The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first winter Paralympics to be celebrated concurrently with the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

. They were held in Tignes

Tignes

Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is also a ski resort near Val d'Isère, that are linked together as the "Espace Killy" region...

 and Albertville

Albertville

Albertville is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.The town is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics.-Geography:...

, France, from March 25 to April 1, 1992. For the first time, demonstration events in Alpine

Paralympic alpine skiing

Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic alpine skiing is one of the sports in the Paralympic Winter Games...

 and Nordic Skiing

Paralympic cross-country skiing

Paralympic cross-county skiing is an adaptation of cross-country skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic cross-country skiing is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games...

 for athletes with an intellectual disability

Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual deficits, including mental retardation , deficits too mild to properly qualify as MR, various specific conditions , and problems acquired later in life through acquired brain injuries or neurodegenerative diseases like...

 and Biathlon

Paralympic biathlon

Paralympic biathlon is an adaptation of biathlon for athletes with a disability. Paralympic biathlon is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games...

 for athletes with a visual impairment

Visual impairment

Visual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...

 were held.

The bird logo was designed by Jean-Michel Folon

Jean-Michel Folon

Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Folon was born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1934 where he studied architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc. In 1955 he settled in a gardener’s house in the outskirts of Paris. Over a period of five years he drew morning,...

. The official mascot

Symbols of paralympics

The Paralympic symbols are the icons, flags and symbols used by the International Paralympic Committee to promote the Paralympic Games.-Motto:The Paralympic motto is "Spirit in Motion".The motto was introduced in 2004 at the Paralympic Games in Athens...

 was Alpy, designed by Vincent Thiebaut, represented the summit of the Grande Motte

Grande Motte

Grande Motte is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Massif de la Vanoise range. It has an altitude of 3653 metres above sea level.One side of it is in the Tignes ski area. There is a cable car up to 3453 m....

 mountain in Tignes. Alpy was shown on a mono-ski to demonstrate its athleticism and the colours of white, green and blue were used to represent purity/snow, hope/nature and discipline/the lake.

Sports

The games consisted of 79 events in three disciplines of two sports.

• Alpine skiing
  Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
  Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of 48 events, 30 for men and 18 for women.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition events were:*Downhill: men - women*Super-G: men - women*Giant slalom: men - women...
  
  
• Nordic skiing
  • Biathlon
    Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
    Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of four events for men.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition event was:*7.5 km: menThe event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:...
    
    
  • Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
    Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 for women.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition events were:*2.5 km: - women*5 km: men - women*10 km: men - women*20 km: men*30 km: men...
    
    

Medal table

The top 10 NPCs

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (France) is highlighted.

1		19	16	9	45
2		12	17	9	38
3		10	8	3	21
4		8	3	9	20
5		7	3	4	14
6		6	4	9	19
7		5	5	4	14
8		3	8	4	15
9		2	4	6	12
10		2	0	3	5