List Of 1992 Winter Olympics Medal Winners
Two disciplines were contested for medals for the first time after being demonstration sports four years prior in Calgary: freestyle skiing and short track speed skating. In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women.
Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team, the only Winter Olympics at which they would do so. The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania chose to compete independently from the Unified Team. The republics of Croatia and Slovenia made their Olympic debuts, being newly independent from Yugoslavia. Following German reunification, the combined Federal Republic of Germany was represented by one combined team.
Germany was the most successful team at these Olympics, winning 10 gold medals out of 26 total; both were the most of any nation. The Unified Team came in second in both tallies, with 9 golds and 23 total medals – Norway tied the Unified Team with 9 golds, but had only 20 total medals. New Zealand's Annelise Coberger won the country's first Winter Olympics medal, the first by someone representing a Southern Hemisphere nation. Lyubov Yegorova was the most successful athlete, with five medals: three golds and two silvers. Her teammate on the Unified Team and fellow cross-country skier Yelena Välbe also won five medals; she had one gold and four bronze medals. Thirty-eight athletes won more than one medal in Albertville, and twenty NOCs won at least one medal.
Alpine skiing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's downhill |
Patrick Ortlieb![]() |
Franck Piccard![]() |
Günther Mader![]() |
Men's super-G |
Kjetil André Aamodt![]() |
Marc Girardelli![]() |
Jan Einar Thorsen![]() |
Men's giant slalom |
Alberto Tomba![]() |
Marc Girardelli![]() |
Kjetil André Aamodt![]() |
Men's slalom |
Finn Christian Jagge![]() |
Alberto Tomba![]() |
Michael Tritscher![]() |
Men's combined |
Josef Polig![]() |
Gianfranco Martin![]() |
Steve Locher![]() |
Women's downhill |
Kerrin Lee-Gartner![]() |
Hilary Lindh![]() |
Veronika Wallinger![]() |
Women's super-G |
Deborah Compagnoni![]() |
Carole Merle![]() |
Katja Seizinger![]() |
Women's giant slalom |
Pernilla Wiberg![]() |
Anita Wachter![]() Diann Roffe ![]() |
Not awarded |
Women's slalom |
Petra Kronberger![]() |
Annelise Coberger![]() |
Blanca Fernández Ochoa![]() |
Women's combined |
Petra Kronberger![]() |
Anita Wachter![]() |
Florence Masnada![]() |
Biathlon
![A man skiing, with a pack of skiers behind him.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ricco_Gro%C3%9F_in_Antholz_2006.jpg/170px-Ricco_Gro%C3%9F_in_Antholz_2006.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's individual |
Evgeny Redkin![]() |
Mark Kirchner![]() |
Mikael Löfgren![]() |
Men's sprint |
Mark Kirchner![]() |
Ricco Groß![]() |
Harri Eloranta![]() |
Men's relay |
![]() Ricco Groß Jens Steinigen Mark Kirchner Fritz Fischer |
![]() Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov Valeri Kiriyenko Sergei Tchepikov |
![]() Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Löfgren |
Women's individual |
Antje Misersky-Harvey![]() |
Svetlana Petcherskaia![]() |
Myriam Bédard![]() |
Women's sprint |
Anfisa Reztsova![]() |
Antje Misersky-Harvey![]() |
Elena Belova![]() |
Women's relay |
![]() Corinne Niogret Véronique Claudel Anne Briand-Bouthiaux |
![]() Uschi Disl Antje Misersky-Harvey Petra Behle-Schaaf |
![]() Elena Belova Anfisa Reztsova Yelena Melnikova |
Bobsleigh
![A close up of a smiling man.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Christoph_Langen_bei_der_Olympia-Einkleidung_Erding_2014_%28Martin_Rulsch%29_02.jpg/170px-Christoph_Langen_bei_der_Olympia-Einkleidung_Erding_2014_%28Martin_Rulsch%29_02.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Two-man |
![]() Gustav Weder Donat Acklin |
![]() Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann |
![]() Christoph Langen Günther Eger |
Four-man |
![]() Ingo Appelt Harald Winkler Gerhard Haidacher Thomas Schroll |
![]() Wolfgang Hoppe Bogdan Musioł Axel Kühn René Hannemann |
![]() Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Lorenz Schindelholz Curdin Morell |
Cross-country skiing
![A man standing, facing the camera, smiling, wearing a cap.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bj%C3%B8rn_D%C3%A6hlie_2011-01-26_001_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Bj%C3%B8rn_D%C3%A6hlie_2011-01-26_001_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![A smiling woman, wearing a green suit, holds an award.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Stefania_Belmondo.jpg/170px-Stefania_Belmondo.jpg)
Figure skating
![a full profile of a standing woman, smiling, wearing a red dress.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Kristi_Yamaguchi_at_The_Heart_Truth_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Kristi_Yamaguchi_at_The_Heart_Truth_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Ladies' singles |
Kristi Yamaguchi![]() |
Midori Ito![]() |
Nancy Kerrigan![]() |
Men's singles |
Viktor Petrenko![]() |
Paul Wylie![]() |
Petr Barna![]() |
Pairs |
![]() Natalia Mishkutionok Artur Dmitriev |
![]() Elena Bechke Denis Petrov |
![]() Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler |
Ice dance |
![]() Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko |
![]() Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay |
