1992 Winter Olympics

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The 1992 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter event held in Albertville, France, featuring competitions in sports such as skiing, skating, and ice hockey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
awardedInCity Lausanne
awardedInCountry Switzerland
awardedOnDate 1986-10-17
cauldronLighter François-Cyrille Grange
Michel Platini
closingDate 1992-02-23
continent Europe
featuredSport Nordic combined
alpine skiing
biathlon
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
figure skating
freestyle skiing
ice hockey
luge
short track speed skating
ski jumping
speed skating
followedBy 1994 Winter Olympics
hostCity Albertville
hostCountry France
hostCountryNOC FRA
hostRegion Savoie
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames 91st IOC Session
mainStadium Stade Olympique d’Albertville
mascot Magique
mascotType star-shaped imp
motto Savour the Games
notableFact first Winter Olympics to feature short track speed skating as a full medal sport
last Winter Olympics to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics
numberOfAthletes 1801
numberOfDisciplines 12
numberOfEvents 57
numberOfFemaleAthletes 488
numberOfMaleAthletes 1313
numberOfParticipatingNations 64
numberOfSports 7
officialName XVI Olympic Winter Games
OlympicOathByAthlete Surya Bonaly
OlympicOathByOfficial Michel Vion
OlympicTorchDesigner Philippe Starck
openingDate 1992-02-08
openingDeclaredBy François Mitterrand
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
partOf Olympic Games
precededBy 1988 Winter Olympics
year 1992

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1994 Winter Olympics previousWinterOlympics 1992 Winter Olympics
XVII Olympic Winter Games precededBy 1992 Winter Olympics
Björn Dählie OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
XVI Olympic Winter Games commonName 1992 Winter Olympics
Albertville hosted 1992 Winter Olympics
1988 Winter Olympics nextEvent 1992 Winter Olympics
Magique represents 1992 Winter Olympics
Magique represents Albertville 1992 Winter Games
linked to: 1992 Winter Olympics
Albert II of Monaco olympicParticipation 1992 Winter Olympics
Pavel Bure OlympicGames 1992 Winter Olympics
Bonnie Blair competedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
Viktor Petrenko won gold medal at 1992 Winter Olympics
Viktor Petrenko competed at 1992 Winter Olympics
François-Cyrille Grange litOlympicCauldronAt 1992 Winter Olympics
Johann Olav Koss competedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
Surya Bonaly competedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
Sergei Makarov OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
Unified Team competedAt 1992 Winter Olympics
Michel Vion participatedIn 1992 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
linked to: 1992 Winter Olympics
Midori Ito performedTripleAxel 1992 Winter Olympics
Midori Ito OlympicGames 1992 Winter Olympics
Bjørn Dæhlie participantIn 1992 Winter Olympics
subject linked to: Dæhlie
Albertville Organizing Committee organizedEvent 1992 Winter Olympics
Savour the Games associatedWith 1992 Winter Olympics
Savour the Games associatedWith Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics
linked to: 1992 Winter Olympics
women's 3000 metre relay firstOlympicAppearance 1992 Winter Olympics
La Plagne wasVenueFor 1992 Winter Olympics
Teemu Selänne OlympicGames 1992 Winter Olympics
subject linked to: The Finnish Flash
Viktor Tikhonov OlympicGoldMedalAsCoach 1992 Winter Olympics
Nancy Kerrigan participatedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
Johann Olav Koss participatedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
subject linked to: Koss
Surya Bonaly performedBackflipAt 1992 Winter Olympics
subject linked to: Bonaly
Surya Bonaly competedIn 1992 Winter Olympics
subject linked to: Bonaly