1988 Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics ( XV Olympic Winter Games ) were held in 1988 in Calgary , Canada . The hockey tournament saw its games being played at the Olympic Saddledome . Gold medalist was the powerful Soviet National Team ; silver and bronze winners were Finland and Sweden . Participating teams . Finland , Sweden , Canada , Switzerland , Poland , France , U . S . S . R . , West Germany , Czechoslovakia , United States , Austria , Norway . Rosters . Austria . Thomas Cijan , Konrad Dorn , Kelvin Greenbank , Kurt Haranda , Bernard Hutz , Werner Kerth , Gert Kompajn , Rudolf König , Günter Koren , Edward Lebler , Robert Mack , Manfred Mühr , Martin Platzer , Herbert Pöck , Gerhard Puschnik , Peter Raffl , Robin Sadler , Andreas Salat , Silvester Szybisti , Hans Sulzer , Brian Stankiewicz , Michael Shea , Peter Zhenalik . Canada . Ken Berry , Serge Boisvert , Brian Bradley , Sean Burke , Chris Felix , Marc Habscheid , Randy Gregg , Bob Joyce , Vaughn Karpan , Merlin Malinowski , Andy Moog , Jim Peplinski , Serge Roy , Wally Schreiber , Gord Sherven , Anthony Stiles , Steve Tambellini , Claude Vilgrain , Tim Watters , Ken Yaremchuk , Trent Yawney , Zarley Zalapski . Czechoslovakia . Jaroslav Benák , Mojmir Božik , Petr Bríza , Jirí Doležal , Oto Hašcák , Dominik Hašek , Miloslav Horava , Jirí Hrdina , Jirí Lála , Igor Liba , Dušan Pašek , Radim Radevic , Petr Rosol , Vladimír Ružicka , Bedrich Šcerban , Jirí Sejba , Jaromír Šindel , Antonín Stavjana , Rudolf Suchánek , Petr Vlk , Rostislav Vlach , David Volek , Eduard Uvíra . Finland . Timo Blomqvist , Kari Eloranta , Jyrki Lumme , Jukka Virtanen , Arto Ruotanen , Reijo Ruotsalainen , Simo Saarinen , Kai Suikkanen , Raimo Helminen , Iiro Jarvi , Esa Keskinen , Erkki Lehtonen , Reijo Mikkolainen , Janne Ojanen , Timo Susi , Pekka Tuomisto , Teppo Numminen , Jari Torkki , Jukka Tammi , Jarmo Myllys . Kari Laitinen , Erkki Laine France . Peter Almasy , Paulin Bordeleau , Stéphane Botteri , Philippe Bozon , Patrick Daley , Jean - Marc Djian , Guy Dupuis , Patrick Foliot , Derek Haas , Michel Leblanc , Jean - Philippe Lemoine , Jean - Christophe Lerondeau , Stéphane Lessard , Franck Pajonkowski , André Peloffy , Denis Pérez , Christian Pouget , Pierre Pousse , Pierre Scmitt , Antoine Richer , Steven Woodburn , Christophe Ville . Norway . Cato Andersen , Morgan Andersen , Lars Bergseng , Arne Billkvam , Tor Eikeland , Åge Ellingsen , Jarl Eriksen , Stephen Kjell Foyn , Jarle Friis , Rune Gulliksen , Geir Hoff , Roy Einar Johansen , Erik Kristiansen , Truls Kristiansen , Ørjan Løvdal , Vernon Mott , Jørgen Salsten , Petter Salsten , Kim Søgaard , Sigurd Thinn , Petter Thoresen , Marius Voigt . Poland . Janusz Adamiec , Marek Cholewa , Jerzy Christ , Miroslaw Copija , Henryk Gruth , Leszek Jachna , Andrzej Hanisz , Andrzej Kadziolka , Franciszek Kukla , Piotr Kwasigroch , Jaroslaw Morawiecki , Ireneusz Pacula , Krzysztof Podsiadlo , Jerzy Potz , Gabriel Samolej , Krystian Sikorski , Roman Steblecki , Marek Stebnick , Jan Stopczyk , Andrzej Swiatek , Jacek Szopinski , Robert Szopinski . Switzerland . Olivier Anken , Gaëtan Boucher , Patrice Brasey , Richard Bucher , Urs Burkart , Manuele Celio , Pietro Cunti , Jörg Eberle , Felix Hollenstein , Peter Jaks , Jakob Kölliker , André Künzi , Marc Leuenberger , Fredy Lüthi , Fausto Mazzoleni , Gil Montandon , Philipp Neuenschwander , Andreas Ritsch , Bruno Rogger , Peter Schlagenhauf , Thomas Vrabec , Roman Wäger . United States . Allen Bourbeau , Greg Brown , Clark Donatelli , Jim Johannson , Scott Fusco , Guy Gosselin , Tony Granato , Craig Janney , Peter Laviolette , Jr . , Stephen Leach , Brian Leetch , Bradley MacDonald , Corey Millen , Kevin Miller , Jeff Norton , Todd Okerlund , Mike Richter , Dave Snuggerud , Kevin Stevens , Chris Terreri , Scott Young , Eric Weinrich , John T . Blue . U . S . S . R . . Ilya Byakin , Igor Stelnov , Vyacheslav Fetisov , Alexei Gusarov , Alexei Kasatonov , Sergei Starikov , Vyacheslav Bykov , Sergei Yashin , Valeri Kamensky , Sergei Svetlov , Aleksander Chernykh , Andrei Khomutov , Vladimir Krutov , Igor Larionov , Andrei Lomakin , Sergei Makarov , Alexander Mogilny , Anatoli Semenov , Alexander Kozhevnikov , Igor Kravchuk , Vitali Samoilov , Sergei Mylnikov . West Germany . Christian Brittig , Helmut de Raaf , Peter Draisaitl , Ronald Fischer , Georg Franz , Karl Friesen , Dieter Hegen , Georg Holzmann , Udo Kießling , Harold Kreis , Horst - Peter Kretschmer , Dieter Medicus , Andreas Niederberger , Peter Obresa , Joachim Reil , Roy Roedger , Peter Schiller , Josef Schlickenrieder , Manfred Schuster , Helmut Steiger , Bernd Truntschka , Gerd Truntschka , Manfred Wolf Preliminary Round . Group A . Standings Games Group B . Standings Games Medal Round . The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once . Points from previous games against their own group carry over , excluding teams who failed to make the medal round . First place team wins gold , second silver and third bronze . 11th place game France 8 - 6 Norway 9th place game Austria 3 - 2 Poland 7th place game United States 8 - 4 Switzerland