1992 Summer Olympics Medal Table
The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Spain, from 25 July to 9 August 1992. A total of 9,356 athletes representing 169 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The games featured 257 events in 25 Olympic sports, sports and 34 disciplines. Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Badminton, Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, baseball, and women's Judo at the Summer Olympics, judo were included as official medal events for the first time. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, athletes from twelve of the fifteen former Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet republics competed together as part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Unified Team. Two other Soviet republics, Estonia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Estonia and Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Latvia, competed independently for the first time since 1936, wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unified Team At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The Unified Team at the Olympics, Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics () in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet republics that chose to compete together; the states of Estonia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Estonia, Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Latvia, and Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia (country), Georgia was not yet a member of the CIS when it competed as part of the Unified Team. Selected athletes from the Baltic states also competed on the Unified Team. It competed under the list of IOC country codes, IOC country code EUN (from the French ). A total of 475 competitors, 310 men and 165 women, took part in 234 events in 27 sports. The team finished first in the medal rankings, edging its old rival the USA 45 to 37 in gold medals, and 112 to 108 in total medals ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bosnia And Herzegovina At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously, Bosnian and Herzegovinian athletes competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Athletics ;Men ;Field events ;Women ;Track and Road Events Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Canoeing ;Sprint ;Men Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Judo ;Men Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Shooting ;Women Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Swimming ;Men ;Women Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Weightlifting ;Men References Official Olympic Reports {{Country at games navbox, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Olympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Summer Olympics by year, 1992 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics. However, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius#Eruptions in the 20th century, in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to 1908 Summer Olympics, London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. The 1960 Summer Paralympics, 1st Paralympic Games were held in Rome in conjunction with the 1960 Summer Olympics, marking the first time such events coincided. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions, IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the right to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City woul ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on ''baasskap'' ( 'boss-ship' or 'boss-hood'), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority White South Africans, white population. Under this minoritarianism, minoritarian system, white citizens held the highest status, followed by Indian South Africans, Indians, Coloureds and Ethnic groups in South Africa#Black South Africans, black Africans, in that order. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day, particularly Inequality in post-apartheid South Africa, inequality. Broadly speaking, apartheid was delineated into ''petty apartheid'', which entailed the segregation of public facilities and social ev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Apartheid-era South Africa And The Olympics
South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era. The South African National Olympic Committee (NOC) was expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1970. In 1991, as part of the transition to multiracial equality, a new NOC was formed and admitted to the IOC, and the country competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona. Background All sport in South Africa under apartheid was segregated by race, with separate clubs and governing bodies. Only white bodies were affiliated to the ''South African Olympic and Empire'' ater ''Commonwealth''''Games Association'' (SAOEGA, later SAOCGA) so only white South Africans competed at the Olympic Games and the Empire (later Commonwealth) Games.Honey 2000, p.177Ramsamy 1990, p.539 The IOC under Avery Brundage regarded this as an internal matter for South Africa, and, committed to keeping politics and sports separate, took no ac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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South Africa At The 1992 Summer Olympics
South Africa competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time since 1960 at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. South Africa was permitted to re-join the Olympic Movement after its white citizens voted to abolish apartheid. 93 competitors, 68 men and 25 women, took part in 87 events in 19 sports. Flag, anthem and team logo As a result of a dispute over what flag and anthem to use, the team participated in these games under a specially designed sporting flag. The flag consisted of a white field charged with a grey diamond, which represented the country's mineral wealth, three cascading bands of blue, orange, and green, which represented the sea, the land, and agriculture respectively, and the Olympic rings. Team uniforms included the emblem of Olympic Committee of South Africa, which depicted Olympic rings surrounded by olive branches, with the name of the country above. The Olympic Committee of South Africa stated that Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" wa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Baltimore Sun
''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local, regional, national, and international news. Founded in 1837, the newspaper was owned by Tribune Publishing until May 2021, when it was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media. David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, closed a deal to buy the paper on January 15, 2024. History 19th century ''The Sun'' was founded on May 17, 1837, by Arunah Shepherdson Abell and two associates, William Moseley Swain from Rhode Island, and Azariah H. Simmons from Philadelphia, where they had started and published the '' Public Ledger'' the year before. Abell became a journalist with the ''Providence Patriot'' and later worked with newspapers in New York City and Boston.Van Doren, Charles and Robert McKendry, ed., ''Webster's American Biographies''. (Springfield, Massa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lithuania At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Lithuania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Lithuania was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Estonia and Latvia being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 47 competitors, 36 men and 11 women, took part in 31 events in 11 sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Field events ;Combined events – Heptathlon Basketball Men's Team Competition Preliminary round Group B Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal game Team roster :* Romanas Brazdauskis :* Valdemaras Chomičius :* Darius Dimavičius :* Gintaras Einikis :* Sergejus Jovaiša :* Artūras Karnišovas :* Gintaras Krapikas :* Rimas Kurtinaitis :* Šarūnas Marčiulionis :* Alvydas Pazdrazdis :* Arvydas Sabonis :* Arūnas Visockas Boxing ;Me ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The is a general knowledge, general-knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition. Since 2016, it has been published exclusively as an online encyclopedia, online encyclopaedia. Printed for 244 years, the ''Britannica'' was the longest-running in-print encyclopaedia in the English language. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, in three volumes. The encyclopaedia grew in size; the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810), it had expanded to 20 volumes. Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Latvia At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent country at the Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The 1896 Summer Olympics, inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, .... Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988. 34 competitors, 25 men and 9 women, took part in 31 events in 13 sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Boxing ;Men Canoeing Slalom Sprint ;Men Cycling Five cyclists, all men, represented Latvia in 1992. Dainis Ozols won bronze in the road race. Road Track ;Time trial ;Sprint ;Points race Judo ;Men M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estonia At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Estonia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Estonia was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Latvia and Lithuania being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 37 competitors, 33 men and 4 women, took part in 35 events in 13 sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery Estonia sent one man to its first independent Olympic archery competition. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds. ;Men Athletics ;Men ;Field events ;Combined events – Men's decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Combined events – Heptathlon Canoeing Sprint ;Men Cycling Three cyclists, two men and one woman, represented Estonia in 1992. Erika Salumäe won gold in the women's sprint. Road Track ;Sprint Fencing Two male fencers represented Estonia in 1992. ;Men Individual Judo ;Men Moder ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |