1992 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXV Olympiad
Emblem of the 1992 Summer Olympics
LocationBarcelona, Spain
MottoFriends for Life
(Spanish: Amigos para siempre, Catalan: Amics per sempre)
Nations169
Athletes9,386 (6,663 men, 2,723 women)
Events257 in 25 sports (34 disciplines)
Opening25 July 1992
Closing9 August 1992
Opened by
Cauldron
StadiumEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Summer
Winter
1992 Summer Paralympics

The 1992 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, Catalan: Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. The 1992 Summer and Winter Olympics were the last games to be staged in the same year.[2] These games were the second and last two consecutive Olympic games to be held in Western Europe after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, held five months earlier.

The 1992 Games received universal acclaim, with the organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship, and Spanish public being lauded in the international media. Some media describe the Barcelona games as one of the best Olympics ever.[3][4] The Games showed a renewed image of democratic Spain and projected Barcelona and the whole Spain to the world. Thanks to the Games, the city of Barcelona was completely transformed; it is thanks to the Olympics that the Barcelona of today is built.[5] All the venues are still active and the legacy of the 1992 Games was taken as an example for future Olympic events, such as London 2012.[6]

The 1992 Summer Games were the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first unaffected by boycotts since the 1972 Summer Games.[7] 1992 was also the first year South Africa was re-invited to the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee, after a 32-year ban from participating in international sport due to apartheid.[8] The Unified Team (made up by the former Soviet republics without the Baltic states) topped the medal table, winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals.

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  2. ^ "Albertville 1992". www.olympic.org. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  3. ^ Kuper, Simon (29 September 2007). "Beijing strikes gold in the propaganda Olympics". Financial Times. p. 10. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
  4. ^ "The Coca Cola Olympics". The Irish Times. 5 August 1996. p. 15.
  5. ^ "6 Ways the 1992 Olympics Transformed Barcelona". www.barcelona-metropolitan.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "30 years since the Olympic Games changed Barcelona for good". Open University of Catalonia. Retrieved 21 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Olympic.org. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  8. ^ Wren, Christopher S. (7 November 1991). "OLYMPICS; an Era Ends, Another Begins: South Africa to Go to Olympics". The New York Times.

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