Barcelona 1992 – Results
Barcelona 1992 – Results
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Host City
Barcelona, Spain
Dates
05 – 16 September 1992
Events
489 in 16 sports
Countries
84
Participants
2999
(2300 men and 699 women)
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Multimedallists
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Medal Standings
| 1 |
USA |
75 | 52 | 48 |
| 2 |
GER |
61 | 51 | 59 |
| 3 |
GBR |
40 | 47 | 41 |
| 4 |
FRA |
36 | 36 | 34 |
| 5 |
ESP |
34 | 31 | 42 |
| 6 |
CAN |
28 | 21 | 26 |
| 7 |
AUS |
24 | 27 | 25 |
| 8 |
EUN |
16 | 14 | 15 |
| 9 |
NED |
14 | 14 | 11 |
| 10 |
NOR |
13 | 13 | 7 |
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Sports Overview
Archery
Athletics
Boccia
Cycling
Football 7-a-side
Goalball
Judo
Powerlifting
Shooting
Swimming
Table Tennis
Volleyball
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Fencing
Weightlifting
Wheelchair Tennis
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Barcelona 1992
Barcelona 92 acted as a turning point for the entire Paralympic Movement, and today is still referred to as the best Games ever by many who witnessed what took place in the Catalan capital.
For the first time the Games benefitted from daily live domestic TV coverage. They were played out in front of packed venues and, in some areas, befitted from comparable levels of organisation and service to the Olympics.
Regardless of whether you were an Olympian or Paralympian, performances were greeted with the same level of enthusiasm and support.
Overall 2,999 Para athletes (2,300 men and 699 women) took part in 489 medal events across 16 sports. Para athletes broke 279 world and 489 Paralympic records.
Barcelona 1992 were the last Games to be organised by the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), following the formation of the IPC in 1989, and benefited hugely from the financial support of the ONCE Foundation.
SPORTS
Sixteen different sports were featured in Barcelona, with athletics having the largest number of entries. The most popular sport with spectators was indoor football.
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Athletics had the most entrants of any sport at Barcelona 1992
The 16 sports were; archery, Para athletics, boccia, cycling, football 7-a-side, judo, goalball, Para powerlifting, shooting Para sport, Para swimming, table tennis, sitting volleyball, weightlifting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair tennis.
OPENING CEREMONY
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The Opening Ceremony of Barcelona 1992
The Opening Ceremony on 3 September in the Montjuic Olympic Stadium was attended by 65,000 spectators and watched by millions of viewers on television. Nearly 90 delegations took part in the parade, and support was reinforced by the presence of Juan Antonio Samaranch (President of the IOC), King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain, and Mayor Pasqual Maragall, who were highly supportive of the Games.
Para archer Antonia Rebello, who had been responsible for the spectacular lighting of the cauldron during the Olympic Opening Ceremony, once again took centre stage. His extraordinary aim saw him shoot his arrow high above the Olympic stadium to get the Games underway.
MEDALS
The USA finished atop the medal standings, with Germany a close second, collecting just four fewer medals overall. Great Britain, France and Spain completed the top five.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES
The USA’s vision impaired swimmer Trischa Zorn won 10 gold and two silver medals, while her teammate Elizabeth Scott took home seven golds in the pool.
Compatriots John Morgan and Bart Dodson won all eight medals in their swimming and athletics events, respectively.
In wheelchair basketball, the Canadian women’s team won gold, beating USA 35-26 in the final.
Ajibola Adeoye, a single-arm amputee from Nigeria, finished the 100m dash in 10.72 seconds.
The men’s wheelchair marathon provided a thrilling finish for the 65,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium when Switzerland’s Heinz Frei beat a field of 196 competitors to cross the finish in a time of 1:30 hours.
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Heinz Frei won a thrilling men’s wheelchair marathon at Barcelona 1992
ATTENDANCE AND COVERAGE
Although tickets for both the sold-out Opening and Closing Ceremonies came at a price, tickets for all 16 sports were made available free of charge.
The Spanish public responded en-masse, and a record 1.5 million people attended the Games.
Many venues were regularly filled with hugely passionate crowds.
