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In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's national team. Canadian teams had won every World Championship; by 1997, however, the American team had improved ...
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was the 17th Olympic Championship. All the games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 9 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance.
Women's 500 meters: February 10 Gold: Donna Weinbrecht: Freestyle skiing: Women's moguls: February 13 Gold: Bonnie Blair: Speed skating: Women's 1000 meters: February 14 Gold: Cathy Turner: Short track speed skating: Women's 500 meters: February 20 Gold: Kristi Yamaguchi: Figure skating: Women's singles: February 21 Silver: Hilary Lindh: Alpine ...
1997–98: USA Hockey now reports 23,010 female players. 1998: Women's ice hockey becomes an Olympic medal sport at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, with the U.S. women winning the gold medal. 2005: The number of U.S. female hockey players reaches 52,469. [60] 2006–07: 57,549 female players registered; 2009–2010: 61,612 female players ...
The following is the United States roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Head coach: Katey Stone Assistant coaches: Hillary Witt , Bobby Jay
The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. The U.S. has been one of the most successful women's ice hockey teams in international play, having medaled in every major tournament. In 1998, the women's Olympic hockey team was named the USOC Team of the Year. In April 2015, the women's national ice hockey team ...
Women's 50 metre freestyle details: Yang Wenyi China: Zhuang Yong China: Angel Martino United States: Men's 100 metre freestyle details: Alexander Popov Unified Team: Gustavo Borges Brazil: Stéphan Caron France: Women's 100 metre freestyle details: Zhuang Yong China: Jenny Thompson United States: Franziska van Almsick Germany: Men's 200 metre ...
[3] [4] [5] In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon [6] and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women. [ 7 ] Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union , six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team , the only Winter Olympics at which they would ...