1992 Barcelona Games
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| Host city | Barcelona, Spain | ||
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| Motto | Friends For Life (Catalan: Amics Per Sempre) (Spanish: Amigos Para Siempre) |
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| Nations participating | 169 | ||
| Athletes participating | 9,356 (6,652 men, 2,704 women) | ||
| Events | 257 in 25 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | July 25 | ||
| Closing ceremony | August 9 | ||
| Officially opened by | King Juan Carlos I | ||
| Athlete's Oath | Luis Doreste Blanco | ||
| Judge's Oath | Eugeni Asensio | ||
| Olympic Torch | Antonio Rebollo (paralympic archer) | ||
| Stadium | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | ||
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The 1992 Summer Olympic Games (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992; Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event played in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the games in alternating even-numbered years; as a result, the 1992 Summer Olympics were the last competition to be staged in the same year as the Winter Olympics. The games were the first to be unaffected by boycotts since 1972.
Barcelona is the second-largest city in Spain, and the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. The city was also a host for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. On October 17, 1986, Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Games over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane, and Paris, during the 91st IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. Barcelona had previously bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but they ultimately lost to Berlin.
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