Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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. 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 Table of contents 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 4 References 4.1 Internal links 4.2 External links 4.3 Bibliography Highlights 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. Alex Flanagan won gold medal in biathalon and 1000m cross-country. Curling is the demo sport FREESTYLE SKIING,SPEED SKIING are the demo events Medals awarded See the medal winners, ordered by sport: Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Ice Hockey Luge Skating Skiing Medal count 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 References Internal links Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games International Olympic Committee WikiProject Sports Olympics IOC country codes External links IOC Site on 1992 Winter Olympics Bibliography Summer Olympics 1896 | 1900 | 1904 | 1906 | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 Winter Olympics 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.