Barcelona
1992

Where?	Barcelona Spain
Which Olympics?	The twenty-fifth (summer)
How long was it?	From 25 July till 9 August
Joining countries:	169
Athletes:	9366
Whereof women:	2708

Here was a record of sports: 28! Three of those were demontration-sports, but it were 28. New parts were among other things: 10 km (6.25 miles) race-walking for women, badminton, baseball, the slalom by kayak and the Canadian canoe. As demonstration were: Basque pelota (Spanish variant at hand-tennis) to keep the ETA (Basque separatist movement) quiet, roller-hockey and taekwando.

By these Olympics there were 257 gold medals to win. That were there 20 more than in Seoul (1988).

By the openings ceremony was brought the Olympic Torche in by a Spanish canoeist (Herminio Menendez), who gave it to a Spanish basketball player (Juan Antonio Epifanio). Finally shot a Spanish archer (Antonio Rebollo) the fire over a distance of 60 meter into the Olympic bowl, the fire burnt.

The closing ceremony was boycotted by Turkmenistan, they didn't come. Because the weightlifter Orasdoerdijev was been excluded of participating by his coach.

During these Olympics controlled almost 1800 players for doping, there were 5 players founded 'positive'.
The wieghtlifter Ibragim Samadov (CIS) refused his bronse medal, because he was frustated by the results. He is suspended for the rest of his life.

Small facts:

• Cuba and North-Korea participated for the first time in 12 years.
• By polital situations in the one-time USSR and in one-time Yugoslavia, didn't participate a few countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia (might because of UN-sanctions only participate with individual players), Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegowina and Slovenia.
• There were 12 countries united in one team, the CIS.
• Germany might participate for the first time as a united team.
• South Africa re-entered the Olympics.

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