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Slovenia at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Slovenia participated at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, held between 8 and 23 February 1992. The country's participation in the Games marked its first appearance at the Winter Olympics after its independence from Yugoslavia.

The Slovenian team consisted of 27 athletes who competed across six sports. Franci Petek served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. Slovenia did not win any medals in the Games.

Background

Slovenian athletes competed as a part of Yugoslavia till 1988. The National Olympic Committee of Slovenia was founded on 15 October 1991. The Olympic Committee of Slovenia was provisionally granted approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 17 January 1992 and was fully recognized on 5 February 1992. The 1992 Winter Olympics marked Slovenia's first participation in the Winter Olympics.

The 1992 Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France between 8 and 23 February 1992. The Slovenian team consisted of 27 athletes who competed across six sports. Franci Petek served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. Slovenia did not win any medals in the Games.

Competitors

The Slovenian team consisted of 27 athletes including seven women who competed across six sports.

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing competitions for men were held at Val d’Isère and Les Menuires while the women's competitions were held at Méribel. Eleven athletes including six women participated across the eight events in alpine skiing. In the men's individual events, only Gregor Grilc in giant slalom, and Andrej Miklavc and Jure Košir in the slalom events recorded top 20 finishes. In the women's events, Urška Hrovat was ranked 10th in the slalom event, while Nataša Bokal and Katjuša Pušnik finished in the giant slalom and slalom top 20 in the events respectively.

Men
Women

Biathlon

Biathlon competitions were held at Les Saisies between 9 and 11 February. Five Slovenian athletes participated across the five events in biathlon. The biathlon events consisted of a skiing a specific course multiple times depending on the length of the competition, with intermediate shooting at various positions. For every shot missed, a penalty of one minute is applied in individual events, and the participant is required to ski through a penalty loop in sprint events. Sašo Grajf and Boštjan Lekan registered the best finish amongst the Slovenians in the men's sprint and individual events respectively.

<sup>1</sup> A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
<sup>2</sup> One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing events were held between 9 and 22 February at Les Saisies. Jožko Kavalar and Robert Kerštajn represented the nation, and competed in four events. Kavalar achieved a best place finish of 24th in the Men's 50 km freestyle event.

<sup>1</sup> Starting delay based on 10&nbsp;km results.

Figure skating

Figure skating events were held at La halle de glace Olympique. Luka Klasinc and Mojca Kopač participated in the men's singles and women's singles categories. Both of them were eliminated in the first round and did not advance to the free skate round.

Freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing events were held between 9 and 16 February. Aleksander Peternel and Marko Jemec represented Slovenia, and both of them did not advance to the finals.

Ski jumping

Ski jumping competitions were held at Stade de Saut in Courcheval. Five Slovenian athletes participated across the three events in Ski jumping. Flag-bearer Franci Petek recorded the only top ten result in the individual events. In the team event, where each of the four member team did two jumps, the Slovenian team finished sixth with a combined tally of 543.3 points.

<sup>1</sup> Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

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