United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Competitors224 (116 men and 108 women) in 8 sports
United States at the
2022 Winter Olympics
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.teamusa.org
in Beijing, China
February 4–20, 2022
Competitors224 (116 men and 108 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)John Shuster
Brittany Bowe
Flag bearer (closing)Elana Meyers Taylor
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
7
Total
25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from February 4 to 20, 2022.[1][2]

On January 24, 2022, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee named a team of 224 athletes.[3] Curler John Shuster and speed skater Brittany Bowe were named U.S. flagbearers for the opening ceremony.[A] Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was named flagbearer for the closing ceremony.[5]

The United States won nine gold and 25 medals overall at the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing third in the medal standings, an improvement from fourth in the previous two Winter Olympics and matching the gold medal totals from the four previous Games. Notable successes included Jessie Diggins becoming the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals, figure skater Nathan Chen breaking the short program world record en route to the Olympic gold medal in the men's singles, Erin Jackson becoming the first Black female athlete of any country to win an Olympic gold (in speed skating), and Chloe Kim defending her title in the snowboarding women's halfpipe. Veteran snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who last medaled at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, was one of just two U.S. athletes with multiple gold medals, winning the women's snowboard cross event, and sharing the gold with teammate Nick Baumgartner in the mixed snowboard cross event. Figure skater Nathan Chen won gold in both the team and individual men's events. Kaillie Humphries won gold in women's monobob, with the event having made its debut at these games.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

a Athletes that competed in preliminary/qualification rounds but not final round.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 61117
Biathlon 448
Bobsleigh 8412
Cross-country skiing 6814
Curling 5611
Figure skating 8816
Freestyle skiing 161632
Ice hockey 252348
Luge 538
Nordic combined 5N/a5
Short track speed skating 257
Skeleton 123
Ski jumping 415
Snowboarding 141226
Speed skating 7512
Total116108224

Alpine skiing

The United States qualified a team of six men and 12 women.[6]

The most decorated skier on the U.S. side was Mikaela Shiffrin, who was favored to win gold in several of the six events she was planning to compete in (especially slalom and giant slalom). However, she uncharacteristically crashed out of those races and then finished ninth in the super-G.[7][8] In the remaining events, Shiffrin did not win a medal.

Nina O'Brien badly fractured her leg and was hospitalized.[9] Top U.S. downhiller Breezy Johnson also qualified for the team, but had to withdraw due to a knee injury sustained in January.[10]

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bryce Bennett Downhill N/a 1:44.25 19
Ryan Cochran-Siegle 1:43.91 14
Travis Ganong 1:44.39 20
Bryce Bennett Super-G N/a 1:21.80 17
Ryan Cochran-Siegle 1:19.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Travis Ganong 1:21.37 12
River Radamus 1:21.63 15
Ryan Cochran-Siegle Giant slalom DNF
Tommy Ford 1:05.07 19 1:07.34 7 2:12.41 12
River Radamus 1:03.79 9 1:07.16 5 2:10.95 4
Luke Winters DNF
Luke Winters Slalom DNF

Women

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Keely Cashman Downhill N/a 1:34.13 17
Mikaela Shiffrin 1:34.36 18
Jacqueline Wiles 1:34.60 21
Alix Wilkinson DNF
Keely Cashman Super-G N/a 1:15.99 27
Mikaela Shiffrin 1:14.30 9
Alix Wilkinson DNF
Isabella Wright 1:15.37 21
Keely Cashman Combined 1:33.09 7 DNF
Tricia Mangan 1:35.89 =20 57.05 =8 2:32.94 11
Mikaela Shiffrin 1:32.98 5 DNF
Isabella Wright 1:33.72 15 DNF
AJ Hurt Giant slalom DNF
Paula Moltzan 59.57 17 58.50 12 1:58.07 =12
Nina O'Brien 58.61 6 DSQ
Mikaela Shiffrin DNF
Katie Hensien Slalom 55.43 31 53.88 23 1:49.31 26
AJ Hurt 56.68 40 55.51 34 1:52.19 34
Paula Moltzan 52.79 6 53.39 20 1:46.18 8
Mikaela Shiffrin DNF

Mixed

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tommy Ford
Paula Moltzan
River Radamus
Mikaela Shiffrin
Team  Slovakia
W 3–1
 Italy
W 3–1
 Germany
L 1–3
 Norway
L 2–2*
(+0.42)
4

Biathlon

The United States qualified a team of four men and four women.

