1992 Winter Paralympics

V Paralympic Winter Games

Host city	Tignes / Albertville, France
Nations participating	24
Athletes participating	365 (288 men and 77 women)
Events	78 in 3 sports
Opening ceremony	March 25
Closing ceremony	April 1
Officially opened by	President François Mitterrand
Athlete's Oath	Ludovic Rey Robert
Paralympic torch	Luc Sabatier
Paralympic stadium	Tignes Ski Resort
Winter:
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Summer:
<  Barcelona 1992 Atlanta 1996  >

1992 Winter Olympics
Bid process (Albertville bid) Venues Mascot Torch relay Opening ceremony Medal table (medalists) Chronological summary Closing ceremony Paralympics (medal table)
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The 1992 Winter Paralympics (French: Les Ve Jeux paralympiques d'hiver) were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first winter Paralympics to be celebrated concurrently with the Olympic Games. They were also the first ever Paralympics at any event in France. They were held in Tignes and Albertville, France, from March 25 to April 1, 1992. For the first time, demonstration events in Alpine and Nordic Skiing for athletes with an intellectual disability and Biathlon for athletes with a visual impairment were held.

The bird logo was designed by Jean-Michel Folon. The official mascot was Alpy, designed by Vincent Thiebaut, represented the summit of the Grande Motte mountain in Tignes. Alpy was shown on a mono-ski to demonstrate its athleticism and the colours of white, green and blue were used to represent purity/snow, hope/nature and discipline/the lake.

Sports

The games consisted of 79 events in three disciplines of two sports.^[1]

• Alpine skiing
• Nordic skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Cross-country skiing

Medal table

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (France) is highlighted.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	20	16	9	45
2	Germany	12	17	9	38
3	Unified Team	10	8	3	21
4	Austria	8	3	9	20
5	Finland	7	3	4	14
6	France	6	4	9	19
7	Norway	5	5	4	14
8	Switzerland	3	8	4	15
9	Canada	2	4	6	12
10	Poland	2	0	3	5

See also

• 1992 Winter Olympics
• 1992 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• The event at SVT's open archive (Swedish)

Paralympic Games
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Summer Games	Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Tel Aviv 1968 Heidelberg 1972 Toronto 1976 Arnhem 1980 New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona/Madrid 1992 Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 London 2012 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Tokyo 2020
Winter Games	Örnsköldsvik 1976 Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Tignes/Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022
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