| Ski jumping at the XVI Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for ski jumping | |
| Venue | Tremplin du Praz |
| Dates | February 9–16 |
| No. of events | 3 |
| Competitors | 63 from 17 nations |
| Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Normal hill | men |
| Large hill | men |
| Team | men |
Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of three events held from 9 February to 16 February, taking place at Tremplin du Praz. [1] [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Finland led the medal table with two golds, while Austria won the most medals with five, including sweeping the silver medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal hill individual | Ernst Vettori  Austria | 222.8 | Martin Höllwarth Austria | 218.1 | Toni Nieminen  Finland | 217.0 |
| Large hill individual | Toni Nieminen Finland | 239.5 | Martin Höllwarth Austria | 227.3 | Heinz Kuttin Austria | 214.8 |
| Large hill team | Finland (FIN) Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Risto Laakkonen Toni Nieminen | 644.4 | Austria (AUT) Heinz Kuttin Ernst Vettori Martin Höllwarth Andreas Felder | 642.9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Tomáš Goder František Jež Jaroslav Sakala Jiří Parma | 620.1 |
Seventeen nations participated in ski jumping at the Albertville Games. Slovenia and the Unified Team made their Olympic ski jumping debuts. [1]
Austria (4)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (3)
Unified Team (4) Finland (4)
France (4)
Germany (5)
Italy (3)
Japan (4)
Norway (5)
Poland (1)
Romania (1)
Slovenia (5)
Switzerland (4)
Sweden (5) Czechoslovakia (4)
United States (4)
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Albertville '92, was a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France. Albertville won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 1986, beating Sofia, Falun, Lillehammer, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Anchorage, and Berchtesgaden. The 1992 Winter Olympics were the last winter games held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The Games were the fifth Olympic Games held in France and the country's third Winter Olympics, after the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble. This games was the first of two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe, preceding the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first Winter Paralympics to be celebrated with the International Olympic Committee cooperation. They were also the first ever Paralympics or a Winter Parasports event held in France. They were held at the resort of Tignes as a support venue of the main host city Albertville, France, from 25 March to 1 April 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 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Albertville, France, from February 8 to February 23. A total of 1,801 athletes representing 64 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 57 events from 12 different sports and disciplines. In a break from tradition, the medals were primarily made of crystal rather than metal: gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border.
Alpine Skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville, France, consisted of ten alpine skiing events, held 9–22 February. The men's races were held at Val d’Isère, except for the slalom, which was at Les Menuires. All five women's events were conducted at Méribel.
The Nordic combined event at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of two athletic disciplines, held from 11 February to 17 February. The ski jumping portion and the 15 km cross-country portion of the Nordic Combined event were both held at Courchevel-le Praz. A temporary cross-country stadium was constructed in a field directly adjacent (east) to the Tremplin du Praz ski jump outrun. All other cross-country and Biathlon competitions were held at Les Saisies.
The 1992 Winter Olympic games cross-country skiing results. The cross-country skiing competitions were held at Les Saisies, about 40 km from the host city Albertville.
Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Les Saisies, about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville. The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992. The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon.
Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at La Plagne. The competition took place between 9 and 12 February 1992.
Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event. The venue was Tignes about 85 km from host city Albertville.
Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 to 20 February. Ten events were contested at L'anneau de vitesse. It was the last time in Winter Olympics in which speed skating events were contested in an outdoor ice rink.
Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of two events, at La Plagne. The competition took place between February 15 and February 22, 1992.
Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. Michael Prufer, a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h. Philippe Goitschel, the nephew of French ski champion Marielle Goitschel, was second and the American Jeffrey Hamilton was third. The competition was, however, marred by the death of Nicolas Bochatay from Switzerland, who died while free skiing the morning of the finals.
The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was a joint team consisting of six of the fifteen former Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Armenia that made a decision to collaborate and created a united team. The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It competed under the IOC country code EUN.
Czechoslovakia, formally the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. The team consisted of 74 athletes, which was the largest number at that time. It was the last time Czechoslovakia participated in the Winter Olympics, because the state split to Czech Republic and Slovakia and both countries entered their independent teams to the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Finland competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Poland competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Slovenia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Tremplin du Praz is a ski jumping hill at Le Praz in Courchevel, France. The complex consists of four hills: a large hill with construction point of K125 (HS137), a normal hill at K90 (HS96), and two training hills at K60 and K25. The complex also has a cross-country skiing stadium used for Nordic combined. Jörg Ritzerfeld holds the large hill winter record of 134.0 metres and Nicolas Mayer the normal hill record of 100.5 metres.
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