Men

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Jake Brown Sprint 26:04.7 0+2 36
Sean Doherty 26:35.2 1+3 47
Leif Nordgren 27:31.8 0+3 83
Paul Schommer 27:13.3 1+3 74
Jake Brown Pursuit 45:14.1 3+1+2+0 40
Sean Doherty 45:38.8 1+1+3+2 43
Jake Brown Individual 52:45.4 0+0+2+0 28
Sean Doherty 53:55.8 1+1+1+1 42
Leif Nordgren 59:29.8 2+2+1+2 87
Paul Schommer 53:27.6 0+1+0+2 35
Jake Brown
Sean Doherty
Leif Nordgren
Paul Schommer
Relay 1:25:33.0 3+13 13

Women

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Susan Dunklee Sprint 22:39.5 0+0 27
Clare Egan 23:16.4 1+2 46
Deedra Irwin 23:10.1 0+2 37
Joanne Reid 22:54.9 0+2 34
Susan Dunklee Pursuit 40:18.9 0+0+2+1 40
Clare Egan 40:17.0 0+0+2+2 38
Deedra Irwin 41:01.0 0+0+1+3 47
Joanne Reid 39:06.7 0+0+0+3 29
Susan Dunklee Individual 51:46.0 1+1+0+2 63
Clare Egan 49:08.9 1+0+3+1 39
Deedra Irwin 45:14.1 0+0+0+1 7
Joanne Reid 51:06.3 0+3+0+2 57
Deedra Irwin Mass start 43:42.1 1+3+1+1 23
Susan Dunklee
Clare Egan
Deedra Irwin
Joanne Reid
Relay 1:15:51.3 2+9 11

Mixed

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Sean Doherty
Susan Dunklee
Clare Egan
Paul Schommer
Relay 1:08:58.3 1+12 7

Bobsleigh (bobsled)

The United States qualified two sleds each in all four events over the course of the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup.

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hunter Church*
Charlie Volker
Two-man 1:00.38 25 1:01.40 30 1:00.53 25 Did not advance 3:02.31 27
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Frank Del Duca*
59.87 13 1:00.22 15 59.86 11 1:00.15 12 4:00.10 13
Hunter Church*
Kris Horn
Charlie Volker
Josh Williamson
Four-man 58.91 11 59.70 19 58.96 8 59.49 13 3:57.06 10
Hakeem Abdul-Saboor
Frank Del Duca*
Jimmy Reed
Carlo Valdes
59.26 14 59.56 15 59.39 17 59.44 9 3:57.65 13

Women

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kaillie Humphries Monobob 1:04.44 1 1:04.66 1 1:04.87 1 1:05.30 3 4:19.27 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Elana Meyers Taylor 1:05.12 3 1:05.30 3 1:05.28 3 1:05.11 1 4:20.81 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kaillie Humphries*
Kaysha Love
Two-Woman 1:01.41 4 1:01.97 9 1:01.75 6 1:01.91 8 4:07.04 7
Sylvia Hoffman
Elana Meyers Taylor*
1:01.26 3 1:01.53 3 1:01.13 3 1:01.56 3 4:05.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

The United States qualified six male and eight female cross-country skiers.[11]

Distance
Men

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ben Ogden 15 km classical N/a 41:29.8 42
Scott Patterson 41:23.1 38
JC Schoonmaker 43:31.6 66
Gus Schumacher 41:53.4 48
Scott Patterson 30 km skiathlon 41:17.4 19 38:18.9 4 1:20:10.0 11
Gus Schumacher 42:26.3 38 42:16.6 44 1:25:14.3 39
Scott Patterson 30 km freestyle[12] N/a 1:12:06.6 8
Kevin Bolger
Luke Jager
Scott Patterson
Gus Schumacher
4 × 10 km relay N/a 2:02:56.3 9

Women

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rosie Brennan 10 km classical N/a 29:28.6 13
Jessie Diggins 29:15.1 8
Novie McCabe 30:34.9 24
Hailey Swirbul 31:05.3 32
Rosie Brennan 15 km skiathlon 23:32.0 13 22:48.8 15 47:05.4 14
Jessie Diggins 23:26.4 11 21:01.8 1 45:04.2 6
Julia Kern 26:31.7 53 24:53.7 55 52:05.5 53
Hailey Swirbul 24:17.6 22 24:45.2 54 49:42.5 40
Rosie Brennan 30 km freestyle N/a 1:27:32.7 6
Jessie Diggins 1:26:37.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sophia Laukli 1:31:21.2 15
Novie McCabe 1:31:22.5 18
Rosie Brennan
Jessie Diggins
Novie McCabe
Hailey Swirbul
4 × 5 km relay N/a 55:09.2 6

Sprint
Men

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kevin Bolger Sprint 2:52.50 22 Q 2:58.54 4 Did not advance 17
Luke Jager 2:54.44 30 Q 2:59.14 5 Did not advance 25
Ben Ogden 2:52.21 19 Q 2:53.00 4 q 2:53.41 6 Did not advance 12
JC Schoonmaker 2:51.15 13 Q 2:58.13 3 Did not advance 15
Ben Ogden
JC Schoonmaker
Team sprint N/a 20:11.42 6 q 20:28.07 9

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rosie Brennan Sprint 3:14.83 2 Q 3:17.90 2 Q 3:13.29 4 q 3:14.17 4
Jessie Diggins 3:17.72 5 Q 3:16.30 1 Q 3:15.63 2 Q 3:12.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hannah Halvorsen 3:29.13 43 Did not advance
Julia Kern 3:20.69 14 Q 3:21.68 4 Did not advance 18
Rosie Brennan
Jessie Diggins
Team sprint N/a 23:06.1 2 Q 22:22.7 5

