1992 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXV Olympiad

Emblem of the 1992 Summer Olympics
Host city	Barcelona, Spain
Motto	Friends for Life (Spanish: Amigos para siempre, Catalan: Amics per sempre)
Nations	169
Athletes	9,386 (6,663 men, 2,723 women)
Events	257 in 25 sports (34 disciplines)
Opening	25 July 1992
Closing	9 August 1992
Opened by	King Juan Carlos I[1]
Cauldron	Antonio Rebollo[1]
Stadium	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Summer ← Seoul 1988 Atlanta 1996 → Winter ← Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 → 1992 Summer Paralympics

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The 1992 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, Catalan: Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as Barcelona '92, was 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 Summer Games were the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first unaffected by boycotts since the 1972 Summer Games.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.