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1992 Summer Olympics
Multi-sport event in Barcelona, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, 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.
![]() Emblem of the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
Host city | Barcelona, Spain |
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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 |
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Cauldron | |
Stadium | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc |
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1992 Summer Paralympics |
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.