1992 Winter Olympics 113357 224201601 2008-07-07T19:54:55Z DitzyNizzy 4150435 /* Participating nations */ - I've got a thing against redirects - so I was changing the link to the section of the page with the pertinent information. {{Expand|date=January 2007}} {{Olympics infobox|1992|Winter | Name = XVI Olympic Winter Games | Logo = 1992_wolympics_logo.png| Size = 150 | Optional caption = The emblem is the Olympic flame<br> in the colors of the Savoie region.| Host city = [[Albertville]], [[France]] | Nations participating = 64 | Athletes participating = 1801 (1313 men, 488 women) | Events = 57 in 7 [[sport]]s | Opening ceremony = [[February 8]], [[1992]] | Closing ceremony = [[February 23]], [[1992]] | Officially opened by = [[François Mitterrand]]<br/> French President| Athlete's Oath = [[Surya Bonaly]] | Judge's Oath = [[Pierre Bornat]] | Olympic Torch = [[Michel Platini]] and<br/> [[François-Cyrille Grange]] | Stadium = [[Théâtre des Cérémonies]]| }} The '''1992 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XVI Olympic Winter Games,''' were a [[winter]] [[multi-sport event]] which was celebrated in [[1992]] in [[Albertville]], [[France]]. Other candidate cities were [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[United States|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. The opening ceremony was choregraphed by Philippe Découflé and was a show in itself. The information below comes from [http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html the International Olympic Committee Vote History] web page. {| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;" |- ! colspan="8" | 1992 Winter Olympics Bidding Results |- | '''City''' | '''NOC Name''' | bgcolor=""|'''Round 1''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 2''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 3''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 4''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 5''' | bgcolor="" |'''Round 6''' |- ||[[Albertville]]||{{FRA}} ||19||'''26'''||'''29'''||'''42'''||-||'''51 |- ||[[Sofia]]||{{BUL}} ||'''25'''||25||28||24||-||25 |- ||[[Falun]]||{{SWE}} ||10||11||11||11||'''41'''||9 |- ||[[Lillehammer]]||{{NOR}} ||10||11||9||11||40||- |- ||[[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]||{{ITA}} ||7||6||7||-||-||- |- ||[[Anchorage, Alaska]]||{{USA}} ||7||5||-||-||-||- |- ||[[Berchtesgaden]]||{{GER}} ||6||-||-||-||-||- |} == Athletic highlights == * Freestyle skiing event of moguls 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&nbsp;m events; [[Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann|Gunda Niemann]] took both of the longest races. * Ski jumper [[Toni Nieminen]], 16, became the youngest male gold medalist of a Winter Olympic event. * Italian alpine skier [[Alberto Tomba]] won the Giant Slalom for the second time in a row. * Austrian alpine skier [[Petra Kronberger]] won both the combined event and the slalom. * [[Kim Kihoon]] earned gold medals in both men's short-track events. * [[Annelise Coberger]] of [[New Zealand]] wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic medal&mdash;a silver in the women's slalom. * [[Kristi Yamaguchi]] and [[Midori Ito]] of the United States and Japan respectively, became the first persons of Asian descent to win Olympic medals in figure skating. == Medals awarded == See the medal winners, ordered by sport: {| | * [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]] * [[Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]] * [[Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]] * [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]] * [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] (moguls) * [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]] * [[Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Luge]] |width=20| |valign=top| * [[Nordic skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Nordic skiing]] ** [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]] ** [[Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] ** [[Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] * [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] * [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] |} ===Demonstration sports=== * [[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Curling]] - Competed for the first time since [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]]. It became a regular discipline in [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]. * [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] - While [[moguls skiing]] was an official discipline, aerials and ski ballet were still considered as demonstration events. * [[Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skiing]] - The sport has not made a return to the Winter Olympics program. A tragic death occurred during a training session. ==Participating nations== A total of 64 nations sent athletes to compete in these Games. With the [[History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991)|collapse of the Soviet Union]], six states formed a [[Unified Team]], while the [[Baltic States]] of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] had their own teams. [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]], who were making their first appearance at the Winter Olympics, competed as independent nations after leaving [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. The UN sanctions against Yugoslavia that saw them miss the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] had yet to come into effect. The German team won most medals in the games, with a total of 10 gold medals, 10 silver and 6 bronze. It was the first time since the [[1936 Winter Olympics]] that