1992 was held in Barcelona, Spain from July 25th to August 9th. Other cities applying to host the Olympic Games are Paris, France, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Brisbane, Australia, Birmingham, England and Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1986 10 10/7, Barcelona won the right to host the 9th1session of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne.
Barcelona is the hometown of Samaranch, the current president of the International Olympic Committee, and an international tourist destination known as the "Pearl of the Mediterranean". In history, Barcelona has bid for three Olympic Games: 1924, 1936 and 1940, but they all failed. So they cherish this opportunity very much and are determined to hold the most successful Olympic Games in history with the support of the International Olympic Committee.
Basic information:
There are 28 sports and 257 events in this Olympic Games, including baseball and badminton for the first time, and 20 events including women's judo have been added. Roller skating, ice hockey, squash, taekwondo and wheelchair racing are listed as performance events. * * * 9367 athletes from 169 countries and regions participated in the competition, including 2708 female athletes and 6659 male athletes. The countries with the largest number of athletes are 537 in the United States, 472 in the Commonwealth of Independent States and 463 in Germany. China sent 25/kloc-0 athletes to participate in 20 events, and 37 athletes from China Taipei participated in 7 events. All members of the International Olympic Committee participated in this Olympic Games, in which South Yemen and North Yemen, East Germany and West Germany merged into one national Olympic Committee, and the newly independent Olympic Committees of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Namibia were recognized by the International Olympic Committee. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, many world-class outstanding athletes were scattered in independent countries. After many consultations, the International Olympic Committee finally brought them together. Originally, 15 countries joined the * * * countries except the Baltic Sea, and the remaining 12 countries formed the "CIS" team. The required funds will be met by olympic solidarity and Latvia. This not only ensures the high-level competition of this Olympic Games, but also solves the problem of newly independent countries' participation. The flag of the CIS delegation adopts the flag of the International Olympic Committee. Seven countries that did not participate in the last Olympic Games, including North Korea, Cuba, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Albania, also participated in this Olympic Games.
Due to the Yugoslav war, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 757 at the end of May 1992, prohibiting athletes from Serbia and Montenegro from participating in international competitions and international cultural exchange activities. In order to change this situation and encourage athletes from this region to participate in the competition, IOC President Samaranch ran around in many ways and shuttled diplomacy until three days before the opening ceremony, and finally got the approval of the UN Security Council. However, Yugoslav athletes composed of Serbia and Montenegro can only participate in individual competitions and are not allowed to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies and team events. Upon learning of this gratifying achievement, the International Olympic Committee immediately sent a special plane to pick up Yugoslav athletes and let them participate in various competitions that were allowed to participate on time.
There were 13082 journalists who participated in the coverage of this tournament, including 5 13 1 person and 79,565,438 journalists. * * * Recruited 34,548 volunteers.
Torch Relay and Opening Ceremony:
At 0: 45 am on June 5, Maria Pabu, a famous Greek actress, lit the Olympic flame based on Olympia. After the torch relay to Athens, it was transported to the Spanish coastal city of Empress on the night of 13. Subsequently, the relay passed through 625 small and medium-sized towns in Spain 17 autonomous regions and arrived in Barcelona on July 24, with a total distance of 3,964 kilometers and a duration of 43 days.
The opening ceremony was held at 8: 00 pm local time on July 25, and the communication satellite over the Atlantic was broadcast live to about 3.5 billion viewers on five continents through 32 lines. Spanish King Carlos, IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and heads of state and government officials from 24 countries attended the meeting.
The opening ceremony of this Olympic Games has many characteristics. First of all, during the torch relay, 72-year-old IOC President Samaranch ran 65,438+0,000 meters with the torch in a small town near Barcelona, becoming the first IOC president to directly participate in the torch relay in Olympic history. Secondly, the Barcelona Olympic Organizing Committee invited foreigners to participate in the torch relay, and * * * invited 255 athletes from 50 countries and regions. Among them, there are 6 in China and 2 in China. This is the first time in Olympic history. Thirdly, after the torch arrived at the main venue, rebollo, a 37-year-old Barcelona archer who won medals at the Paralympic Games 1984 and 1988, shot an arrow and lit it. I saw him get up from his wheelchair, light an arrow with kindling, and then shoot it accurately at the flame platform 70 meters away and 2 1 meter high. The flame began. It is said that in order to perform this stunt, he practiced it more than 2000 times. Fourthly, at the opening ceremony, the General Assembly specially produced a huge Olympic five-ring flag, covering all the delegations in the venue, symbolizing the unity, harmony and perfection of the Olympic family.
