(thing) by bigmouth_strikes Mon Jul 16 2001 at 21:08:57 
This is:         Olympics 1992 - Albertville
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Olympics 1992 - Albertville, France, February 8 - 23
No. of countries: 64
No. of athletes:  1801( 1313 m + 488 w)
No. of events: 57 in 10 sports 

Germany competed united again, and the former Soviet Union entered as a unified team of independent states. This was the last time a winter Olympics was held the same year as a summer Olympics. New sports were short track skating and freestyle skiing.

Lyubov Yegorova of the former Soviet Union won three gold medals and two silver medals in cross country, and Björn Daehlie of Norway won three gold medals and a silver.

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