The Olympic Games of summer of 1992 , Plays of XXVe Olympiad of the modern era, were celebrated with Barcelona, in Spain.

Organization

• cities candidates: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Belgrade (), Birmingham (the United Kingdom), Brisbane (Australia) and Paris (France).

Striking facts

• the tournament of male Basket-ball was opened with all the professionals.

• Ethiopian the Derartu Tulu carried it in the 10.000m, becoming thus the first black Olympic champion of Africa.
• the Badminton becomes for the first time an Olympic discipline.
• the female Judo becomes an Olympic discipline.
• In synchronized Natation the Canadian swimmer Sylvie Fréchette did not obtain its gold medal which 14 month after the plays. Because of a typing error of a judge, it to him had initially been given only the medal of money behind American the Kristen Babb-Sprague, which was authorized to also keep its gold medal.
• the mixed test of shooting of skeet is gained by Chinese the Shan Zhang, arrived at the head in front of seven men. After the Plays of Barcelona, the International federation of shooting removes co-education in this test. The Olympic champion thus never could defend her title with the OJ of 1996.

Sports and disciplines

• Athletics, to see detailed results
• Oar, to see detailed results
• Badminton, to see detailed results
• Baseball, to see detailed results
• Basketball, to see detailed results
• Boxing, to see detailed results
• Canoe-kayak, to see detailed results
• Cycling, to see detailed results
• Horsemanship, to see detailed results
• Fencing, to see detailed results
• Football, to see results detailed
• Gymnastic, to see detailed results
• Haltérophilie, to see detailed results
• Handball, to see detailed results
• Field hockey, to see detailed results
• Judo, to see detailed results
• Fight, to see detailed results
• Swimming, to see detailed results
• Veil, to see detailed results
• modern Pentathlon, to see detailed results
• Tennis, to see detailed results
• Tennis of count, detailed results
• Tir, to see detailed results
• Tir with the arc, to see detailed results
• Volley-ball, to see detailed results
• Water-polo, to see detailed results

Sports in Basque demonstration

• Ball
• Rink hockey
• Taekwondo

172 delegations present

The countries resulting from the ex-USSR are represented under the same team. As for Yugoslavia, the athletes took part like Independent Olympic Participant, the country being under the sanctions of UNO

Table of the medals

See too

• Dream TEAM
• Games Olympic
• Olympic Games of summer
• Carles Santos Ventura

External bond

• the page of the Olympic Games of Barcelona on the official site of the CIO.