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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Albertville, France}}
{{Redirect|Albertville 1992|the Winter Paralympics|1992 Winter Paralympics}}
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{{Infobox Olympic games|1992|Winter|Olympics|
| image       = 1992 Winter Olympics logo.svg
| image_size  = 185
| caption     = Emblem of the 1992 Winter Olympics{{efn|The emblem is the [[flag of Savoy]] region in the shape of the Olympic flame, dancing above stripes representing the [[flag of France]].}}
| host_city   = [[Albertville]], France
| motto       = ''Savoie en Fête''<br />({{langx|en|Party in Savoie}})<ref>{{citation|title=Slogans|url=https://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-design/slogans/|work=The Olympic Design|date=22 September 2019|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805082233/https://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-design/slogans/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| nations     = 64
| athletes    = 1,801 (1,313 men, 488 women)
| events      = 57 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (12 disciplines)
| opening     = 8 February 1992
| closing     = 23 February 1992
| opened_by   = [[President of France|President]] [[François Mitterrand]]
| closed_by   = [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| cauldron    = [[François-Cyrille Grange]]<br />[[Michel Platini]]
| stadium     = [[Théâtre des Cérémonies]]
| winter_prev = [[1988 Winter Olympics|Calgary 1988]]
| winter_next = [[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer 1994]]
| summer_prev = [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]]
| summer_next = [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]] 
}}
{{1992 Winter Olympics}}

The '''1992 Winter Olympics''', officially known as the '''XVI Olympic Winter Games''' ({{langx|fr|XVI<sup>es</sup> Jeux Olympiques d'hiver}}) and commonly known as '''Albertville '92''' ([[Franco-Provençal|Arpitan]]: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter [[multi-sport event]] held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around [[Albertville]], France. Albertville won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 1986, beating [[Sofia]], [[Falun]], [[Lillehammer]], [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], and [[Berchtesgaden]]. The 1992 [[Winter Olympics]] were the last winter games held in the same year as the [[Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Albertville-1992/|title=Albertville 1992|publisher=olympic.org|access-date=12 March 2010|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140107032344/http://www.olympic.org/content/error-pages/error404/?404;http://www.olympic.org:80/en/content/olympic-games/all-past-olympic-games/winter/albertville-1992/|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="athletes_number">{{cite web|title=The Olympic Winter Games Factsheet|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805142524/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf|archive-date=5 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The next Winter Olympics were held two years after this one instead of the usual four, which allowed the Olympic Games to take place on every even-numbered year instead of every four years. The Games were the fifth Olympic Games held in France and the country's third Winter Olympics, after the [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924 Winter Games]] in [[Chamonix]] and the [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Winter Games]] in [[Grenoble]]. This games was the first of two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe, preceding the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain.

18 events in [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]], [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|short track speed skating]], [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|speed skating]], and the opening and closing ceremonies took place in Albertville. The 39 other events were held in the nearby 9 villages and resorts around [[Savoie]]: [[Courchevel]], [[La Plagne]], [[Les Arcs]], [[Les Menuires]], [[Les Saisies]], [[Méribel]], [[Pralognan-la-Vanoise]], [[Tignes]], and [[Val d'Isère]]. Sixty-four National Olympic Committees and 1,801 athletes participated in six [[Olympic sports|sports]] and fifty-seven [[Olympic events|events]]. This included both the [[Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Unified Team]], representing the non-Baltic former [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]], and [[Germany at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Germany]], newly consolidated again as a team following the [[German reunification|reunification]] of the former [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]] in 1990. The event also saw the debut of eight nations in the Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympic program has grown this time with the addition of 11 new events. While sports that were already on the program received 5 new events (2 new events in cross-country skiing, at the same time women were allowed to compete in biathlon for the first time and won 3 events exclusive to them.) Another 6 events were added with the implementation of 2 sports that were demonstrated 4 years earlier (freestyle skiing and short track speed skating). These were the last Winter Olympics to include [[demonstration sport]]s, consisting of [[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|curling]], [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|aerials and ski ballet]], and [[Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|speed skiing]]. Due to a rule change implemented in 1986, this was the last edition in the history of the Winter Olympic Games in which all speed skating events were held in an open-air venue.

