1992 Summer Paralympics
Venue: |
Barcelona , Spain |
Opening ceremony: | 3rd September 1992 |
Closing ceremony: | September 14, 1992 |
Opened by: | Queen Sophia of Spain |
Olympic torch : | Antonio Rebollo |
Competitions: | 487 competitions in 15 sports |
Countries: | 82 |
Athletes: | 3,020 |
← Seoul 1988 | |
Atlanta 1996 → |
Medal table | |||||
space | country | total | |||
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1 | United States | 75 | 52 | 48 | 175 |
2 | Germany | 61 | 52 | 59 | 171 |
3 | United Kingdom | 40 | 47 | 41 | 128 |
4th | France | 36 | 36 | 34 | 106 |
5 | Spain | 34 | 31 | 42 | 107 |
6th | Canada | 28 | 21st | 26th | 75 |
7th | Australia | 24 | 27 | 25th | 76 |
8th | United team | 16 | 14th | 15th | 45 |
9 | Netherlands | 14th | 14th | 11 | 39 |
10 | Norway | 13 | 13 | 7th | 33 |
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20th | Switzerland | 6th | 16 | 13 | 35 |
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22nd | Austria | 5 | 4th | 13 | 22nd |
Complete medal table |
The 9th Summer Paralympics took place in Barcelona from September 3 to September 14, 1992 . The games were played after the 1992 Summer Olympics . The organizing committee had previously tightened the rules and qualification hurdles, which led to a reduction in the number of participating athletes, but also raised the athletic level.
The games mascot was a stylized runner named Petra .
Ceremonies
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place in the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona on September 3rd. Among the 65,000 visitors were IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch , King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain . The flame was lit by the handicapped archer Antonio Rebello with an arrow.
sports
Medals were fought for in 15 sports. In wheelchair tennis, which had been introduced as a demonstration sport 4 years earlier, medals were awarded for the first time.
- Boccia
- Archery
- 7-a-side football
- Weightlifting / powerlifting
- Goalball
- Judo
- athletics
- Cycling
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair tennis
- shoot
- swim
- Table tennis
- volleyball
Participating Nations
Europe (1755 athletes) | ||
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America (632) | ||
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Asia (417) | ||
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Africa (52) | ||
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Oceania (149) | ||
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Independent Paralympic Participants (16) | ||
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Remarks
- ↑ United Team was the name of the common team of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Georgia in 1992. See also: United team
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b International Paralympic Committee: Paralympics Barcelona 1992 on the website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) . Retrieved August 28, 2012.