Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympic Games

The Barcelona 1992 Olympics took place from 25 July to 9 August were special in many aspects. This applies also to Slovenia. 1992 marked the first Olympic presence as an independent state and Slovenian athletes won two medals. Barcelona was an excellent and successful host and for the first time after twenty years the Games passed with no boycotts.

Time and Place: Barcelona (Spain); 25 July – 9 August 1992
Other candidates: Amsterdam, Belgrade, Birmingham, Brisbane and Paris
Participation: 169 countries, 9356 athletes
Number of sports: 28 sports, 257 events
Fire lit by: Antonio Rebollo (Paraolympic archer)
Games opened by: King Juan Carlos
Olympic oath: Luis Doreste Blanco (sailing)
Motto: Friends forever

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Trivia from the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympic Games

A record 9,356 competitors from 169 countries made the Barcelona Games the largest Summer Games to date. The end of the apartheid policy of racial discrimination in South Africa brought about a change as the country was invited into the Olypmic movement after 32 years. The Soviet Union broke into several separate republics but their athletes maintained a common presence as the Unified Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina competed as separate nations for the first time.

 

The Catalan games were the Games of superlatives in many ways and opened up new chapters in many areas. After major changes in the map of Europe, a number of new nations joined the ranks of athletes in the picturesque Montjuic stadium. These new arrivals gave a new dimension to the extensive media and commercial coverage of the Games.  Clearly, the Games were also a historic event for our country. Slovenia made its first independent appearance at the Barcelona Games and also won its first medals.

 

Olympic heights

 

One of the major changes was a revolution in basketball. The stars of the American NBA league competed at the Olympics for the first time. The Dream Team, led by the unforgettable trio of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson thrilled the public with their spectacular skills and literally strolled through the ranks to a gold medal. The Croatian team with European "superstars" Toni Kukoč and Dražen Petrović got the closest to the Americans.

 

With all the stars and exceptional achievements it is hard to single out just a few. Yet one name does stand out - Vitaly Scherbo. The gymnast represented the Unified Team and held the gymnastics event firmly in his grasp. He took home six gold medals. Other notable athletes included swimmers Yevgeny Sadovyi, Krisztina Egerszegy and Alexander Popov, gymnast Tatjana Gucu, British sprinter Linford Christie, German athlete Heike Drechler, American Jackie Joyner Kersee … Medals were also won by track and field legends American Carl Lewis and Jamaican Merlene Ottey, who ran under the Slovenian flag twelve years later in Athens.

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Top results

Best of Team Slovenia

Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Sadik Mujkič, Sašo Mirjanič rowing,four Rezultat:5:58,24 (FIN)
Denis Žvegelj, Iztok Čop rowing,pair Rezultat:6:33.43

Top 10

Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Sadik Mujkič, Sašo Mirjanič rowing four 3. place
Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, Sadik Mujkič, Sašo Mirjanič rowing four 3. place
Denis Žvegelj, Iztok Čop rowing pair 3. place
Igor Majcen swimming 1500 m free 6. place
Marjan Štrukelj canoe-kayak slalom K-1 6. place
Rajmond Debevec shooting 50 m rifle 3 positions 6. place
Albin Čižman canoe-kayak slalom K-1 9. place
Borut Bilač athletics long jump 9. place
Borut Bilač athletics long jump 9. place
Rajmond Debevec shooting air rifle 9. place
Boštjan Žitnik canoe-kayak slalom C-1 10. place
Janez Skok canoe-kayak slalom K-1 10. place
Stojan Vidakovič sailing lechner A-390 11. place
Goran Sosič, Mitja Kosmina sailing flying dutch 12. place
Štefan Cuk judo -60 kg 12. place
Štefan Cuk judo -65 kg 12. place
Britta Bilač athletics high jump 15. place
Borut Javornik canoe-kayak slalom C-1 16. place
Jure Bučar swimming 400 m free 16. place
Brigita Bukovec athletics 100 m hurdles 17. place
Rajmond Debevec shooting small bore rifle prone 18. place
Matjaž Koželj swimming 200 m butterfly 19. place
Matjaž Koželj swimming 200 m butterfly 19. place
Jure Bučar swimming 200 m free 29. place
Jure Bučar swimming 200 m free 29. place
Nace Majcen swimming 400 m free 31. place
Polona Frelih table tennis single 33. place
Samo Medved target archery single 33. place
Nace Majcen swimming 200 m free 35. place
Nace Majcen swimming 200 m free 35. place
Mirko Vindiš athletics marathon 40. place
Tanja Godina swimming 100 m backstroke 41. place
Tanja Godina swimming 200 m backstroke 41. place
Matjaž Koželj swimming 100 m butterfly 42. place
Valter Bonča road cycling road race 63. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics vault 65. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics parallel bars 67. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics konj 67. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics all-arround 80. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics horizontal bar 81. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics rings 83. place
Alojz Kolman artistic gymnastics floor 84. place

Medal Table

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Schedule and Results

25. Jul. 1992 - 09. Aug. 1992


swimming, 100 m butterfly
 Matjaž Koželj 42.m 56.65 - final

swimming, 100 m backstroke
 Tanja Godina 41.m 1,06,97 - final

table tennis, single
 Polona Frelih 33.-48.m - final

swimming, 200 m backstroke
 Tanja Godina 41.m 2,25,31 - final

athletics, 100 m hurdles
 Brigita Bukovec 17.m 13.68 - final
swimming, 1500 m free
 Igor Majcen 6.m 15:19,12 (FIN) - final
artistic gymnastics, parallel bars
 Alojz Kolman 67.m 18.650 - final
artistic gymnastics, horizontal bar
 Alojz Kolman 81.m 18.275 - final
artistic gymnastics, konj
 Alojz Kolman 67.m 18.575 - final
artistic gymnastics, rings
 Alojz Kolman 83.m 18.400 - final
artistic gymnastics, all-arround
 Alojz Kolman 80.m 110,875 - final
artistic gymnastics, floor
 Alojz Kolman 84.m 8.275 - final
artistic gymnastics, vault
 Alojz Kolman 65.m 18700 - final
shooting, 50 m rifle 3 positions
 Rajmond Debevec 6.m 1262,6 (1167) - final
target archery, single
 Samo Medved 33.m 1266 (KV) - final