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United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.

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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.

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* - 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]

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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
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Women
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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
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* - Athlete ran in the heat but not the final.

Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Women
Track and road events
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* - Athlete ran in the heat but not the final.

Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Badminton

Men
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Women
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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
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  • Preliminary Round
  • Semifinal
  • Bronze Medal Game

Roster

Basketball

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
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Group stage
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July 26, 1992
16:30
Angola  48116  United States
Scoring by half: 16–64, 32–52

July 27, 1992
20:30
Croatia  70103  United States
Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49

July 29, 1992
20:30
United States  11168  Germany
Scoring by half: 58–23, 53–45

July 31, 1992
22:30
United States  12783  Brazil
Scoring by half: 60–41, 67–42

August 2, 1992
22:30
Spain  81122  United States
Scoring by half: 35–65, 46–57
Quarterfinal
August 4, 1992
22:30
United States  11577  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 67–40, 48–37
Semifinal
August 6, 1992
22:30
Lithuania  76127  United States
Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78
Gold medal game
August 8, 1992
22:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Croatia  85117  United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Scoring by half: 42-56, 43–61

Women's tournament

Roster
Group stage
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July 30, 1992
11:00
Czechoslovakia  55111  United States
Scoring by half: 33–53, 22–58

August 1, 1992
11:00
United States  9367  China
Scoring by half: 47–33, 46–34

August 3, 1992
20:00
Spain  59114  United States
Scoring by half: 32–51, 27–63
Semifinal
August 5, 1992
13:00
United States  7379 Unified Team
Scoring by half: 41–47, 32–32
Bronze medal game
August 7, 1992
13:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States  8874  Cuba
Scoring by half: 44–44, 44–30

Boxing

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Canoeing

Slalom

Men
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Women
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Sprint

Men
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Women
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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

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Track

Points race
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Pursuit
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Sprint
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Time trial
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Diving

Men
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Women
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Equestrian

Dressage
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Eventing
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Jumping
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Fencing

16 fencers represented the United States in 1992.

Men
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Women
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Football

Summary
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Roster

Head coach: Lothar Osiander

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Group stage

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Source: FIFA
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Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

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Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

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Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
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Individual finals
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Women
Team
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Individual finals
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Rhythmic

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Handball

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Women's tournament

Judo

Men
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Women
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Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1992.

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Rowing

Men
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Women
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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
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Women
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Open
Fleet racing
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Mixed racing
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Shooting

Men
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Women
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Open shotgun
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Swimming

Men
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Women
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* - 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.

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Table tennis

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Tennis

Men
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Women
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Volleyball

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Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Summary
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Roster
Preliminary round

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Source: [citation needed]
August 1, 1992 Australia  48  United States Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

August 2, 1992 Czechoslovakia  39  United States Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

August 3, 1992 United States  117  France Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

August 5, 1992 United States  58 Unified Team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

August 6, 1992 United States  72  Germany Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Semifinal
August 8, 1992 United States  46  Spain Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Bronze medal game
August 9, 1992 United States  48 Unified Team Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc

Weightlifting

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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
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See also


References

  1. "United States at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. Aleksandrov, Alexei; Aleksandrov, Grebeniuk; Runets, Volodymyr (July 22, 2020). "The 1980 Olympics Are The 'Cleanest' In History. Athletes Recall How Moscow Cheated The System". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Gems, Gerald; Borish, Linda; Pfister, Gertrud (27 February 2017). Sports in American History, 2E: From Colonization to Globalization. ISBN 9781492526520.
  5. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad (PDF). Vol. 2: Celebrating the Games. Canberra, Australia: Paragon Printers Australasia. pp. 176–9. ISBN 0-9579616-0-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  6. By the time the roster was announced, Johnson had already retired from professional basketball.

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