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Men's ice hockey was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. [3] In July 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event to first be held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [1] [4] Until 1998, international women's hockey had been dominated by Canada's ...
Women's 50 metre freestyle details: Yang Wenyi China: Zhuang Yong China: Angel Martino United States: Men's 100 metre freestyle details: Alexander Popov Unified Team: Gustavo Borges Brazil: Stéphan Caron France: Women's 100 metre freestyle details: Zhuang Yong China: Jenny Thompson United States: Franziska van Almsick Germany: Men's 200 metre ...
[5] [6] In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to allow professional athletes to compete in the Olympics, and starting in 1998, the NHL allowed its players to participate. [6] [7] Women's ice hockey was added in 1992 and the first tournament was held at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
[3] [4] [5] In addition, the first women's events were held in biathlon [6] and a pursuit event was added in cross-country skiing for both men and women. [ 7 ] Following the late-1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union , six of the newly independent countries participated together as the Unified Team , the only Winter Olympics at which they would ...
Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres. Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1992 Olympics
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was the 17th Olympic Championship. All the games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 9 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance.
1992 Summer Olympics; ... The women's field hockey team from Canada competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. ... Women's 200 m freestyle. Nikki Dryden ...
In women's races Alžběta Havrančíková performed great in the second, freestyle-pursuit part of the combination race to move up from 34th to 17th place. Young Kateřina Neumannová took part in her first Olympics. The strong Czech and Slovak team-up of the women's relay fought for medals before losing pace in the last stage run by Iveta ...