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* Annaliese Coberger of [[New Zealand]] wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic Medal—a silver in the women's slalom. |
* Annaliese Coberger of [[New Zealand]] wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic Medal—a silver in the women's slalom. |
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== Medals awarded == |
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See the medal winners, ordered by sport: |
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* [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]] |
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* [[Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]] |
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* [[Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]] |
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* [[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Curling]] (demonstration sport) |
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* [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]] |
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* [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] (debut sport for moguls events and demonstration sport for aerials and ballet events) |
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* [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]] |
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* [[Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Luge]] |
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* [[Nordic skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Nordic skiing]] |
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** [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]] |
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** [[Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] |
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** [[Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] |
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* [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] (debut sport) |
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* [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] |
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* [[Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skiing]] (demonstration sport) |
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==Venues== |
==Venues== |
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Revision as of 02:47, 20 March 2006
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
- Annaliese Coberger of New Zealand wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic Medal—a silver in the women's slalom.
Venues
The 1992 Games were as of today the last ones where the speed skating venue was outdoors.
- Albertville
- Halle Olympique - Figure taking 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
- 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.)
| 1992 Winter Olympics medal count | File:Olympische Ringe.svg | ||||
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 |  Germany |
10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 |  Unified Team¹ |
9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 |  Norway |
9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 |  Austria |
6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 |  United States |
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 |  South Korea |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
(¹ part of CIS; team only appeared in these Winter Olympics)
