1992 Winter Olympics torch relay

XVI Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Albertville, France
Countries visited	Greece, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Yemen, Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles, Djibouti, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Brazil, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, Sint Eustatius, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Anguilla, US Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, United States, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Andorra, Monaco, France
Distance	5,536 kilometres (3,440 mi)
Torch bearers	10,001
Start date	December 14, 1991
End date	February 8, 1992
Torch designer	Philippe Starck

The 1992 Winter Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1992 Winter Olympics hosted in Albertville, France. The route covered around 5,536 kilometres (3,440 mi) and involved 5,500 . Michel Platini and François-Cyrille Grange lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

Torch

Greek Route

Date	Map
November 27 (Day 1): Olympia November 27 (Day 1): Patras November 27 (Day 1): Tripoli November 27 (Day 1): Corfu November 27 (Day 1): Ioannina December 8 (Day 11): Kozani December 8 (Day 11): Larissa December 8 (Day 11): Mount Olympus December 8 (Day 11): Thessaloniki December 8 (Day 11): Komotini December 8 (Day 11): Mount Olympus December 8 (Day 11): Thessaloniki December 8 (Day 11): Mytilene December 8 (Day 11): Heraklion December 8 (Day 11): Lamia December 8 (Day 11): Athens December 8 (Day 11): Panathenaic Stadium December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters French Polynesia via an Air France Concorde	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1992 Winter Olympics
Bid process (Albertville bid) Venues Mascot Torch relay Opening ceremony Medal table (medalists) Chronological summary Closing ceremony Paralympics (medal table)
IOC FOC AOOC

