In 1992, two Olympics were held at once - winter and summer. Skiers, skaters, figure skaters, hockey players and representatives of other winter disciplines competed in the French Albertville from 8 to 23 February.
It was decided at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 1986 to transfer the 1992 Winter Olympics to France. The rest of the rival cities, for example, Sofia, were significantly inferior to the French city of Albertville.
A total of 64 countries took part in the games. Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, a dilemma arose as to which flag the athletes who were previously part of this team would compete under. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia decided to send national teams to the games. Athletes from the other republics of the USSR became part of the United Team and performed under a white flag with Olympic rings. Also, for the first time since 1936, the team of united Germany, previously divided into the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, came to the games. Countries such as Algeria, Honduras and Brazil took part in the Winter Games for the first time.
The German team received the most medals. This was due to the fact that both the FRG and the GDR paid great attention to sports. As a result, many of the world's strongest athletes entered the national team. For example, biathlete Mark Keecher and speed skating champion Gunda Nieman each won 2 gold medals for their country.
With a slight gap of 3 awards, the United Team came in second. It was a worthy performance, despite the loss of some of the strong Baltic athletes who joined the national teams. Norway, traditionally strong in winter sports, took the third place. The famous skier Bjorn Dahlen has significantly increased the rating of his team, having won 3 gold medals in one Olympics.
Team USA did not perform very well, taking 5th place in the general unofficial standings. The greatest success has been achieved by American skaters and figure skaters. In particular, Kristi Yamaguchi won gold in women's singles.
