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Albertville, France
XVIth WINTER GAMES |
February 8 -
23, 1992 |
Mascot -
Magique the Star |
64 countries,
1801 athletes (488 women) |
6 sports, 57 events |
Opening - President
Francois Mitterand |
Torch lit by -
Michel Platini & Francois-Cyrille Grange |
Candidates:
Anchorage, Berchtesgaden (GER), Cortina d'Ampezzo, Falun (SWE),
Lillehammer, Sofia |
16 October 1986 - 91st IOC Session in
Lausanne, Switzerland - Albertville was elected to be the host of the XVIth Olympic Winter Games in 1992..
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3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Albertville |
19 |
26 |
29 |
42 |
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51 |
Anchorage |
7 |
5 |
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Berchtesgaden |
6 |
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Cortina d'Ampezzo |
7 |
6 |
7 |
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Falun |
10 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
41 |
9 |
Lillehammer |
10 |
11 |
9 |
11 |
40 |
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Sofia |
25 |
25 |
28 |
24 |
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25 |
Political upheaval caused
dramatic changes in the Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union during 1991.
At the 1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games, the USSR was no more; athletes
from the world's largest country now competed as a "Unified
Team." With the fall of the East German regime, German athletes
once again competed together under one flag, while the Baltic countries
of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia returned to the Olympics as sovereign
nations after more than half a century.
Freestyle skiing, men's and
women's short-track speedskating and a three-event women's biathlon were
added to the Winter Games. France also joined the United States as the
only nation to host an Olympic Winter Games three times.
Perhaps it was fitting that
France, the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin,the founder of the modern
Olympics, was home to the first post-Cold War Games. Germany competed as
one nation for the first time since 1964. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
competed under their own flags and names for the first time in more than
50 years. Five former republics of the Soviet Union competed under the
name of the Unified Team, using the flag and anthem of the Olympics.
After not winning an alpine
skiing medal since 1952, the Norwegians claimed four, led by Kjetil-Andre
Aamodt, who won a gold in the super G and a bronze in the giant slalom.
Four cross-country skiers made
headlines. Norwegian teammates Vegard Ulvang and Bjorn Daehlie each won
three golds and a silver. Unified Team teammates Yelena Valbe and Lyubov
Egorova teamed to win ten medals, but it was Egorova who was the
brighter of the two stars, winning three golds and two silvers, to
Valbe's four bronzes and a gold.
The U.S. hockey team enjoyed its
best performance since 1980, finishing fourth. Kristi Yamaguchi became
the first U.S. woman to claim gold in ladies' figure skating since
Dorothy Hamill. Viktor Petrenko of the Unified Team won the men's figure
skating gold, with American Paul Wylie earning silver.
The disappointment of Calgary
that Dan Jansen suffered was extended when tentative performances left
him without a medal for another Olympics. Particularly difficult to
swallow was his fourth-place finish in the 500m, as he was the
world-record holder. Once again Bonnie Blair carried the spirits of the
U.S. speed skating team, defending her Olympic gold in the 500m and
taking a gold in the 1,000m.
Germany topped the medals table
with 26.
