Sports Participation
There was a significant increase in the number of teams participating in the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games, with a total of 9,959 athletes. In addition to the athletes, there were 4,845 team officials and 1,966 other team personnel, all of whom were duly accredited. The increase in the number of national teams was mainly due to the fact that the Barcelona92 Olympic Games were the first to be held after the formation of multiple states of the former Soviet Union. There were also national teams from states of the former Yugoslavia.
In total, there were 172 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 13 more than in the previous Olympic Games. Sports participation also increased as result of sports such as badminton and baseball being recognised as official, and also as a result of three demonstration sports: roller hockey, Basque pelota and taekwondo. There was also an increase in the number of events, with the inclusion of whitewater slalom, which had been absent since Munich72.
In many instances, the new modalities also helped to improve the participation of women. This was particularly the case for womens judo, the Lechner A-390 and Europe sailing classes, and the 10km race walk in athletics. Such increases in sports participation led to a 10% increase in the number of medals in comparison to Seoul’88.
Selected resources
Els resultats = Los resultados = Les résultats = The results.
COOB’92 (1992) : Els resultats = Los resultados = Les résultats = The results. Barcelona : COOB’92. 847868283X
Estudio realizado sobre el número de deportistas laureados en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona '92 en función del número de habitantes del país que representan
Sánchez Lozano, Ricardo, 1925- ; Sánchez Zubiaur, Javier (1997?) : Estudio realizado sobre el número de deportistas laureados en los Juegos Olímpicos de Barcelona ’92 en función del número de habitantes del país que representan. Sánchez Lozano, Ricardo, 1925- ; Sánchez Zubiaur, Javier . [S.l.] : [s.n.]
Manuales de equipo
Cada uno de los equipos nacionales que participaron en los Juegos publicó una guía o manual de su equipo con información sobre los integrantes. A continuación incluimos una selección de los documentos que se pueden encontrar en nuestra colección:
- COE (1992): Equipo olímpico. [Madrid] : [Comité Olímpico Español]
- Croatian Olympic Commitee (1992): Croatian Olympic delegation : Barcelona’92. Zagreb : Croatian Olympic Commitee.
- Barcelona’92 Olympic Games : official British guide. London : BBC Sport, 1992
- Equipo olímpico español de vela. Barcelona : Haymarket, [1992]
In the repository
In the Municipal Contemporary Archive, you can consult the administrative and management documentation generated on this topic by the Organising Committee Barcelona’92, SA (COOB’92), Holding Olímpic SA (HOLSA), Anella Olímpica de Montjuïc SA (AOMSA) (Olympic ring), Vila Olímpica SA (VOSA) (Olympic village) and the Institut Municipal de Promoció Urbanística SA (IMPUSA) (municipal Institute of urban development).
If you need further information on the collection, read the collection guide.
In the library
In the libraries of the study centres of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) you can find the selection of listed documents and other bibliographic materials on the subject.
If you are interested in knowing more about our Olympic collection, you can consult the Union Catalogue of Catalan Universities (UAB collection) or contact us by e-mail (FBO collection).
Sports in pictures
If you are interested in images of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Barcelona’92, the Image Service of the Olympic Foundation of Barcelona will help you identify the images that satisfy your needs.
The Foundation manages the official image archive of the Barcelona’92 Games. You can contact them by email to request more information about the services provided and the collection of images. In this page, we offer a selection of images on the event.
