1992 Winter Olympics
The emblem is the flag of Savoy region
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| Host city | Albertville, France | ||
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| Motto | At the Peak of Performance (French: A la Pointe de la Performance) | ||
| Nations participating | 64 | ||
| Athletes participating | 1801 (1313 men, 488 women) | ||
| Events | 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) | ||
| Opening ceremony | 8 February | ||
| Closing ceremony | 23 February | ||
| Officially opened by | President François Mitterrand | ||
| Athlete's Oath | Surya Bonaly | ||
| Judge's Oath | Pierre Bornat | ||
| Olympic Torch | Michel Platini and François-Cyrille Grange |
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| Stadium | Théâtre des Cérémonies | ||
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The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics were held at the same site. Albertville was selected as host in 1986, beating Sofia, Falun, Lillehammer, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Anchorage and Berchtesgaden. The games were the third Winter Olympics held in France, after Chamonix in 1924 and Grenoble in 1968, and the fifth Olympics overall in the country.
Only some of the skating and the opening and closing ceremonies took place in Albertville, while the rest of the events took place in the villages of Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Menuires, Les Saisies, Méribel, Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Tignes and Val d'Isère. Sixty-four nations with 1,801 athletes participated in the games, including the Unified Team which represented non-Baltic former Soviet republics. Germany participated as a unified team, while five newly independent European countries debuted, as did six "warm-weather" countries. Short track speed skating, moguls and women's biathlon made their debut as an Olympic sport. The games were the last Winter Games until 2014 to have demonstration sports, consisting of curling, aerials, ski ballet and speed skiing. It was the last Olympics to have an outdoor speed skating rink. The games were succeeded by the 1992 Winter Paralympics from 25 March to 1 April.
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