1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, 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.

These were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games. They were also the first Games where the Winter Paralympics and the Winter Olympics were held at the same site.

Highlights

Freestyle skiing and short-track speedskating made their debuts as medal disciplines, as did women's biathlon.
Norwegian skiers won every male cross-country skiing race. Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang each won three gold medals.
Speedskater Bonnie Blair won both the 500 and 1,000 m events; Gunda Niemann took both of the longest races.
Ski jumper 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 Kihoon earned gold medals in both short-track events.
Curling was the demo sport; Freestyle Skiing and Speed Skiing, demo disciplines
Annelise Coberger of New Zealand wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic Medal—a silver in the women's slalom.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Figure skating
Freestyle skiing (debut sport for moguls events and demonstration sport for aerials and ballet events)
Ice hockey
Luge
Nordic skiing
Short track speed skating (debut sport)
Speed skating

Demonstration sports

Venues

The 1992 Games were as of today the last ones where the speed skating venue was outdoors.

Albertville
- Halle Olympique - Figure Skating and Short Track
- Anneau de vitesse - Speed skating
- Théâtre des Cérémonies - Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Les Arcs - Speed skiing
Courchevel - Ski jumping and nordic combined
Les Ménuires - Slalom men
Méribel - Alpine Skiing Women
- Méribel Ice Palace - Hockey
La Plagne - Luge and Bobsled
Pralognan-la-Vanoise - Curling
Les Saisies - Nordic skiing and biathlon
Tignes - Freestyle skiing
Val d'Isère - Giant, Super G, downhill, combined men

Medal count

(Host nation is highlighted, greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)

GoldSilverBronzeGermany || 10 || 10 || 6 || 26Unified Team¹ || 9 || 6 || 8 || 23 Norway || 9 || 6 || 5 || 20 Austria || 6 || 7 || 8 || 21 United States || 5 || 4 || 2 || 11 Italy || 4 || 6 || 4 || 14 France || 3 || 5 || 1 || 9 Finland || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7 Canada || 2 || 3 || 2 || 7 Korea || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4

1992 Winter Olympics medal count
Rank	Nation	Total

(¹ combined team with athletes from 6 nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States; team only appeared in these Winter Olympics)

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