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1992 Winter Olympics
See also: 1992 Winter Paralympics[?]
The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Cortina d'Ampezzo[?], Italy; Lillehammer, Norway; Falun, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria.
Summer Olympics
The Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Cortina d'Ampezzo[?], Italy; Lillehammer, Norway; Falun, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria.
| Games of the XVI Winter Olympiad | |
| Nations participating | 64 |
| Athletes participating | 1,801 (488 women, 1,313 men) |
| Events | 57 in 7 sports |
| Opening ceremonies | February 8, 1992 |
| Closing ceremonies | February 23, 1992 |
| Officially opened by | President of the French Republic François Mitterrand |
| Athlete's Oath | Surya Bonaly[?] |
| Judge's Oath: | Pierre Bornat[?] |
| Olympic Torch | Michel Platini, François-Cyrille Grange[?] |
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- The last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
- Freestyle skiing and short-track speedskating made their debuts as medal disciplines, as did women's biathlon.
- Norwegian skiers won every cross-country skiing race. Björn Daehlie[?] and Vegard Ulvang[?] each won three gold medals.
- Speedskater Bonnie Blair[?] won both the 500 and 1,000m events; Gunda Niemann[?] took both of the longest races.
- Toni Nieminen[?], 16, became the youngest male winner of a Winter event.
- Mark Kirchner[?] became the first biathlete to win medals in all three biathlon events.
- Alpine skier Petra Kronberger[?] won both the combined event and the slalom.
- Kim Ki-hoon[?] earned gold medals in both short-track events.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | Unified Team former Soviet Union | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Norway | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Austria | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | United States of America | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Italy | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | France | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | People's Republic of China | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Internal Links
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External Links
- IOC Site on 1992 Winter Olympics (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1992)
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