United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Nagano
Competitors	186 (105 men, 81 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Eric Flaim (Opening) (short track speed skating) Cammi Granato (Closing) (ice hockey)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 13
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

With Salt Lake City as the host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, a cultural segment of the city and the state of Utah was shown at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Picabo Street Alpine skiing Women's super-G February 11  Gold Jonny Moseley Freestyle skiing Men's moguls February 11  Gold United States women's national ice hockey team Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara Decosta Tricia Dunn-Luoma Cammi Granato Katie King Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Jenny Potter Angela Ruggiero Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte Ice hockey Women's tournament February 17  Gold Eric Bergoust Freestyle skiing Men's aerials February 18  Gold Nikki Stone Freestyle skiing Women's aerials February 18  Gold Tara Lipinski Figure skating Ladies' singles February 20  Silver Gordon Sheer Chris Thorpe Luge Doubles February 13  Silver Chris Witty Speed skating Women's 1000 meters February 19  Silver Michelle Kwan Figure skating Ladies' singles February 20  Bronze Ross Powers Snowboarding Men's halfpipe February 12  Bronze Shannon Dunn-Downing Snowboarding Women's halfpipe February 12  Bronze Mark Grimmette Brian Martin Luge Doubles February 13  Bronze Chris Witty Speed skating Women's 1500 meters February 16

Medals by sport Sport Total Freestyle skiing 3 0 0 3 Figure skating 1 1 0 2 Alpine skiing 1 0 0 1 Ice hockey 1 0 0 1 Luge 0 1 1 2 Speed skating 0 1 1 2 Snowboarding 0 0 2 2 Total 6 3 4 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 4 2 2 8 61.5% Male 2 1 2 5 38.5% Total 6 3 4 13 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Chris Witty Speed skating 0 1 1 2

Alpine skiing

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kirsten Clark	Downhill	—						1:32.25	28
Jonna Mendes								1:30.89	17
Kathleen Monahan								1:32.22	26
Picabo Street								1:29.54	6
Kirsten Clark	Combined	1:31.47	17	41.75	21	39.03	19	2:52.25	18
Caroline Lalive		1:31.05	14	37.29	7	36.42	10	2:44.76	7
Jonna Mendes		1:31.16	15	39.92	18	37.51	15	2:48.59	14
Alex Shaffer		1:32.53	19	37.33	9	35.38	6	2:45.24	9
Kirsten Clark	Super-G	—						DNF
Jonna Mendes								1:20.35	32
Kathleen Monahan								1:20.25	29
Picabo Street								1:18.02
Caroline Lalive	Giant slalom	DNF				—		DNF
Julie Parisien		1:25.34	30	1:37.44	27			3:02.78	28
Sarah Schleper		1:23.63	26	DNF				DNF
Alex Shaffer		1:25.02	29	DNF				DNF
Kristina Koznick	Slalom	46.73	9	DNF		—		DNF
Tasha Nelson		DSQ						DSQ
Julie Parisien		47.91	22	48.44	13			1:36.35	13
Sarah Schleper		49.17	31	50.25	22			1:39.42	22

Biathlon

Men

Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Tie-breaker 1	Tie-breaker 2	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tim Somerville Mike Peplinski Myles Brundidge John Gordon Tim Solin	Men's tournament	SWE L 2–6	CAN L 3–11	NOR W 7–6	SUI L 2–7	GER W 8–5	JPN L 6–8	GBR W 6–3	=4 Q	SWE W 5–2	JPN W 5–4	CAN L 1–7	Bronze medal final  NOR L 4–9	4
Lisa Schoeneberg Erika Brown Debbie Henry Lori Mountford Stacey Liapis	Women's tournament	CAN L 6–7	SWE L 5–8	GER W 8–5	GBR L 5–8	DEN L 5–8	NOR L 8–9	JPN W 10–2	7	—		Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics § Men

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Tim Somerville
Third	Mike Peplinski
Second	Myles Brundidge
Lead	John Gordon
Alternate	Tim Solin

