France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

was the host nation for the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...

. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in

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and the 1968 Games in

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), and the fifth time overall (after the

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in

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Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.France at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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Alpine skiing

;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined

Biathlon

;Men ;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay ;Women ;Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay : ¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. : ² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Men : ¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay ;Women : ² Starting delay based on 5 km results. : C = Classical style, F = Freestyle ;Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

was a demonstration sport at the

Figure skating

;Men ;Women ;Pairs ;Ice Dancing

Freestyle skiing

;Men ;Women

Ice hockey

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

Final round

Quarter-finals Consolation round 5th-8th places 7th-place match Contestants :* Jean-Marc Djian :* Fabrice Lhenry :* Petri Ylönen :* Stéphane Botteri :* Gérald Guennelon :* Michel Leblanc :* Jean-Philippe Lemoine :*

Denis Perez Denis Perez (born 25 April 1965 in Caen, France), is a French ice hockey player and coach. He competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2002, thus becoming the fifth hockey player to do so after Udo Kießling (Germany), Petter Thoresen ...

:* Serge Poudrier :* Bruno Saunier :* Peter Almásy :* Mickaël Babin :* Stéphane Barin :* Philippe Bozon :* Arnaud Briand :* Yves Crettenand :* Patrick Dunn :*

Benoît Laporte Benoit Laporte (born June 14, 1960) is a Canadian-French professional ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He last served as head coach of the 3L de Rivière-du-Loup. Playing career Born in Montreal, Quebec, Laporte pl ...

:* Pascal Margerit :* Christian Pouget :* Pierre Pousse :*

Antoine Richer Antoine Richer (born 9 August 1961) is a French ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1988 Winter Olympics, the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV ...

:* Christophe Ville *Head coach: Kjell Larsson

Luge

;Men (Men's) Doubles

Nordic combined

Men's individual Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 15 km cross-country skiing Men's Team Three participants per team. Events: * normal hill ski jumping * 10 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

;Men ;Women

Ski jumping

;Men's team large hill : ¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

;Men

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database

Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics 1992

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...