USA Today at the Olympics

• Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom – the USA has won this event 3 times, but it has been 42 years. The 3 gold medals were won by Gretchen Fraser in 1948, Andi Mead-Lawrence in 1952, and Barbara Cochran in 1972. We have won 2 other medals – a silver by Betsy Snite in 1960 and a bronze by Jean Saubert in 1964. The USA is tied for 1st all-time with Switzerland in terms of most gold medals in the event. The 5 medals won is 3rd behind France (8) and Austria (7), also tied with Switzerland.
• Biathlon – Women’s Relay – this event has been contested 6 times and the USA has one top 10 finish, with an 8th in 1994.
• Short-Track Speed Skating – Men’s 500 metres – J. R. Celski is in the quarter-finals and still alive for a medal. The USA has 2 medals in this event, with a gold by Apolo Anton Ohno in 2006, and a bronze by Rusty Smith in 2002. This puts the USA =3rd all-time in terms of medals won, trailing Canada (5) and Korea (3).
• Short-Track Speed Skating – Men’s Relay – the United States is in the A Final and has a shot at a medal. The USA has won 3 medals in the event, with bronzes in 2006-2010 and a silver in 1994. The USA Olympic best in the event is 6:44.498 set by the US team in the Vancouver final.
• Short-Track Speed Skating – Women’s 1,000 metres – Jessica Smith and Emily Scott are in the quarter-finals and still alive for medals. The USA has 1 medal in the event, a silver by Katherine Reutter in 2010. We have had 1 other finalist, Amy Peterson in 1998, who placed 4th.
• Men’s Curling – the United States has been eliminated.
• Freestyle Skiing – Women’s Skiier-Cross – this is a new event to the Olympic Program.

 

This Day at the Olympics

346 Olympians were born

69 Olympians died

87 Olympic events were held

 

USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics

Born

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Date,Name,Sport,Years

21 Feb 1874,Oluf Landnes,GYM,1904

21 Feb 1882,Bill Tuttle,SWI/WAP,1904

21 Feb 1885,Julio Kilenyi,ART,1932

21 Feb 1886,Howard Smith,ART,1932

21 Feb 1894,Franz Federschmidt,ROW,1920

21 Feb 1896,Karl Knight,CAN,1924

21 Feb 1900,James Newell,ART,1932

21 Feb 1915,Basil Francis,SWI,1932

21 Feb 1927,Colin Stewart,ASK,1948

21 Feb 1928,Gino Pariani,FTB,1948

21 Feb 1934,Thomas Orley,FEN,1964

21 Feb 1956,Nancy Fiddler,CCS,1988-92

21 Feb 1963,Michael Gostigian,MOP,1988-96

21 Feb 1967,Leroy Burrell,ATH,1992

21 Feb 1973,Les Gutches,WRE,1996

21 Feb 1973,Brian Rolston,ICH,1994-06

21 Feb 1976,Donald Suxho,VOL,2004-12

21 Feb 1977,Tyler Jewell,SNB,2006-10

21 Feb 1990,Kathleen Hersey,SWI,2008-12

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Died

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Date,Name,Sport,Years

21 Feb 1925,Raymond Havemeyer,GOL,1904

21 Feb 1964,John Brennan,ATH,1908

21 Feb 1965,Harry Daniels,WAP,1928

21 Feb 1969,Joe de Capriles,FEN,1936-52

21 Feb 1971,Clare Jacobs,ATH,1908

21 Feb 1976,Temple Ashbrook,SAI,1932

21 Feb 1996,Fred Kammer Jr.,ICH,1936

21 Feb 1996,Don Laz,ATH,1952

21 Feb 1997,Leo Sjogren,ATH,1952-56

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Previous USA Winter Olympic Medals on This Day

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Medalist,Sport,X,Event,Medal,Date

Dick Button,FSK,M,Singles,Gold,21 Feb 1952

Jim Grogan,FSK,M,Singles,Bronze,21 Feb 1952

Charlie Tickner,FSK,M,Singles,Bronze,21 Feb 1980

Eric Heiden,SSK,M,1500 m,Gold,21 Feb 1980

Kristi Yamaguchi,FSK,F,Singles,Gold,21 Feb 1992

Nancy Kerrigan,FSK,F,Singles,Bronze,21 Feb 1992

Bode Miller,ASK,M,GS,Silver,21 Feb 2002

Sarah Hughes,FSK,F,Singles,Gold,21 Feb 2002

Michelle Kwan,FSK,F,Singles,Bronze,21 Feb 2002

USA Team,ICH,F,Ice Hockey,Silver,21 Feb 2002

USA Team,BOB,F,Two,Silver,21 Feb 2006

Shani Davis,SSK,M,1500 m,Silver,21 Feb 2006

Chad Hedrick,SSK,M,1500 m,Bronze,21 Feb 2006

Bode Miller,ASK,M,Combined,Gold,21 Feb 2010

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Recent Medal Standings after Day #14

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Day #14 – 20 Feb 2014,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