Germany competed with a unified team after the [[German reunification|reunification]]. Making their debuts were [[Algeria]], [[Bermuda]], [[Brazil]], [[Honduras]], [[Ireland]] and [[Swaziland]]. It would also be the only appearance for both Honduras and Swaziland in Winter Olympics to date. {| |valign=top| * {{flagIOC|ALG|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|AND|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ARG|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|AUT|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|BEL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|BER|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|BOL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|BUL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|CHI|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|TPE|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|CRC|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|CRO|1992 Winter}} |valign=top| * {{flagIOC|CYP|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|DEN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|EST|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Winter}} (Host country) * {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|GRE|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|HON|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|HUN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ISL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|IND|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|IRL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|JAM|1992 Winter}} |valign=top| * {{flagIOC|JPN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|PRK|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|KOR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|LAT|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|LIB|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|LIE|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|LTU|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|LUX|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|MON|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|MGL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|MAR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|NED|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|AHO|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|NZL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Winter}} |valign=top| * {{flagIOC|PHI|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|POL|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|PUR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ROU|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SMR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SEN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SLO|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SWZ|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|SUI|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|TUR|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|ISV|1992 Winter}} * {{flagIOC|YUG|1992 Winter}} |} ==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 Menuires|Les Ménuires]] - Slalom men *[[Méribel]] - Alpine Skiing Women **[[Méribel Ice Palace]] - Hockey *[[La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|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'''.'') {| {{RankedMedalTable}} |- |1||align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter}} || '''10''' || '''10''' || 6 || '''26''' |- |2||align=left| {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Winter}}¹ || 9 || 6 || '''8''' || 23 |- |3||align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Winter}} || 9 || 6 || 5 || 20 |- |4||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1992 Winter}} || 6 || 7 || '''8''' || 21 |- |5||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Winter}} || 5 || 4 || 2 || 11 |- |6||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Winter}} || 4 || 6 || 4 || 14 |- bgcolor=ccccff |7||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Winter}} || 3 || 5 || 1 || 9 |- |8||align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Winter}} || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7 |- |9||align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Winter}} || 2 || 3 || 2 || 7 |- |10||align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1992 Winter}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 |} {{see|1992 Winter Olympics medal count}} (¹ combined team with athletes from 6 nations of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]; team only appeared in these Winter Olympics) == See also == *[[1992 Winter Paralympics]] *[[Olympic Games]] *[[Winter Olympic Games]] *[[International Olympic Committee]] == External links == {{commonscat}} * [http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1992 IOC Site on 1992 Winter Olympics] * [http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1992/ore294/ORE294o.pdf ''Olympic Review'' - Official Results] * [http://collectionolympique.free.fr/siteanglais/colang.html Pins collection on Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games] {{Olympic_Games}} [[Category:1992 Winter Olympics|*]] [[ar:ألعاب أولمبية شتوية 1992]] [[bs:XVI Zimske olimpijske igre - Albertville 1992.]] [[bg:Зимни олимпийски игри 1992]] [[cs:Zimní olympijské hry 1992]] [[da:Vinter-OL 1992]] [[de:Olympische Winterspiele 1992]] [[et:1992. aasta taliolümpiamängud]] [[es:Juegos Olímpicos de Albertville 1992]] [[eo:Vintra Olimpiko 1992]] [[fr:Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 1992]] [[ko:1992년 동계 올림픽]] [[he:אולימפיאדת אלברוויל (1992)]] [[hr:XVI. 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