1992 Winter Olympics

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Host city = Albertville, France |

 Nations participating = 64 |
 Athletes participating = 1801 (1313 men, 488 women) |

Events = 57 in 7 sports | Opening ceremony = February 8, 1992 | Closing ceremony = February 23, 1992 | Officially opened by = François Mitterrand
French President| Athlete's Oath = Surya Bonaly | Judge's Oath = Pierre Bornat | Olympic Torch = Michel Platini and
François-Cyrille Grange | Stadium = Théâtre des Cérémonies|

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated 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 (moguls)
* Ice hockey
* Luge