1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts, Aftermath
Swift political maneuvering allowed Caldera to win the 1993 presidential election with a heterogeneous and non-traditional group of small independent political parties, named "National Convergence". As part of his campaign Caldera promised to pardon the coup plotters and later did so, which allowed Hugo Chávez to participate in (and win) the 1998 presidential election.


1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts, Aftermath, Reactions, Media
In December 1992, the Los Angeles Times focused on the possible causes of the attempted coups in Venezuela, noting the recession in Latin America and corruption in the government. The Los Angeles Times stated that the coup attempts could also be the efforts of corrupt Venezuelan officers seeking take over the government and make money from drugs.


1992 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1992 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1992. After Republican Governor Richard Snelling died in office on August 13, 1991, Lieutenant Governor Howard Dean, a Democrat, took over for the remainder of his term. Incumbent Democrat Howard Dean ran successfully for election to a full term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican candidate John McClaughry.


1992 Victorian state election
The 1992 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 October 1992, was for the 52nd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.


1992 Victorian state election
The Labor government of Premier Joan Kirner, who had replaced John Cain on 10 August 1990, was defeated by the Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, who had campaigned on comprehensive economic and structural reform as well as changes to industrial relations.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
At the 1988 state election, the Labor government had won a third term, gaining 46 of the 88 Legislative Assembly seats, but was sent reeling by a budget crisis. Despite this, polling indicated that the Liberal Opposition had been unable to gain any ground under Alan Brown, who had succeeded Jeff Kennett on 23 May 1989. Brown was, however, able to persuade the Nationals to agree to contest the next election as a Coalition, the first time the two main non-Labor parties in Victoria had fought an election together since 1950. The Liberals had actually won a majority of the two-party vote in 1988, but came up five seats short of achieving government. It was believed that they had lost seats due to a number of three-cornered contests in rural areas.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
Cain soon realised that Labor would be heavily defeated if he took the party into the next election. He resigned in 1990, and was succeeded by Deputy Premier and Education Minister Joan Kirner. While Kirner was able to win some respect, she was unable to change Labor's fortunes. Prospects for a fourth Labor term became even more remote when Kennett's supporters launched a party room coup that returned him to the leadership on 23 April 1991.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
Kirner waited as long as she could before calling the election. While she remained more personally popular than Kennett, commentators had almost universally written off Labor by this time. The Coalition had been well ahead in opinion polling for over two years, and it was obvious almost as soon as the writs were dropped that Kennett would be Victoria's next premier.


1992 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
Victorian state election, 3 October 1992Legislative Assembly << 1988–1996 >>


1992 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Council
The Labor government was defeated by the Coalition, with the latter winning 61 seats of 88 contested in the Assembly on an 8% swing against the Government, and 17 of 22 in the Council with a swing of over 9%. It was the second-largest defeat that a sitting government has ever suffered in Victoria. This did, however, represent a considerable improvement in the Government's stocks from the 22-25% indicated in opinion polls in 1990 and 1991. The Liberals made gains primarily in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne as well as provincial Victoria. Eight members of Kirner's cabinet were defeated.


1992 Victorian state election, Results, Legislative Council
The Liberals actually won 52 seats, enough for a majority in their own right. Although Kennett thus had no need for National support, the Coalition was retained.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
Both the government and opposition had gone through changes during the 1988–1992 term of Parliament. The Labor government, in power since the 1982 election, was dogged in its final term by a series of scandals and major corporate collapses which, like neighbouring South Australia, extended and deepened the early 1990s recession in those states. Unemployment reached 11.6% in Victoria in March 1992, with the manufacturing and textiles sector being particularly affected, while state debt was estimated at A$30 billion. The State Bank of Victoria, the Victorian Economic Development Corporation (VEDC), Tricontinental and Pyramid Building Society failed, whilst the government-backed WorkCare insurance scheme was not in good shape. The Liberal party commenced an advertising campaign in January 1992 with the slogan "Labor: the Guilty Party".


1992 Victorian state election, Background
The 1990 federal election was the first major sign that all was not well for VIctorian Labor, with the Coalition gaining nine seats at Labor's expense. Ultimately, John Cain resigned on 7 August 1990, and on 10 August, Joan Kirner was elected leader. Despite her own personal popularity, support for the government had fallen to 22% by December, with analysts citing concerns over the state debt, lack of confidence in Victorian financial institutions, industrial relations problems and the severity of the recession's effects in the state as the primary reasons for the low ratings.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
Meanwhile, on 23 May 1989, Jeff Kennett was dumped as leader of the Liberal Party by his colleagues in favour of Alan Brown; Brown led the party until 23 April 1991 when he was himself dumped in a party room spill.


1992 Victorian state election, Background
During Brown's period as Opposition Leader, the Liberals negotiated the first coalition agreement with the Nationals in over forty years, in part due to a belief by some (in spite of what political scientist Brian Costar called a "lack of psephological evidence to support this assertion") that had the parties been in coalition at the election, they would have won.


1992 Vietnamese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Vietnam on 19 July 1992. The Vietnamese Fatherland Front was the only party to contest the election, although independent candidates were also allowed for the first time. While the VFF nominated 599 candidates (almost 90% of which were members of the Communist Party), there were only two independents. The VFF won all 395 seats.


1992 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1992 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers were led by 11th-year head coach George Welsh and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for fourth.


1992 Virginia Slims of Chicago
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States and was part of the Tier II  category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held from February 10 through February 16, 1992. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her 3rd consecutive at the event and 12th in total, earned $70,000 first-prize money as well as 300 ranking points.


1992 Virginia Slims of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver defeated  Katrina Adams /  Zina Garrison-Jackson 6–2, 6–4


1992 Virginia Slims of Florida
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Florida was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida in the United States that was part of Tier I of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from March 2 through March 8, 1992. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her third at the event after 1987 and 1989, and earned $110,000 first-prize money as well as 400 ranking points.


1992 Virginia Slims of Florida, Finals, Doubles
Larisa Neiland /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Linda Harvey-Wild /  Conchita Martínez 6–2, 6–2


1992 Virginia Slims of Houston
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from April 13 through April 19, 1992. First-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title and earned $70,000 first-prize money.


1992 Virginia Slims of Houston, Finals, Doubles
Patty Fendick /  Mary Joe Fernández defeated  Jill Hetherington /  Kathy Rinaldi 7–5, 6–4


1992 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States that was part of the Tier II category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from August 10 through August 16, 1992. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her seventh at the event, and earned $70,000 first-prize money.


1992 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Helena Suková defeated  Zina Garrison-Jackson /  Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–2


1992 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States that was part of Tier IV of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament was held from February 17 through February 23, 1992. First-seeded Zina Garrison-Jackson won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1992 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma, Finals, Doubles
Lori McNeil /  Nicole Provis defeated  Katrina Adams /  Manon Bollegraf 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)


1992 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia
The 1992 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of the Tier II category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from November 9 through November 15, 1992. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $70,000 first-prize money.


1992 Virginia Slims of Philadelphia, Finals, Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Conchita Martínez /  Mary Pierce 6–1, 6–3


1992 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1992 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.


1992 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
This would prove to be the last Hokies team not to play in a bowl game until 2020, as Virginia Tech would play in a bowl game for 27 consecutive seasons, from 1993 through 2019.


1992 Virginia ballot measures
The 1992 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 3, 1992, the same day as the U.S. Presidential and the U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were one constitutional referendum to amend the Virginia State Constitution and three government bond referendums. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


1992 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
This amendment asked voters to approve the creation of the Virginia Revenue Stabilization Fund. This Fund accumulates money in years when revenue surpluses grow at above-average rates and can be appropriated in future years when revenues fall short of projected forecasts. After this amendment passed, 10 percent of the Commonwealth's average annual tax revenues was devoted to this fund. This was later expanded to 15 percent in 2010.


1992 Virginia ballot measures, Bond Question 1
The Parks and Recreational Facilities Act allows the Commonwealth to sell a maximum of about $95,365,000 dollars in bonds for the purpose of raising funds to pay for capital projects at state-supported parks and recreational facilities.


