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Barcelona’s candidature to host the IX Paralympic Games was unanimously approved by de ICC on 2 August 1987 in Aylesbury (UK). In April 1989 COOB’92 created its Paralympics division, this was the body responsible for the management and organisation of the Barcelona’92 IX Paralympic Games. The Paralympics Management Board and its Executive Committee, made up of members of COOB’92 and the ONCE Foundation -as Associate Institution which contributed a large part of the financial resources for the Games as well as providing technical and organisational back-up- were responsible for the supervision and control of the organisational process.

The Barcelona’92 IX Paralympic Games were a great project with repercussions in the world of sport but also in a wider context. The urban redevelopment work carried out in connection with the Olympic Games was undertaken with the necessary adaptations in mind. The integration of the Games in the same organising committee and the definition of the Paralympic Games as a top-level sports competition aimed at a varied public set the tone for the Barcelona’92 IX Paralympic Games.

This organisational integration meant the Paralympics would have Olympic standards, both in terms of its sports facilities -designed to permit use by people with reduced mobility- and as regards services and resources, which guaranteed a first class event. The image of the Paralympics was also integrated with that o the Olympics, giving a standardised, modern character to the games. The Games were represented by the emblem, the mascot and the pictogrammes.

(Text taken from the Official Report of the Barcelona ’92 IX Paralympic Games)

Selected resources

Guia dels IXns Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona'92

Guia dels IXns Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona’92. Barcelona : COOB’92, Divisió de Paralímpics, 1992.

De la foscor a la llum : pel·lícula oficial dels IX Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona'92

De la foscor a la llum: pel·lícula oficial dels IX Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona ’92. [S.l.]: [s.n.], cop. 1993.

Manual de normes gràfiques : IXns. Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona'92 = Manual de normas gráficas = Manuel des normes graphiques = Graphic standards manual

Manual de normes gràfiques : IXns. Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona’92 = Manual de normas gráficas = Manuel des normes graphiques = Graphic standards manual / COOB’92. Barcelona : COOB’92, cop. 1991.

Petra, la mascota oficial : IXns. Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona'92 = Petra, la mascota oficial = Petra, la mascotte officielle = Petra, the official mascot

Petra, la mascota oficial : IXns. Jocs Paralímpics de

Barcelona’92 = Petra, la mascota oficial = Petra, la mascotte

officielle = Petra, the official mascot / COOB’92.

INFO PUBL    Barcelona : COOB’92, cop. 1991.

I Congreso Paralímpico Barcelona'92 = I Congrés Paralímpic Barcelona'92 = I Paralympic Congress Barcelona'92

I Congreso Paralímpico Barcelona’92 : libro de ponencias : Barcelona, 31 de agosto/1,2 y 3 de septiembre de 1992 = I Congrés Paralímpic Barcelona’92 : Barcelona, 31 d’agost/1,2,i 3 de setembre de 1992 = I Paralympic Congress Barcelona’92 : proceedings : Barcelona, August 31/September 1,2,3 1992. Barcelona : Fundación ONCE, DL 1993.

Los Juegos Paralímpicos : dimensión histórica, social y deportiva

Los Juegos Paralímpicos : dimensión histórica, social y deportiva / Román Castro Alcaide ; Centro de Estudios Olímpicos y del Deporte, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 1991.

Introduction to the IX Paralympic Games Barcelona'92

Introduction to the IX Paralympic Games Barcelona’92 / the Barcelona’92 Olympic Organising Committee. Paralympics Division (COOB’92). [Barcelona : COOB’92, 1990?]

The fifteen sports of the Barcelona'92 IX paralympic games

COOB’92. Divisió de Paralímpics (1991). The fifteen sports of the Barcelona’92 IX paralympic games

 

Paralímpics’92 : llibre oficial dels IXns Jocs Paralímpics Barcelona 1992 = Libro oficial de los IX Juegos Paralímpicos Barcelona 1992 = Barcelona 1992 IV Paralympic Games Official Report

COOB’92 (1993): Paralímpics’92 : llibre oficial dels IXns Jocs Paralímpics Barcelona 1992 = Libro oficial de los IX Juegos Paralímpicos Barcelona 1992 = Barcelona 1992 IV Paralympic Games Official Report. Barcelona : Enciclopèdia Catalana.

In the repository

The Municipal Contemporary Archives preserves the administrative and managerial documentation generated by the Olympic Organizing Committee Barcelona’92 SA (COOB’92) and Olympic Holding SA (HOLSA) and represented companies: Olympic Ring SA (AOMSA) Olympic Village SA (VOSA) and the Municipal Institute of Urban Development SA (IMPUSA). More about this collection.

In the library

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Sports in pictures

If you are interested in images on the Barcelona’92 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Barcelona Olympic Foundation Image Services will assist you in gathering the images that meet your needs. They manage the official image archive of the Barcelona’92 Games. Please contact them to learn more on the services provided and the image collection.