The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated 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 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 m events; Gunda Niemann took both of the longest races.
• Ski jumper Toni Nieminen, 16, became the youngest male gold medalist of a Winter Olympic 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 men's short-track events.
• Curling was the demo sport; Freestyle skiing and Speed skiing, demo disciplines
• Annelise Coberger of New Zealand wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic medal—a silver in the women's slalom.
• The German team won most medals in the games, with a total of 10 gold medals, 10 silver and 6 bronze.
• Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States became the first Asian to medal in figure skating.

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 Ménuires - Slalom men
• Méribel - Alpine Skiing Women
  • Méribel 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

 

(¹ combined team with athletes from 6 nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States; team only appeared in these Winter Olympics)

 

Source: www.wikipedia.org