1992 Virginia ballot measures, Bond Question 2
"Shall Chapters 849 and 892, Acts of the General Assembly of 1992, authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of the Commonwealth of Virginia In the maximum amount of $45,173,000 pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia for capital projects for mental health facilities, take effect?"


1992 Virginia ballot measures, Bond Question 3
The Educational Facilities Act allows the Commonwealth to sell a maximum of about $472,406,000 dollars in bonds for the purpose of raising funds to pay for capital projects at state-supported colleges, universities, museums and other educational facilities.


1992 Volkswagen Cup Damen Grand Prix
The 1992 Volkswagen Cup Damen Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Fairhall 6 & 7 in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier III category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 27 September until 4 October 1992. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her third consecutive at the event, and earned $45,000 first-prize money as well as 240 ranking points.


1992 Volkswagen Cup Damen Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Larisa Neiland defeated  Patty Fendick /  Andrea Strnadová 7–5, 7–6(7–4)


1992 Volta a Catalunya
The 1992 Volta a Catalunya was the 72nd edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 8 June to 14 June 1992. The race started in Sant Carles de la Ràpita and finished in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The race was won by Miguel Induráin of the Banesto team.


1992 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 1992 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 50th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 18 February to 23 February 1992. The race started in Jávea and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Melcior Mauri of the ONCE team.


1992 Volvo International
The 1992 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and ran from August 17 through August 24, 1992. Stefan Edberg won the singles title.


1992 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Kelly Jones /  Rick Leach defeated  Patrick McEnroe /  Jared Palmer 7–6, 6–7, 6–2


1992 Volvo International – Doubles
Petr Korda and Wally Masur were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Korda with Jim Pugh and Masur with Mark Kratzmann.


1992 Volvo International – Doubles
Korda and Pugh lost in the first round to Mark Knowles and Alex O'Brien.


1992 Volvo International – Doubles
Kratzmann and Masur lost in the quarterfinals to Stefan Edberg and John McEnroe.


1992 Volvo International – Doubles
Kelly Jones and Rick Leach won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 against Patrick McEnroe and Rick Leach.


1992 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1992 Volvo International – Singles
Petr Korda was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Fabrice Santoro.


1992 Volvo International – Singles
Stefan Edberg won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–1 against MaliVai Washington.


1992 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1992 Volvo PGA Championship
The 1992 Volvo PGA Championship was the 38th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


1992 Volvo PGA Championship
Tony Johnstone shot a final-round 65 to win his first Volvo PGA Championship by two shots ahead of Gordon Brand Jnr and José María Olazábal.


1992 Volvo San Francisco
The 1992 Volvo San Francisco was a men's  tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the 104th edition of the tournament and was held from February 3 through February 9, 1992. Second-seeded Michael Chang won the singles title and earned $33,800 first-prize money. With the points that first-seeded runner-up Jim Courier earned at the tournament he became the new No. 1 ranked player in the world when the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) published their rankings on February 10, 1992.


1992 Volvo San Francisco, Finals, Doubles
Jim Grabb /  Richey Reneberg defeated  Pieter Aldrich /  Danie Visser 6–4, 7–5


1992 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles
Wally Masur and Jason Stoltenberg were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Masur teamed up with Mark Kratzmann and lost in the semifinals to Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg, while Stoltenberg teamed up with Todd Nelson and lost in quarterfinals to Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser.


1992 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles
Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg won the title by defeating Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


1992 Volvo San Francisco – Singles
Darren Cahill was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1992 Volvo San Francisco – Singles
Michael Chang won the title by defeating Jim Courier 6–3, 6–3 in the final. Despite the loss, Courier reached the World No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career.


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles
The 1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles was a men's tennis tournament held on outdoor hardcourts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the World Series category of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the 66th edition of the tournament and was held from August 3, 1992 through August 9, 1992. Second-seeded Richard Krajicek won the singles title at the event and earned $33,800 first-prize money.


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Patrick Galbraith /  Jim Pugh defeated  Francisco Montana /  David Wheaton 7–6, 7–6


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Doubles
Javier Frana and Jim Pugh were the defending champions, but Frana did not compete this year.


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Doubles
Pugh teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and successfully defended his title, by defeating Francisco Montana and David Wheaton 7–6, 7–6 in the final.


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Singles
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Singles
Richard Krajicek won the title by defeating Mark Woodforde 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 in the final.


1992 Volvo Women's Open
The 1992 Volvo Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Dusit Resort Hotel in Pattaya City in Thailand that was part of Tier V of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 13 April through 19 April 1992. Eighth-seeded Sabine Appelmans won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.


1992 Volvo Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Isabelle Demongeot /  Natalia Medvedeva defeated  Pascale Paradis /  Sandrine Testud 6–1, 6–1


1992 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 1992 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 38th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held on 2 February to 9 February 1992. The race started in Chiclana and finished in Granada. The race was won by Miguel Ángel Martínez Torres.


1992 Vuelta a Colombia
The 42nd edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from March 31 to April 12, 1992. There were a total number of 93 competitors, including 20 foreign riders. The race started in Pereira.


1992 Vuelta a España
The 47th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 27 April to 17 May 1992. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 3,395 km (2,110 mi), and was won by Tony Rominger of the Clas-Cajastur cycling team.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race preview and favorites
Among the starters in Jerez de la Frontera were such big names as Erik Breukink, Robert Millar, Steven Rooks and Stephen Roche. However, none of them seemed to arrive in good form, and none of them lived up to their reputation. Among the locals, the defending champion Melchor Mauri, Pedro Delgado and Laudelino Cubino were the favorites.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race overview
The first decisive stage was the first individual time trial, won by Dutch rider Erik Breukink. The big surprise that day was pure climber Jesús Montoya who managed second on the stage and took the leader's jersey. Rominger, suffering from a concussion and a knee injury due to an earlier crash, lost almost three minutes.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race overview
Two days later, during the queen stage in the Pyrenees, with 5 major mountain passes ending with the ascensions of the Tourmalet and Luz Ardiden, the names of the contenders became clear, as Mauri lost over forty minutes and Rominger dropped the other contenders on the final climb, to finish second to the stage winner Lale Cubino who had spent the day in a breakaway. Cubino, who until then seemed like a candidate for the overall win, lost time on the ascension of Lagos de Covadonga, where Delgado took the stage and rose to second overall. Montoya limited his losses to Delgado, and Rominger finished right with him after being initially dropped.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race overview
As Montoya and Delgado closely marked each other's attacks, they were unable to increase their advantage on Rominger who took the lead with a commanding performance in the final flat time trial. After this, Montoya and Delgado joined forces over the final mountain stage, but were unable to unseat Rominger who once again won the stage.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race overview
Thus, Rominger became the first Swiss rider to win the Vuelta. He was joined on the final podium by Jesús Montoya and Pedro Delgado.


1992 Vuelta a España, Race overview, Doping
Óscar Vargas initially won stage 20, but tested positive for caffeine in the subsequent doping test. He was stripped of his result and given a three-month suspension.


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10
The 1992 Vuelta a España was the 47th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Jerez de la Frontera, with an individual time trial on 27 April, and Stage 10 occurred on 6 May with a stage to Sabiñánigo. The race finished in Madrid on 17 May.


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 1
27 April 1992 — Jerez de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera, 9.2 km (5.7 mi) (ITT)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 2a
28 April 1992 — San Fernando to Jerez de la Frontera, 135.5 km (84.2 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 2b
28 April 1992 — Arcos de la Frontera to Jerez de la Frontera, 32.6 km (20.3 mi) (TTT)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 3
29 April 1992 — Jerez de la Frontera to Córdoba, 205 km (127 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 4
30 April 1992 — Linares to Albacete, 229 km (142 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 5
1 May 1992 — Albacete to Gandia, 213.5 km (132.7 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 6
2 May 1992 — Gandia to Benicàssim, 202.8 km (126.0 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 7
3 May 1992 — Alquerías del Niño Perdido to Oropesa, 49.5 km (30.8 mi) (ITT)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 8
4 May 1992 — Lleida to Pla de Beret, 240.5 km (149.4 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 9
5 May 1992 — Vielha to Luz Ardiden, 144 km (89 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 10
6 May 1992 — Luz-Saint-Sauveur to Sabiñánigo, 196 km (122 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21
The 1992 Vuelta a España was the 47th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Jerez de la Frontera, with an individual time trial on 27 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 7 May with a stage from Sabiñánigo. The race finished in Madrid on 17 May.


