Slovenia participated at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, held between 8 and 23 February 1992. The country's participation in the Games marked its first appearance at the Winter Olympics after its independence from Yugoslavia.
The Slovenian team consisted of 27 athletes who competed across six sports. Franci Petek served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. Slovenia did not win any medals in the Games.
Biathlon competitions were held at Les Saisies between 9 and 11 February.[9] Five Slovenian athletes participated across the five events in biathlon.[5] The biathlon events consisted of a skiing a specific course multiple times depending on the length of the competition, with intermediate shooting at various positions. For every shot missed, a penalty of one minute is applied in individual events, and the participant is required to ski through a penalty loop in sprint events.[10][11]Sašo Grajf and Boštjan Lekan registered the best finish amongst the Slovenians in the men's sprint and individual events respectively.[10][11]
Freestyle skiing events were held between 9 and 16 February.[16]Aleksander Peternel and Marko Jemec represented Slovenia, and both of them did not advance to the finals.[4]
Ski jumping competitions were held at Stade de Saut in Courcheval.[17] Five Slovenian athletes participated across the three events in Ski jumping.[5] Flag-bearer Franci Petek recorded the only top ten result in the individual events.[18] In the team event, where each of the four member team did two jumps, the Slovenian team finished sixth with a combined tally of 543.3 points.[19]
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