# Olympics on CBS commentators

The following is a list of commentators to be featured in CBS' television broadcasts of the Olympic Games. CBS was the very first television network in the United States to broadcast the Olympics, beginning with the 1960 Winter Games from Squaw Valley, California.

## Hosts

Jim McKay was originally tabbed to be the lead broadcaster of the network's coverage of the 1960 Winter Olympics, but had to be replaced by Walter Cronkite after suffering a mental breakdown. McKay recovered in time to host the 1960 Summer Olympics from the CBS Television studio in Grand Central Terminal.
Each Winter Olympics telecast from the 1990s had a different prime time host(s): Paula Zahn and Tim McCarver in 1992, Greg Gumbel in 1994, and Jim Nantz in 1998.
| Year | Prime-Time Host | Daytime Host(s) | Late-Night Host(s) | Cable Host(s) |
| 1960 Winter | Walter Cronkite | Walter Cronkite | Walter Cronkite | Walter Cronkite |
| 1992 Winter | Tim McCarver Paula Zahn | Greg Gumbel Jim Nantz | Pat O'Brien | Fred Hickman Nick Charles (for TNT) |
| 1994 Winter | Greg Gumbel | Jim Nantz | Pat O'Brien | Jim Lampley (for TNT) |
| 1998 Winter | Jim Nantz | Mark McEwen Jane Robelot | Michele Tafoya Al Trautwig | Jim Lampley (for TNT) |

## By event
### 1960 Winter Olympics

| Event | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
| Skiing | Chris Schenkel | Andrea Mead Lawrence Giancarlo Rossini |
| Biathlon | Chris Schenkel |
| Figure Skating | Dick Button |
| Hockey | Bud Palmer |
| Ski Jumping | Chris Schenkel | Art Devlin |
| Features | Harry Reasoner |

### 1992 Winter Olympics

| Event | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Reporters |
| Opening Ceremony | Paula Zahn | Tim McCarver | James Brown and Pat O'Brien |
| Skiing | Tim Ryan | Christin Cooper | Mary Carillo and Cindy Nelson |
| Freestyle | Greg Lewis | Steven Smalley |
| Men's Skiing | Brad Nessler | Hank Kashiwa and Billy Kidd | Jim Gray |
| Bobsled | Sean McDonough | John Morgan | Lesley Visser |
| Figure Skating | Verne Lundquist | Scott Hamilton | Tracy Wilson and Katarina Witt |
| Hockey | Mike Emrick | John Davidson Mike Eruzione |
| Luge | Sean McDonough | John Fee |
| Skijumping | Phil Liggett | Jeff Hastings |
| Shorttrack Speed Skating | Ken Squier | Pat Maxwell |
| Cross Country | Al Trautwig |
| Speed Skating | Dick Stockton | Eric Heiden | Michael Barkann |

### 1994 Winter Olympics

| Event | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Reporter(s) |
| Skiing | Tim Ryan | Christin Cooper and Andy Mill |
| Freestyle | James Brown | Park Smalley |
| Nordic Combined | Phil Liggett | Jeff Hastings |
| Bobsled | Sean McDonough | John Morgan | Jim Gray |
| Figure Skating | Verne Lundquist | Scott Hamilton | Tracy Wilson |
| Ice Hockey | Mike Emrick | John Davidson Mike Eruzione |
| Luge | Sean McDonough | Bonny Warner | Jim Gray |
| Skijumping | Phil Liggett | Jeff Hastings |
| Shorttrack Speed Skating | Ken Squier | Paul Wylie |
| Cross Country | Al Trautwig | Paul Robbins |
| Biathlon | Al Trautwig | Lyle Nelson |
| Speed Skating | Dick Stockton | Eric Heiden |

### 1998 Winter Olympics

| Event | Play-by-play | Color commentators | Reporters |
| Opening Ceremony | Jim Nantz | Andrea Joyce | Al Trautwig, Michele Tafoya, and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery |
| Skiing | Tim Ryan | Christin Cooper Hank Kashiwa | Mary Carillo Ken Read |
| Freestyle | Ted Robinson | Park Smalley | Lisa Kennedy Montgomery |
| Bobsled | Gus Johnson | John Morgan | Craig James |
| Figure Skating | Verne Lundquist | Scott Hamilton | Tracy Wilson |
| Ice hockey | Sean McDonough | John Davidson | Darren Pang Ellen Weinberg |
| Luge | Gus Johnson | Bonny Warner |
| Skijumping | Al Trautwig | Jeff Hastings |
| Snowboarding | Jim Rippey | Steve Podborski | Lisa Kennedy Montgomery |
| Shorttrack Speed Skating | Ted Robinson | Randy Bartz |
| Cross Country | Al Trautwig | Paul Robbins |
| Speed Skating | Gary Thorne | Dan Jansen |
| Closing Ceremony | Jim Nantz | Andrea Joyce | Al Trautwig, Michele Tafoya, and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery |
| Features | Jose Diaz-Balart |