United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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. 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.


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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.

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

 * 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

* - Athlete ran in the heat but not the final.
 * Men
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon

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


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women

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.


 * Summary


 * Preliminary Round
 * 4-1 vs Spain
 * 10-9 vs Chinese Taipei
 * 10-0 vs Italy
 * 6-9 vs Cuba
 * 8-2 vs Puerto Rico
 * 10-0 vs Dominican Republic
 * 1-7 vs Japan


 * Semifinal
 * 1-6 vs Cuba


 * Bronze Medal Game
 * 3-8 vs Japan

Roster
 * Willie Adams
 * Jeff Alkire
 * Darren Dreifort
 * Nomar Garciaparra
 * Jason Giambi
 * Rick Greene
 * Jeffrey Hammonds
 * Rick Helling
 * Charles Johnson
 * Daron Kirkreit
 * Chad McConnell
 * Calvin Murray
 * Phil Nevin
 * Chris Roberts
 * Michael Tucker
 * Jason Varitek
 * Ron Villone
 * B. J. Wallace
 * Craig Wilson
 * Chris Wimmer

Basketball
Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Group stage

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament
Roster

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Semifinal

Bronze medal game

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.

Track

 * Points race


 * Pursuit


 * Sprint


 * Time trial

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian

 * Dressage


 * Eventing


 * Jumping

Fencing
16 fencers represented the United States in 1992.


 * Men


 * Women

Football
Summary

Roster

Group stage

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team


 * Individual finals

Handball
Summary

Women's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

5th place game

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1992.

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

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


 * Women


 * Open
 * Fleet racing


 * Mixed racing

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women


 * Open shotgun

Swimming

 * Men

* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.
 * 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.

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Volleyball
Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze-medal match

Water polo
Summary

Roster

Preliminary round

'''Semifinal

Bronze medal game

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