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1992 Albertville Winter


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THE XVIth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES




Appointed on 17 October 1986 at the session held in Lausanne thanks to the action of the Presidents of its Organising Committee, Michel Barnier and Jean-Claude Killy. It was the third time that France hosted the Winter Games, Chamonix in 1924, Grenoble in 1968, and it was also the centenary of Coubertin's call for the re-establishment of the Olympic Games.


Dates: February 8 - 23, 1992
Participating NOCs: 64
Number of sports: 7
Number of events: 57
Number of athletes: 1801
Men: 1313
Women: 588
Volunteers: 8647
Media: 5894
Opening: François Mitterrand, Republic President
Oath: Surya Bonaly
Judges’ oath: Pierre Bornat
Last torchbearer: Michel Platini, François-Cyrille Grange
Candidate cities: Anchorage (USA), Berchtesgaden (GER), Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), Lillehammer (NOR), Falun (SWE), Sofia (BUL)
Pays or argent bronze
drapeau Austria (AUT) 6 7 8
drapeau Canada (CAN) 2 3 2
drapeau Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 0 3
drapeau Democratic People'S Republic Of Korea (PRK) 0 0 1
drapeau Finland (FIN) 3 1 3
drapeau France (FRA) 3 5 1
drapeau Germany (GER) 10 10 6
drapeau Italy (ITA) 4 6 4
drapeau Japan (JPN) 1 2 4
drapeau Luxembourg (LUX) 0 2 0
drapeau Netherlands (NED) 1 1 2
drapeau New Zealand (NZL) 0 1 0
drapeau Norway (NOR) 9 6 5
drapeau People's Republic Of China (CHN) 0 3 0
drapeau Republic Of Korea (KOR) 2 1 1
drapeau Spain (ESP) 0 0 1
drapeau Sweden (SWE) 1 0 3
drapeau Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 2
drapeau Unified Team (Ex Ussr) (EUN) 9 6 8
drapeau United States Of America (USA) 5 4 2