World Route

Date	Map
November 27 (Day 1): Papeete December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Wallis and Futuna via an Air France Concorde	16
November 27 (Day 1): Mata-Utu December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters New Caledonia via an Air France Concorde	17
November 27 (Day 1): Nouméa December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Vanuatu via an Air Vanuatu plane	18
November 27 (Day 1): Port Vila December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters China via an Air China plane	19
November 27 (Day 1): Beijing November 27 (Day 1): Tianjin November 27 (Day 1): Shanghai November 27 (Day 1): Wuhan November 27 (Day 1): Kunming November 27 (Day 1): Nanning November 27 (Day 1): Guangzhou November 27 (Day 1): Zhanjiang November 27 (Day 1): Haikou December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Vietnam via an Vietnam Airlines plane	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
November 27 (Day 1): Ho Chi Minh City November 27 (Day 1): Huế November 27 (Day 1): Hanoi December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Laos via an Lao Airlines plane	29 30 31 32 33
November 27 (Day 1): Vientiane December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Cambodia via boat	31 32
November 27 (Day 1): Phnom Penh December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Thailand via an Thai Airways plane	33
November 27 (Day 1): Bangkok December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters India via an Air India plane	32 33 34
November 27 (Day 1): Pondicherry November 27 (Day 1): Karaikal November 27 (Day 1): Mahé November 27 (Day 1): Yanam November 27 (Day 1): Chandannagar November 27 (Day 1): New Delhi December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Yemen via an Yemenia plane	35 36 37 38 39 40
November 27 (Day 1): Sana'a December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Mauritius via an Air Mauritius plane	41
November 27 (Day 1): Port Louis December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Réunion via yacht	42
November 27 (Day 1): Saint-Denis December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Madagascar via an Air Madagascar plane	43
November 27 (Day 1): Antananarivo December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Mayotte via an Air France Concorde	44 45 46
November 27 (Day 1): Mamoudzou December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Comoros via yacht	45
November 27 (Day 1): Moroni December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Seychelles via yacht	45 46
November 27 (Day 1): Victoria December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Djibouti via an Djiboutian Mil Mi-24	47
November 27 (Day 1): Djibouti December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Democratic Republic of the Congo via Air Djibouti plane	48
November 27 (Day 1): Djibouti December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Republic of the Congo via the Congolese border	49 50
November 27 (Day 1): Brazzaville December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Gabon via Air Gabon plane	49 50
November 27 (Day 1): Libreville December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Equatorial Guinea via an Type 067 utility landing craft	51 52
November 27 (Day 1): Bata November 27 (Day 1): Malabo December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Cameroon via an Type 067 utility landing craft	51 52 53 54 55
November 27 (Day 1): Douala November 27 (Day 1): Yaoundé December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Central African Republic via an Cameroon Airlines plane	52 53 54 55
November 27 (Day 1): Bangui December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Chad via an Air Afrique plane	56
November 27 (Day 1): N'Djamena December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Niger via an Air Niger plane	57
November 27 (Day 1): Niamey December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Mali via an Air Afrique plane	57 58
November 27 (Day 1): Bamako December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Burkina Faso via an Air Burkina plane	58 59 60
November 27 (Day 1): Ouagadougou December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Nigeria via an Nigeria Airways plane	60
November 27 (Day 1): Abuja November 27 (Day 1): Lagos December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Benin via an Air Afrique plane	61 62 63 64
November 27 (Day 1): Porto Novo November 27 (Day 1): Cotonou December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Togo via an Air Afrique plane	63 64 65 66
November 27 (Day 1): Sokodé November 27 (Day 1): Lomé December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Ghana via an Ghana Airways plane	63 64 65 66
November 27 (Day 1): Accra November 27 (Day 1): Kumasi December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Ivory Coast via an Air Ivoire plane	65 66 67 68
November 27 (Day 1): Abidjan November 27 (Day 1): Yamoussoukro December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Guinea via an Air Guinée plane	69 70
November 27 (Day 1): Conakry December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Guinea-Bissau via an Air Bissau plane	71
November 27 (Day 1): Bissau December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters The Gambia via an Air Sénégal International plane	72
November 27 (Day 1): Banjul December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Senegal via an Air Sénégal International plane	73
November 27 (Day 1): Dakar December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Mauritania via an Air Mauritanie plane	73 74
November 27 (Day 1): Dakar December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Libya via an Libyan Airlines plane	74 75
November 27 (Day 1): Tripoli December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Tunisia via an Tunisair plane	76
November 27 (Day 1): Tunis December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Algeria via an SNTF train	77
November 27 (Day 1): Algiers December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Morocco via an ONCF train	78 79 80 81
November 27 (Day 1): Rabat November 27 (Day 1): Casablanca December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Lebanon via an Middle East Airlines airplane	80 81
November 27 (Day 1): Beirut December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Syria via an Syrian Sukhoi Su-24	82 83
November 27 (Day 1): Damascus November 27 (Day 1): Aleppo December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Turkey via an Syrian Air plane	82 83 84 85
November 27 (Day 1): İskenderun November 27 (Day 1): Ankara November 27 (Day 1): Istanbul December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Brazil via an Turkish Airlines plane	85 86 87
November 27 (Day 1): Brasília November 27 (Day 1): São Paulo November 27 (Day 1): Rio de Janeiro November 27 (Day 1): São Luís December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters French Guyana via an TAM Airlines plane	88 89 90 91 92
November 27 (Day 1): Cayenne December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Trinidad and Tobago via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	93
November 27 (Day 1): Port of Spain December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Vincent and the Grenadines via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	94
November 27 (Day 1): St. George's December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Vincent and the Grenadines via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	95
November 27 (Day 1): Kingstown December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Lucia via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	96
November 27 (Day 1): Castries December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Martinique via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	97
November 27 (Day 1): Fort-de-France December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Dominica via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	98
November 27 (Day 1): Roseau December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Guadeloupe via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	99
November 27 (Day 1): Basse-Terre December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Montserrat via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	100
November 27 (Day 1): Plymouth December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Antigua and Barbuda via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	101
November 27 (Day 1): St. John's December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Sint Eustatius via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	102
November 27 (Day 1): Oranjestad December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Barthélemy via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	103
November 27 (Day 1): Gustavia December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Kitts and Nevis via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	104
November 27 (Day 1): Basseterre December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Sint Maarten via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	105
November 27 (Day 1): Philipsburg November 27 (Day 1): Lower Prince's Quarter December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Martin via French-Dutch border December 8 (Day 11): Marigot December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Anguilla via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	106 107 108
November 27 (Day 1): The Valley December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the United States Virgin Islands via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	109
November 27 (Day 1): Charlotte Amalie December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Dominican Republic via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	110
November 27 (Day 1): Santo Domingo December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Haiti via French cruiser Colbert (C611)	111
November 27 (Day 1): Port-au-Prince December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the United States via an United Airlines plane	112
November 27 (Day 1): New Orleans November 27 (Day 1): Baton Rouge, Louisiana November 27 (Day 1): Washington, D.C. November 27 (Day 1): Augusta November 27 (Day 1): Concord November 27 (Day 1): Manchester November 27 (Day 1): Montpelier November 27 (Day 1): Burlington November 27 (Day 1): Hartford November 27 (Day 1): Albany November 27 (Day 1): New York City November 27 (Day 1): Bridgeport November 27 (Day 1): Providence November 27 (Day 1): Boston November 27 (Day 1): Portland December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Saint Pierre and Miquelon via an Air Saint-Pierre plane	113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127
November 27 (Day 1): Saint-Pierre November 27 (Day 1): Miquelon December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Canada via Bluenose II	128 129

