New Zealand at the 1992 Winter Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Annelise Coberger won the nation's first medal (and the first medal by a competitor from the Southern Hemisphere) at the Winter Olympic Games in the women's slalom event.

New Zealand at the 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Albertville
Competitors	6 (5 men, 1 woman) in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Chris Nicholson (short track speed skating)
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Annelise Coberger	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Short track speed skating	4	0	4
Total	5	1	6

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Annelise Coberger	Women's slalom	49.02	44.08	1:33.10
Simon Wi Rutene	Men's giant slalom	1:09.52	1:06.09	2:15.61	28
	Men's slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Men's super-G	—		1:17.86	42

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Chris Nicholson	Men's 1000 m	1:33.45	3	did not advance
Mike McMillen	Men's 1000 m	1:33.57	1 Q	1:32.69	2 Q	1:31.60	2 QA	1:31.32	4
Mike McMillen Andrew Nicholson Chris Nicholson Tony Smith	Men's 5000 m relay	—		7:21.31	1 Q	7:22.38	2 QA	7:18.91	4