In light of the recent discussions and articles on Fasterskier, we have included a list of the top-25 US results (men and women) during the last 25 years of Olympic Games and World Ski Championships.
Olympic Games 1980 — Lake Placid, US
Men
13. Koch – 50K
16. Koch – 15K
20. Galanes – 50K
22. Dunklee – 15K
25. Caldwell – 15K
8. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 result
7. Women's 4x5K relay
World Ski Championships (WSC) 1982 — Oslo, Norway
Men
3. Koch – 30K
14. Galanes – 30K
15. Caldwell – 50K
20. Caldwell – 30K
21. Simoneau – 50K
21. Koch – 15K
22. Galanes – 15K
8. Men’s 4x10K
Women
24. Bancroft – 10K
9. Women's 4x5K
Olympic Games 1984 – Sarajevo
Men
17. Koch – 50K
18. Simoneau – 15K
18. Endestad – 50K
21T. Koch -30K
8. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 result
7. Women's 4x5K
WSC 1985 — Seefeld, Austria
Men
No top-25 results
9. Men's 4x10K
Women
17. Long – 20K
10. Women's 4x5K
WSC 1987 — Oberstdorf, Germany
Men
No top-25 results
14. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 results
No relay team (only 4 women sent, one got sick)
Olympic Games 1988 — Calgary, Canada
Men
No top-25 result
13. Men's 4x10K
Women
23. Denhartog – 20K FR
25. Thompson – 20K FR
8. Women's 4x10K
WSC 1989 — Lahti, Finland
Men
No top-25 results
13. Men's 4x10K
Women
15. Fiddler – 5K CL
19. Fiddler – 30K FR
23. Fiddler – 10K FR
25. Fiddler – 10K CL
11. Women's 4x5K
WCS 1991 – Val Di Fiemme, Italy
Men
No top-25 results
13. Men's 4x10K
Women
18. Fiddler – 5K CL
20. Fiddler – 15K CL
25. Thompson – 10K CL
12. Women's 4x5K
Olympic Games 1992 — Albertville, France
Men
18. Aalberg – 10K CL
23. Bauer – 10K CL
12. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 result
13. Women's 4x5K
1993 — Falun, Sweden
Men
26. Husaby – 10 km CL
12. Men's 4x10K
Women
20. Thompson – 30K FR
25. Thompson – pursuit
8. Women's 4x5K
Olympic Games 1994 – Lillehammer
Men
No top-25 result (Best US skier: 33. Aalberg — pursuit)
13. Men's 4x10K
Women
27. Kemppel -30K CL
10. Women's 4x5K
WSC 1995 — Thunder Bay, Canada
Men
20. Boonstra — pursuit
25. Boonstra – 50K FR
14. Men's 4x10K
Women
20. Thompson – 30K FR
22. Thompson – 5K CL
24. Thompson – pursuit
10. Women's 4x5K
WSC 1997 — Trondheim, Norway
Men
24. Wadsworth – 30K FR
15. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 results
No relay team (only 4 women sent, one got sick)
Olympic Games 1998 — Nagano, Japan
Men
No top-25 results (Best US skier: 35. Nash – 50K FR)
17. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 result (Best US skier: 36. Wilson – 30K FR)
15. Women's 4x5K
WSC 1999 — Ramsau, Austria
Men
25. Wadsworth – 50K CL
26. Nash – 30K FR
No men’s relay result
Women
No top-25 result
14. Women's 4x5K
WSC 2001 — Lahti, Finland
Men
21. Swenson – 50K FR
24. Swenson – FR sprint
13. Men's 4x10K
Women
22. Kemppel – pursuit
23. Kemppel – 10K CL
26. Wagner – 10K CL
13. Women's 4x5K
Olympic Games 2002 — Salt Lake City
Men
12. Bauer – 15 km CL
15. Freeman — pursuit
16. Weaver — 15 km CL
18. Freeman — 10 km CL
19. Bauer — 10 km CL
20. Bauer — pursuit
22. Freeman — 15 km CL
22. Johnson — 20 km FR
5. Men’s 4 x 10km
Women
15. Kemppel — 30 km CL
23. Wagner — 30 km CL
13. Women’s 4 x 5 km
WCS 2003 – Val Di Fiemme, Italy
Men
4. Freeman – 15K CL
5. Swenson – 50K FR
11. Swenson — pursuit
14. Freeman – pursuit
12. Men's 4x10K
Women
No top-25 results
No relay team (only 4 women sent, one got sick)
2005 — Oberstdorf, Germany
Men
12. Newell – CL sprint
8. Men's 4x10K
Women
24. Konrad – 15K FR
24. Wagner – CL sprint