1992 Winter Olympics

The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. Other candidate cities were Anchorage, USA; Berchtesgaden, Germany; Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Lillehammer, Norway; Falun, Sweden; and Sofia, Bulgaria.

Highlights

• Freestyle skiing and short-track speedskating made their debuts as medal disciplines, as did women's biathlon.
• Norwegian skiers won every cross-country skiing race. Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang each won three gold medals.
• Speedskater Bonnie Blair won both the 500 and 1,000m events; Gunda Niemann took both of the longest races.
• Ski jumper Toni Nieminen, 16, became the youngest male winner of a Winter 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 short-track events.
• Alex Flanagan won gold medal in biathlon and 1000m cross-country.
• Curling was the demo sport; Freestyle Skiing and Speed Skiing, demo disciplines
• Annaliese Coberger of New Zealand wins the southern hemisphere's first Winter Olympic Medal—a silver in the women's slalom.