Round-robin
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Harris	6	1
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	5	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	5	2
United States	Tim Somerville	3	4
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	3	4
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	3	4
Great Britain	Douglas Dryburgh	2	5
Germany	Andy Kapp	1	6

Draw 1 Monday, February 9, 14:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2  Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 6 Draw 3 Tuesday, February 10, 19:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 Draw 5 Thursday, February 12, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 8  Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 5 Draw 7 Friday, February 13, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Dryburgh) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3  United States (Somerville) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X 6

Draw 2 Tuesday, February 10, 9:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Harris) 3 0 2 0 1 5 X X X X 11  United States (Somerville) 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X X X 3 Draw 4 Wednesday, February 11, 14:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 2  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 X X 7 Draw 6 Thursday, February 12, 19:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Tsuruga) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 X 8  United States (Somerville) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6

Tie-breaker 1 Friday, February 13, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 X 5  Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2

Tie-breaker 2 Saturday, February 14, 9:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Somerville) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5  Japan (Tsuruga) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4

Semi-final
Saturday, February 14, 18:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Harris)	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	X	X	7
United States (Somerville)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Bronze medal match
Sunday, February 15, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Somerville) 4th	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Norway (Ramsfjell)	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	X	9

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics § Women

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Lisa Schoeneberg
Third	Erika Brown
Second	Debbie Henry
Lead	Lori Mountford
Alternate	Stacey Liapis

Round-robin
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Sandra Schmirler	6	1
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	6	1
Denmark	Helena Blach Lavrsen	5	2
Great Britain	Kirsty Hay	4	3
Japan	Mayumi Ohkutsu	2	5
Norway	Dordi Nordby	2	5
United States 7th	Lisa Schoeneberg	2	5
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	1	6

Draw 1 Monday, February 8, 9:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Schmirler) 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 X 7  United States (Schoeneberg) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 Draw 3 Tuesday, February 10, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Germany (Schöpp) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5  United States (Schoeneberg) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 Draw 5 Wednesday, February 11, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 5  Denmark (Lavrsen) 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 8 Draw 7 Friday, February 13, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 X X 10  Japan (Ohkutsu) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2

Draw 2 Monday, February 9, 19:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Sweden (Gustafson) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 X 8  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 5 Draw 4 Wednesday, February 11, 9:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Hay) 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8  United States (Schoeneberg) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X 5 Draw 6 Thursday, February 12, 14:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final  United States (Schoeneberg) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 8  Norway (Nordby) 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 9

Figure skating

Tara Lipinski became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event.^[1]

Individual

Athlete	Event	SP	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	TFP	Rank
Todd Eldredge	Men's singles	3	4	5.5	4
Michael Weiss		11	6	11.5	7
Nicole Bobek	Ladies' singles	17	17	25.5	17
Michelle Kwan		1	2	2.5
Tara Lipinski		2	1	2.0

Mixed

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bergoust	Aerials	121.04	111.57	232.61	4 Q	133.05	122.59	255.64
Matt Chojnacki		81.65	83.43	165.08	21	Did not advance
Mariano Ferrario		111.17	75.81	186.98	15	Did not advance
Britt Swartley		126.60	120.48	247.08	2 Q	121.70	109.91	231.61	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Rank
Stacey Blumer	Aerials	84.00	46.91	130.90	20	Did not advance
Tracy Evans		88.96	58.27	147.23	17	Did not advance
Nikki Stone		78.10	95.90	174.00	4 Q	98.15	94.85	193.00

Moguls
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Evan Dybvig	Moguls	DNF	4.55	31	Did not advance
Jim Moran		28.05	22.90	23	Did not advance
Jonny Moseley		25.78	26.53	1 Q	25.10	26.93
Alexander Wilson		28.10	24.32	10 Q	26.31	24.68	10

