France was the host nation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. It was the third time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Games in Grenoble), and the fifth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Nordic combined Individual 12 February Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 13 February Biathlon Women's relay 14 February Alpine skiing Men's downhill 9 February Nordic combined Individual 12 February Freestyle skiing Men's moguls 13 February Figure skating Ice dance 17 February Alpine skiing Women's super-G 18 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 13 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.France at the 1992 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 10 9 19Biathlon 6 4 10Bobsleigh 9 – 9Cross-country skiing 6 5 11Figure skating 6 6 12Freestyle skiing 4 2 6Ice hockey 22 – 22Luge 3 0 3Nordic combined 4 – 4Short track speed skating 4 4 8Ski jumping 4 – 4Speed skating 1 0 1 Total 79 30 109
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankAdrien DuvillardDownhillDNF–Denis Rey1:54.2827Luc Alphand1:52.3412Franck Piccard1:50.42Armand SchieleSuper-GDNF–Franck PiccardDNF–Jean-Luc Crétier1:16.3624Luc Alphand1:15.3916Franck PiccardGiant Slalom1:07.141:04.792:11.9318Alain Feutrier1:07.111:04.892:12.0019Stéphane Exartier1:06.871:03.802:10.6713Patrice BianchiSlalomDNF–DNF–Stéphane Exartier58.3155.591:53.9030Alain Feutrier54.50DNFDNF–François Simond53.8853.611:47.4912
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankAdrien DuvillardDSQ––DSQ–Denis ReyDSQ––DSQ–Jean-Luc Crétier1:46.2549.6752.4218.974
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankMarie-Pierre GatelDownhill1:56.2523Cathy Chedal1:55.9122Régine Cavagnoud1:54.9417Carole Merle1:54.7313Régine CavagnoudSuper-G1:26.6926Cathy Chedal1:25.6622Florence Masnada1:25.4219Carole Merle1:22.63Cathy ChedalGiant SlalomDSQ–DSQ–Sophie Lefranc1:09.541:09.132:18.6719Christelle Guignard1:08.08DNFDNF–Carole Merle1:06.671:07.572:14.246Béatrice FilliolSlalomDNF–DNF–Florence MasnadaDNF–DNF–Christelle Guignard50.2046.111:36.3114Patricia Chauvet-Blanc48.9844.741:33.726
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankBéatrice Filliol1:30.0334.23DNFDNF–Régine Cavagnoud1:28.1635.9636.0351.1310Florence Masnada1:27.0835.1934.8221.38
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintXavier Blond328:32.845Christian Dumont428:30.742Patrice Bailly-Salins327:49.730Hervé Flandin126:56.610
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmLionel Laurent59:10.641'03:10.647Thierry Gerbier1'00:24.821'02:24.839Patrice Bailly-Salins56:28.341'00:28.322Christian Dumont57:27.0259:27.013
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankXavier BlondThierry GerbierChristian DumontHervé Flandin01'27:13.36
Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintVéronique Claudel427:04.524Corinne Niogret326:32.317Delphyne Heymann-Burlet425:50.59Anne Briand-Schaaf225:29.87
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmAnne Briand-Bouthiaux49:05.1756:05.119Corinne Niogret51:06.6253:06.67Delphyne Heymann-Burlet50:00.8353:00.86Véronique Claudel50:21.2252:21.24
Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankCorinne NiogretVéronique ClaudelAnne Briand-Bouthiaux01'15:55.6
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Christophe FlacherClaude DasseTwo-man1:01.13161:01.52151:01.47111:01.44124:05.5614FRA-2Gabriel FourmiguéPhilippe TanchonTwo-man1:01.19181:01.72191:01.77161:01.70144:06.3817
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Christophe FlacherClaude DasseThierry TribondeauGabriel FourmiguéFour-man58.45758.79758.781158.8983:54.918FRA-2Bruno MingeonStéphane PoirotDidier StilDominique KlinnikFour-man59.031759.331959.522059.53203:57.4118
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CCédric Vallet34:35.179Philippe Sanchez31:42.351Stéphane Azambre31:22.243Patrick Rémy30:45.13615 km pursuit1 FCédric Vallet48:10.268Stéphane Azambre43:26.938Philippe Sanchez42:34.330Patrick Rémy42:08.52230 km CGuy Balland1'30:19.637Patrick Rémy1'27:54.02350 km FStéphane Azambre2'13:49.826Guy Balland2'10:40.814Hervé Balland2'07:17.75