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field

Curling

Summary

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Matt Hamilton
Colin Hufman
John Landsteiner
Chris Plys
John Shuster (S)
Men's tournament  ROC
W 6–5
 SWE
L 4–7
 GBR
W 9–7
 NOR
L 6–7
 CAN
L 5–10
 CHN
W 8–6
 SUI
W 7–4
 ITA
L 4–10
 DEN
W 7–5
4 Q  GBR
L 4–8
 CAN
L 5–8
4
Aileen Geving
Becca Hamilton
Tabitha Peterson (S)
Tara Peterson
Nina Roth
Women's tournament  ROC
W 9–3
 DEN
W 7–5
 CHN
W 8–4
 GBR
L 5–10
 SWE
L 4–10
 KOR
W 8–6
 SUI
L 6–9
 CAN
L 6–7
 JPN
L 7–10
6 Did not advance
Vicky Persinger
Chris Plys
Mixed doubles tournament  AUS
W 6–5
 ITA
L 4–8
 NOR
L 6–11
 SWE
W 8–7
 CHN
W 7–5
 CAN
L 2–7
 CZE
L 8–10
 SUI
L 5–6
 GBR
L 4–8
8 Did not advance

Men's tournament

The United States qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.[13] Team John Shuster qualified as United States representatives by winning the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Korey Dropkin 2–1 in the best-of-three final.[14]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[15] DSC[16] Qualification
 Great Britain Bruce Mouat 9 8 1 63 44 39 31 5 10 88.0% 18.81 Playoffs
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 64 44 43 30 10 11 85.7% 14.02
 Canada Brad Gushue 9 5 4 1–0 58 50 34 38 7 7 84.4% 26.49
 United States John Shuster 9 5 4 0–1 56 61 35 41 4 5 83.0% 32.29
 China Ma Xiuyue 9 4 5 2–1; 1–0 59 62 39 36 6 4 85.4% 23.55
 Norway Steffen Walstad 9 4 5 2–1; 0–1 58 53 40 36 0 11 84.4% 20.96
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 4 5 1–2; 1–0 51 54 33 38 13 3 84.5% 15.74
 ROC Sergey Glukhov 9 4 5 1–2; 0–1 58 58 33 38 6 6 81.2% 33.72
 Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 59 65 36 35 3 8 81.7% 30.76
 Denmark Mikkel Krause 9 1 8 36 71 30 39 3 2 78.1% 32.84
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 11.[17]

Draw 1
Wednesday, February 9, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Shuster) 🔨 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
 ROC (Glukhov) 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 2
Thursday, February 10, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 X 7

Draw 3
Friday, February 11, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Mouat) 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
 United States (Shuster) 🔨 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 X 9

Draw 5
Saturday, February 12, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
 Norway (Walstad) 🔨 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7

Draw 6
Sunday, February 13, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 5
 Canada (Gushue) 🔨 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 10

Draw 7
Sunday, February 13, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Ma) 🔨 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 8

Draw 9
Tuesday, February 15, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 7

Draw 10
Tuesday, February 16, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 🔨 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 X X 10
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4

Draw 12
Thursday, February 17, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Krause) 🔨 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 5
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 X 7

Semifinal
Thursday, February 17, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
 Great Britain (Mouat) 🔨 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 8

Bronze medal game
Friday, February 18, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 🔨 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 X 8
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 5

Women's tournament

The United States qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[18] Team Tabitha Peterson qualified as United States representatives by winning the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Cory Christensen 2–0 in the best-of-three final.[19]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Skip Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[20] DSC[21] Qualification
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 8 1 67 46 44 36 4 12 81.6% 19.14 Playoffs
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 49 39 35 6 12 82.0% 25.02
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 5 4 1–1 63 47 39 33 4 9 80.6% 35.27
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 1–1 64 62 40 36 2 13 82.3% 36.00
 Canada Jennifer Jones 9 5 4 1–1 71 59 42 41 1 14 80.4% 45.44
 United States Tabitha Peterson 9 4 5 2–0 60 64 40 39 2 12 79.5% 33.87
 China Han Yu 9 4 5 1–1 56 67 38 41 3 10 79.6% 30.06
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 4 5 0–2 62 66 40 42 3 10 80.8% 27.79
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 2 7 50 68 33 41 7 0 77.2% 23.36
 ROC Alina Kovaleva 9 1 8 50 79 34 45 2 7 78.9% 29.34
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 12.[17]

Draw 1
Thursday, February 10, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 ROC (Kovaleva) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
 United States (Peterson) 🔨 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 X X X 9

Draw 2
Thursday, February 10, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Peterson) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Denmark (Dupont) 🔨 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5

Draw 3
Friday, February 11, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Peterson) 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 X 8
 China (Han) 🔨 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 4