Women

Ice hockey

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						First round				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Men's tournament	Bye			—		Bye	Sweden L 2–4	Belarus W 5–2	Canada L 1–4	3	Czech Republic L 1–4	Did not advance		6
United States women's	Women's tournament	China W 5–0	Sweden W 7–1	Finland W 4–2	Japan W 10–0	Canada W 7–4	1 Q	—						Canada W 3–1

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster
Head coach: Ron Wilson

Name
John Vanbiesbrouck
Mike Richter
Guy Hebert
Chris Chelios
Brian Leetch
Gary Suter
Derian Hatcher
Kevin Hatcher
Mathieu Schneider
Keith Carney
Bryan Berard
Mike Modano
Bill Guerin
Brett Hull
Pat LaFontaine
Jeremy Roenick
John LeClair
Keith Tkachuk
Doug Weight
Jamie Langenbrunner
Adam Deadmarsh
Tony Amonte
Joel Otto

First round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	11	7	+4	4
United States	3	1	2	0	8	10	-2	2
Belarus	3	0	3	0	4	15	-11	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

February 13, 1998

Sweden

4 – 2 (1-2, 2-0, 1-0)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,985

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February 14, 1998

United States

5 – 2 (2-1, 1-0, 2-1)

Belarus

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,975

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February 16, 1998

Canada

4 – 1 (0-1, 0-2, 1-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,863

Quarterfinal

February 18, 1998

Czech Republic

4 – 1 (1-0, 0-3, 0-1)

United States

The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,822

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster
Head coach: Ben Smith

Name
Chris Bailey
Laurie Baker
Alana Blahoski
Lisa Brown-Miller
Karyn Bye - A
Colleen Coyne
Sara Decosta
Tricia Dunn
Cammi Granato – C
Katie King
Shelley Looney
Sue Merz
Allison Mleczko
Tara Mounsey
Vicki Movsessian
Angela Ruggiero
Jenny Potter
Sarah Tueting
Gretchen Ulion
Sandra Whyte

Preliminary round
The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	0	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	0	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	0	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	2	45	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

February 8, 1998 20:00

China

0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,255

Game reference
	Guo Hong	Goalies	Sarah Tueting	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton Linesmen: Isabelle Giguère Sandra Dombrowski
	0–1 07:39 – Granato (Ulion, Schmidgall) (PP) 0–2 19:17 – Bye (Mounsey) (PP) 0–3 34:53 – Mounsey (King) 0–4 51:05 – Schmidgall (Bye) 0–5 56:20 – Granato (King)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	31

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February 9, 1998 16:00

United States

7–1 (1–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,607

Game reference
	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Annica Åhlén	Referee: Manuela Gröger Linesmen: Isabelle Giguère Marina Zenk
	0–1 10:02 – Morelius (Sjölander, Holst) (PP) Baker (Merz) – 16:27 1–1 Bye (Merz, Mounsey) (PP) – 32:39 2–1 King (Blahoski) – 34:26 3–1 Merz – 36:20 4–1 Bye (SH) – 38:39 5–1 Ulion (Granato) (PP) – 54:28 6–1 Looney (SH) – 55:30 7–1
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	47	Shots	3

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February 11, 1998 20:00

United States

4–2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 3,688

Game reference
	Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Marina Zenk Linesmen: Isabelle Giguère Laurie Taylor-Bolton
	Movsessian (King) – 02:48 1–0 1–1 18:09 – Hänninen (Lehto, Nieminen) (PP) Bye (Schmidgall) – 21:22 2–1 2–2 25:27 – Nieminen (SH) Mounsey (Bye, Merz) (PP) – 26:49 3–2 Ulion (Bye) – 36:56 4–2
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	22