United States,8,6,11,25,1

Russia,7,9,7,23,2

Netherlands,6,7,9,22,3

Norway,10,4,7,21,4

Canada,7,9,4,20,5

Germany,8,4,4,16,6

France,4,4,7,15,7

Sweden,2,6,4,12,8

Switzerland,6,3,2,11,9

Austria,2,6,2,10,10

Czech Republic,2,4,2,8,11

Japan,1,4,3,8,12

Italy,-,2,6,8,13

Slovenia,2,1,4,7,14

Belarus,5,-,1,6,15

China,3,2,1,6,16

Korea (South),2,2,1,5,17

Poland,4,-,-,4,18

Finland,1,3,0,4,19

Great Britain,1,-,2,3,20

Australia,-,2,1,3,21

Latvia,-,1,2,3,22

Slovakia,1,-,-,1,23

Croatia,-,1,-,1,24

Kazakhstan,-,-,1,1,=25

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=25

Totals (81 events),82,80,82,244

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Day #14 – 25 Feb 2010,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

United States,8,12,12,32,1

Germany,8,11,7,26,2

Norway,7,6,6,19,3

Canada,8,6,3,17,4

Russia,3,4,6,13,5

Austria,4,3,5,12,6

Korea,6,4,1,11,7

France,2,3,5,10,8

China,4,2,3,9,9

Switzerland,6,-,2,8,10

Sweden,4,2,2,8,11

Netherlands,3,1,2,6,12

Czech Republic,2,-,3,5,13

Poland,-,3,1,4,14

Japan,-,2,2,4,15

Italy,-,1,3,4,16

Australia,2,1,-,3,17

Belarus,1,1,1,3,=18

Slovakia,1,1,1,3,=18

Slovenia,-,2,1,3,20

Finland,-,1,2,3,21

Latvia,-,2,-,2,22

Croatia,-,1,1,2,23

Great Britain,1,-,-,1,24

Estonia,-,1,-,1,=25

Kazakhstan,-,1,-,1,=25

Totals (70 events),70,71,69,210

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Day #14 – 23 Feb 2006,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,9,10,5,24,1

United States,7,8,5,20,2

Austria,8,6,5,19,3

Russia,8,3,8,19,4

Canada,5,8,6,19,5

Norway,2,8,8,18,6

Switzerland,5,4,4,13,7

Sweden,5,2,4,11,8

Italy,4,-,6,10,9

France,3,2,4,9,10

China,2,3,4,9,11

Korea,4,3,1,8,12

Netherlands,2,2,3,7,13

Finland,-,3,3,6,14

Estonia,3,-,-,3,15

Croatia,1,2,-,3,16

Australia,1,-,1,2,17

Czech Republic,-,2,-,2,18

Ukraine,-,-,2,2,19

Japan,1,-,-,1,20

Belarus,-,1,-,1,=21

Bulgaria,-,1,-,1,=21

Great Britain,-,1,-,1,=21

Slovakia,-,1,-,1,=21

Latvia,-,-,1,1,25

Totals (70 events),70,70,70,210

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Day #14 – 21 Feb 2002,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,10,15,8,33,1

United States,10,11,9,30,2

Norway,12,5,4,21,3

Austria,3,4,8,15,4

Russia,4,4,3,11,5

Italy,3,2,5,10,6

Canada,3,1,6,10,7

France,3,4,2,9,8

Switzerland,3,2,4,9,9

Finland,3,2,1,6,10

Sweden,-,1,5,6,11

Netherlands,2,3,-,5,12

China,1,2,2,5,13

Croatia,2,1,-,3,=14

Korea,2,1,-,3,=14

Czech Republic,1,2,-,3,16

Bulgaria,-,1,2,3,17

Australia,2,-,-,2,18

Estonia,1,-,1,2,=19

Great Britain,1,-,1,2,=19

Japan,-,1,1,2,=21

Poland,-,1,1,2,=21

Belarus,-,-,1,1,=23

Slovenia,-,-,1,1,=23

Totals (64 events),66,63,65,194

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Day #14 – 20 Feb 1998,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,10,9,8,27,1

Norway,8,8,5,21,2

Russia,9,5,2,16,3

Austria,3,5,7,15,4

United States,6,3,4,13,5

Canada,4,5,4,13,6

Netherlands,5,4,2,11,7

Finland,2,4,5,11,8

Italy,2,6,2,10,9

Japan,4,1,3,8,10

France,2,1,4,7,11

Switzerland,2,1,3,6,12

China,-,4,1,5,13

Korea,2,-,1,3,14

Czech Republic,-,1,1,2,=15

Sweden,-,1,1,2,=15

Belarus,-,-,2,2,=17

Kazakhstan,-,-,2,2,=17

Bulgaria,1,-,-,1,19

Denmark,-,1,-,1,=20

Ukraine,-,1,-,1,=20

Australia,-,-,1,1,=22

Belgium,-,-,1,1,=22

Totals (59 events),60,60,59,179

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