Canadian route

Date	Map
November 27 (Day 1): Fortress of Louisbourg November 27 (Day 1): Sydney November 27 (Day 1): Arichat November 27 (Day 1): Baddeck November 27 (Day 1): Port Hood November 27 (Day 1): Guysborough November 27 (Day 1): Halifax November 27 (Day 1): Lunenburg November 27 (Day 1): Liverpool November 27 (Day 1): Shelburne November 27 (Day 1): Yarmouth November 27 (Day 1): Digby November 27 (Day 1): Annapolis Royal November 27 (Day 1): Digby November 27 (Day 1): Pictou November 27 (Day 1): Windsor November 27 (Day 1): Amherst December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Prince Edward Island via ferry	130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151
November 27 (Day 1): Georgetown November 27 (Day 1): Summerside November 27 (Day 1): Green Gables November 27 (Day 1): Charlottetown December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters New Brunswick via ferry	152 153 154 155
November 27 (Day 1): Dorchester November 27 (Day 1): Hopewell Cape November 27 (Day 1): Hampton November 27 (Day 1): Saint John November 27 (Day 1): St. Andrews November 27 (Day 1): Gagetown November 27 (Day 1): Burton November 27 (Day 1): Richibucto November 27 (Day 1): Bathurst November 27 (Day 1): Dalhousie November 27 (Day 1): Newcastle November 27 (Day 1): Fredericton November 27 (Day 1): Woodstock November 27 (Day 1): Perth-Andover November 27 (Day 1): Edmundston December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Newfoundland and Labrador via an Air Canada plane	156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
November 27 (Day 1): St. John's November 27 (Day 1): Marystown November 27 (Day 1): Clarenville November 27 (Day 1): Lewisporte November 27 (Day 1): Grand Falls-Windsor November 27 (Day 1): Channel-Port aux Basques November 27 (Day 1): Stephenville November 27 (Day 1): Corner Brook November 27 (Day 1): St. Anthony November 27 (Day 1): Happy Valley-Goose Bay November 27 (Day 1): Nain December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Northwest Territories via an Air Canada plane	171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181
November 27 (Day 1): Iqaluit November 27 (Day 1): Rankin Inlet November 27 (Day 1): Cambridge Bay	182 183 184
November 27 (Day 1): Inuvik November 27 (Day 1): Yellowknife December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Yukon via an Air Canada plane	185 186
November 27 (Day 1): Old Crow November 27 (Day 1): Dawson City November 27 (Day 1): Mount Logan November 27 (Day 1): Whitehorse December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters British Columbia via the Yukoner-British Columbian border	187 188 189 190
November 27 (Day 1): Dease Lake December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Alberta via the British Columbian-Albertan border	191

French route

Date	Map
December 14 (Day 1): Paris December 15 (Day 2) Fontainebleau December 15 (Day 2): Orléans December 17 (Day 5): Tours December 18 (Day 5): Poitiers December 19 (Day 6): Niort December 20 (Dat 7): La Rochelle December 21 (Day 8): La Roche-sur-Yon December 22 (Day 9): Nantes December 23 (Day 10): Redon December 24 (Day 11): Rennes December 25 (Day 12): Avranches December 26 (Day 13): Caen December 27 (Day 14): Le Havre December 28 (Day 15): Rouen December 29 (Day 16): Amiens December 30 (Day 17): Arras December 30 (Day 18): Lille January 1, 1992 (Day 19): Cambrai January 2 (Day 20): Laon January 3 (Day 21): Châlons-en-Champagne January 4 (Day 22): Metz January 5 (Day 23): Nancy January 6 (Day 24): Sarrebourg January 7 (Day 25): Strasbourg January 8 (Day 26): Colmar January 9 (Day 27): Belfort January 10 (Day 28): Besançon January 11 (Day 29): Dijon January 12 (Day 30): Autun January 13 (Day 31): Moulins January 14 (Day 32): Clermont-Ferrand January 15 (Day 33): Aubusson January 16 (Day 34): Limoges January 17 (Day 35): Périgueux January 18 (Day 36): Bordeaux January 19 (Day 37): Mont-de-Marsan January 20 (Day 38): Tarbes January 21 (Day 39): Auch January 22 (Day 40): Toulouse January 23 (Day 41): Albi January 24 (Day 42): Carcassonne January 24 (Day 42): Andorra la Vella January 25 (Day 43): Béziers January 26 (Day 44): Montpellier January 27 (Day 45): Bastia January 27 (Day 45): Corte January 28 (Day 46): Ajaccio January 28 (Day 46): Nice January 28 (Day 46): Monaco January 29 (Day 47): Toulon January 29 (Day 47): Marseille January 30 (Day 48): Avignon January 31 (Day 49): Montélimar February 1 (Day 50): Valence February 2 (Day 51): Saint-Étienne February 3 (Day 52): Lyon February 4 (Day 53): Belley February 5 (Day 54): Grenoble February 6 (Day 55): Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne February 7 (Day 56): Chambéry February 7 (Day 56): Mont Blanc February 8 (Day 57): Albertville February 8 (Day 58): Théâtre des Cérémonies	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

References

↑ "Avant les JO" (in French). www.effectif.org. Retrieved 2002.

External links

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