Draw 5
Saturday, February 12, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Muirhead) 🔨 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 10
 United States (Peterson) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Draw 6
Sunday, February 13, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Peterson) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 🔨 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 X 10

Draw 7
Monday, February 14, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Peterson) 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 8
 South Korea (Kim) 🔨 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

Draw 9
Tuesday, February 15, 14:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Peterson) 🔨 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 9

Draw 10
Wednesday, February 16, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jones) 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
 United States (Peterson) 🔨 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 6

Draw 11
Wednesday, February 16, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Fujisawa) 🔨 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 X 10
 United States (Peterson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 X 7

Mixed doubles tournament

The United States qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes), by finishing in the top two teams in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.[22] Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys qualified as the United States representatives by winning the 2021 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, defeating Jamie Sinclair and Rich Ruohonen 7–6 in the final.[23]

Final Round Robin Standings
Team Athletes Pld W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC[24] Qualification
 Italy Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner 9 9 0 79 48 43 28 0 17 79% 25.34 Playoffs
 Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 9 6 3 1–0 68 50 40 28 0 15 82% 24.48
 Great Britain Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat 9 6 3 0–1 60 50 38 33 0 12 79% 22.48
 Sweden Almida de Val / Oskar Eriksson 9 5 4 1–0 55 54 35 33 0 10 76% 21.77
 Canada Rachel Homan / John Morris 9 5 4 0–1 57 54 33 39 0 8 78% 53.73
 Czech Republic Zuzana Paulová / Tomáš Paul 9 4 5 50 65 29 39 1 7 75% 33.41
 Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 9 3 6 1–0 55 58 32 39 0 6 73% 39.04
 United States Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys 9 3 6 0–1 50 67 34 36 0 9 74% 27.29
 China Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi 9 2 7 1–0 51 64 34 36 0 7 74% 17.81
 Australia Tahli Gill / Dean Hewitt 9 2 7 0–1 52 67 31 38 1 8 72% 50.51
Source: [citation needed]

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 4, 5, 7, and 11.[17]

Draw 1
Wednesday, February 2, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Australia (Gill / Hewitt) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 6

Draw 2
Thursday, February 3, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 🔨 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
 Italy (Constantini / Mosaner) 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 8

Draw 3
Thursday, February 3, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 🔨 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6
 Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 2 11

Draw 6
Friday, February 4, 13:35

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Sweden (de Val / Eriksson) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 7
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 8

Draw 8
Saturday, February 5, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Fan / Ling) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 🔨 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 7

Draw 9
Saturday, February 5, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Canada (Homan / Morris) 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 X 7

Draw 10
Sunday, February 6, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 8
 Czech Republic (Paulová / Paul) 🔨 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 3 10

Draw 12
Sunday, February 6, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Perret / Rios) 🔨 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5

Draw 13
Monday, February 7, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Persinger / Plys) 🔨 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4
 Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat) 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 8

Figure skating

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the United States secured two quotas in the men's, ladies', and pairs competitions, and three quotas in the ice dance competition.[25] Third quotas for men's and ladies' were secured at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Vincent Zhou withdrew from the men's singles event due to a positive COVID-19 test.[26]

The U.S. won silver medals in the team event, which were not awarded at the Olympics due to pending investigation into a Russian doping scandal involving gold medalist Kamila Valieva. The investigation concluded in early 2024, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualifying Valieva and recommending the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to upgrade the U.S. team to gold, which it did, bringing the country's gold medal tally to nine.[27][28]

Individual

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jason Brown Men's singles 97.24 6 Q 184.00 6 281.24 6
Nathan Chen 113.97 WR 1 Q 218.63 1 332.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vincent Zhou DNS Did not advance
Mariah Bell Women's singles 65.38 10 Q 136.92 7 202.30 9
Karen Chen 64.11 12 Q 115.82 16 179.94 15
Alysa Liu 69.50 7 Q 139.45 6 208.95 6

Mixed

Athlete Event SP / RD FS / FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ashley Cain-Gribble
Timothy LeDuc
Pairs 74.13 7 Q 123.92 9 198.05 8
Alexa Knierim
Brandon Frazier
74.23 6 Q 138.45 7 212.68 6
Madison Chock
Evan Bates
Ice dance 84.14 4 Q 130.63 4 214.77 4
Kaitlin Hawayek
Jean-Luc Baker
74.58 11 Q 115.16 10 189.74 11
Madison Hubbell
Zachary Donohue
87.13 3 Q 130.89 3 218.02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Team

Athlete Event Short program / Rhythm dance Free skate / Free dance Total
Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dancing Total Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dancing
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank
Nathan Chen (M) (SP)
Vincent Zhou (M) (FS)
Karen Chen (W)
Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier (P)
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (ID) (RD)
Madison Chock / Evan Bates (ID) (FD)
Team event 111.71
10
65.20
6
75.00
8
86.56
10
34 2 Q 171.44
8
131.52
7
128.97
6
129.07
10
65 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Freestyle skiing

The United States qualified a full team of 16 men and 16 women as well as a position in the mixed team aerials event.

