OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE XVI {1992 ALBERTVILLE OLYMPICS} {1992/02/18}, PART 3 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games from Albertville. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentators Paula Zahn and Tim McCarver preside throughout this portion and introduce various events and highlights.
Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) highlights women's combined skiing gold medalist Petra Kronberger (Austria) and downhill gold medalist Kerrin Lee-Gartner (Canada).
Sports commentators Tim Ryan and Christin Cooper cover the women's super-G, featuring top competitors Carole Merle (France), Kronberger, Hilary Lindh (USA), and Diann Roffe-Steinrotter (USA).
Sports commentator Cindy Nelson highlights the course the skiers will be competing on.
Ryan and Cooper cover the super-G runs, featuring Roffe-Steinrotter, Merle, Lee-Gartner, Katja Seizinger (Germany), Kronberger, Deborah Compagnoni (Italy), and Eva Twardokens (USA).
Sports commentator Mary Carillo interviews Lee-Gartner about her gold medal victory in the downhill event and celebrating with her husband.
Carillo interviews Roffe-Steinrotter about her fall during the women's super-G.
Ryan and Cooper cover the final results of the women's super-G: Compagnoni (Italy) wins gold with a time of 1:21.22, Merle (France) wins silver, and Seizinger (Germany) wins bronze.
Carillo interviews Twardokens about her eighth-place finish.
Zahn recaps Japan's gold medal victory in the men's Nordic combined event with a time of 1:23:36.5. Norway wins silver, and Austria wins bronze.
Sports commentator Al Trautwig highlights men's cross-country skier Vegard Ulvang (Norway), how he earned his nickname "The Terminator" and his multiple-medal performance in the Olympic Games.
Trautwig covers men's 4x10km cross-country relay: Norway wins the gold medal, Sweden wins the silver medal, and Finland wins the bronze, featuring Ulvang, Bjorn Daehlie (Norway) and Faissal Cherradi (Morocco).
McCarver recaps the men's ice hockey match between Canada and Germany, noting that Eric Lindros (Canada) scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give Canada the victory.
McCarver recaps the men's ice hockey match between USA and France in which USA came from behind to win 3-1. Sports commentator Mike Eruzione interviews players Guy Gosselin (USA) and Marty McInnis (USA) about the victory.
McCarver interviews USA hockey coach Dave Peterson about their upcoming games.
Sports commentator Dick Stockton highlights skier Alberto Tomba (Italy), comparing him to other famous Olympians Jean-Claude Killy (France), Franz Klammer (West Germany) and Ingemar Stenmark (Sweden).
Sports commentators Stockton and Andy Mill preview the men's giant slalom event, featuring top competitors Paul Accola (Switzerland) and Tomba.
Stockton and Mill cover the men's giant slalom, featuring the first runs of Kjetil Andre Aamodt (Norway), Lasse Kjus (Norway), Tomba, Accola, Marc Girardelli (Luxembourg).
Sports commentators Verne Lundquist and Scott Hamilton highlight practice sessions by American figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, and Tonya Harding.
Lundquist interviews figure skater Linda Fratianne about her silver medal finish in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Candice Bergen for Sprint.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: February 18, 1992 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:49
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:26359
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1992, Winter, Albertville; Olympics; Alpine Skiing, super-G women; Nordic Combined, Team/4x5 km men; Cross Country Skiing, 4x10km relay men; Ice Hockey, ice hockey men; Alpine Skiing, giant slalom men; Figure Skating, individual women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Paula Zahn … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tim McCarver … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tim Ryan … Sports Commentator
- Christin Cooper … Sports Commentator
- Mary Carillo … Sports Commentator
- Cindy Nelson … Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Mike Eruzione … Sports Commentator
- Dick Stockton … Sports Commentator
- Andy Mill … Sports Commentator
- Verne Lundquist … Sports Commentator
- Scott Hamilton … Sports Commentator
- Petra Kronberger … Athlete
- Carole Merle … Athlete
- Hilary Lindh … Athlete
- Diann Roffe-Steinrotter … Athlete
- Kerrin Lee-Gartner … Athlete
- Katja Seizinger … Athlete
- Deborah Compagnoni … Athlete
- Eva Twardokens … Athlete
- Vegard Ulvang … Athlete
- Bjorn Daehlie … Athlete
- Faissal Cherradi … Athlete
- Eric Lindros … Athlete
- Guy Gosselin … Athlete
- Marty McInnis … Athlete
- Jean-Claude Killy … Athlete
- Franz Klammer … Athlete
- Ingemar Stenmark … Athlete
- Paul Accola … Athlete
- Alberto Tomba … Athlete
- Kjetil Andre Aamodt … Athlete
- Lasse Kjus … Athlete
- Marc Girardelli … Athlete
- Kristi Yamaguchi … Athlete
- Nancy Kerrigan … Athlete
- Tonya Harding … Athlete
- Dave Peterson … Coach
- Linda Fratianne … Cameo
- Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint Commercial