==Host city selection==
[[File:Olímpic France 2.jpg|thumb|Mexican sculptor [[Abel Ramírez Águilar]] working on his gold medal piece in snow sculpture competition related to the Games]]
{{main|Bids for the 1992 Winter Olympics}}

A record-breaking seven locations bid for the games. The non-winning bids were from Anchorage, Berchtesgaden, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Falun, Lillehammer, and Sofia. The 91st [[List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions|IOC Session]], held in [[Lausanne]] on 17&nbsp;October 1986, voted Albertville the host of the Games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |title=IOC Vote History |access-date=10 June 2008 |archive-date=25 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|+ 1992 Winter Olympics bidding results<ref name=votes>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=Past Olympic host city election results |publisher=[[GamesBids]] |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=6 style="background:silver;"| Round
|-
! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
! style="background:silver;"| 3
! style="background:silver;"| 4
! style="background:silver;"| Run-off
! style="background:silver;"| 5
|-
||[[Albertville]] || {{flagu|France}} || style="text-align:center;"|19 || style="text-align:center;"|'''26''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''29''' || style="text-align:center;"|'''42''' || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|'''51'''
|-
|[[Sofia]] || {{flagu|Bulgaria|1971}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''25''' || style="text-align:center;"|25 || style="text-align:center;"|28 || style="text-align:center;"|24 || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
|[[Falun]] || {{flagu|Sweden}} || style="text-align:center;"|10 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|'''41''' || style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|[[Lillehammer]] || {{flagu|Norway}} || style="text-align:center;"|10 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|9 || style="text-align:center;"|11 || style="text-align:center;"|40 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|[[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] || {{flagu|Italy}} || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|—  || style="text-align:center;"|—  || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|[[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] || {{flagu|United States}} || style="text-align:center;"|7 || style="text-align:center;"|5 || style="text-align:center;"|—  || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|[[Berchtesgaden]] || {{flagu|West Germany}}<!-- Do not change to Germany, as it was not yet reunified at the time of the bidding process. --> || style="text-align:center;"|6 || style="text-align:center;"|—  || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—  || style="text-align:center;"|— || style="text-align:center;"|—
|}

==Opening ceremony==
{{main|1992 Winter Olympics opening ceremony}}

==Highlights==
[[Bjørn Dæhlie]] and [[Vegard Ulvang]] dominated the men's [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|cross-country skiing]] races, both taking home three gold medals with [[Norway]] taking a medal sweep in the event. 16-year-old [[Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ski jumper]] [[Toni Nieminen]] became the youngest male gold medalist in a Winter Olympic event until [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]. [[Petra Kronberger]] won both the [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|combined event]] and the [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|slalom]] of [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]], while [[Bonnie Blair]] won both the [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres|500&nbsp;m]] and [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m]] speed skating events, and [[Gunda Niemann]] took both of the longest races.

Three National Olympic Committees in [[Asia-Pacific]] region won their first medals at the Winter Olympics, one in a sport making its debut at the Games ([[short track speed skating]].) [[Kim Ki-hoon]]'s gold medal in [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m short track speed skating]] signified [[South Korea]]'s first medal in the Winter Olympics, while [[Ye Qiaobo]]'s silver medal in women's 500 m speed skating represented [[China]]'s first Winter Olympics medal. [[Annelise Coberger]] from [[New Zealand at the 1992 Winter Olympics|New Zealand]] became the first [[Oceania]]n athlete to win a medal in [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|women's alpine skiing slalom]], making her the first athlete from the southern hemisphere to mount the podium at the Winter Games.

Swiss speed skier [[Nicolas Bochatay]] died on the penultimate day of the Games, when he crashed into a snow-grooming vehicle during a training run.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McNichol|first=Tom|date=8 February 2014|title=Sochi's Olympic Luge Track: Slower, but Not Necessarily Safer|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/sochis-olympic-luge-track-slower-but-not-necessarily-safer/283694/|access-date=29 October 2020|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The 1992 Olympic Winter Games marked the last time both the Winter and Summer games were held in the same year. The 1992 Winter Olympics also marked the last time [[France]] hosted the Olympics until [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]], when [[Paris]] became the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kostov|first=Joshua Robinson and Nick|date=2019-10-24|title=She's the Face of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and France Is Aflutter|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/shes-the-face-of-the-2024-paris-olympics-and-france-is-appalled-11571931910|access-date=2020-10-29|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101114330/https://www.wsj.com/articles/shes-the-face-of-the-2024-paris-olympics-and-france-is-appalled-11571931910|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cost and cost overrun===
''The Oxford Olympics Study'' established the outturn cost of the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics at US$2.0&nbsp;billion (in 2015-dollars) and cost overrun at 137% in real terms.<ref>{{Cite book|ssrn=2804554|title=The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games|last1=Flyvbjerg|first1=Bent|last2=Stewart|first2=Allison|last3=Budzier|first3=Alexander|publisher=Saïd Business School Working Papers (Oxford: University of Oxford)|year=2016|location=Oxford|pages=9–13}}</ref> This includes sports-related costs only, that is: (i) ''operational costs'' incurred by the organizing committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services; and (ii) ''direct capital costs'' incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs were not included, e.g. road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to their staging.  In comparison, the cost and cost overrun of the [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics]] were US$2.5&nbsp;billion and 13%, respectively, while the [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi Winter Olympics]] (the most costly Olympics to date) had costs and cost overrun at US$51&nbsp;billion and 289%, respectively.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/oct/09/sochi-2014-olympics-money-corruption |title=Sochi 2014: the costliest Olympics yet but where has all the money gone? |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=2014-02-12 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301062909/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/oct/09/sochi-2014-olympics-money-corruption |url-status=live }}</ref> The average cost for the Winter Games since 1960 is US$3.1 billion, while the average cost overrun is 142%.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

== Mascot ==
{{main|Magique (mascot)}}

The 1992 Winter Games [[List of Olympic mascots|mascot]], [[Magique (mascot)|Magique]] (Magic), was a small imp in the shape of a star and a cube. The mascot was created by Philippe Mairesse and replaced the bid mascot, which was a mountain goat.<ref>{{Cite news|author=|date=2018-01-12|title=Factbox: Mascots at Winter Olympics through the years|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-mascots-factbox-idUSKBN1F11K3|access-date=2020-10-29|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104072754/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2018-mascots-factbox-idUSKBN1F11K3|url-status=live}}</ref> The star shape symbolized dreams and imagination, while the mascot's red and blue colors originated from the [[French flag]].

== Sports==
There were 57 events contested in 6 sports (12 disciplines). See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{GamesSport|Alpine skiing|Events=10}}
*{{GamesSport|Biathlon|Events=6}}
*{{GamesSport|Bobsleigh|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Cross country skiing|Events=10}}
*{{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=4}}
*{{GamesSport|Freestyle skiing|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=1}}
*{{GamesSport|Luge|Events=3}}
*{{GamesSport|Nordic combined|Events=2}}
*{{GamesSport|Ski jumping|Events=3}}
*{{GamesSport|Short track speed skating|Events=4}}
*{{GamesSport|Speed skating|Events=10}}
{{div col end}}

===Demonstration sports===
This was the last time demonstration events were included in the Winter Olympics program. Of the 8 events that were under evaluation, 4 received the endorsement to be included in an official form in future editions of the Games ([[Curling]] tournaments and the [[Aerial skiing|aerials]] events on the [[freestyle skiing]]). The other four events (speed skiing and skiing ballet events on the freestyle skiing) were rejected and have not since returned.

* [[Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Curling]] – Was an official sport in the Olympic program in [[Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]], after which it was a demonstration sport twice, in [[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] and [[Curling at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]. There was a possibility of re-inclusion in [[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer 1994]], but in 1990 the IOC Executive Committee rejected its return as an official sport. The IOC accepted its return in [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano 1998]].<ref>{{cite news |title=OL-ishockey på Lillehammer og GJøvik |date=10 October 1990 |agency=[[Norwegian News Agency]] |language=no}}</ref>
* [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] – Like curling, it was a demonstration sport [[Freestyle skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|four years previously]] before becoming part of the official program. Only [[moguls skiing]] received this status, while aerials and ballet remained demonstration events. [[Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Aerials became an official event two years later]], while ballet skiing appeared in the games for the last time, going into a progressive decline and losing its status as a competitive discipline by the [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bj7Ydkun0csC&q=fis+drops+ski+ballet&pg=PA67 |title=Skiing |date=February 2007 |access-date=2020-06-17 }}</ref>
* [[Speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skiing]] – Considered one of the most dangerous events in the sporting world, the event won a chance to be evaluated by the members of the International Olympic Committee and the FIS, with the possibility of appearing in the program of a future edition. However, this possibility was extinguished when Swiss skier [[Nicolas Bochatay]] ran into a snow-grooming vehicle during a training run, dying immediately. According to reports, [[Nicolas Bochatay|Bochatay]] was moving at a speed of more than {{convert|110|km/h}} and was unable to hear the machine's warning siren. His death is the subject of several controversies, as speed skiing was not a part of the official program. After this incident, the sport was excluded from any evaluation for future additions to the Olympic program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f4c4251e-0816-11e8-9e12-af73e8db3c71 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/f4c4251e-0816-11e8-9e12-af73e8db3c71 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Speed skiing: too fast for the Olympics|last=Usborne|first=Simon|date=2018-02-09|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>

==Participating nations==
{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2020}}
Sixty-four nations sent competitors to the 1992 Olympics, including seven nations making their first appearance at a Winter Olympics.<ref name="Olympic">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/albertville-1992|title=Albertville 1992|author=International Olympic Committee|author-link=International Olympic Committee|website=www.olympic.org|date=23 April 2018|access-date=5 September 2020|archive-date=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512132006/https://www.olympic.org/albertville-1992|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)|collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, six former-Soviet bloc nations chose to form a [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]], while the [[Baltic states]] of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania competed as independent nations for the first time since 1936.<ref>{{cite news |title=Albertville, France 1992 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/years/1992.htm |access-date=3 September 2020 |agency=The Washington Post Archive |date=1998 |archive-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322171800/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/years/1992.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Czechoslovakia made its last appearance in the Winter Olympics before [[Dissolution of Czechoslovakia|its dissolution]] at the end of 1992. [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 757]] took effect on 30&nbsp;May 1992 (97 days after the closing ceremonies), and Yugoslav athletes were able to participate under their country's national symbols. It also suspended the activities of the [[Yugoslav Olympic Committee]], making the country's athletes ineligible to compete on the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Randy |date=1992-07-22 |title=U.N. Bans Yugoslav Teams From Olympics : Summer Games: Ruling paves way for individuals to compete in Barcelona. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-22-sp-4201-story.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=14 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250714130701/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-22-sp-4201-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, some of their athletes classified in individual sports and gained authorization to compete as [[Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Independent Olympic Participants]] (which also happened at the [[Independent Paralympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Summer Paralympics]]). Yugoslav athletes [[Yugoslavia at the 1996 Summer Olympics|returned to the Olympic Games in the 1996 Summer Olympics]], when only Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo were still part of the country. The 1992 Winter Olympics were the first time since the [[United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] that Germany competed with a unified team. Seven [[National Olympic Committee]]s sent their first delegations to the Winter Olympics: Algeria, Bermuda, Brazil, Honduras, Ireland, Swaziland, Croatia, and Slovenia (the last two making their first appearances at any Olympics, just a few months after their respective declarations of independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]). Through the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], this has been the only participation of Swaziland (now Eswatini) and Honduras in an edition of the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Nauright|first1=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC&q=1992+winter+olympics+swaziland+honduras+first+appearance&pg=RA1-PA407|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|last2=Parrish|first2=Charles|date=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-300-2|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1980 Winter Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
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* {{flagIOC|ALG|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|AND|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1992 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Winter|23}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1992 Winter|58}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1992 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BOL|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1992 Winter|30}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Winter|108}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Winter|32}}
* {{flagIOC|TPE|1992 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|CRC|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|CRO|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|CYP|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Winter|74}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1992 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|EST|1992 Winter|19}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Winter|62}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Winter|109}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter|111}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Winter|49}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1992 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|HON|1992 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1992 Winter|24}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1992 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Winter|107}}
* {{flagIOC|JAM|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1992 Winter|60}}
* {{flagIOC|LAT|1992 Winter|23}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|LIE|1992 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|LTU|1992 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1992 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|MON|1992 Winter|5}}
* {{flagIOC|MGL|1992 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|MAR|1992 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1992 Winter|19}}
* {{flagIOC|AHO|1992 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1992 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|PRK|1992 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Winter|80}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1992 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1992 Winter|53}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1992 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1992 Winter|23}}
* {{flagIOC|SMR|1992 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|SEN|1992 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|SLO|1992 Winter|27}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1992 Winter|23}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Winter|17}}
* {{flagIOC|SWZ|1992 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Winter|73}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1992 Winter|74}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1992 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Winter|129}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Winter|147}}
* {{flagIOC|ISV|1992 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1992 Winter|25}}
{{div col end}}
|}

=== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|-
| USA || {{flagIOC|USA|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 147
|-
| EUN || {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 129
|-
| GER || {{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 111
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 109
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 108
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 107
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 80
|-
| TCH || {{flagIOC|TCH|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 74
|-
| SUI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 74
|-
| SWE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 73
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 62
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 60
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 58
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 53
|-
| GBR || {{flagIOC|GBR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 49
|-
| CHN || {{flagIOC|CHN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 32
|-
| BUL || {{flagIOC|BUL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 30
|-
| SLO || {{flagIOC|SLO|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| YUG || {{flagIOC|YUG|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 25
|-
| HUN || {{flagIOC|HUN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 24
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| KOR || {{flagIOC|KOR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| LAT || {{flagIOC|LAT|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| ROU || {{flagIOC|ROU|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| PRK || {{flagIOC|PRK|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| EST || {{flagIOC|EST|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| NED || {{flagIOC|NED|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| ESP || {{flagIOC|ESP|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 17
|-
| MAR || {{flagIOC|MAR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| ISV || {{flagIOC|ISV|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| TPE || {{flagIOC|TPE|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| LIE || {{flagIOC|LIE|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| DEN || {{flagIOC|DEN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| LTU || {{flagIOC|LTU|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| PUR || {{flagIOC|PUR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| AND || {{flagIOC|AND|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| CHI || {{flagIOC|CHI|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| ISL || {{flagIOC|ISL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| JAM || {{flagIOC|JAM|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| ALG || {{flagIOC|ALG|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| BOL || {{flagIOC|BOL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| CRC || {{flagIOC|CRC|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| CRO || {{flagIOC|CRO|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| CYP || {{flagIOC|CYP|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| LIB || {{flagIOC|LIB|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| MGL || {{flagIOC|MGL|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| SMR || {{flagIOC|SMR|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| AHO || {{flagIOC|AHO|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| SEN || {{flagIOC|SEN|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| HON || {{flagIOC|HON|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| PHI || {{flagIOC|PHI|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| SWZ || {{flagIOC|SWZ|1992 Winter}} ||align=center| 1
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''1,801'''
|-
|}

==Venues==
{{Main|Venues of the 1992 Winter Olympics}}
The 1992 Games are the last in which the speed skating venue was outdoors.
*[[Albertville]] Olympic Park
**[[La halle de glace Olympique|Halle Olympique]] – Figure skating and short-track speed skating
**[[L'anneau de vitesse]] – Speed skating
**[[Théâtre des Cérémonies]] – Ceremonies (opening & closing)
*[[Les Arcs]] – Speed skiing
*[[Courchevel]] – Ski jumping and Nordic combined
*[[Les Menuires|Les Ménuires]] – Alpine skiing (slalom men)
*[[Méribel]] – Alpine skiing (women)
**[[Méribel Ice Palace]] – Ice hockey
*[[La Plagne bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|La Plagne]] – Bobsleigh and luge
*[[Pralognan-la-Vanoise]] – Curling
*[[Les Saisies]] – Biathlon, cross-country skiing
*[[Tignes]] – Freestyle skiing
*[[Val d'Isère]] – Alpine skiing (men combined, downhill, giant slalom, and super-giant slalom)

== Medal table ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2020}}
(''Host nation is highlighted.'')

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = FRA
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1992 Winter
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 10 | silver_GER = 10 | bronze_GER = 6
 | gold_EUN = 9 | silver_EUN = 6 | bronze_EUN = 8 | note_EUN = <sup>1</sup> 
 | gold_NOR = 9 | silver_NOR = 6 | bronze_NOR = 5
 | gold_AUT = 6 | silver_AUT = 7 | bronze_AUT = 8
 | gold_USA = 5 | silver_USA = 4 | bronze_USA = 2
 | gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 1 | host_FRA = yes
 | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_FIN = 3 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 2
 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 1
}}
{{further|1992 Winter Olympics medal table}}

(<sup>1</sup> combined team with athletes from 6 nations of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]; the team only appeared in these Winter Olympics)

===Podium sweeps===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Sport
!Event
!NOC
!Gold
!Silver
!Bronze
|-
|10 February
|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]] 
|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre classical|Men's 30 kilometre classical]]
|{{flagIOC|NOR|1992 Winter}}
|[[Vegard Ulvang]]
|[[Bjørn Dæhlie]]
|[[Terje Langli]]
|-
|17 February
|[[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] 
|[[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|Women's 5000 metres]]
|{{flagIOC|GER|1992 Winter}}
|[[Gunda Niemann-Kleemann]]
|[[Heike Warnicke]]
|[[Claudia Pechstein]]
|}