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 11
7 May 1992 — Sabiñánigo to Pamplona, 162.9 km (101.2 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 12
8 May 1992 — Pamplona to Burgos, 200.1 km (124.3 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 13
9 May 1992 — Burgos to Santander, 178.3 km (110.8 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 14
10 May 1992 — Santander to Lakes of Covadonga, 213.4 km (132.6 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 15
11 May 1992 — Cangas de Onís to Alto del Naranco, 163 km (101 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 16
12 May 1992 — Oviedo to León, 162 km (101 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 17
13 May 1992 — León to Salamanca, 200.6 km (124.6 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 18
14 May 1992 — Salamanca to Ávila, 218.9 km (136.0 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 19
15 May 1992 — Fuenlabrada to Fuenlabrada, 37.9 km (23.5 mi) (ITT)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 20
16 May 1992 — Collado Villalba to Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC), 188.3 km (117.0 mi)


1992 Vuelta a España, Stage 11 to Stage 21, Stage 21
17 May 1992 — Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) to Madrid, 175 km (109 mi)


1992 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1992 Vuelta a Murcia was the eighth edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 10 March to 15 March 1992. The race started in Molina de Segura and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Alvaro Mejia.


1992 Vyshcha Liha
1992 Vyshcha Liha (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат серед команд вищої ліги) was the first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and officially recognized by the UEFA. The last Soviet season finished in fall of 1991.


1992 Vyshcha Liha
The Football Federation of Ukraine when organizing the competition decided to shift its calendar to synchronize it with one common in Europe "fall-spring" and organized a short championship.


1992 Vyshcha Liha
The first two games of the Round 1 took place on 6 March 1992 in Odesa where local Chornomorets was hosting Karpaty, and Mykolaiv where local Evis was playing against the visiting Temp.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Composition
The league and its calendar were adopted at the FFU Executive Committee session on 10 September 1991 with the ongoing 1991 season of the All-Soviet football competitions. It was established that the new league will consist of 20 teams divided in two groups. Six clubs (last three from each group) were set to be relegated and replaced with two best from the First League, thus reducing the league for the next season to 16. Winners of both groups were to play against one another for the national title. The league's final was originally planned to consist of two games (home and away), but later due to scheduling of the Ukraine national football team's games it was changed to one on a neutral field.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Composition
To the league were included all Ukrainian clubs of the 1991 Soviet Top and First leagues (8 clubs), nine of eleven Ukrainian clubs out the 1991 Soviet Second League (all of them competed in the west zone), the two best teams of the 1991 Soviet Second (lower) League and the winner of the Ukrainian Cup. The FFU president Viktor Bannikov was against to include the Ukrainian Cup winner into the top league.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Composition
There were opponents of organization of the championship among the most notable was FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. The FC Metalist Kharkiv was against with the condition if they would be relegated from the 1991 Soviet Top League. Also against the championship was Yevhen Kucherevskyi (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, one of few Ukrainian coaches who managed to win the Soviet Top League).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Composition
There were plenty of alternative proposition on the composition and the season's calendar among which from the president of Prykarpattia Anatoliy Revutskyi and the head coach of Temp Ishtvan Sekech.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Calendar
The championship started on March 6, about a month later after the qualification rounds of another national tournament, the first edition of Ukrainian Cup. The first half of the season was scheduled to finish on April 19 with the second one to resume on April 25 (6 days intermission). The last round was to be played on June 17.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Calendar
Considering such a schedule and the fact that the Ukrainian Cup competition was on the way simultaneously, the Ukrainian clubs had to forfeit their scheduled games in the Soviet Cup competition. In addition to that Dynamo Kyiv also participated in the Champions League competition which ended for Dynamo only on April 15. Each team this season had at least two games scheduled every week on average.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Teams and organization, League's formation and issues, Calendar
Considering other official games (outside of the league), FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia and FC Dynamo Kyiv has played the record of 26 games from February 18 through June 21 and the most among the other clubs in the League.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Second stage, Championship playoff
Tavriya Simferopol qualified for 1992–93 European Cup Preliminary round and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 1992–93 UEFA Cup First round.


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Defenders: Mykola Turchynenko (19), Oleksandr Holovko (18), Ihor Volkov (17 / 1),  Vidmantas Vyšniauskas (15),  Yuriy Getikov (14), Sefer Alibayev (9), Serhiy Voronezhsky (7),  Dmitriy Smirnov (5). Midfielders: Andriy Oparin (19 / 1), Vladislav Novikov (18 / 1), Yuriy Mikhailus (2), Oleksandr Kundenok (2), Serhiy Yesin (1). Forwards:  Sergei Gladyshev (19 / 6), Yuriy Hudymenko (18 / 12), Serhiy Shevchenko (18 / 8),  Sergey Andreev (15 / 2), Toliat Sheykhametov (7),  Marat Mulashev (2).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Marat Mulashev (to  Rubin Kazan), Oleksandr Kundenok (to Polissya Zhytomyr).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Defenders: Andriy Annenkov (17), Serhiy Zayets (15 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertny (14), Oleh Luzhny (13 / 2), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (9), Akhrik Tsveyba (9),  Gintaras Kvitkauskas (6),  Ervand Sukiasian (5 / 2),  Andrey Aleksanenkov (2). Midfielders: Volodymyr Sharan (19 / 2), Yuriy Moroz (19), Stepan Betsa (14 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (12 / 1), Oleh Volotek (11 / 2), Serhiy Kovalets (12 / 1). Forwards: Oleh Salenko (16 / 7), Yuriy Hritsyna (13 / 7), Oleh Matveyev (10 / 1),  Valeriy Yesipov (6), Viktor Leonenko (5 / 3).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Defenders: Serhiy Diriavka (17), Volodymyr Horily (17), Volodymyr Bahmut (14 / 3), Serhiy Bezhenar (9 / 2), Serhiy Mamchur (9), Andriy Yudin (8). Midfielders: Andriy Polunin (17 / 2),  Oleksandr Zakharov (17 / 2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (16), Oleksiy Sasko (16), Yuriy Maksymov (14 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (13 / 2), Dmytro Mykhailenko (1), Oleksandr Omelchuk (1). Forwards: Valentyn Moskvin (19 / 3), Serhiy Konovalov (14 / 5), Serhiy Dumenko (7 / 4), Oleksandr Palianytsia (7 / 1),  Vladimir Lebed (7 / 1), Oleksandr Tiehayev (2).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Manager: Yevhen Kucherevsky (until March 15 (3 games)), Mykola Pavlov (since March 15 (15 games)).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season:  Vladimir Lebed (to Krystal Kherson).


1992 Vyshcha Liha, Medal squads
Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.


1992 Vyshcha Liha (women)
The 1992 season of the Ukrainian Championship was the 1st season of Ukraine's women's football competitions. The championship was formed out of Soviet football clubs based in Ukraine. The newly formed championship ran from 18 April 1992 to 3 October 1992.


1992 Vyshcha Liha (women)
The championship was organized in two tiers with total of 18 teams. The competition was joined by 13 out of 19 Soviet teams from Ukraine that previous season competed in the Soviet championship.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final
The 1992 Vyshcha Liha Final is a football match that was played at the Ukraina Stadium, Lviv on June 21, 1992. The match was the 1st league's final and was contested by both groups leaders Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final
Winning the game allowed Tavriya to qualify for its first European Cup competition in the club's history, while the surprising loss of Dynamo send the club to the 1992-93 UEFA Cup.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Road to Lviv
The following tables show round by round standing of both clubs in their respective groups, each of which consisted of 10 clubs.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Previous encounters
This was the first Vyshcha Liha Final between the two teams. Previously the two teams met only once in a league format during the Soviet competitions back in 1981 (1981 Soviet Top League). In 1981 Tavriya managed to tie at home 0:0, but lost its away game 1:3 placing second to last, while Dynamo became the champions.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Match
It was decided to conduct the season final at Ukraina Stadium (formerly - Druzhba) in Lviv.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Match
Before the game both teams had some problems with their squad for various reasons. Dynamo was missing Akhrik Tsveiba who still was participating at the UEFA Euro 1992. The club's main striker Viktor Leonenko was serving few months-long disqualification by FIFA, while another Kiev's leader Pavlo Yakovenko was missing due to injury. Tavriya on the other hand was missing disqualified Ihor Volkov and Sergey Andreyev and in addition there was injured Talyat Sheikhametov and the season's top scorer Yuriy Hudymenko did not feel well.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Match
The vast majority of 38,000 fans who filled stands of "Ukraina" supported the capital's team. However, on that hot day the latter was not helped neither by the "12th player", nor early arrival to the city of Leo. All attempts of Anatoliy Puzach's wards establish collective actions were shattered against cool-headed and balanced actions of Simferopolians. Defending with bigger forces, Tavriya was not forgetting about counterattacks. More than often it was simply luring its opponent onto own half of the field, and then, after intercepting a ball, organized sharp and dangerous raids.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Match
Tactics that were picked by Anatoliy Zayaev and his assistant Andriy Cheremysin worked and counter arguments against them were not found by Dynamo's players. The scales were ultimately turned towards Crimeans by the most active performer in their squad. The Tavriya's captain Sergei Shevchenko managed not only ruin attacks of Kievans, but quite often bothered the goalkeeper Valdemaras Martinkenas with far "shots". With 15 minutes before end of the match responding to the serve of Andriy Oparin from a corner kick, the 32-year-old halfback playing to forestall with a soft header, volleyed the ball into goal. "I knew that I will score, after all it was our standardized combination. How many I already laid as such!" – smiled after the hero of the match.


1992 Vyshcha Liha final, Match
Organization of the final assault during the time that was left for the Dynamo's players was not successful. After the game the former president of FFU Viktor Bannikov awarded the winners with the champion's cup, and personally Shevchenko with the best players of the season award. Beside that Sergei and Kievan Oleh Luzhny were awarded embroidered shirts as the most valuable footballers for both teams. After that there was a circle of honor and spectators' applause who at end of the game ardently supported the Crimean club.


1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11–13 at Moby Arena at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.


1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded BYU repeated as tournament champions by defeating UTEP in the championship game, 73–71, to clinch their second overall WAC men's tournament championship. Both teams shared the WAC regular season conference title.


1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by UTEP, who earned an at-large bid.


1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Even though WAC membership remained fixed at nine, the tournament field dropped to eight, forcing the elimination of the play-in round game between the eighth- and ninth-seed teams. As such, only the top eight teams, again seeded based on regular season conference records, participated in the tournament, all entering the tournament into the quarterfinal round.


1992 WAFL season
The 1992 WAFL season was the 108th season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia. It is most notable for the end of the Claremont dynasty of the previous five seasons, which was pre-season an expected result of losing all but nine of the premiership side to the AFL draft or in two cases retirement.


1992 WAFL season
The Tigers, whose guernsey reverted from the gold sash to the CFC monogram as they did during their miraculous premiership rise in 1964, fell from first with only two losses to avoiding the wooden spoon only by percentage, in the process using fifty-two players in the league team.


1992 WAFL season
East Fremantle won their first premiership for seven years after a very disappointing 1991, whilst East Perth, who had been stragglers for the preceding half-decade, made a remarkable rush from fifth position (after being outside the five for most of the season) to narrowly miss their first Grand Final since winning the 1978 premiership.


1992 WAFL season
After Ian Dargie’s drought-breaking Sandover win for Subiaco in 1991, West Perth, despite suffering the rare ignominy of finishing last in all three grades and having their colts lose fifteen matches in succession after winning their first six, ended the second-longest club drought in Sandover history with the Falcons’ first win since Brian Foley in 1959.


1992 WAFL season
Off the field, the WAFL was hit by the unwillingness of financially crippled Perth to accept relocation to Kelmscott as an integral part of its future development plan – indeed there was an aggressive debate during the pre-season about whether Perth or East Perth should have been the team to make this move. The reluctance of West Perth to move to the northwestern suburbs despite incentive payments from the WAFL totalling $390,000 also affected the league, although unlike the Demons West Perth announced mid-season they would move to Joondalup for 1994.


1992 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 7
Paul Harding, recruited from St. Kilda to improve the Eagles’ ruck strength, performs so well for East Fremantle at centre half-forward that there are suggestions he should play there at AFL level.


1992 WAFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 15
A depleted Perth drops from fourth to sixth in a game described by South Fremantle coach Mal Brown as the lowest-standard game of the season.


1992 WAFL season, Finals, Elimination and Qualifying Finals
East Perth kick 15.9 (99) to 3.4 (22) after an even first half to thrash a sorry Subiaco – in coach Haydn Bunton junior’s last match in Western Australia – as rover Heath East equals Graham Melrose’ 1980 feat of kicking nine goals.


1992 WAFL season, Finals, Semi-finals
East Perth stand up to the “acid test” by twice jumping to a four-goal lead and holding off Swans challenges.


1992 WAFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Perth reject Ian Newman fills the big-man “hole” in East Fremantle’s team, winning 40 hit-outs and working tirelessly into the wind in the final quarter.


1992 WAFL season, Finals, Grand Final
East Fremantle produce a major upset on a grey and windy day, shutting down South Fremantle’s “engine room” and former spearhead Browning restricting leading goalkicker Edwards to 0.1 (1) and claiming the Simpson Medal.


1992 WAFL season, Notes
The only other clubs to finish last in all three grades since 1957 have been Peel Thunder in their inaugural 1997 season and Swan Districts in 1988. No club has won premierships in all three grades in this time span.


1992 WAFU Club Championship
The 1992 WAFU Club Championship was the 16th  football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Mali's Stade Malien after defeating Guinea's Hafia FC in two legs. A total of about 33 goals were scored, half than last season as three clubs fully forfeited the match and two, Liberté FC Niamey and Jeanne d'Arc of Dakar withdrew after the first leg. ASEC Nouadhbihou (now part of FC Nouadhibou) withdrew in a second match with Lobi Bank, one club Dawu Youngsters of Ghana were disqualified. Neither club from the Gambia nor Guinea-Bissau participated.


1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 33rd conference playoff in league history and 40th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 1992. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Northern Michigan was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The team that finished ninth in the conference was not eligible for tournament play. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1992 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1992 WDF Europe Cup
The 1992 WDF Europe Cup was the 8th edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Kerava, Finland from October 21–24.


1992 WLAF season
The 1992 WLAF season was the second season of the World League of American Football (WLAF). The regular season began on March 21, and concluded on May 24. The postseason ran from May 30 until June 6, when the Sacramento Surge defeated the Orlando Thunder 21–17 in World Bowl '92 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


1992 WNBL season
The 1992 WNBL season was the 12th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.


1992 WPI Engineers football team
The 1992 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 1992 NCAA Division III football season. It marked the Engineers' 103rd overall season and the team played its home games in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki. They were a member of the Freedom Football Conference (FFC). The Engineers finished the season 9–2 and earned the school's first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs.


1992 WTA Tier I Series
The table below shows the 1992 WTA Tier I Series schedule.


1992 WTA Tour
The 1992 WTA Tour (officially titled 1992 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1992 tennis season.


1992 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


1992 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1992 WTA year-end rankings (November 23, 1992) in both singles and doubles competition:


1992 WTA Tour Championships
The 1992 Virginia Slims Championships were held in New York City, United States between November 16 and November 22.


1992 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Helena Suková defeated  Jana Novotná /  Larisa Savchenko Neiland, 7–6(7-4), 6–1.


1992 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková.


1992 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Helena Suková won the title by defeating Jana Novotná and Larisa Savchenko-Neiland 7–6(7–4), 6–1 in the final.


1992 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Monica Seles was the defending champion, and regained her title against Martina Navratilova.


1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its sixth season under head coach Bill Dooley, the team compiled an 8–4 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and defeated Oregon in the 1992 Independence Bowl.


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The 1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the event known that year as the Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, and was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It took place at the Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack, Long Island, New York, United States, from August 24 through August 30, 1992.


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The singles featured ATP No. 2, reigning US Open champion, Australian Open runner-up, Hamburg and New Haven winner Stefan Edberg, San Francisco, Indian Wells, Miami titlist Michael Chang, and Toronto, Cincinnati runner-up, Long Island defending champion Ivan Lendl. Other seeds were French Open finalist, Philadelphia winner Petr Korda, Brussels, Rotterdam champion Boris Becker, Sergi Bruguera, Alexander Volkov and Brad Gilbert.


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, Finals, Doubles
Francisco Montana /  Greg Van Emburgh defeated  Gianluca Pozzi /  Olli Rahnasto, 6–4, 6–2


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Eric Jelen and Carl-Uwe Steeb were the defending champions, but Jelen chose not to participate, and only Steeb competed that year. Steeb partnered with Markus Zoecke, but lost in the first round to Murphy Jensen and Gabriel Markus.


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
Francisco Montana and Greg Van Emburgh won in the final 6–4, 6–2, against Gianluca Pozzi and Olli Rahnasto.


1992 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion, but Petr Korda defeated him 6–2, 6–2, in the final.


1992 Washington Huskies football team
The 1992 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its eighteenth and final season under head coach Don James, the defending national champion Huskies won their first eight games and took the Pacific-10 Conference title for the third consecutive season.


1992 Washington Huskies football team
Attempting to win a third straight Rose Bowl, the Huskies lost to Michigan by seven points and finished with a 9–3 record. Washington outscored its opponents 337 to 186.


1992 Washington Huskies football team
Dave Hoffmann was selected as the team's most valuable player. Hoffmann, Mark Brunell, Lincoln Kennedy, and Shane Pahukoa were the team captains.


1992 Washington Huskies football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
The Nebraska game on September 19 was the first night game at Husky Stadium and Washington's seventeenth consecutive win. During the game, ESPN measured the noise level at over 130 decibels, well above the threshold of pain. The peak recorded level of 133.6 decibels is the highest ever recorded at a college football stadium.


1992 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft selections
The following Washington players were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft:


1992 Washington Redskins season
The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. This season began with the team trying to win their second Super Bowl in a row, following Super Bowl XXVI.


1992 Washington Redskins season
The Redskins finished with a record of nine wins and seven losses, but still made the 1992–93 NFL playoffs. The Redskins did not go back to the postseason until the 1999 season.


1992 Washington Redskins season
This season would be Joe Gibbs' final season coaching the Washington Redskins until he returned in the 2004 season. Gibbs was the most successful coach in Redskins history, leading the team to three Super Bowl victories (1982, 1987, 1991), and eight playoff berths in eleven seasons (1981-1992).


1992 Washington Redskins season, Draft Selections
The Redskins traded up in the first round to draft Desmond Howard, who would go on to play the most games for the Redskins of the draft class, despite only playing in 48 games for the team. He later won Super Bowl MVP as a member of the Green Bay Packers. Howard went on to have the longest career of the draft class playing 11 seasons, while the remainder of the draft class was out of league by the end of the 1997 season, all but one of which was out by the end of the 1994 season. In 2015, the entire 1992 NFL Draft was named the worst draft class from 1990–2015 by NFL.com.


1992 Washington Secretary of State election
The Washington secretary of state election, 1992, took place on November 3, 1992. Incumbent secretary of state Ralph Munro was re-elected.


1992 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
The primary election took place in September, with Republican incumbent Ralph Munro running unopposed. Libertarian candidate Maurice Willey also secured his party's nomination by acclamation.


1992 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
In the Democratic primary, first-time candidate Jeanne Dixon - who had spent less than $1,000 on her campaign - soundly defeated the party-backed Juanita Garrison by more than 100,000 votes. The shock outcome was widely ascribed to the fact that Dixon's name was very similar to that of the well-known astrologer Jeane Dixon. Dixon rejected the theory, instead claiming voters were aware of her due to the many garden club meetings she frequently attended.


1992 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
An unemployed former real estate agent who lived on disability insurance due to a glandular condition that left her unable to work, Dixon had never before held public office, though had run for Governor of Washington in 1988 (a race in which she was described by the Seattle Times as a "throwaway candidate"). Garrison, meanwhile - the stepdaughter of Warren Magnuson - had been recruited and supported by the Democratic Party in an effort to break a longtime Republican lock on the secretary of state's office.


1992 Washington Secretary of State election, Primary election
Contacted by the Associated Press for reaction to the election results, astrologer Jeane Dixon - a resident of Washington, D.C. - said "I hope my name brings her luck." Washington State Democratic Party executive-director Jeff Smith, meanwhile, described the outcome of the Democratic primary as "a tragedy for voters."


1992 Washington Secretary of State election, General election
In the general election, Ralph Munro was easily re-elected secretary of state.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1992 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars were 8–3 in the regular season (5–3 in Pac-10, tied for third), won their bowl game, and outscored their opponents 337 to 281.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Drew Bledsoe with 3,246 passing yards, Shaumbe Wright-Fair with 1,331 rushing yards, and C. J. Davis with 1,024 receiving yards.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team
Home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team
Washington State opened with six wins, and were thirteenth in the AP poll, but then lost three of four prior to the Apple Cup. A fourteen-point home underdog to fifth-ranked Washington, the Cougars pulled off a classic blowout upset in the snow, scoring 29 unanswered points in the third quarter, and won 42–23 in the 20-year-old Bledsoe's last game at Martin Stadium. WSU won the Copper Bowl by three over unranked Utah, and climbed to fifteenth in the final rankings.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team
Bledsoe opted not to play his senior season (1993) and was the first overall selection of the 1993 NFL Draft.


1992 Washington State Cougars football team, NFL Draft
Three Cougars were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft; Bledsoe was the first overall selection.


1992 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1992 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Governor Booth Gardner chose not to run for a third term. This resulted in an open race for Governor of Washington in which Democrat Mike Lowry narrowly defeated Republican Ken Eikenberry.


1992 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1992 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1992 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 15 November 1992, Ballygunner won the championship after a 1-12 to 2-07 defeat of Mount Sion in the final. This was their fourth championship title overall and their first title since 1968.


1992 Weber State Wildcats football team
The 1992 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University in Ogden, Utah during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by head coach Dave Arslanian and senior quarterback Jamie Martin, the Wildcats finished the season with a record of 6–5, and a third place finish in the Big Sky Conference. In 2014, Martin's number 10 was the first number be retired in Stewart Stadium. As of 2019, Martin is the only Weber State player to receive this honor.


1992 Weber State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Weber State players were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft.


1992 Weber State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1992, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1992 Wellington Central by-election
The 1992 Wellington Central by-election was a by-election held in the Wellington Central electorate during the 43rd New Zealand Parliament, on 12 December 1992. It was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Fran Wilde after her election as mayor of Wellington and was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Background and candidates, Labour
Although Labour were gaining ground in opinion polls, the party was cautious on the heels of the recent Tamaki by-election where their candidate finished a distant third. Leader Mike Moore said that the quality of the candidates would be "absolutely crucial" to deciding the outcome.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Background and candidates, Labour
Labour's candidate in the Tamaki by-election, Verna Smith, was "interested" in standing though decided to put her efforts into winning the candidacy for Titirangi in the lead up to the 1993 general election. Past President of the Public Service Association, Sue Piper contemplated standing. Former All Black Chris Laidlaw expressed his interest in standing for the seat immediately. He then held the position of New Zealand's Race Relations Conciliator.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Background and candidates, National
National's candidate from the 1990 general election Pauline Gardiner (who lost by only 246 votes) announced she intended to stand again for the seat. The other nomination for the National candidacy was British-born Barbara Stones, a nursing lecturer at Wellington Polytechnic Another ex-All Black, David Kirk, was approached by National to stand for the seat, though he declined nomination. Wellington City Councillor Rex Nicholls, who regained a seat on the council in 1992 after failing to win the Mayoralty in 1989, also considered standing.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Background and candidates, Alliance
The Green Party candidate from the previous election, Stephen Rainbow said he would not contest the seat again as he was opposed to the Green Party's decision to join the Alliance. As the Green Party vote was significantly higher than both NewLabour and the Democrat parties combined, a Green candidate was viewed as the Alliance's best route to gaining the seat.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Background and candidates, Alliance
Green Party city councillor Sue Kedgley was approached to stand, but she declined. Karen Roper, a policy manager at the Public Service Association was also contacted for nomination. She had previously contested the Wellington Central seat in the 1978 general election for the Values Party. Another former Values Party candidate, Denis Welch was ultimately chosen as the Alliance candidate. Welch contested Miramar, also in the 1978 general election.


