1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992. Barcelona, the birthplace of then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, was selected over Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane and Paris in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 17, 1986, during the 91st IOC Session. It had bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, losing out to Berl... more

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Duration:

  • 15 days (Jul 25, 1992 — Aug 9, 1992)

Number Of Nations:

  • 169

Number Of Athletes:

  • 9,956

Also known as:

  • Games of the XXV Olympiad

Olympic games

Host City

Barcelona

Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾsəˈlonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona]) is the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008. It is the 11th-most populous municipality in the European Union and...

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  • 15 days (Jul 25, 1992 — Aug 9, 1992)

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