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The sports organisation of the Barcelona Paralympic Games was based on the competitiveness, seriousness and the specific nature of this event. The integration of the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the main point of reference regarding the work to be completed before the Games.

The Games were a top-level competition between athletes chosen for marks and their proven ability, and grouped according to an innovative functional classification system developed for Barcelona’92. The use of the Olympic venues, the functional classification system, the doping controls, the use of top-quality sports materials and the participation of highly-trained, experienced competition officials all helped to reach the high level of competition desired. The organisation’s development of new rules for these Games, in cooperation with the international federations, was also important.

All these factors helped contribute to the sporting successes, most eloquently demonstrated in the performances and good marks of the athletes. Theses successes were also aided by the use of new, more scientific, training methods; new prostheses, orthoses etc. and by de commercial sponsorship of disabled athletes.

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

Selected resources

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

 

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?]

Guia dels IXns Jocs Paralímpics de Barcelona'92

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

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

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.