15-1, 15-11)
• United States – Argentina 3-2 (11-15, 11-15, 15-4, 17-15, 15-7)
• United States – France 3-0 (17-15, 15-6, 15-13)
• United States – Tunisia 3-0 (15-4, 15-6, 15-4)

• Semi Finals

• United States – Brazil 3-0 (15-3, 15-5, 15-11)

• Final

• United States – Soviet Union 3-1 (13-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Craig Buck
• Bob Ctvrtlik
• Scott Fortune
• Karch Kiraly
• Ricci Luyties
• Doug Partie
• Jon Root
• Eric Sato
• Dave Saunders
• Jeff Stork
• Steve Timmons
• Troy Tanner

• Head Coach: Marvin Dunphy

[edit] Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to PR China (0-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• Lost to Peru (2-3)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (1-3)
• 7th/8th place: Defeated South Korea (3-2) → Seventh place

• Team Roster

• Deitre Collins
• Caren Kemner
• Laurel Kessel
• Liz Masakayan
• Jayne McHugh
• Melissa McLinden
• Kim Oden
• Prikeba Phipps
• Angela Rock
• Kimberly Ruddins
• Liane Sato
• Tammy Webb

• Head Coach: Terry Liskevych

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Yugoslavia (7-6)
• Lost to Spain (7-9)
• Defeated China (14-7)
• Defeated Greece (18-9)
• Defeated Hungary (10-9)

• Semi Finals

• Defeated Soviet Union (8-7)

• Final

• Lost to Yugoslavia (7-9) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Craig Wilson
• Kevin Robertson
• James Bergeson
• George Campbell
• Douglas Kimbell
• Edward Klass
• Alan Mouchawar
• Jeffrey Campbell
• Gregory Boyer
• Terry Schroeder
• Jody Campbell
• Christopher Duplanty
• Michael Evans

• Head Coach: Bill Barnett

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