1992 Wellington Central by-election, Results
1 Alliance vote change from 3,817 combined vote for Green Party, NewLabour and Democrats in 1990 election.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1992 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the held that same year. In 1992, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles including 21 councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election
The election saw Fran Wilde, the MP for Wellington Central, elected as the new mayor of Wellington replacing incumbent Sir Jim Belich who had retired after serving two terms. Wilde became Wellington's first female mayor, defeating former Deputy Mayor Helene Ritchie and her predecessor as MP for Wellington Central Ken Comber who ran for the Citizens' Association.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The Citizens' Association made a surprise choice in their candidate for mayor. The association selection panel chose former National Party MP Ken Comber as its candidate ahead of the Citizens' leader on the council Les Stephens. Also vying for the nomination were Eastern Ward councillor Ruth Gotlieb, former councillor Bryan Weyburne and previous mayor Ian Lawrence. Gotlieb ran for mayor regardless unsuccessfully, but was re-elected in the Eastern Ward as an independent. Weyburne was elected to the Western Ward and Lawrence to the Regional Council while Stephens was defeated in the Onslow Ward.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
Following Jim Belich's decision to retire from the mayoralty, the Labour Party chose Wellington Central MP Fran Wilde as their candidate. Initially Eastern Ward councillor Nic Dalton was favoured to replace Belich though Dalton ruled himself out of contention for both the mayoralty and council. Attention then turned to Wilde's status as an MP with the prospect of her taking both a parliamentary and mayoral salary or the prospect of a by-election at taxpayer expense. Labour leader Mike Moore made known his preference for Wilde to remain in Parliament, offering to relieve her of portfolios to help with workload, although Wilde ultimately decided to resign from Parliament if elected mayor.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election, Results, Results by ward
Fran Wilde polled the highest in all seven of Wellington's electoral wards.


1992 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


1992 Wellington local elections
The 1992 Wellington local elections were part of the 1992 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1992 Wellington local elections, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington Ward
The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and twenty-one councillors elected from seven wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Tawa, Western).


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern Ward
The Eastern Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Lambton Ward
The Lambton Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern Ward
The Northern Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Onslow Ward
The Onslow Ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern Ward
The Southern Ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Tawa Ward
The Tawa Ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Western Ward
The Western Ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1992 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 1992 Regal Welsh Open was at the inaugural staging of the professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 10 and 16 February 1992 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales.


1992 Welsh Open (snooker)
Stephen Hendry won the tournament, defeating Darren Morgan 9–3 in the final.


1992 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9 at the Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon. This was the sixth edition of the tournament.


1992 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top seed Pepperdine defeated #4 seed Gonzaga 73–70 in the championship game to successfully defend their WCC tournament title. Runner-up Gonzaga had been winless in the first five editions, losing its opener (quarterfinal) each year.


1992 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Waves earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament and were seeded eleventh in the Midwest regional.


1992 West Lothian District Council election
Elections to the West Lothian District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1992 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 100th overall and 2nd season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 13th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and two ties (5–4–2 overall, 2–3–1 in the Big East).


1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1992 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gaston Caperton won re-election by defeating former Republican U.S. Representative Cleve Benedict and Democratic State Senator Charlotte Pritt, who ran as an independent write-in candidate after losing to Caperton in the Democratic primary election. Until 2020 this is the last time West Virginia has voted for the same party for Governor and for President, as both elections are held concurrently in the state. This is the most recent time that Democrats won both races concurrently.


1992 Western Australian daylight saving referendum
A referendum was held on 4 April 1992 in the Australian state of Western Australia on the topic of introducing daylight saving. It was the third of four such proposals which have been put to Western Australian voters, and followed a trial over the 1991–1992 summer. The referendum failed to pass, with a majority of 53.14% voting against the proposal.


1992 Western Australian daylight saving referendum, Referendum results
Question: Are you in favour of the standard time in the State being advanced one hour from the last Sunday in October 1992 until the first Sunday in March 1993 and in similar fashion for each year thereafter?


1992 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1992 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 7–3–1 record (6–3 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 197 to 177. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1992 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Brad Tayles with 2,462 passing yards, Jim Vackaro with 893 rushing yards, and Ulric King with 732 receiving yards.


1992 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1992.


1992 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992, with one third of the seats set for re-election. Before the election the Labour Party had successfully retained their seats in three by-elections for the wards of Aspull-Standish, Leigh Central and Norley. The two elections directly preceding 1992's were markedly poor in participation, in contrast this year all wards were fought with the Conservative's and Lib Dem's return to fighting over three quarters of the wards each.


1992 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Despite this, the election obtained the indisputably worst turnout in the council's near-twenty-year history, at a meagre 23.6%, losing just shy of 12,000 votes from the previous election. The elections were fought one month after the 1992 general election with heavy implications on the results - the most obvious of which is the nationally defeated Labour's loss of 8,000 votes from one year before, and consequently obtaining their worst vote figure in sixteen years.


1992 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Neither the Conservatives rise - nor the Lib Dem's loss - of around 2,000 each, were significantly removed from recent results or accounted for such a loss, suggesting the slump in turnout were mostly the part of dismayed Labour voters. Seat changes were restricted to two Lib Dems gains from Labour, with one in the Labour-Lib Dem battleground of Aspull-Standish, returning the balance of councillor's in the latter's favour by two to one, and regaining one of their losses in the favourable territory of Langtree.


1992 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1992 Wigtown District Council election
Elections to the Wigtown District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1992 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 13th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 9–2 and ranked No. 13 in the final NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll.


1992 Wills by-election
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives division of Wills was held on 11 April 1992. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.


1992 Wills by-election
The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil Cleary. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the 2009 Bradfield by-election, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party.


1992 Wills by-election
Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated. No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.


1992 Wimbledon Championships
The 1992 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 106th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 22 June to 5 July 1992.


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1992 championships was £4,416,820. The winner of the men's title earned £265,000 while the women's singles champion earned £240,000.