![]() Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin |
Freestyle skiing
![A standing man, smiling, looking at the camera](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/FIS_Moguls_World_Cup_2015_Finals_-_Meg%C3%A8ve_-_20150315_-_Edgar_Grospiron_1.jpg/170px-FIS_Moguls_World_Cup_2015_Finals_-_Meg%C3%A8ve_-_20150315_-_Edgar_Grospiron_1.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's moguls |
Edgar Grospiron![]() |
Olivier Allamand![]() |
Nelson Carmichael![]() |
Women's moguls |
Donna Weinbrecht![]() |
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova![]() |
Stine Lise Hattestad![]() |
Ice hockey
![A man wearing a red hockey jersey looks at the camera.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Slava_Bykov.jpg/170px-Slava_Bykov.jpg)
Luge
![A man wearing a helmet, with a beard](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Rodel-Weltcup-2005-Oberhof-Hackl.jpg/170px-Rodel-Weltcup-2005-Oberhof-Hackl.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's singles |
Georg Hackl![]() |
Markus Prock![]() |
Markus Schmidt![]() |
Women's singles |
Doris Neuner![]() |
Angelika Neuner![]() |
Susi Erdmann![]() |
Doubles |
![]() Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt |
![]() Yves Mankel Thomas Rudolph |
![]() Hansjörg Raffl Norbert Huber |
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 1000 metres |
Kim Ki-hoon![]() |
Frédéric Blackburn![]() |
Lee Joon-ho![]() |
Men's 5000 metre relay |
![]() Song Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Ji-soo |
![]() Mark Lackie Frédéric Blackburn Michel Daignault Laurent Daignault Sylvain Gagnon |
![]() Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Toshinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki |
Women's 500 metres |
Cathy Turner![]() |
Li Yan![]() |
Hwang Ok-sil![]() |
Women's 3000 metre relay |
![]() Angela Cutrone Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert Annie Perreault |
![]() Darcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer |
![]() Yuliya Allagulova Natalya Isakova Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina Yuliya Vlasova |
Ski jumping
![A man faces the camera, glasses hung around his neck.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/20161216_FIS_WC_NK_Ramsau_6954.jpg/170px-20161216_FIS_WC_NK_Ramsau_6954.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Normal hill individual |
Ernst Vettori![]() |
Martin Höllwarth![]() |
Toni Nieminen![]() |
Large hill individual |
Toni Nieminen![]() |
Martin Höllwarth![]() |
Heinz Kuttin![]() |
Large hill team |
![]() Ari-Pekka Nikkola Mika Laitinen Risto Laakkonen Toni Nieminen |
![]() Heinz Kuttin Ernst Vettori Martin Höllwarth Andreas Felder |
![]() Tomáš Goder František Jež Jaroslav Sakala Jiří Parma |
Speed skating
![A woman stands, smiling](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Bonnie_Blair%28crop%29.jpg/170px-Bonnie_Blair%28crop%29.jpg)
![a woman standing in a speed skating outfit.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1988-1211-006%2C_Gunda_Kleemann.jpg/170px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1988-1211-006%2C_Gunda_Kleemann.jpg)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Men's 500 metres |
Uwe-Jens Mey![]() |
Toshiyuki Kuroiwa![]() |
Junichi Inoue![]() |
Men's 1000 metres |
Olaf Zinke![]() |
Kim Yoon-man![]() |
Yukinori Miyabe![]() |
Men's 1500 metres |
Johann Olav Koss![]() |
Ådne Søndrål![]() |
Leo Visser![]() |
Men's 5000 metres |
Geir Karlstad![]() |
Falko Zandstra![]() |
Leo Visser![]() |
Men's 10000 metres |
Bart Veldkamp![]() |
Johann Olav Koss![]() |
Geir Karlstad![]() |
Women's 500 metres |
Bonnie Blair![]() |
Ye Qiaobo![]() |
Christa Luding-Rothenburger![]() |
Women's 1000 metres |
Bonnie Blair![]() |
Ye Qiaobo![]() |
Monique Garbrecht![]() |
Women's 1500 metres |
Jacqueline Börner![]() |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann![]() |
Seiko Hashimoto![]() |
Women's 3000 metres |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann![]() |
Heike Warnicke![]() |
Emese Hunyady![]() |
Women's 5000 metres |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann![]() |
Heike Warnicke![]() |
Claudia Pechstein![]() |
Multiple medalists
![A man, wearing a ski helmet, talks into a microphone.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Martin_Hoellwarth_Zakopane_2004_1.jpg/170px-Martin_Hoellwarth_Zakopane_2004_1.jpg)
Athletes who won three or more medals during the 1992 Winter Olympics are listed below.
Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyubov Yegorova | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Yelena Välbe | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Bjørn Dæhlie | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Vegard Ulvang | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | ![]() |
Speed skating | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Mark Kirchner | ![]() |
Biathlon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Toni Nieminen | ![]() |
Ski jumping | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Antje Misersky-Harvey | ![]() |
Biathlon | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Stefania Belmondo | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Martin Höllwarth | ![]() |
Ski jumping | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Giorgio Vanzetta | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |