1992 Winter Olympics

XVI Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Albertville, France
Motto	Savoie en Fête; (English: Party in Savoie)
Nations	64
Athletes	1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
Events	57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
Opening	8 February
Closing	23 February
Opened by	President François Mitterrand
Cauldron	François-Cyrille Grange; Michel Platini
Stadium	Théâtre des Cérémonies
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The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1992 in Albertville, France.

These were the last Winter Games to be held in the same year as the Summer Games. They were also the first Games where the Winter Paralympics and the Winter Olympics were held at the same site.

Olympic bids[change | change source]

Seven cities sent a bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Albertville, France (city chosen to host the Games)
Anchorage, USA
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Falun, Sweden
Lillehammer, Norway
Sofia, Bulgaria

References[change | change source]

↑ "Slogans", The Olympic Design, 22 September 2019

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[1] "Slogans", The Olympic Design, 22 September 2019

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