Aerials
Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Christopher Lillis Aerials 119.91 6 Q Bye 125.67 3 Q 103.00 6
Eric Loughran 121.24 4 Q Bye 111.95 12 Did not advance
Justin Schoenefeld 118.59 8 105.88 5 Q 123.53 6 Q 106.50 5

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ashley Caldwell Aerials 101.31 2 Q Bye 105.60 1 Q 83.71 4
Kaila Kuhn 84.24 8 86.62 3 Q 85.68 8 Did not advance
Megan Nick 89.18 7 89.18 2 Q 95.17 5 Q 93.76 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Winter Vinecki 78.96 13 78.96 9 Did not advance 15

Mixed

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2
Points Rank Points Rank
Ashley Caldwell
Christopher Lillis
Justin Schoenefeld
Team aerials 330.55 2 Q 338.34 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Freeskiing
Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Mac Forehand Big air 77.75 92.00 79.00 171.00 8 Q 60.75 19.50 42.00 80.25 11
Nick Goepper 78.25 49.50 21.75 127.75 22 Did not advance
Alex Hall 87.00 90.75 89.50 180.25 2 Q 68.25 92.50 27.00 160.75 8
Colby Stevenson 83.75 90.50 56.00 174.25 5 Q 34.75 91.75 91.25 183.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aaron Blunck Halfpipe 26.25 92.00 N/a 92.00 1 Q 70.25 78.25 13.50 78.25 7
Alex Ferreira 84.25 69.50 84.25 7 Q 86.75 83.75 67.75 86.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Birk Irving 83.25 89.75 89.75 3 Q 80.00 32.50 48.00 80.00 5
David Wise 88.75 89.00 89.00 4 Q 90.75 7.75 40.00 90.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mac Forehand Slopestyle 51.21 37.80 N/a 51.21 20 Did not advance
Nick Goepper 82.51 80.23 82.51 3 Q 45.75 86.48 53.45 86.48 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alex Hall 79.13 40.60 79.13 5 Q 90.01 86.38 31.41 90.01 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Colby Stevenson 78.01 35.80 78.01 6 Q 74.48 41.73 55.18 74.48 7

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Caroline Claire Big air 20.00 17.25 DNS 20.00 24 Did not advance
Marin Hamill 61.50 66.00 66.25 132.25 14 Did not advance
Darian Stevens 84.75 10.00 67.25 152.00 8 Q 56.75 50.75 18.25 75.00 11
Maggie Voisin 16.25 60.00 68.00 128.00 15 Did not advance
Hanna Faulhaber Halfpipe 84.25 82.00 N/a 84.25 9 Q 85.25 84.50 19.00 85.25 6
Devin Logan 71.00 62.00 71.00 13 Did not advance
Carly Margulies 79.00 82.25 82.25 10 Q 24.75 1.75 61.00 61.00 11
Brita Sigourney 80.50 84.50 84.50 8 Q 70.75 60.00 12.25 70.75 10
Caroline Claire Slopestyle DNS N/a DNS Did not advance
Marin Hamill 69.43 37.36 69.43 7 Q DNS
Darian Stevens 6.18 50.01 50.01 18 Did not advance
Maggie Voisin 72.78 65.93 72.78 4 Q 35.48 74.28 66.03 74.28 5

Moguls
Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Cole McDonald Moguls 25.41 61.78 76.27 5 Q Bye 25.29 61.13 75.78 14 Did not advance
Nick Page 24.36 54.83 70.71 21 25.30 62.72 77.36 3 Q 25.98 63.06 76.80 10 Q 25.63 62.72 76.92 6 Q 25.68 64.76 78.90 5
Dylan Walczyk 25.03 60.87 75.86 10 Q Bye 25.13 60.27 75.13 16 Did not advance
Bradley Wilson DNF 25.29 58.29 72.94 15 Did not advance 25

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Olivia Giaccio Moguls 29.56 63.42 78.11 4 Q Bye 29.73 63.87 78.37 5 Q 29.50 62.81 77.57 6 Q 29.60 60.97 75.61 6
Jaelin Kauf 26.97 61.54 79.15 3 Q Bye 27.00 65.75 79.32 4 Q 26.49 61.97 80.12 2 Q 26.37 62.00 80.28 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kai Owens DNS 29.67 55.36 69.92 8 Q 28.34 59.20 75.26 6 Q 28.54 49.65 65.49 10 Did not advance
Hannah Soar 29.25 59.49 74.53 7 Q Bye 29.70 59.17 73.70 11 Q 28.95 59.78 75.16 7 Did not advance

Ski cross

Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Tyler Wallasch Men's ski cross 1:13.55 24 4 Did not advance 28

Ice hockey

Luge

The United States qualified three men's and three women's entries as well as a men's doubles entry over the course of the 2021–22 Luge World Cup. Qualifying at least one sled in each discipline also qualified the United States for the team relay.