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankPatrick RémyPhilippe SanchezStéphane AzambreHervé Balland1'44:51.18
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CSophie Villeneuve16:15.049Sylvie Giry-Rousset16:06.645Marie-Pierre Guilbaud15:53.637Isabelle Mancini15:12.12210 km pursuit2 FMarie-Pierre Guilbaud31:41.346Sylvie Giry-Rousset29:46.332Sophie Villeneuve29:28.531Isabelle Mancini27:39.3915 km CCarole Stanisière47:20.132Sylvie Giry-Rousset46:48.52830 km FMarie-Pierre GuilbaudDNF–Sylvie Giry-Rousset1'35:08.439Isabelle Mancini1'31:03.321Sophie Villeneuve1'30:14.518
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankCarole StanisièreSylvie Giry-RoussetSophie VilleneuveIsabelle Mancini1'01:30.75
Curling
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Megève CC, Megève Skip: Dominique Dupont-Roc Third: Claude Feige Second: Patrick Philippe Lead: Thierry Mercier Alternate: Daniel Moratelli
Figure skating
Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Éric Millot171321.515 Nicolas Pétorin141421.014
Women AthleteSPFSTFPRank Laëtitia Hubert51517.512 Surya Bonaly367.55
Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Line HaddadSylvain Prive161624.016
Ice Dancing AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank Sophie MoniottePascal Lavanchy998917.49 Doninique YvonFrédéric Palluel889816.68 Isabelle DuchesnayPaul Duchesnay33224.4
Freestyle skiing
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankÉric BerthonMoguls33.2623.418 Q33.8724.794Youri Gilg33.3923.635 Q33.2022.859Olivier Allamand31.8524.962 Q32.9124.87Edgar Grospiron31.8025.231 Q31.2325.81
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankCandice GilgMoguls54.948.7424did not advanceRaphaëlle Monod38.7824.091 Q43.7215.578
Ice hockey
Group B Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.
Team advanced to the Final Round Team sent to compete in the Consolation round
TeamGPWLTGFGADIFPTS5410289198541032102285410251510852301422-8451401325-1225050738-310
2:3 4:6 4:3 0:8 4:2
Final round Quarter-finals 1:4
Consolation round 5th-8th places 4:5
7th-place match 8th 1:4
Contestants Jean-Marc Djian Fabrice Lhenry Petri Ylönen Stéphane Botteri Gérald Guennelon Michel Leblanc Jean-Philippe Lemoine Denis Perez Serge Poudrier Bruno Saunier Peter Almásy Mickaël Babin Stéphane Barin Philippe Bozon Arnaud Briand Yves Crettenand Patrick Dunn Benoît Laporte Pascal Margerit Christian Pouget Pierre Pousse Antoine Richer Christophe Ville Head coach: Kjell Larsson
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFrédéric Bertrand47.6633047.8003248.4433149.050323:12.95632Yves Boyer47.3782946.9172647.8912847.644273:09.83028Olivier Fraise46.2872147.2783046.9812246.814203:07.36022
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankYves BoyerFrédéric Bertrand48.8472048.060191:36.90719
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankXavier GirardIndividual199.322+3:14.748:02.013Francis Repellin201.919+2:57.450:28.427Sylvain Guillaume208.113+2:16.045:16.5Fabrice Guy222.13+42.744:28.1
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankFrancis RepellinSylvain GuillaumeFabrice Guy578.45+5:33.01'25:52.04
Short track speed skating
Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankMarc Bella1000 m1:34.223did not advanceMarc BellaArnaud DrouetRémi IngresClaude Nicouleau5000 m relay7:38.323 q7:26.093 QB7:26.095
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankKarine Rubini500 m49.252 Q1:08.414did not advanceValérie BarizzaSandrine DaudetMurielle LeyssieuxKarine Rubini3000 m relay4:43.323did not advance
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankJérôme GayNormal hill79.588.779.592.2180.943Steve Delaup78.592.179.594.7186.832Nicolas Jean-Prost81.097.681.098.1195.719Didier Mollard84.5103.785.0106.0209.78Jérôme GayLarge hill70.017.097.576.593.554Nicolas Jean-Prost92.569.578.035.2104.751Didier Mollard104.589.881.042.4132.240Steve Delaup106.092.9105.592.7185.66
Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankJérôme GayDidier MollardNicolas Jean-ProstSteve Delaup510.910
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank1000 mThierry Lamberton1:31.64441500 mThierry Lamberton2:04.04415000 mThierry Lamberton7:35.5135
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com