Huge queues developed for any sport involving Spanish teams or athletes, and it was not uncommon for people to be turned away – such was the demand for a seat.
Millions also watched on television via daily coverage.
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CLOSING CEREMONY
The Closing Ceremony took place on 22 September in the Palacio de Deportes following the men’s basketball final. More than 15,000 spectators attended.
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Games of the XXV Olympiad
July 25 – August 9, 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, the Games of the XXV Olympiad were held. The Games were attended by 9368 athletes from 173 countries. 257 sets of medals were played in 32 sports disciplines.
After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the United Team of Independent States (UCNG) competed at the Olympics for the first and last time. Athletes from the GDR and the FRG were the unified team of Germany.
OKNG managed to get ahead of the strongest rivals of the USA and Germany (45 gold, 38 silver and 29 bronze medals). The entire pedestal in artistic gymnastics was occupied by members of the OKNG team Vitaly Shcherbo, Gennady Misyutin and Vladimir Belenky.
For the first time in the history of gymnastics, Vitaly Shcherbo from Belarus received 6 gold medals at the same Games. Swimmers achieved unprecedented success – Evgeny Sadovy won 3 gold medals, and Alexander Popov managed to get ahead of the famous Matt Biondi at a distance of 100 m freestyle.
At the award ceremonies of the representatives of the Joint Team in team sports, the Olympic flag was raised, and the Olympic anthem sounded in honor of the victories. In individual competitions, the national flag of the athlete’s country was raised, and the anthem of his state was played in honor of the victories.
Hungarian swimmers were also successful – 3 gold medals were won by Kristina Egerszegy and 2 victories were won by Tamas Darny. Javier Sotomayor brought victory to the Cuban national team in the high jump. In length, Heike Drexler from the German team jumped the farthest. As in Seoul, the American Jackie Joyner-Kersee won the Olympic gold medal, ahead of all her rivals in the heptathlon.
A great show was the performance of the American basketball dream team.
| TOP – 10 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL MEDALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Independent States Team | 45 | 38 | 29 | 112 | |
| US | 37 | 34 | 37 | 108 | |
| Germany | 33 | 21 | 28 | 82 | |
| PRC | 16 | 22 | 16 | 54 | |
| Cuba | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | |
| Hungary | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 | |
| France | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | |
| Republic of Korea | 12 | 5 | 12 | 29 | |
| Australia | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |
| Spain | 13 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |
Participants of the Games from Russia (255)
Andrey
ABDUVALIEV
Magomed
AZIZOV
Natalia
ANISIMOVA (GUSKOVA)
Vladislav
ANTONOV
Andrey
ANTROPOV
Dmitry
APANASENKO
Alexander
ASANOV
Inga
AFONINA
Marina
BAZANOVA
Sergey
BAZAREVICH
Elena
BARANOVA
Andrey
BARBASHINSKY
Yuri
BASHKATOV
Sergey
BEBESHKO
Valery
BELENKII
Alexander
WHITE-WALL
Andrey
BELOFASTOV
Victor
BEZHNY
Elena
BESOVA
Madina
BIKTAGIROVA
Svetlana
BOGDANOVA
Svetlana
BOGINSKAYA
Olga
BOGOSLOVSKAYA (NAUMKINA)
Olga
BONDARENKO (KRENCER)
Galina
BORZENKOVA (TYAN)
Olga
BRYZGINA (Vladykina)
Sergey
BUBKA
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Barcelona-1992
Date of:
July 25 –
August 09
Location:
Spain
Olympic logo:
TOP-10 Teams
| Joint team | 45 | 38 | 29 | 112 | |
| US | 37 | 34 | 37 | 108 | |
| Germany | 33 | 21 | 28 | 82 | |
| PRC | 16 | 22 | 16 | 54 | |
| Cuba | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 | |
| Hungary | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 | |
| France | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 | |
| Republic of Korea | 12 | 5 | 12 | 29 | |
| Australia | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |
| Spain | 13 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
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Interesting Facts
- The Olympic flame of the Games of the XXV Olympiad was spectacularly lit by an arrow shot from the bow of Paralympian Antonio Rebolho.
