The
1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the
XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les
XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter
multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in
Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the
Winter Paralympics were held at the same site. Albertville was selected as host in 1986, beating
Sofia,
Falun,
Lillehammer,
Cortina d'Ampezzo,
Anchorage and
Berchtesgaden. The games were the third Winter Olympics held in France, after
Chamonix in
1924 and
Grenoble in
1968, and the fifth Olympics overall in the country.