Back Альбервилль 1992 Abkhazian Olimpiese Winterspele 1992 Afrikaans Chuegos Olimpicos d'hibierno de 1992 AN الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 1992 Arabic اوليمبياد شتا 1992 ARZ Xuegos Olímpicos d'Albertville 1992 AST 1992 Qış Olimpiya Oyunları Azerbaijani Olimpiade Masan Dingin 1992 BAN Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 1992 Byelorussian Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 1992 году BE-X-OLD
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| Location | Albertville, France |
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| Motto | Savoie en Fête (English: Party in Savoie)[1] |
| Nations | 64 |
| Athletes | 1,801 (1,313 men, 488 women) |
| Events | 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) |
| Opening | 8 February 1992 |
| Closing | 23 February 1992 |
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| Cauldron | |
| Stadium | Théâtre des Cérémonies |
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The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Albertville '92 (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, and Berchtesgaden. The 1992 Winter Olympics were the last winter games held in the same year as the Summer Olympics.[2][3] The Games were the fifth Olympic Games held in France and the country's third Winter Olympics, after the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix and the 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, short track speed skating, 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 sports and fifty-seven events. This included both the Unified Team, representing the non-Baltic former Soviet republics, and Germany, newly consolidated again as a team following the reunification of the former 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 sports, consisting of curling, aerials and ski ballet, and 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.
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