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BIATHLON
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BOBSLED |
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2 |
ICE
HOCKEY |
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1 |
LUGE |
2 |
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3 |
SKATING |
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Figure
Skating |
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3 |
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4 |
Short
Track Speed Skating |
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1 |
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1 |
2 |
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1 |
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4 |
Speed Skating |
5 |
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2 |
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2 |
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10 |
SKIING |
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Alpine Skiing |
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2 |
3 |
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3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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10 |
Cross-Country
Skiing |
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3 |
5 |
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1 |
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1 |
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10 |
Freestyle
Skiing |
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1 |
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2 |
Nordic Combined |
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Ski
Jumping |
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TOTAL |
10 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
57 |
GOLD MEDAL
WINNERS
(11 new events, 1 event converted to pursuit; 2 new disciplines)
(31 Men, 23 Women, 3 Combined Events)
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BIATHLON
M\10km: Mark Kirchner, Germany
M\20km: Evgeny Redkine, Unified Team
M\4x7.5km Relay: Germany
W\7.5km: Antissa Restzova, Unified Team
W\15km: Antje Misersky, Germany
W\3x7.5km: France
BOBSLEIGH
M\Two-Man: Gustav Weder/Donat Acklin, Switzerland
M\Four-Man: Austria
ICE HOCKEY
Men's Team: Unified Team
LUGE
M\Single: Georg Hackl, Germany
M\Double: Stefan Krausse/Jan Behrendt, Germany
W\Single: Doris Neuner, Austria |
SKIING
ALPINE SKIING
M\Downhill: Patrick Ortlieb, Austria
M\Slalom: Finn Christian Jagge, Norway
M\Giant Slalom: Alberto Tomba, Italy
M\Super Giant Slalom: Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norway
M\Combined: Josef Polig, Italy
W\Downhill: Kerrin Lee Gartner, Canada
W\Slalom: Petra Kronberger, Austria
W\Giant Slalom: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden
W\Super Giant Slalom: Deborah Compagnoni, Italy
W\Combined: Petra Kronberger, Austria
CROSS-COUNTRY
SKIING
M\10km classical: Vegard Ulvang, Norway
M\15km freestyle/pursuit: Bjorn Daehlie, Norway
M\30km classical: Vegard Ulvang, Norway
M\50km classical: Bjorn Daehlie, Norway
M\4x10km Relay: Norway
W\5km classical: Marjut Lukkarinen, Finland
W\10km freestyle/pursuit: Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team
W\15km classical: Lyubov Egorova, Unified Team
W\30km freestyle: Stefania Belmondo, Italy
W\4x5km Relay: Unified Team
FREESTYLE SKIING (NEW)
M\Moguls: Edgar Grospiron, France
W\Moguls: Donna Weinbrecht, United States
NORDIC COMBINED
Individual: Fabrice Guy, France
Team: Japan
SKI JUMPING
M\K-90 Individual: Ernst Vettori, Austria
M\K-120 Individual: Toni Nieminen, Finland
M\K-120 Team: Finland
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SKATING
FIGURE SKATING
M\Singles: Viktor Petrenko, Unified Team
W\Singles: Kristi Yamaguchi, United States
Pairs: Natalya Mishkutenok/Artur Dmitriev, Unified Team
Ice-Dancing: Marina Klimova/Sergei Ponomarenko, EUN
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING (NEW)
M\1000m: Ki-Hoon Kim, South Korea
M\5000m Relay: South Korea
W\500m: Cathy Turner, United States
W\3000m Relay: Canada
SPEED SKATING
M\500m: Uwe-Jens Mey, Germany
M\1000m: Olaf Zinke, Germany
M\1500m: Johann Koss, Norway
M\5000m: Geir Karlstad, Norway
M\10000m: Bart Veldkamp, Netherlands
W\500m: Bonnie Blair, United States
W\1000m: Bonnie Blair, United States
W\1500m: Jacqueline Boerner, Germany
W\3000m: Gunda Niemann, Germany
W\5000m: Gunda Niemann, Germany |
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COUNTRY
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B
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TTL
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Germany |
10 |
10 |
6 |
26 |
Unified
Team |
9 |
6 |
8 |
23 |
Austria |
6 |
7 |
8 |
21 |
Norway |
9 |
6 |
5 |
20 |
Italy |
4 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
United
States |
5 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
France |
3 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
Finland |
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
Canada |
2 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
Japan |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
South
Korea |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Netherlands |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Sweden |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Switzerland |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
China |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Czechoslovakia |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
Luxembourg |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
New
Zealand |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
North
Korea |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Spain |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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TOTAL
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57 |
58 |
56 |
171 |
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