1992 Summer Olympics
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| 1992 Summer Olympics | |
| Olympiad | XXV |
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| Host City | Barcelona, Spain |
| # Nations | 171 |
| Events | 257 |
| Sports | 25 |
| Males | 7,555 |
| Females | 3,008 |
| Total Athletes | 10,563 |
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Highlights
- Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo appeared to light the Olympic Flame by firing a burning arrow towards the cauldron. The arrow passed over the cauldron, which was emanating gas at that moment. The gas ignited and the flame appeared in the cauldron.[1]
- In basketball, the admittance of professional players led to the American Dream Team, with players like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, and Larry Bird.
- South Africa was allowed again to participate in the Olympics after a 28 years suspension in the Olympic Games for its apartheid policy. White South African runner Elana Meyer and black Ethiopian runner Derartu Tulu fought out a great battle in the 10,000 m (won by Tulu) and then ran their lap of honour hand in hand.
- Evelyn Ashford won her fourth Olympic gold medal in the 4x100 metre relay, making her one of only four female athletes to have achieved this in history.
- Linford Christie finally won gold in the 100m, at 32 years old the oldest champion of the Olympic 100m.
- Mike Stulce of the USA won the men's shot put, beating heavy favored Werner Günthör of Switzerland.
- Derek Redmond of Britain tore a hamstring during a 400m semi-final heat. As he struggled to finish the race, his father entered the track without credentials and helped Derek complete the race to a standing ovation from the crowd.
- Sergey Bubka had won gold in the men's pole vault in Seoul 1988, setting an Olympic record. He was favored to easily take the gold again, but he left Barcelona empty-handed, failing to make any height in the pole vault. He failed in all his attempts. A little over a month later,in Tokyo, Bubka vaulted 20 feet 1 and 1/2 inches - his 3rd outdoor record of 1992 and 32nd world record overall.
Track and field
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. There were also thirty former Olympic champions competing, and a total of 1,725 athletes from 156 countries.
Tthree world records were set. On August 6, in the 400 m hurdles, Kevin Young (46.78 s) shattered a legendary barrier, the 47 seconds, which had stood up even to the finest specialist of all time, Edwin Moses, since 1983, with 47.02 s. On August 8, within the space of about two hours, the other records were broken, both in the relays. In the 4x100 m, the US team of Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Carl Lewis, with a time of 37.40 s, knocked ten hundredths off the previous best, run in the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo by the same team, except for the first (Cason instead of Marsh). In the 4x400 m, Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis ran 2 min 55.74 s.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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 Linford Christie (GBR) |
9.96 |  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) |
10.02 |  Dennis Mitchell (USA) |
10.04 |
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Michael Marsh (USA) |
20.01 | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) |
20.13 | Michael Bates (USA) |
20.38 |
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Quincy Watts (USA) |
43.50 | Steve Lewis (USA) |
44.21 |  Samson Kitur (KEN) |
44.24 |
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William Tanui (KEN) |
1:43.66 | Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) |
1:43.70 | Johnny Gray (USA) |
1:43.97 |
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 Fermin Cacho Ruiz (ESP) |
3:40.12 |  Rachid El Basir (MAR) |
3:40.62 |  Mohammed Suleiman (QAT) |
3:40.69 |
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 Dieter Baumann (GER) |
13:12.52 | Paul Bitok (KEN) |
13:12.71 |  Fita Bayisa (ETH) |
13:13.03 |
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Khalid Skah (MAR) |
27:46.70 | Richard Chelimo (KEN) |
27:47.72 | Addis Abebe (ETH) |
28:00.07 |
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 Mark McKoy (CAN) |
13.12 | Tony Dees (USA) |
13.24 | Jack Pierce (USA) |
13.26 |
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Kevin Young (USA) |
46.78 (WR) |
 Winthrop Graham (JAM) |
47.66 | Kriss Akabusi (GBR) |
47.82 |
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Matthew Birir (KEN) |
8:08.84 | Patrick Sang (KEN) |
8:09.55 | William Mutwol (KEN) |
8:10.74 |
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United States Leroy Burrell James Jett Carl Lewis Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell |
37.40 (WR) |
 NigeriaOlapade Adeniken Osmond Ezinwa Davidson Ezinwa Chidi Imoh Oluyemi Kayode |
37.98 |  CubaJorge Aguilera Joel Isasi Joel Lamela Andrés Simón |
38.00 |
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United States Darnell Hall Charles Jenkins Michael Johnson Steve Lewis Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts |
2:55.74 (WR) |
Cuba Roberto Hernández Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez Norberto Téllez |
2:59.51 | Great Britain Kriss Akabusi Roger Black David Grindley Du'aine Ladejo John Regis Mark Richardson |
2:59.73 |
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 Hwang Young-Cho (KOR) |
2:13:23 |  Koichi Morishita (JPN) |
2:13:45 | Stephan Freigang (GER) |
2:14:00 |
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Daniel Plaza (ESP) |
1:21.25 | Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) |
