Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville.
Michael Prufer, a 31-year-old medical doctor from Savoie, improved his own 1988 world record by 5.558 km/h.
The competition was, however, marred by the death of Nicolas Bochatay from Switzerland, who died while free skiing the morning of the finals.
Tarja Mulari from Finland achieved a top speed of 219.245 kilometres per hour (136.233 mph), breaking the previous women's world record of 214.723 km/h (133.423 mph).