List of 1992 Winter Olympics medal winners

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Yelena Välbe won five medals in Albertville.
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The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a multi-sport event held in Albertville, France, from February 8 through February 23, 1992. A total of 1,801 athletes representing 64 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 57 events across 12 disciplines.[1][2]

Two disciplines were contested for medals for the first time after being demonstration sports four years prior in Calgary: freestyle skiing and short track speed skating.[3][4][5] In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon[6] and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women.[7]

Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team, the only Winter Olympics at which they would do so.[8][9] The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania chose to compete independently from the Unified Team.[8] The republics of Croatia and Slovenia made their Olympic debuts, being newly independent from Yugoslavia.[8] Following German reunification, the combined Federal Republic of Germany was represented by one combined team.[10]

Germany was the most successful team at these Olympics, winning 10 gold medals out of 26 total; both were the most of any nation.[11] The Unified Team came in second in both tallies, with 9 golds and 23 total medals – Norway tied the Unified Team with 9 golds, but had only 20 total medals.[11] New Zealand's Annelise Coberger won the country's first Winter Olympics medal, the first by someone representing a Southern Hemisphere nation.[12] Lyubov Yegorova was the most successful athlete, with five medals: three golds and two silvers. Her teammate on the Unified Team and fellow cross-country skier Yelena Välbe also won five medals; she had one gold and four bronze medals.[11] Thirty-eight athletes won more than one medal in Albertville, and twenty NOCs won at least one medal.[11]

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  6. ^ "Albertville; Restsova Wins the First Women's Biathlon". The New York Times. February 12, 1992. p. B10. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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  8. ^ a b c "Olympics; Unified Team Faces Splintered Future". The New York Times. July 19, 1992. p. B1. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Johnson, William (January 27, 1992). "On to Albertville". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "Albertville; Germany Gets a Boost From East". The New York Times. February 23, 1992. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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