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated  Goran Ivanišević, 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
John McEnroe /  Michael Stich defeated  Jim Grabb /  Richey Reneberg, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 19–17


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Larisa Neiland /  Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–1


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Cyril Suk /  Larisa Neiland defeated  Jacco Eltingh /  Miriam Oremans, 7–6(7–2), 6–2


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Steven Baldas /  Scott Draper defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Nitin Kirtane, 6–1, 4–6, 9–7


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Maija Avotins /  Lisa McShea defeated  Pam Nelson /  Julie Steven, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Peter Fleming /  Stan Smith defeated  Mark Edmondson /  Kim Warwick, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Wendy Turnbull /  Virginia Wade defeated  Rosie Casals /  Sharon Walsh-Pete, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5


1992 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Senior Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Marty Riessen /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  John Newcombe /  Tony Roche, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Steven Baldas and Scott Draper defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Nitin Kirtane in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 9–7 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
David Škoch defeated Brian Dunn in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Maija Avotins and Lisa McShea defeated Pam Nelson and Julie Steven in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Chanda Rubin defeated Laurence Courtois in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Wendy Turnbull and Virginia Wade defeated Rosie Casals and Sharon Walsh-Pete in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1992 final featured two unheralded teams that defeated the number one and number two seeds in the draw respectively on their way to the final. John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd, the defending champions and number one seeds, had featured in three of the past four finals, but lost in the second round to the unseeded duo of John McEnroe and Michael Stich. Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, the number two seeds who would go on to win the championship the next five years in a row, were ousted here in the semi-finals by Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
This was the second year in a row that an unseeded team featuring McEnroe defeated the defending champions from the previous year.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
McEnroe and Stich defeated Grabb and Reneberg in the final, 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 19–17 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Andre Agassi defeated Goran Ivanišević in the final, 6–7(8–10), 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships. It was Agassi's first major title and his first leg of an eventual career Grand Slam.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Michael Stich was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Pete Sampras.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Jim Courier was attempting to become the first man to achieve the Surface Slam (winning major titles on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year) after winning the Australian Open and French Open earlier in the year; he also attempted to win the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year for the first time since Rod Laver in 1969. He lost to Andrei Olhovskiy in the third round.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
This was the last Wimbledon at which three-time champion John McEnroe and two-time champion Jimmy Connors competed.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Jim Pugh and Natasha Zvereva.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Cyril Suk and Larisa Neiland defeated Jacco Eltingh and Miriam Oremans in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Larisa Neiland and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but decided not to play together.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Zvereva and Gigi Fernández defeated Neiland and Jana Novotná in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
It was Graf's fourth Wimbledon title overall, and it was Seles' best career finish at a Wimbledon. Seles was going for a 4th consecutive Grand Slam title, having won the US Open, Australian Open, and French Open in succession. This would also be the only Grand Slam match that Seles would lose in 1992, thus preventing her from completing the calendar year, and ultimately career, Grand Slam.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1992 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1992 Windsor Castle fire
On 20 November 1992, a fire broke out in Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world and one of the official residences of Queen Elizabeth II. The castle suffered extensive damage and was fully repaired within the next few years at a cost of £36.5 million, in a project led by the conservation architects Donald Insall Associates. It led to the Queen paying tax on her income, and to Buckingham Palace, the Queen's other official residence, being opened to the public to help pay for the restoration work.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Early stages
The fire began in the Queen's Private Chapel at 11:15 in the morning when a curtain was ignited by a spotlight pressed up against it. Agents of the Royal Household were in the chapel at the time inspecting works of art. A fire alarm went off in the watch room of the castle fire brigade, manned by the Chief Fire Officer, Marshall Smith. The location of the fire was shown by a light on a grid-map of the castle. Initially, the Brunswick Tower was lit up, but lights soon began to flash indicating that the fire had quickly spread to neighbouring rooms.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Early stages
A major part of the State Apartments was soon ablaze. Building contractors working in a nearby room attempted to tackle the blaze using fire extinguishers. The 30-foot-long (9.1 m) curtains eventually dropped to the floor and continued to burn, while those present hurriedly began removing paintings from the chapel, until the intense heat and raining embers forced them to leave at 11:32.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Early stages
At 11:36, Smith pressed a switch to alert the control room at Reading fire station. He then activated the public fire alarm in the castle and telephoned the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service on a direct line, giving the message, "Windsor Castle here; we have got a fire in the Private Chapel. Come to the Quadrangle as arranged".


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Early stages
The castle still had its own twenty-person fire brigade, of whom six were full-time. Equipped with a Land Rover and pump tender, they were based in stables two miles south of the castle, and arrived on the scene at 11:41. Appliances from the Fire and Rescue Service arrived at 11:44. By 11:56, 17 pumping appliances had been ordered. An operation to save furniture and works of art involving castle staff, building contractors and the Queen's son, Prince Andrew, had commenced in rooms adjacent to the fire.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
By 12:12, there were 20 fire engines, and by 12:20 there were 35, with over 200 fire-fighters from London, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Oxfordshire, as well as from Berkshire. The Fire Incident Commander was David Harper, Deputy Chief Fire and Rescue Officer of the Fire and Rescue Service. The Chief Officer, Garth Scotford, was out of the country, on holiday.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
By 12:20, the fire had spread to St George's Hall, a banqueting hall and the largest of the State Apartments. The number of fire appliances totalled 39 and 225 fire-fighters were in attendance. Hoses were directed at all levels of the building surrounding the fire. As an indication of the scale of the fire, there had been just one 30-appliance fire in the whole of Greater London since 1973.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
By 13:30, fire breaks had been created by tradesmen at the southern wall of the Green Drawing Room (at the end of St George's Hall on the east side of the Quadrangle), and at the north-west corner at Chester Tower, where that tower joins the Grand Corridor. The fire-fighters had by this time started to bring the fire under control, though the roof of the State Apartments had begun to collapse.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
At 15:30, the floors of the Brunswick Tower collapsed. Firemen had to temporarily withdraw to locate three men who were briefly lost in the smoke, and withdrew again because men were temporarily unaccounted for when part of the roof collapsed.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
At 16:15, the fire had revived in the Brunswick Tower. As night fell, the fire was concentrated in the tower, which by 18:30 was engulfed by flames up to 50 feet (15 m) high.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
At 19:00, the roof of St George's Hall finally collapsed.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
By 20:00, after burning for nine hours, the fire was under control. It continued to burn for another three hours.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Timeline of the fire, Subsequent events
By 23:00, the main fire was extinguished, and by 02:30, the last secondary fires were extinguished. Pockets of fire remained until the early hours of the morning, some 15 hours after it began. Sixty firemen with eight appliances remained on duty for several more days. The fire had spread rapidly due to the large cavities and voids in the roof. 1.5 million gallons (7 million litres) of water from the mains water supply, a reservoir-fed hydrant, a swimming pool, a pond, and the nearby River Thames had been used to fight the fire.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Salvage operation
Apart from the several hundred firemen directly involved in the fire-fight, staff and tradesmen helped the castle's fire brigade and volunteer salvage corps move furniture and works of art from the endangered apartments, including a 150-foot (46 m) long table and a 120-foot (37 m) long carpet from the Waterloo Chamber, to the safety of the castle's riding school. It was an enormous operation: 300 clocks, a collection of miniatures, thousands of valuable books and historic manuscripts, and old Master drawings from the Royal Library were saved. On fire officers' instructions, heavy chests and tables were left behind. All other items were placed on giant sheets of tarpaulin in the North Terrace and Quadrangle, and the police called in dozens of removal vans from a large part of the home counties to transport items to other parts of the castle.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Salvage operation
Members of the Royal Household, including the Earl of Airlie, assisted in the operation. The Royal Collection Department were especially active, including the director, Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, the surveyor of pictures, Christopher Lloyd, the deputy surveyor of the Queen's works of art, Hugh Roberts, the curator of Print Room, Mrs Roberts, and the librarian, Oliver Everett. The Household Cavalry arrived from nearby Combermere Barracks. Some 100 officers and men of the Life Guards proved invaluable for moving bulky items. In all, 125 castle staff, 125 contractors, 100 military personnel and 20 Crown Estate staff were involved in the salvage operation.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Salvage operation
There had been no serious injuries and no deaths. Dean Lansdale, a decorator in the Private Chapel, burnt his hands while removing pictures, of which he rescued three or four. He was moved to the royal surgery and then to a hospital. A royal spokesman denied reports in the media that the surveyor of the Queen's pictures had suffered a heart attack. Five firemen were taken to hospital with minor injuries.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Extent of damage to the castle, Structural damage
The major loss was to the fabric of the castle. The false ceiling in St George's Hall and the void for coal trucks beneath the floor had allowed the fire to spread. It burned as far as the Chester Tower. Several ceilings collapsed. Apartments burnt included the Crimson Drawing Room (completely gutted), the Green Drawing Room (badly damaged, though only partially destroyed by smoke and water) and the Queen's Private Chapel (including the double-sided 19th century Henry Willis organ in the gallery between St George's Hall and Private Chapel, oak panelling, glass and the altar).