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jonathan Gustafson Singles 57.845 13 59.330 27 58.496 20 58.275 18 3:53.946 19
Chris Mazdzer 57.780 10 58.039 9 57.779 10 57.779 10 3:51.377 8
Tucker West 58.079 15 57.831 8 58.534 21 57.916 13 3:52.360 13

Women

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Summer Britcher Singles 1:00.986 29 59.156 15 59.152 20 Did not advance 2:59.294 23
Ashley Farquharson 59.972 26 59.024 8 58.768 8 58.643 7 3:56.407 12
Emily Sweeney 58.971 10 1:02.439 32 58.882 12 Did not advance 3:00.292 26

Mixed/Open

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zack DiGregorio
Sean Hollander
Doubles 59.389 12 59.126 10 N/a 1:58.515 11
Ashley Farquharson
Chris Mazdzer
Zack DiGregorio
Sean Hollander
Team relay 1:00.332 4 1:00.119 6 1:01.182 9 3:05.741 7

Nordic combined

The United States qualified a team of five Nordic combined athletes.[35]

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Taylor Fletcher Normal hill/10 km 86.5 83.3 34 24:31.9 6 27:50.9 24
Ben Loomis 94.5 105.6 17 25:07.8 16 26:57.8 15
Stephen Schumann 88.5 86.4 33 24:46.4 8 27:52.4 25
Jared Shumate 93.5 99.2 24 24:55.0 13 27:10.0 19
Taylor Fletcher Large hill/10 km 117.0 81.2 35 25:42.7 5 29:36.7 23
Jasper Good 115.5 79.8 36 27:32.9 32 31:32.9 34
Ben Loomis 129.0 103.4 17 26:51.2 19 29:17.2 19
Jared Shumate 127.5 101.3 19 26:24.5 13 28:58.5 17
Taylor Fletcher
Jasper Good
Ben Loomis
Jared Shumate
Team large hill/4 × 5 km 484.5 387.1 7 51:09.1 2 53:07.1 6

Short track speed skating

The United States qualified a team of two men and five women based on performance in the 2021–22 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Additionally, the United States qualified in the women's and mixed relays.

Men

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryan Pivirotto 500 m 41.018 3 q 41.841 4 Did not advance 16
Andrew Heo 1000 m 1:24.106 2 Q 1:24.603 1 Q 1:24.023 3 FB 1:36.140 7
Ryan Pivirotto 1:54.437 2 Q 2:08.364 4 Did not advance 13
Andrew Heo 1500 m N/a 2:19.482 5 Did not advance 28
Ryan Pivirotto DSQ Did not advance NR

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Women

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maame Biney 500 m 42.919 3 q 46.099 3 Did not advance 13
Kristen Santos 43.579 1 Q DSQ Did not advance 17
Corinne Stoddard DNF Did not advance 32
Maame Biney 1000 m 1:27.859 1 Q 1:29.225 2 Q 1:28.806 4 FB 1:30.736 8
Kristen Santos 1:28.237 1 Q 1:28.393 1 Q 1:26.783 1 FA 1:42.745 4
Corinne Stoddard 1:27.528 3 q 1:27.912 3 q 1:27.626 4 FB 1:29.845 7
Julie Letai 1500 m N/a 2:36.214 5 ADV 2:23.315 8 Did not advance 21
Kristen Santos N/a 2:21.027 1 Q 2:31.067 5 ADV B 2:45.492 9
Corinne Stoddard N/a 2:33.329 3 Q 2:22.632 6 Did not advance 18
Maame Biney
Julie Letai
Kristen Santos
Corinne Stoddard
3000 m relay N/a 4:06.098 4 FB DSQ 8

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; ADV - Advanced to next round on referee decision; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final; ADV A - Advanced to medal final on referee decision; ADV B - Advanced to consolation final on referee decision

Mixed

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maame Biney
Andrew Heo
Ryan Pivirotto
Kristen Santos
2000 m relay 2:39.043 3 q DSQ Did not advance 8

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Skeleton

The United States qualified one male and two female skeleton racers over the course of the 2021–22 Skeleton World Cup.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrew Blaser Men's 1:01.80 20 1:02.08 21 1:02.10 22 Did not advance 3:05.98 21
Kelly Curtis Women's 1:02.94 19 1:03.05 16 1:03.24 23 Did not advance 3:09.23 21
Katie Uhlaender 1:02.41 9 1:02.46 8 1:02.15 6 1:02.21 5 4:09.23 6

Ski jumping

The United States qualified a team of four men and one woman in ski jumping.[36][37]

Men

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Kevin Bickner Normal hill 78.0 61.8 43 Q 95.0 108.1 43 Did not advance
Decker Dean 81.0 66.6 42 Q 90.0 106.6 44 Did not advance
Patrick Gasienica 81.5 61.2 44 Q 87.0 89.8 49 Did not advance
Casey Larson 79.0 69.8 41 Q 96.5 113.2 39 Did not advance
Kevin Bickner Large hill 110.5 84.3 45 Q 125.0 110.0 39 Did not advance
Decker Dean 112.0 94.9 38 Q 120.0 100.9 45 Did not advance
Patrick Gasienica 101.5 63.6 53 Did not advance
Casey Larson 116.5 89.2 43 Q 123.0 107.5 43 Did not advance
Kevin Bickner
Decker Dean
Patrick Gasienica
Casey Larson
Team large hill N/a 407.0 261.0 10 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Anna Hoffman Normal hill 64.5 36.2 37 Did not advance 36.2 37

Snowboarding

The United States confirmed quota spots for 13 men and 12 women snowboarders.

