| 1992 Winter Olympics medals | ||||
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| Location | Albertville, France | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Most gold medals |  Germany (10) | |||
| Most total medals | Germany (26) | |||
| Medalling NOCs | 20 | |||
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The1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a wintermulti-sport event held inAlbertville, France, from February 8 to 23. A total of 1,801 athletes representing 64National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+7 from1988 Olympics) participated in 57 events (+11 from 1988) from 12 differentsports and disciplines (+2 from 1988).[1] In a break from tradition, the medals were primarily made ofcrystal rather than metal: gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border.[2]
Athletes from 20 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 14 secured at least one gold medal. Making their first Olympic appearance sinceGerman reunification in 1990,Germany led in both gold and overall medals, with 10 and 26 respectively. TheUnified Team, consisting of athletes from six formerSoviet republics, was second in both categories, with 9 gold and 23 overall medals.[3] Four nations won their first Winter Olympic medal in Albertville.South Korea won the country's first Winter Olympic medal—a gold—whenKim Ki-hoon came first in the newly introduced Olympic sport ofshort track speed skating.[4][5] Silver medal-winning slalom skierAnnelise Coberger—in addition to winningNew Zealand's first Winter Olympic medal—became the first athlete from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.[6]Speed skaterYe Qiaobo of thePeople's Republic of China andalpine skierMarc Girardelli ofLuxembourg also won their countries first ever Winter Olympic medals in Albertville.[7][8]Croatia andSlovenia participated at their first Olympic Games as independent nations, though neither won a medal.[1]
Two athletes, bothcross-country skiers for the Unified Team, tied for the most medals for an individual athlete with five each.Lyubov Yegorova won three gold and two silver medals, whileYelena Välbe won one gold and four bronze medals.[9]Ski jumperToni Nieminen ofFinland became the youngest male to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics at the age of 16.[1]
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The medal table is based on information provided by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses theOlympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by aNational Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals.[12][13] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by theirIOC country code.[14] Medals won in team competitions—such asice hockey—are counted only once, no matter how many athletes won medals as part of the team.[15]
In thewomen's giant slalom alpine skiing event, two silver medals were awarded for a second place tie, so no bronze medal was awarded for that event.[16][17]
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 |  Unified Team | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 |  Norway | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 |  Austria | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 |  United States | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 |  Italy | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | France* | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 |  Finland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 |  Canada | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 |  South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 |  Japan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Sweden | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  China | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 |  Luxembourg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 |  North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 57 | 58 | 56 | 171 | |
