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Appointed on 17 October 1986 at the session held in Lausanne thanks to the action of the Presidents of its Organising Committee, Michel Barnier and Jean-Claude Killy. It was the third time that France hosted the Winter Games, Chamonix in 1924, Grenoble in 1968, and it was also the centenary of Coubertin's call for the re-establishment of the Olympic Games.

Dates: February 8 - 23, 1992 N.O.C. participants: 64 Number of sports: 7 Number of contests: 57 Number of athletes: 1801 Men: 1313 Women: 588 Volonteers: 8647 Media: 5894 Opening: François Mitterrand, Republic President Oath: Surya Bonaly Oath juges: Pierre Bornat Number of torch bearer: 0 Last torch bearer: Michel Platini, François-Cyrille Grange Bids towns: Anchorage (USA), Berchtesgaden (GER), Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), Lillehammer (NOR), Falun (SWE), Sofia (BUL)