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;"
|-
|style="width:2.5em; background:#00cc33; text-align:center"|'''OC'''||Opening ceremony
|style="width:2.5em; background:#3399ff; text-align:center"|●||Event competitions
|style="width:2.5em; background:#ffcc00; text-align:center"|'''1'''||Event finals
|style="width:2.5em; background:#ee3333; text-align:center"|'''CC'''||Closing ceremony
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;"
|-
! colspan=2|February 1992
!style="width:2.5em"|8th<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|9th<br/>Sun
!style="width:2.5em"|10th<br/>Mon
!style="width:2.5em"|11th<br/>Tue
!style="width:2.5em"|12th<br/>Wed
!style="width:2.5em"|13th<br/>Thu
!style="width:2.5em"|14th<br/>Fri
!style="width:2.5em"|15th<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|16th<br/>Sun
!style="width:2.5em"|17st<br/>Mon
!style="width:2.5em"|18th<br/>Tue
!style="width:2.5em"|19th<br/>Wed
!style="width:2.5em"|20th<br/>Thu
!style="width:2.5em"|21st<br/>Fri
!style="width:2.5em"|22nd<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|23rd<br/>Sun
!Events
|-
| colspan=2|[[File:Olympic Rings Icon.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] Ceremonies ||style="background-color:#00cc33;text-align:center;"|'''[[1992 Winter Olympics opening ceremony| OC]]'''|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||style="background-color:#ee3333;text-align:center;"|'''[[1992 Winter Olympics closing ceremony|CC]]'''||{{n/a}}
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''2'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
<!--  T -->| '''10'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Biathlon pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]
|
|
|
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
| 
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|
|
<!--  T -->| '''6'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
<!--  T -->| '''2'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | {{nowrap|[[File:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]}}
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''2'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''2'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
<!--  T -->| '''10'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
|
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
|
<!--  T -->| '''4'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]
|
|
|
|
|style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
|style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''2'''
|
| 
|
|
| 
|
|
|
|
|
<!--  T -->| '''2'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
<!--  T -->| '''1'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Luge pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Luge]]
|
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!--  T -->| '''3'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Nordic combined pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]
|
|
|
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|
| 
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1''' 
|
|
| 
|
|
|
<!--  T -->| '''2'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Short track]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 
| 
| 
| 
| style="background-color:#3399ff;"|●
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''3'''
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
<!--  T -->| '''4'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Ski jumping pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
|
| 
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
| 
|
|
| 
|
|
<!--  T -->| '''3'''
|- align="center"
| colspan=2 align="left" | [[File:Speed skating pictogram.svg|20px]] [[Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
|
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| style="background-color:#ffcc00;"|'''1'''
| 
| 
| 
<!--  T -->| '''10'''
|-
!colspan=2| Daily medal events !! !! 4 !! 3 !! 3 !! 4 !! 6 !! 4 !! 5 !! 5 !! 4 !! 4 !! 2 !! 6 !! 2 !! 4 !! 1 !! rowspan=2|57
|-
!colspan=2|Cumulative total !! !! 4 !! 7 !! 10 !! 14 !! 20 !! 24 !! 29 !! 34 !! 38 !! 42 !! 44 !! 50 !! 52 !! 56 !! 57
|-
! colspan=2|February 1992
!style="width:2.5em"|8th<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|9th<br/>Sun
!style="width:2.5em"|10th<br/>Mon
!style="width:2.5em"|11th<br/>Tue
!style="width:2.5em"|12th<br/>Wed
!style="width:2.5em"|13th<br/>Thu
!style="width:2.5em"|14th<br/>Fri
!style="width:2.5em"|15th<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|16th<br/>Sun
!style="width:2.5em"|17st<br/>Mon
!style="width:2.5em"|18th<br/>Tue
!style="width:2.5em"|19th<br/>Wed
!style="width:2.5em"|20th<br/>Thu
!style="width:2.5em"|21st<br/>Fri
!style="width:2.5em"|22nd<br/>Sat
!style="width:2.5em"|23rd<br/>Sun
!Total events
|}

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=1992 Winter Olympics}}

==References==
'''Notes'''
{{Notelist}}
'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
*{{IOC games|games=1992 Winter Olympics }}
* [http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1992/ore294/ORE294o.pdf ''Olympic Review'' – Official Results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705153454/http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1992/winter/index.php The program of the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics]

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{{s-bef|before=[[1988 Winter Olympics|Calgary]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=XVI Olympic Winter Games<br/>[[Albertville]]|years=1992}}
{{s-aft|after=[[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer]]}}
{{s-end}}

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