Freestyle
Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Chris Corning Big air 64.25 17.50 81.75 146.00 10 Q 92.00 35.50 64.00 156.00 7
Sean FitzSimons 53.25 68.75 16.25 122.00 17 Did not advance
Red Gerard 75.50 80.00 78.75 158.75 3 Q 82.50 19.25 83.25 165.75 5
Dusty Henricksen 23.00 72.75 20.75 93.50 21 Did not advance
Lucas Foster Halfpipe 42.00 21.50 N/a 42.00 17 Did not advance
Taylor Gold 81.25 83.50 83.50 7 Q 81.75 25.00 20.00 81.75 5
Chase Josey 15.75 69.50 69.50 12 Q 62.50 23.00 79.50 79.50 7
Shaun White 24.25 86.25 86.25 4 Q 72.00 85.00 14.75 85.00 4
Chris Corning Slopestyle 48.48 69.30 N/a 69.30 11 Q 31.58 20.78 65.11 65.11 6
Sean FitzSimons 78.76 26.75 78.76 3 Q 29.48 29.61 26.61 29.61 12
Red Gerard 78.20 43.95 78.20 5 Q 83.25 71.86 28.65 83.25 4
Dusty Henricksen 37.46 58.46 58.46 17 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Jamie Anderson Big air 30.00 29.50 89.75 119.75 15 Did not advance
Hailey Langland 62.00 65.50 21.25 127.50 12 Q 25.25 31.00 22.25 53.25 12
Julia Marino DNS Did not advance
Courtney Rummel 44.75 56.25 38.75 101.00 19 Did not advance
Zoe Kalapos Halfpipe 20.00 51.75 N/a 51.75 17 Did not advance
Chloe Kim 87.75 8.75 87.75 1 Q 94.00 27.00 26.25 94.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Maddie Mastro 65.75 51.50 66.75 13 Did not advance
Tessa Maud 53.50 10.00 53.50 16 Did not advance
Jamie Anderson Slopestyle 74.35 53.26 N/a 74.35 5 Q 22.98 60.78 36.88 60.78 9
Hailey Langland 28.31 68.71 68.71 9 Q 32.05 48.35 29.93 48.35 11
Julia Marino 2.91 71.78 71.78 6 Q 30.61 87.68 60.35 87.68 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Courtney Rummel 37.18 48.30 48.30 18 Did not advance

Parallel

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Robby Burns Men's giant slalom 1:36.22 31 Did not advance
Cody Winters 1:27.80 29 Did not advance

Snowboard cross
Men

Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Nick Baumgartner Snowboard cross 1:18.01 10 2 Q 3 Did not advance 10
Mick Dierdorff 1:18.64 20 1 Q DNF Did not advance 15
Hagen Kearney 1:17.81 7 3 Did not advance 17
Jake Vedder 1:17.88 18 1 Q 2 Q 3 FB 2 6

Women

Athlete Event Seeding 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Stacy Gaskill Snowboard cross 1:23.14 4 1 Q 2 Q 4 FB 3 7
Faye Gulini 1:23.98 7 1 Q 4 Did not advance 13
Lindsey Jacobellis 1:23.44 5 1 Q 1 Q 1 FA 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Meghan Tierney 1:25.16 16 2 Q 3 Did not advance 12

Mixed

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Position Position Position Rank
Nick Baumgartner
Lindsey Jacobellis
Team snowboard cross 1 Q 2 FA 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Faye Gulini
Jake Vedder
3 Did not advance =9

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

The United States qualified seven men, including a team in the Team pursuit event, and five women over the course of the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.

Casey Dawson was replaced by Emery Lehman in the 5000 meters due to a positive test for COVID-19.[38]

Erin Jackson became the first Black female athlete to win a medal in speed skating after her gold medal performance in the 500 meters.[39]

Distance
Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Austin Kleba 500 m 35.40 27
Jordan Stolz 34.85 13
Austin Kleba 1000 m 1:10.67 29
Jordan Stolz 1:09.12 14
Casey Dawson 1500 m 1:49.45 28
Emery Lehman 1:45.78 11
Joey Mantia 1:45.26 6
Ethan Cepuran 5000 m 6:25.97 17
Emery Lehman 6:21.80 16

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Brittany Bowe 500 m 38.04 16
Kimi Goetz 38.26 18
Erin Jackson 37.04 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Brittany Bowe 1000 m 1:14.61 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kimi Goetz 1:15.40 7
Brittany Bowe 1500 m 1:55.81 10
Mia Manganello-Kilburg 1:59.11 20
Mia Manganello-Kilburg 3000 m 4:13.42 19

