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• In basketball
  Basketball
  
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
  , the admittance of professional players led to the formation of the "Dream Team" of the United States, featuring Michael Jordan
  Michael Jordan
  
  Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
  , Magic Johnson
  Magic Johnson
  
  Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball point guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association ....
  , Larry Bird
  Larry Bird
  
  Larry Joe Bird is a retired American National Basketball Association basketball player, widely considered one of the best players of all time and one of the top clutch performers in the history of U.S....
   and other NBA
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
   stars.
• South Africa was allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time since the 1960 Games
  1960 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy, in 1960....
  , after a long suspension for its apartheid policy. White South African runner Elana Meyer
  Elana Meyer
  
  Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....
   and black Ethiopia
  Ethiopia
  
  Ethiopia , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the northeast....
  n runner Derartu Tulu
  Derartu Tulu
  
  Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian Long-distance track event, Road running and marathon Athletics .Derartu , a member of the Oromo people ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province....
   fought a close race in the 10,000 m (won by Tulu) and then ran a victory lap hand in hand.
• Following its reunification
  German reunification
  
  German reunification took place twice after 1945: first in 1957, the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany, and again on 3 October 1990, when the five re-established states of the German Democratic Republic joined the Germany , and Berlin was united into a single city-state....
   in 1990, Germany sent a single, unified Olympic team for the first time since the 1964 Games
  1964 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
  .
• As the Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   had been dissolved in 1991, the Baltic nations of Estonia
  Estonia
  
  Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
  , Latvia
  Latvia
  
  Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
   and Lithuania
  Lithuania
  
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
   sent their own teams for the first time since 1936. The other Soviet republics competed under the name "Unified Team."
• The break-up of SFR Yugoslavia
  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  
  The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Slovene language: Socialisticna Federativna Republika Jugoslavija The Slovene language name also uses this Gaj?s Latin alphabet version with a slight difference in spelling....
   led to the Olympic debuts of Croatia
  Croatia
  
  Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
  , Slovenia
  Slovenia
  
  Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
   and Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
  Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas...
  . Due to United Nations
  United Nations
  
  The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
   sanctions, FR Yugoslavian
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  
  The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY was a federal state consisting of the republics of Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , created after the other four republics broke away from Yugoslavia amid rising ethnic tensions....
   athletes were not allowed to participate with their own team. However, individual athletes could compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants
  Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  
  During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, athletes from FYR Macedonia at the Olympics and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed as Independent Olympic Participants....
  .
• In men's artistic gymnastics
  Artistic gymnastics
  
  Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics. Competitive gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting ....
  , Vitaly Scherbo
  Vitaly Scherbo
  
  Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo , born 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian and former Soviet Union artistic gymnast. Arguably the greatest or most successful male gymnast of all time, he is the only male gymnast ever to have won a world or olympic title on all 8 events: at the 1992 Olympics, he won 6 of 8 events ; and...
   from Belarus
  Belarus
  
  Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
  , representing the Unified Team, won six gold medals, including four on a single day. Five of the six golds were in individual events, tying Eric Heiden
  Eric Heiden
  
  Eric Arthur Heiden is an American former speed skating who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States....
  's record for individual gold medals at a single Olympics (Michael Phelps
  Michael Phelps
  
  Michael Fred Phelps is an United States swimming. He has won 14 career Olympic Games gold medals, the most by any Olympian. As of 2008, Phelps holds seven List of world records in swimming....
   would tie this record in 2008
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and August 21....
  ).
• In women's artistic gymnastics, Tatiana Gutsu
  Tatiana Gutsu
  
  Tatiana Konstantinovna Gutsu is a Ukraine gymnastics, winner of the 1992 Olympic Games all-around title. Renowned as a trickster, the routines she competed were some of the most difficult ever in the sport....
   took gold in the All-Around competition edging the United States' Shannon Miller
  Shannon Miller
  
  Shannon Lee Miller is a former Artistic gymnastics from Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. She is one of the most decorated gymnasts in U.S. History, and considered one of the greatest gymnasts the United States has ever produced....
  .
• In the diving
  Diving
  
  Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
   competitions, held in the view of the Sagrada Família
  Sagrada Familia
  
  The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Fam?lia , often simply called the Sagrada Fam?lia, is a massive Roman Catholic church under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
  , Fu Mingxia
  Fu Mingxia
  
  Fu Mingxia was born on 16 August 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. She is a top female Diving, multiple Olympic Games gold medalist and world champion....
   won the high dive event at the age of 13.
• Russian swimmers dominated the freestyle events, with Alexander Popov and Yevgeny Sadovyi
  Yevgeny Sadovyi
  
  Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi is a retired Russian Freestyle swimming Swimming who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by Swimming World magazine as the Male World Swimmer of the Year....
   each winning two events (Sadovyi won a third with in the relays).
• Evelyn Ashford
  Evelyn Ashford
  
  Evelyn Ashford is an United States Athletics , the 1984 Olympic Games champion in the 100 m. She has with automatic timing run under the 11 second barrier over 30 times and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games....
   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.
• The young Krisztina Egerszegi
  Krisztina Egerszegi
  
  Krisztina Egerszegi is a Hungary former swimmer, one of the greatest Hungary Olympic Games champions of the modern era. She became the youngest-ever female Olympic champion in swimming when she won the 200 m backstroke in the 1988 Summer Olympics at the age of 14 years and 41 days....
   of Hungary
  Hungary
  
  Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
   won three individual swimming gold medals.
• After being demonstrated six times, baseball
  Baseball
  
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
   became an Olympic sport, with Cuba winning the gold medal, Chinese Taipei winning silver, and Japan, the bronze.
• Roller hockey
  Roller hockey (Quad)
  
  Roller Hockey is highly popular and has many names worldwide that mean the same sport. Some common names for names Roller Hockey are: H?quei em Patins, International Style Ball hockey, Rink Hockey or Hardball Hockey....
   became a demonstration sport in the 1992 Games. Argentina won the gold medal.
• Badminton
  Badminton
  
  Badminton is a List of sports#Racquet sports played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net....
   and women's judo
  Judo
  
  , meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
   became part of the Olympic programme, while slalom canoeing
  Slalom canoeing
  
  Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a Spraydeck canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on Whitewater in the fastest time possible....
   returned to the Games after a 20-year absence.
• Basque pelota, roller hockey
  Roller hockey
  
  Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used....
  ,and taekwondo
  Taekwondo
  
  Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners....
   were the demonstration sports.
• Chris Boardman
  Chris Boardman
  
  Chris Boardman is a former England racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times as well as wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France....
   won the 4000M individual pursuit
  Individual pursuit
  
  The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the trackThe event is held over 4km for men and 3km for women....
   track cycling
  Track cycling
  
  Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.Track racing is also done on grass tracks marked out on flat sportsfields....
   event for Great Britain
  Great Britain
  
  Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
  .
• Linford Christie
  Linford Christie
  
  Linford Christie Order of the British Empire is a former Athletics who specialised in the 100 metres. He is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100 m at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games and the World, Commonwealth, and European championships....
   finally won gold in the 100m, at 32 years old the oldest champion of the Olympic 100m.
• Several of the U.S. men's volleyball gold medal team from the 1988 Olympics
  1988 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
   returned to vie for another medal. In the first round, they lost a controversial match to Japan, sparking them to shave their heads in protest (including Steve Timmons
  Steve Timmons
  
  Steve Dennis Timmons is a former volleyball player from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984....
  , sacrificing his trademark red flattop
  Flattop
  
  A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle similar to the crew cut, with the exception that the hair on the top of the head is deliberately styled to stand up and is cut to be flat, resulting in a haircut that is square in shape....
   for the protest).
• Mike Stulce
  Mike Stulce
  
  Michael Stulce is a former shot putter from the United States who was an outstanding athlete at Texas A&M University. He won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
   of the USA won the men's shot put
  Shot put
  
  The shot put is an athletics event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the throwing motion....
  , beating heavy favored Werner Günthör
  Werner Günthör
  
  Werner G?nth?r is a former Switzerland track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.G?nth?r won three straight World Championships, 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 1991 World Championships in Athletics, and 1993 World Championships in Athletics, as well as one European Championship in...
   of Switzerland.
• On the 20th anniversary of the Munich massacre
  Munich massacre
  
  The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by Black September , a militant group with ties to Yasser Arafat?s Fatah organization....
   and the 500th anniversary of the Alhambra Decree
  Alhambra decree
  
  The Alhambra Decree was an edict issued on 31 March 1492 by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain ordering the expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Spain and its territories and possessions by 31 July of that year....
  , Yael Arad
  Yael Arad
  
  Yael Arad was the first Israeli to win an Olympic Games medal, ending a long period of 40 years where Israel was unable bring back a medal from the Olympic games....
   became the first Israel
  Israel
  
  Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  i to win an Olympic medal, winning a silver medal in judo. The next day, Oren Smadja
  Oren Smadja
  
  Shay-Oren Smadja is an Israeli judoka.He won the Olympic Games bronze medal in the under 71 category at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He became only the second Israeli sportsperson to win an Olympic medal, only one day after Yael Arad became the first....
   became Israel's first male medalist, winning a bronze in the same sport.
• Derek Redmond
  Derek Redmond
  
  Derek Anthony Redmond is a retired British Athletics . During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, European Championships in Athletics and Commonwealth Games....
   of Great 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 him complete the race, to a standing ovation
  Standing ovation
  
  A standing ovation is a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding. This is done on special occasions by an audience to show their approval and is done after extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim....
   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 would vault 20 feet 1 and 1/2 inches - his 32nd world record.

