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1992 Winter Paralympics

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1992 Winter Paralympics
Winter Paralympic Games
Sportwinter sport, parasport Edit
CountryFrance Edit
Ein locationAlbertville Edit
Point for tym insyd1992 Edit
Tym dem start25 March 1992 Edit
End tym1 April 1992 Edit
MascotQ55595474 Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.paralympic.org/tignes-albertville-1992 Edit

De 1992 Winter Paralympics () na ebe de fifth Winter Paralympics. Na dem be de first Winter Paralympics wey dem celebrate dem plus de International Olympic Committee cooperation. Na dem sanso be de first ever Paralympics anaa Winter Parasports event dem hold insyd France. Na dem hold dem for de resort of Tignes as support venue of de main host city Albertville, France, from 25 March to 1 April 1992. For de first time, na dem hold demonstration events insyd Alpine den Nordic Skiing give athletes plus intellectual disability den Biathlon give athletes plus visual impairment.

Sports

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De games consist of 79 events insyd three disciplines of two sports.[1]

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

Medal table

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Dem list de top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals below. Dem highlight de host nation (France).

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
Totals (10 entries) 75 68 60 203

Nations wey dey participate

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Twenty four nations participate insyd de 1992 Winter Paralympics. Germany cam turn independent country after dema reunification while na Soviet Union dey insyd de process of dema country ein dissolution. Estonia, Liechtenstein den South Korea make dema debut appearances for de Winter Games.

  • Australia (5)
  • Austria (31)
  • Belgium (3)
  • Canada (19)
  • Czechoslovakia (16)
  • Denmark (5)
  • Estonia (1)
  • Finland (17)
  • France (31) (Host nation)
  • Germany (36)
  • Great Britain (15)
  • Italy (27)
  • Japan (15)
  • Liechtenstein (1)
  • Netherlands (7)
  • New Zealand (7)[2]
  • Norway (23)
  • Poland (13)
  • South Korea (2)
  • Spain (13)
  • Sweden (9)
  • Switzerland (19)
  • Unified Team (21)
  • United States (29)

Mascot

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Na de official mascot be Alpy, design by Vincent Thiebaut, represent de summit of de Grande Motte mountain insyd Tignes. Na dem show Alpy for mono-ski top make e demonstrate ein athleticism den de colours of white, green den blue wey dem use make e represent purity/snow, hope/nature den discipline/de lake. Na de bird logo be design by Jean-Michel Folon.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Tignes-Albertville 1992". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Albertville 1992". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games". National Paralympic Heritage Trust. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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Precede by

Innsbruck

Winter Paralympics

Tignes–Albertville V Paralympic Winter Games (1992)

Succeed by

Lillehammer

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