Mass start

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Joey Mantia Men's mass start 6 7:44.37 7 Q 10 7:47.20 4
Ian Quinn 0 7:58.03 13 Did not advance 26
Giorgia Birkeland Women's mass start 3 8:34.43 6 Q 0 8:18.10 13
Mia Manganello-Kilburg 10 8:29.93 4 Q 10 8:16.15 4

Team pursuit

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Ethan Cepuran[40]
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
Men's 3:37.51 2 Q  ROC
L +0.43 FB
 Netherlands
W 3:38.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to the next round; FA - Qualify to the gold medal final; FB - Qualify to the bronze medal final; FC - Qualify to the 5th place final; FD - Qualify to the 7th place final

Calls for Olympic boycott

On 22 February 2021, U.S. Representative John Katko from New York called for a United States boycott of the 2022 Olympic Games, citing human rights concerns and the Chinese Communist Party's actions against the country's own Uyghur population, including displacement and imprisonment of civilians in the Xinjiang internment camps. Representative Katko published an open letter recommending a boycott[41] to the House Committee on Homeland Security, as well as President Biden, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and the International Olympic Committee. In the open letter, Katko cited an earlier 19 January 2021 statement from then-serving U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in which Pompeo stated that, "since at least March 2017, the People's Republic of China (PRC), under the direction and control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has committed crimes against humanity against the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and other members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang."[42]

Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Republican Nikki Haley, announced her support of a possible boycott, authoring a 25 February 2021 op-ed for Fox News titled "Amb. Nikki Haley: Biden should boycott China's Winter Olympics next year",[43] comparing the government and ideology of Nazi Germany to that of "Communist China", urging President Biden to boycott the Olympics in collaboration with American-allied nations. Haley further compared the future 2022 Beijing Games to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the last Olympics to be held before the outbreak of World War II.

In an unrelated interview on 5 March 2021, former Secretary Pompeo stated that the United States should withdraw from the 2022 Olympic Games.[44] In an interview with conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt, Pompeo cited "nasty activity" by the Chinese government as evidence to support a boycott.

In a Politico article published on 10 March 2021,[45] Texas Senator Ted Cruz spoke against a possible boycott, stating, "I don't think we should be punishing athletes who have spent their entire lives training. We should go to Beijing, compete, and win." Florida Senator Marco Rubio previously signed a resolution[46] authored by Senator Rick Scott which "demanded the International Olympic Committee move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Communist China", but also refused to support a boycott, stating that he did not make a formal decision yet. Democratic Senator Ben Cardin, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated that "It's important that we use every opportunity to advance global support against what China is doing", recognizing that "[boycotting the 2022 Olympics] may be not a realistic path forward, but it's certainly something we should be talking about."

On 15 March 2021, the New York Times published an op-ed by U.S. Senator and former 2012 Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, titled "The Right Way to Boycott the Beijing Olympics." In the piece, Romney stated that the United States should pursue a partial "economic and diplomatic boycott" of the Olympics, with athletes participating in the games but "limiting spectators, selectively shaping our respective delegations and refraining from broadcasting Chinese propaganda." Romney ended the piece criticizing the International Olympic Committee for their selection of host countries, commenting that "In authoritarian states, the Olympics has more often been a tool of propaganda than a lever of reform."

On 19 October 2021, American figure skater Evan Bates described the situation in Xinjiang as "terrible" and "awful", and Vincent Zhou and Nathan Chen, skaters of Chinese descent, echoed Bates' statement over the human rights situation in Xinjiang.[47]

On 6 December 2021, President Biden announced that the United States would diplomatically boycott the Olympic Games. Unlike a complete boycott, it did not have any impact for any athletes from the United States attending the Winter Games.[48]

A boycott of the 2022 Olympic Games would have been the second American-led boycott of the modern Olympic Games. The United States and 65 other nations[49] boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were primarily held in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia. The bloc cited the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan as their rationale for the boycott, with the United States hosting a substitute track and field event called the Liberty Bell Classic, with China in attendance.[50] Four years later, the Soviet Union and 14 of its allies then boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics,[51] which were held in Los Angeles, United States. The Soviet-allied countries then substituted the 1984 Olympics by organizing the Friendship Games (which was attended by China). The Friendship Games were held in a variety of venues, including the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), Cuba, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, and East Germany (now part of Germany). Despite participating in the Friendship Games, China also participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, participating for the first time since 1952 and having boycotted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow due to the Sino-Soviet split.

Athlete safety

Competitors were warned by Human Rights Watch that speaking out was not tolerated in China and as a result if they spoke out about human rights or other issues in China they faced significant legal penalties. For their protection the American team was shielded from questions related to human rights.[52]

Members of Congress expressed their concerns about athlete safety.[53] Retired Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman also expressed concerns about athlete safety, citing China's human rights record and a lack of concern shown by the IOC.[54]

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