1992 Winter Paralympics

The 5th Winter Paralympics were held in the French city of Albertville from 25 March to 1 April 1992. The Paralympics is the Olympics for people with physical disabilities. The Games in Albertville were the first that took place at the Olympic Winter Games directly afterwards. Approximately 365 athletes from 24 nations participated in 79 competitions. The opening ceremony and all other celebratory events were held for the alpine skiing events before the target area. For the first time in Paralympic Winter Games, all athletes were housed in a kind of Olympic Village.

Outstanding athletes

The German alpine skier Reinhild Möller won four gold medals. She, her teammate Gerd Schoenfelder (Alpine Skiing) and Frank Hoefle ( biathlon and cross-country), which both won three gold medals, as well as the rest of the German team bestowed Germany with a total of 38 medals to second place in the overall medal table.

April 1 Olympic Oath Finland France 1992 Winter Paralympics medal table Summer Olympic Games 1924 Summer Olympics 1940 Summer Olympics 1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics Winter Olympic Games 1928 Winter Olympics 1940 Winter Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics 1952 Winter Olympics 1960 Winter Olympics 1972 Winter Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics 1960 Summer Paralympics 1964 Summer Paralympics 1968 Summer Paralympics 1972 Summer Paralympics 1976 Summer Paralympics 1980 Summer Paralympics 1984 Summer Paralympics 1988 Summer Paralympics 1992 Summer Paralympics 1996 Summer Paralympics 2000 Summer Paralympics 2004 Summer Paralympics 2012 Summer Paralympics 2016 Summer Paralympics 2020 Summer Paralympics 1976 Winter Paralympics 1980 Winter Paralympics 1984 Winter Paralympics 1988 Winter Paralympics 1994 Winter Paralympics 1998 Winter Paralympics 2002 Winter Paralympics 2006 Winter Paralympics 2010 Winter Paralympics 2014 Winter Paralympics 2018 Winter Paralympics Youth Olympic Games 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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