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February 12, 1998 16:00

United States

10–0 (5–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 5,015

	Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Haruka Watanabe Yuka Oda	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton Linesmen: Isabelle Giguère Sigrid Nonas
	Looney – 03:55 1–0 Mleczko (Merz) – 09:08 2–0 Whyte (Granato) – 13:32 3–0 Looney (Ulion, Schmidgall) (PP) – 14:14 4–0 Mleczko (Brown-Miller, Looney) – 14:36 5–0 King (Baker, Bailey) – 29:18 6–0 King (Blahoski, Baker) – 39:34 7–0 Baker (Granato) (PP) – 45:37 8–0 Bye (Mounsey, Ulion) (PP) – 51:46 9–0 King (Baker) – 53:03 10–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	4

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February 14, 1998 20:00

Canada

4–7 (1–1, 0–0, 3–6)

United States

Aqua Wing Arena Attendance: 5,872

	Lesley Reddon	Goalies	Sarah Tueting Sara DeCosta	Referee: Manuela Gröger Linesmen: Johanna Kuisma Sigrid Nonas
	Dupuis (Sunohara) (PP) – 03:01 1–0 1–1 19:20 – Granato (PP) Dupuis (Brisson) (PP) – 41:24 2–1 Hefford (Dupuis) (PP2) – 45:28 3–1 Brisson (Wilson, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 45:53 4–1 4–2 47:05 – Baker (King) 4–3 50:57 – Granato (Ulion, Mounsey) (PP2) 4–4 52:25 – Schmidgall (Granato) (PP) 4–5 52:48 – Dunn (Mleczko) 4–6 57:06 – Brown-Miller (Mleczko) 4–7 58:58 – Baker (ENG)
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	35	Shots	30

Gold medal game

February 17, 1998 18:00

United States

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Big Hat Attendance: 8,626

Game reference
	Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Manon Rhéaume	Referee: Marina Zenk Linesmen: Isabelle Giguère Debra Parece
	Ulion (Whyte, Merz) (PP) − 22:38 1–0 Looney (Whyte, Ulion) (PP) − 50:57 2–0 2–1 55:59 − Goyette (Wickenheiser, Heaney) (PP) Whyte (ENG) − 59:52 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

Luge

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Larry Dolan	Singles	50.558	15	50.163	12	50.140	12	50.267	12	3:21.128	13
Adam Heidt		50.401	13	49.899	8	49.971	9	49.827	4	3:20.098	9
Wendel Suckow		50.069	6	49.871	7	49.908	6	49.880	5	3:19.728	6
Mark Grimmette Brian Martin	Doubles	50.716	3	50.501	2	—				1:41.217
Chris Thorpe Gordy Sheer		50.634	2	50.493	1					1:41.127

Women

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Men

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.

Women

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Alpine
Men

Women

Freestyle
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ron Chiodi	Halfpipe	29.0	31	32.1	23	Did not advance
Ross Powers		38.0	10	39.4	7 Q	82.1
Todd Richards		32.4	26	39.5	6 Q	69.6	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cara-Beth Burnside	Halfpipe	36.7	2 Q	Bye		72.6	4
Barrett Christy		30.3	14	31.6	10	Did not advance
Shannon Dunn		33.3	7	36.6	2 Q	72.8
Michelle Taggart		26.1	18	25.5	15	Did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Moira D'Andrea	500 m	39.83	18	40.09	23	79.92	19
Amy Sannes		40.41	27	40.49	26	80.90	26
Becky Sundstrom		40.20	25	39.66	15	79.86	17
Chris Witty		39.09	6	39.44	12	78.53	10
Moira D'Andrea	1000 m	—				1:18.38	9
Jennifer Rodriguez						1:19.19	13
Becky Sundstrom						1:18.23	6
Chris Witty						1:16.79
Moira D'Andrea	1500 m	—				2:02.47	14
Jennifer Rodriguez						2:00.97	8
Becky Sundstrom						2:01.81	12
Chris Witty						1:58.97
Kirstin Holum	3000 m	—				4:12.24	6
Catherine Raney-Norman						4:22.55	22
Jennifer Rodriguez						4:11.64	4
Kirstin Holum	5000 m	—				7:14.20	7
Jennifer Rodriguez						7:16.78	10

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-24.