1:22.25 |  Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) |
1:23.11 |
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 Andrey Perlov (EUN) |
3:50.13 |  Carlos Mercenario (MEX) |
3:52.09 | Ronald Weigel (GER) |
3:53.45 |
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Javier Sotomayor (CUB) |
2.34 m |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) |
2.34 m | Hollis Conway (USA) |
2.34 m |
 Tim Forsyth (AUS) |
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 Artur Partyka (POL) |
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Carl Lewis (USA) |
8.67 m | Mike Powell (USA) |
8.64 m | Joe Greene (USA) |
8.34 m |
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Mike Conley (USA) |
18.17 mw | Charles Simpkins (USA) |
17.60 m |  Frank Rutherford (BAH) |
17.36 m |
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Maksim Tarasov (EUN) |
5.80 m | Igor Trandenkov (EUN) |
5.80 m | Javier García (ESP) |
5.75 m |
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Mike Stulce (USA) |
21.70 m | Jim Doehring (USA) |
20.96 m | Vyacheslav Lykho (EUN) |
20.94 m |
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 Romas Ubartas (LTU) |
65.12 m | Jürgen Schult (GER) |
64.94 m | Roberto Moya (CUB) |
64.12 m |
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 Jan Železný (TCH) |
89.66 m |  Seppo Räty (FIN) |
86.60 m | Steve Backley (GBR) |
83.38 m |
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Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN) |
82.54 m | Igor Astapkovich (EUN) |
81.96 m | Igor Nikulin (EUN) |
81.38 m |
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Robert Změlík (TCH) |
8611 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) |
8412 | Dave Johnson (USA) |
8309 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Details |
Gail Devers (USA) |
10.82 | Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) |
10.83 | Irina Privalova (EUN) |
10.84 |
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Gwen Torrence (USA) |
21.81 | Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) |
22.02 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
22.09 |
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 Marie-José Perec (FRA) |
48.83 | Olga Bryzgina (EUN) |
49.05 |  Ximena Restrepo (COL) |
49.64 |
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 Ellen van Langen (NED) |
1:55:54 | Liliya Nurutdinova (EUN) |
1:55:99 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
1:56.80 |
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 Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) |
3:55.30 | Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) |
3:56.91 |  Qu Yunxia (CHN) |
3:57.08 |
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Yelena Romanova (EUN) |
8:46.04 | Tetyana Dorovskikh (EUN) |
8:46.85 | Angela Chalmers (CAN) |
8:47.22 |
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Derartu Tulu (ETH) |
31:06.02 |  Elana Meyer (RSA) |
31:11.75 | Lynn Jennings (USA) |
31:19.89 |
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 Voula Patoulidou (GRE) |
12.64 | LaVonna Martin (USA) |
12.69 |  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) |
12.70 |
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Sally Gunnell (GBR) |
53.23 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) |
53.69 | Janeene Vickers (USA) |
54.31 |
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United States Evelyn Ashford Michelle Finn Carlette Guidry Esther Jones Gwen Torrence |
42.11 | Unified Team Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova |
42.16 | Nigeria Faith Idehen Mary Onyali Christy Opara-Thompson Beatrice Utondu |
42.81 |
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Unified Team Olga Bryzgina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Liliya Nurutdinova Yelena Ruzina Marina Shmonina |
3:20.20 | United States Denean Hill Natasha Kaiser Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens Gwen Torrence Dannette Young |
3:20.92 | Great Britain Sandra Douglas Sally Gunnell Phylis Smith Jennifer Stoute |
3:24.23 |
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Valentina Yegorova (EUN) |
2:32:41 | Yuko Arimori (JPN) |
2:32:49 |  Lorraine Moller (NZL) |
2:33:59 |
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Chen Yueling (CHN) |
44:32 | Yelena Nikolayeva (EUN) |
44:33 | Li Chunxiu (CHN) |
44:41 |
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Heike Henkel (GER) |
2.02 m |  Alina Astafei (ROU) |
2.00 m | Joanet Quintero (CUB) |
1.97 m |
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Heike Drechsler (GER) |
7.14 m | Inessa Kravets (EUN) |
7.12 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7.07 m |
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Svetlana Krivelyova (EUN) |
21.06 m | Huang Zhihong (CHN) |
20.47 m | Kathrin Neimke (GER) |
19.78 m |
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Maritza Martén (CUB) |
70.06 m | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
67.78 m | Daniela Costian (AUS) |
66.24 m |
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Silke Renk (GER) |
68.34 m | Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) |
68.26 m | Karen Forkel (GER) |
66.86 m |
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7044 | Irina Belova (EUN) |
6845 | Sabine Braun (GER) |
6649 |
References
- ↑ Mathews, John. "Ceremonial hall of shame", BBC Sport, 2000-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-08-12. "In reality, he had not actually landed the arrow in the middle of the cauldron - he had fired it way outside the stadium as instructed."
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