Competition:
The football match started the day before the opening. On the morning of July 26th, South Korea 18-year-old female middle school student Lu Jiashun won the first gold medal of this Olympic Games in the air rifle competition.
Outstanding achievements in this competition include Vitaly Scerbo, a male gymnast from the Commonwealth of Independent States of Evgueni Sadovyi, Christina Ayger Sage, a Hungarian female swimmer, and Jackie joiner-Kesi, an American track and field star.
In track and field competitions, medals are distributed equally. Among them, in the 100 meter race, all the finalists were black, and finally 32-year-old British veteran Christie won the championship with a score of 9.96 seconds. The strong contenders for the gold medal in the long jump are two famous American athletes, Carl Lewis and Michael Powell. As a result, Lewis won the Olympic long jump three times in a row with a score of 8.67 meters. Powell won the second place with 8.64 meters.
For the first time, this Olympic Games opened the door for professional basketball players, enabling NBA star players who have become popular all over the world to participate in the Olympic Games. The American "Dream Team" composed of professional basketball players such as "Michael Jordan" and "Magic Johnson" caused a sensation in Barcelona with its wonderful performances. They not only won the championship easily with a total victory, but also spread their skills to more audiences around the world through television, expanding the influence of basketball.
The Olympic Games broke 19 world records, including 3 in track and field, 9 in swimming, 5 in archery and 2 in cycling. The top three gold medals were won by the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), followed by 45, 38 and 29 gold, silver and bronze medals. The United States ranks second, followed by 37 gold, 34 silver and 37 bronze; Germany ranks third, with 33 gold, silver and copper, 2 1 and 28 in turn. China ranks fourth.
The situation in China:
China sent 1 18 male athletes and 133 female athletes to participate in 20 events except football, hockey, baseball, handball and equestrian. After the defeat of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the South Korean delegation played a high level again this time. As a result, * * * won 16 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 16 bronze medals, surpassing the previous highest 1984 Olympic Games and achieving the best results in history. The China Taipei baseball team won the silver medal in the event.
Water sports is China's gold medal in this Olympic Games. In the women's swimming competition, China's "Four Golden Flowers" Zhuang Yong (100m freestyle), (100m butterfly), (200m individual medley) and Yang (50m freestyle) each won a gold medal. China also won three gold medals in diving. In the women's springboard final, Gao Min resisted the pressure and finally successfully defended her title after several rounds of backwardness. Fu Mingxia, who has just emerged in the international platform for only two years, won the women's platform competition at the age of 14 and became the Olympic champion. Sun won the first gold medal in men's diving for China in the men's platform competition.
Table tennis added three more gold medals to the China delegation, among which Deng Yaping won the women's singles championship and won the women's doubles gold medal with teammate Qiao Hong. Wang Tao and Lu Lin won the men's doubles championship.
In the gymnastics final, China team leader Li won the gold medal in men's floor exercise with a wonderful back flip. Li Lu won the gold medal in uneven bars with perfect performance.
In the shooting competition, Wang Yifu, who has been in the Olympic Games for the third time in a row, finally won the Olympic gold medal for the first time in the men's air pistol event. Shan Zhang, a female athlete, won the skeet competition with male athletes.
In addition, Chen Zaitian women's 10 km race walk, Zhuang Xiaoyan also won 1 gold medal in judo women's 72kg class.
China women's basketball team won a silver medal doggedly. Badminton, China's traditional strength, was listed as an official Olympic event for the first time, but the China team was unexpectedly wiped out and failed to win a single gold medal.
Others:
The TV broadcasting rights of this Olympic Games were purchased by NBC for $ 40. 1 billion. In addition, the European Broadcasting and Television Union, Japan's NHK, and Australian TV stations have successively invested, which has enabled the Preparatory Committee to earn more than 600 million US dollars. Coupled with the sponsorship of major manufacturers, the issuance of commemorative coins and the sale of tickets, the Barcelona Olympic Games has a surplus.
The budget and total investment of this Olympic Games exceeded those of the Moscow and Seoul Olympic Games, reaching 9.6 billion US dollars. Among them, facilities such as international airport expansion and expressway construction account for one third, and the rest are mainly used for the construction of sports venues. Before the meeting, all kinds of venues and facilities reached modern international standards.
The mascot of this Olympic Games is a little dog named Kobe. It was designed by a famous Spanish painter for this Olympic Games as early as 1987. After five years of publicity and display, the image of "Kobe" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.