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The 1992 Olympic Games were held in Barcelona, Spain from July 25th to August 9th. Nearly 10,000 athletes from 169 countries competed across 28 sports. Notable events included Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary winning three gold medals in swimming and Tulu of Ethiopia becoming the first black African athlete to win an Olympic medal by taking gold in the 10,000m race. The Unified Team, comprising former Soviet republics except the Baltic states, topped the medal table with 45 golds.
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𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
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- 2. The 1992 Olympic Games (officially called Games of the XXV Olympiad) were held in Barcelona(Spain), from 25 July to 9 August 1992. In this Olympics participating 9,356 atheletes (6,652 men and 2,704 women) from 169 countries competing in 28 sports and 257 specialties
- 3. In swimming, the Hungarian Krisztina Egerszegi becomes Queen of the Games by winning gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and 400 m medley. The Spanish Fermín Cacho Ruiz was not a favorite in the 1500 m final was run at a soft rate and Cacho took this opportunity to take the win in front of the audience. On the last lap of the final of the 10,000 mTulu of Ethiopia, took the lead and do not let until reaching the goal.This became the first black African athlete to win an Olympic medal.
- 4. The name of the olympic stadium is Lluís Companys. Was baptized with that name in 1991.
- 5. The Olympic torch passed by these Olympics 652 towns and stopped at 60. The Olympic flame was ignited on June 5 at Olympia 25th and the cauldron was lit by a arrow shot from the center stage.
- 6. Country Gold medal Silver medals Bronze medals Total 1 Unified team(EUN) 45 38 29 112 2 United States of America 37 34 37 108 3 Germany 33 21 28 82 4 China 16 22 16 54 5 Cuba 14 6 11 31 6 Spain 13 7 2 22 7 South Korea 12 5 12 29 8 Hungary 11 12 7 30 9 France 8 5 16 29 10 Australia 7 9 11 27
- 8. UnifiedTeam was the name used by sports teams form by republics of the Soviet Union (except the Baltic countries) in the 1992 Albertville Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. They use the Olympic flag as there flag in the opening ceremony and the medal ceremonies.