1992 Winter Paralympics

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.

1992 Winter Paralympics

Winter Paralympic Games

Sport	winter sport, parasport
Country	France
Ein location	Albertville
Point for tym insyd	1992
Tym dem start	25 March 1992
End tym	1 April 1992
Mascot	Q55595474
Dema official website	https://www.paralympic.org/tignes-albertville-1992

Sports

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

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

Medal table

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

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)
• Norway (23)
• Poland (13)
• South Korea (2)
• Spain (13)
• Sweden (9)
• Switzerland (19)
• Unified Team (21)
• United States (29)

Mascot

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.

External links

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

Precede by Innsbruck

Winter Paralympics Tignes–Albertville V Paralympic Winter Games (1992)

Succeed by Lillehammer