Yugoslavia At The 1992 Winter Olympics
Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. It would be the final Olympic Games for Yugoslavia under this name, which at that point consisted of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
Croatia and Slovenia participated as independent nations for the first time at these Games. The Republic of Macedonia had become independent but did not compete, while Bosnia and Herzegovina would follow in time for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Yugoslavia would miss the 1994 Winter Olympics because of international sanctions, but a united team of Montenegro and Serbia would return as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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