Venues

• Olympic Ring
  Anella Olímpica
  
  The Anella Ol?mpica, or Olympic Ring, was the main site for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The major facilities consist of the Olympic Stadium, or Estadi Ol?mpic Llu?s Companys, the Palau Sant Jordi sports hall, the telecommunications tower by Santiago Calatrava, the National Physical Education Institute and the Picornell swimming pools....
   in Montjuïc
  Montjuïc
  
  Montju?c is a hill located in Barcelona, Spain....
  :
• Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
  Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
  
  The Estadi Ol?mpic Llu?s Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 Expo in the city , it was rebuilt in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics....
   - opening/closing ceremonies, track and field.
• Palau Sant Jordi
  Palau Sant Jordi
  
  Palau Sant Jordi is an indoor arena and multi-purpose installation located in Barcelona, Spain. The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 17,000 for sporting events and 20,000 for musical events....
   - artistic gymnastics, volleyball finals and handball finals
• Piscines Picornell - swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo final
• Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc - diving and water polo
• INEFC - wrestling
• Sants-Montjuïc
  Sants-Montjuïc
  
  Sants-Montju?c is one of the ten districts Barcelona has been split in since 1984, numbered District 3.It covers the southern part of the city, joining the two former districts II and VII ....
   area:
• Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
  Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
  
  The Palau dels Esports de Barcelona is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on Lleida street on the slopes of Montju?c, a hill to the south east of the city centre....
   - rhythmic gymnastics and volleyball
• Palau de la Metalúrgia - fencing
• Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial - weightlifting
• Olympic area of Vall d'Hebron
  Horta-Guinardó
  
  Horta-Guinard? is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and Guinard?, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km?, which sums up for the 11,9% of the total extension of the city....
  :
• Velòdrom d’Horta - track cycling
• Camp Olímpic de Tir amb Arc - archery
• Pavelló de la Vall d’Hebron - volleyball and basque pelota (demonstration)
• Centre Municipal de Tennis Vall d’Hebron - tennis
• Olympic area in the Diagonal
  Avinguda Diagonal, Barcelona
  
  Avinguda Diagonal is the name of one of Barcelona's most important avenues. It cuts the city in two, diagonally from west to east, hence the name....
  :
• Camp Nou
  Camp Nou
  
  The Camp Nou is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA Stadia List, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999 UEFA Champions League Final....
   - football
• Palau Blaugrana
  Palau Blaugrana
  
  Palau Blaugrana is an arena in Barcelona, Catalonia, belonging to FC Barcelona . The 8,250 seating capacity arena is home to the basketball, Team handball, roller hockey, and futsal sections of FC Barcelona....
   - judo, taekwondo (demonstration) and roller hockey final (demonstration)
• Estadi de Sarrià - football
• Real Club de Polo - equestrian events
• Olympic Village area in Poblenou
  Poblenou
  
  Poblenou is an extensive neighborhood of Barcelona that borders the Mediterranean sea to the south, Sant Adri? del Bes?s to the east, Parc de la Ciutadella in Ciutat Vella to the west, and Horta-Guinard? and Sant Andreu to the north....
  :
• Port Olímpic - sailing
• Complex Esportiu Municipal Mar Bella - badminton
• Poliesportiu Estació del Nord - table tennis
• Other venues:
• Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona (Badalona
  Badalona
  
  Badalona is a city in Spain. It is located in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Barcelon?s near the city of Barcelona. It is situated on the left bank of the small river Bes?s and on the Mediterranean Sea....
  ) - basketball
• Pavelló dels Països Catalans (Badalona
  Badalona
  
  Badalona is a city in Spain. It is located in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Barcelon?s near the city of Barcelona. It is situated on the left bank of the small river Bes?s and on the Mediterranean Sea....
  ) - boxing
• Palau d’Esports de Granollers (Granollers
  Granollers
  
  Granollers is a city near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and most densely populated city of the comarca of Vall?s Oriental....
  ) - handball
• Lake of Banyoles
  Lake of Banyoles
  
  Lake Banyoles is a natural lake located in the Comarques of Catalonia "Pla de l'Estany", in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles....
   (Banyoles
  Banyoles
  
  Banyoles is a city of 17,309 inhabitants located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain.The town is the capital of the Catalan Comarques of Catalonia "Pla de l'Estany"....
  ) - rowing
• Camp de Tir Olímpic de Mollet (Mollet del Vallès
  Mollet del Vallès
  
  Mollet del Vall?s is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Vall?s Oriental inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Bes?s river, and is an important communications hub from...
  ) - shooting
• Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
  Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
  
  Sant Sadurn? d'Anoia is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Alt Pened?s in Spain, and the centre of production of a sparkling wine known as cava....
   - road cycling
• Camp Municipal Feixa Llarga (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
  L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
  
  L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population....
  ) - baseball
• Camp Municipal de Beisbol de Viladecans
  CB Viladecans
  
  Club B?isbol Viladecans is a Divisi?n de Honor de Beisbol baseball club in Viladecans, a town located to the WSW of Barcelona, Catalonia. It was founded in 1945 and was one of the most active teams during the heyday of Baseball in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s....
   (Viladecans
  Viladecans
  
  Viladecans is a large town very close to Barcelona, Spain. It is located between Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Climent de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat and Gav?....
  ) - baseball
• Canal Olímpic de Catalunya (Castelldefels
  Castelldefels
  
  Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain.It is located just to the north of the mass?s del Garraf and is the last town on the coast before the comarca of Garraf....
  ) - canoeing/kayak (flatwater)
• Parc Olímpic del Segre
  Parc Olímpic del Segre
  
  Parc Ol?mpic del Segre is a canoeing and kayaking facility in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, built for use during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
   (La Seu d'Urgell
  La Seu d'Urgell
  
  La Seu d'Urgell is the capital of the Comarques of Catalonia Alt Urgell, in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. It will be the capital or cocapital of vegueria veguerie of Alt Pirineu i Aran , the new regional structure of Catalonia....
  ) - canoeing/kayak (slalom)
• Club Hípic El Montanyà (Seva
  Seva
  
  Seva is a word meaning service in Sanskrit.Seva may also refer to:*Volunteer work; selfless service; work offered to God *Seva, in Indian cuisine, a snack food made by deep-frying strands of chick pea flour dough flavored with chili powder, salt, and sometimes coriander...
  ) - equestrian events
• Circuit de Catalunya
  Circuit de Catalunya
  
  The Circuit de Catalunya [seer-kweet-da-Cataloonya] is a auto racing in Montmel?, to the north of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is home to the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix and the motorcycle Catalonia motorcycle Grand Prix....
   (Montmeló
  Montmeló
  
  Montmel? is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia of Vall?s Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It contains the Circuit de Catalunya, which is the home of the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix and the MotoGP Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix....
  ) - road cycling (team time trial)
• Estadi Olímpic (Terrassa
  Terrassa
  
  Terrassa is a Spanish city, the fourth in Catalonia according to the number of the inhabitants. Located in the northeastern region of Catalonia, the town is in the plain of Vall?s Occidental of which it is the co-capital with Sabadell, the historical capital....
  ) - field hockey
• Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
  Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
  
  Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta is a multi-use stadium in Sabadell, Catalonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of CE Sabadell....
   (Sabadell
  Sabadell
  
  Sabadell is the largest city in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Vall?s Occidental in Catalonia. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona....
  ) - football
• La Romareda
  La Romareda
  
  La Romareda is the home stadium of Real Zaragoza, in Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on September 8 1957 with a game between Real Zaragoza and CA Osasuna ....
   (Zaragoza
  Zaragoza
  
  Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
  ) - football
• Estadio Mestalla (Valencia) - football

Medals awarded

Demonstration sports

• Basque pelote
• Beach volleyball
  Beach volleyball
  
  Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympics team sport played on sand. Like other Volleyball variations of volleyball, two teams, separated by a high net, try to score points against the other by grounding a ball on the other team's court....
  
• Roller hockey (quad)
  Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  
  Roller hockey was one of three demonstration sports included in the official Olympic programme of the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona....
  
• Taekwondo
  Taekwondo
  
  Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners....
  
• Valencian pilota
  Valencian pilota
  
  Pilota Valenciana or Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....
  

Participating nations

Medal count

Songs and themes

Mascot

See also

• Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
  
  The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
  
• International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  
  The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
  
• IOC country codes
• 1992 Summer Paralympics
  1992 Summer Paralympics
  
  The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain....
  
• Triplecast
  Triplecast
  
  The Olympics Triplecast was an experimental pay-per-view telecast in the United States of America during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  

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