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.
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.
The Slovenian team consisted of 27 athletes including seven women who competed across six sports.
Alpine skiing competitions for men were held at Val dâÂÂIsère 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 Koà ¡ir in the slalom events recorded top 20 finishes. In the women's events, Urà ¡ka Hrovat was ranked 10th in the slalom event, while Nataà ¡a Bokal and Katjuà ¡a Puà ¡nik finished in the giant slalom and slalom top 20 in the events respectively.
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. Saà ¡o Grajf and Boà ¡tjan Lekan registered the best finish amongst the Slovenians in the men's sprint and individual events respectively.
Cross-country skiing events were held between 9 and 22 February at Les Saisies. Joà ¾ko Kavalar and Robert Kerà ¡tajn represented the nation, and competed in four events. Kavalar achieved a best place finish of 24th in the Men's 50 km freestyle event.
Figure skating events were held at La halle de glace Olympique. Luka Klasinc and Mojca KopaÃÂ 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 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 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.