The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same year since 1924, and place them in alternating even-numbered years, beginning in 1994. The 1992 Summer Games were the last to be staged in the same year as the Winter Games. Due to the end of the Cold War, these games were the first without boycotts since 1972.
Barcelona, the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, was selected over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane and Paris in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 17, 1986, during the 91st IOC Session. It had bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, losing out to Berlin.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
169 nations sent athletes to compete in these Games (the number of competitors for each country below is given in...
Athletes: Dmitri Sautin - Unified Team; Ni Xiong - China; Mary Ellen Clark - United States of America; Irina Lashko - Unified Team; Shuwei Sun - China; Yelena Miroshina - Unified Team - Diving; Scott Donie - United States of America; Mark Lenzi - United States of America; Fu Mingxia - China; Brita Baldus - Germany;
Competitions: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre platform Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Lightweight (71kg) Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's Doubles Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre backstroke Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre Individual Medley Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Demonstration events: Men's Beach Volleyball Women's Beach Volleyball Demonstration sports: Roller hockey Beach volleyball Events: Men's Boxing, Welterweight 63.5-67kg Women's Synchronized Swimming Solo Women's Athletics, 3000m Men's Weightlifting, Super Heavyweight +110 Men's Weightlifting, First Heavyweight 90-100kg Men's Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight 82.5-90 kg Men's Weightlifting, Featherweight 56-60kg Men's Weightlifting, Flyweight -52kg Olympic trap Men's Judo, 71-78kg (half middleweight) Host City: Barcelona Mascot: Cobi Athletic Performances: Silver medal - Matt Biondi - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle; Gold medal - Matt Biondi - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay; Gold medal - Matt Biondi - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay; Gold medal - Larry Bird - United States of America - Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics; Gold medal - Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States of America - Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon; Gold medal - Jenny Thompson - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay; Silver medal - Jenny Thompson - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle; Gold medal - Jenny Thompson - United States of America - Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay; Gold medal - Fabio Casartelli - Italy - Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's individual road race; Silver medal - Shannon Miller - United States of America - Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around;
Number Of Athletes: 9,956;
Number Of Nations: 169;
Participating countries: United Kingdom Unified Team Independent Olympic Participants United States of America Sports: Synchronized swimming Team handball Road cycling Sailing Archery Dressage Shooting sports Freestyle wrestling Artistic gymnastics Weightlifting Venues: Palau dels Esports de Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron End date: Aug 9, 1992;
Includes event: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics Instance of recurring event: Summer Olympic Games Location(s): Barcelona Start date: Jul 25, 1992;
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