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Extent of damage to the castle, Structural damage
St George's Hall survived with the walls largely intact, but the ceiling had collapsed. The State Dining Room in the Prince of Wales Tower and the Grand Reception Room were also devastated. In total, 100 rooms were affected by the fire. Smaller apartments damaged or destroyed included the Star Chamber, Octagon Room, Brunswick Tower (covered in 12 feet (3.5 m) of debris), Cornwall Tower, Prince of Wales Tower, Chester Tower, Holbein Room and the Great Kitchen, which lost its plaster coving and most of the medieval timber. The external wall above the bay window of the Crimson Drawing Room (between the Prince of Wales and Chester Towers) was seriously calcified.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Extent of damage to the castle, Contents
The most seriously damaged rooms had largely been emptied of their valuable contents the previous day, and some paintings were on loan to a travelling exhibition. Items from the Royal Collection lost include the Sir William Beechey equestrian portrait George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops, which at 13 feet (4 m) by 16 feet (5 m) was too large to remove; an 18-foot (5.5 m) long 1820s sideboard by Morel and Seddon; several items of porcelain; several chandeliers; the Willis organ; and the 1851 Great Exhibition Axminster carpet was partly burnt. Peter Brooke, then Secretary of State for National Heritage, called the fire a national disaster.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Extent of damage to the castle, Tourism
Tourists were allowed into the precincts within three days. The Queen was back in residence a fortnight later. The Gallery and Queen Mary's Dolls' House reopened in December. The State Apartments reopened in 1993 after rewiring was completed, with all major rooms open by Easter, when only St George's Hall and the Grand Reception Room stayed closed. Thus eleven of fifteen principal rooms of the State Apartments were open, and two were still undergoing long-term restoration, with two more having been destroyed.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Funding
It was initially feared that it would cost £60 million to restore the castle, though the final cost was £36.5 million (equivalent to £62 million in 2019), and that drying out the castle would take 10 years. Occupied royal palaces like Windsor Castle are too valuable to insure, and items in the Royal Collection are not insured against loss. An independent trust for private donations towards the cost of the restoration was announced on 16 February 1993 by the Queen's bank, Coutts.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Funding
On 29 April 1993 it was announced that 70% of the cost would be met by charging the public for entry into the castle precincts and £8 for admission to Buckingham Palace for the next five years. The Queen contributed £2 million of her own money, and she agreed to start paying income tax from 1993 onwards, making her the first British monarch to do so since the 1930s.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Planning
On 7 June 1994, details of the restoration project were announced. The architectural firm Donald Insall Associates was appointed by the Royal Household to take overall charge of the restoration, with Sidell Gibson dealing with the reconstruction of St George's Hall and the design of the new Lantern Lobby and Private Chapel. Over half the damaged and destroyed rooms, including the State and Octagon dining rooms, were to be restored as original. There were to be new designs for the St George's Hall ceiling (with steel reinforcing beams in the roof) and East Screen, also the Queen's Private Chapel, Stuart and Holbein Rooms. However, only the Queen's Private Chapel and several modern rooms were to be restored in a modern style.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Planning
Designs were submitted to a Restoration Committee, whose chairman was the Duke of Edinburgh and deputy chairman was the Prince of Wales. Members included the Earl of Airlie (Lord Chamberlain), Sir Hayden Phillips (Permanent Secretary of the Department of National Heritage), Lord St John of Fawsley (Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission), Sir Jocelyn Stevens (Chairman of English Heritage), Frank Duffy (President of the Royal Institute of British Architects) and three senior palace officials.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Planning
The fire, catastrophic though it was, presented the opportunity for some major new architectural work. Although criticised by some people who thought it lacked imagination, the architects believed that, given the history of the building and the surviving fabric, the new work had to be Gothic.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Execution
The state dining room gilded sideboard, 19 feet long and made out of rare rosewood and oak, was originally designed by Augustus Pugin in the 19th century. It had to be replicated by N.E.J. Stevenson using only some photographs and descriptions.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Execution
New designs for St George's Hall and the Queen's Private Chapel were approved by the Queen on 24 January 1995. Designed by architect Giles Downes, the new roof for St George's Hall is an example of a hammer-beam ceiling. The new chapel and adjoining cloisters were realigned to form a processional route from the private apartments, through an octagonal vestibule, into St George's Hall.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Execution
Downes's new roof is the largest green-oak structure built since the Middle Ages and is decorated with brightly coloured shields celebrating the heraldic element of the Order of the Garter; the design attempts to create an illusion of additional height through the Gothic woodwork along the ceiling. Commentators have noted that Downes's work does much to compensate for the originally flawed dimensions of the hall. The Lantern Lobby has oak columns forming a vaulted ceiling, imitating an arum lily.


1992 Windsor Castle fire, Restoration project, Execution
The first stage of the structural restoration was completed in May 1996. Fitting out, originally planned to finish by spring 1998, occurred on 17 November 1997. The Queen held a reception in the newly restored hall for the architects and building contractors involved in the project.


1992 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1992 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with an 11–7 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Calgary Stampeders.


1992 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1992 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1992 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.


1992 Winnipeg municipal election, Results, School trustees, Winnipeg School Division
Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1992 Winnipeg municipal election, Results, School trustees, Transcona-Springfield School Division
Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Albertville '92, was a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France. Albertville won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 1986, beating Sofia, Falun, Lillehammer, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Anchorage, and Berchtesgaden. The 1992 Games were the last year the Winter Olympics were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. The Games were the fifth Olympic Games held in France and the country's third Winter Olympics, after the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix and the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble.


1992 Winter Olympics
Figure skating, short track speed skating, speed skating, and the opening and closing ceremonies were the only events that took place in Albertville. The other events were held in the villages of Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Menuires, Les Saisies, Méribel, Pralognan-la-Vanoise, Tignes, and Val d'Isère. Sixty-four nations and 1,801 athletes participated in six sports and fifty-seven events. This included both the Unified Team, representing the non-Baltic former Soviet republics, and Germany, newly consolidated as a team following the reunification of the former East and West Germany in 1990.


1992 Winter Olympics
The event also saw the debut of eight nations in the Winter Olympics. New events included Short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, and women's biathlon. These were the last Winter Olympics to include demonstration sports, consisting of curling, aerials and ski ballet, and speed skiing, and the last Games to feature an outdoor speed skating rink.


1992 Winter Olympics, Host city selection
A record-breaking seven locations bid for the games. The non-winning bids were from Anchorage, Berchtesgaden, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Falun, Lillehammer, and Sofia. The 91st IOC Session, held in Lausanne on 17 October 1986, voted Albertville the host of the Games.


1992 Winter Olympics, Highlights
Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang dominated the men's cross-country skiing races, both taking home three gold medals with Norway taking a medal sweep in the event. 16-year-old Ski jumper Toni Nieminen became the youngest male gold medalist in a Winter Olympic event. Petra Kronberger won both the combined event and the slalom of alpine skiing, while Bonnie Blair won both the 500 m and 1000 m speed skating events, and Gunda Niemann took both of the longest races.


1992 Winter Olympics, Highlights
Three National Olympic Committees won a medal for the first time at the Winter Olympics (all Pacific Ocean littoral states; one in a sport making its debut at the Games, short track speed skating). Kim Ki-hoon's gold medal in 1000 m short track speed skating signified South Korea's first medal in the Winter Olympics, while Ye Qiaobo's silver medal in women's 500 m speed skating represented China's first Winter Olympics medal. Annelise Coberger from New Zealand became the first Oceanian athlete to win a medal in women's alpine skiing slalom, making her the first athlete from the southern hemisphere to mount the podium at the Winter Games.


1992 Winter Olympics, Highlights
Swiss speed skier Nicolas Bochatay died on the second-to-last day of the Games, when he crashed into a snow-grooming vehicle during a training run.


1992 Winter Olympics, Legacy
The 1992 Olympic Winter Games marked the last time both the Winter and Summer games were held in the same year. The 1992 Olympics also marked the last time France hosted the Olympics. The games are scheduled to return to France in 2024 when Paris is set to become the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times.