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In order to ensure the success of the Paralympic enterprise, more than 8.000 volunteers were selected from amongst associations, federations and sports clubs, secondary schools and universities, associations for the disabled, etc. Very often, their tasks were similar to those carried out during the Olympic Games.

Amongst the body of Paralympic volunteers the task of one group, the hosts, was that of attending to the needs of the Paralympic Family. According to the various specific required to give logistic support, provide information to the athletes about the city or the Games, or accompany them to different places.

Other tasks, however, made more specific demands of the Paralympic volunteers. These included the tasks to be perfomed at the Prothesis Repair Centre or at the Classification Centre. Besides this, volunteers at the Barcelona’92 IX Paralympic Games also fulfilled a very important social function: that of contributing to the diffusion of personal values and attitudes based on normal, natural behaviour towards persons with physical or sensorial disabilities.

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

Selected resources

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.

Programa de voluntarios de los Juegos Paralímpicos : IX Juegos Paralímpicos Barcelona'92 : Mayo 1991

Programa de voluntarios de los Juegos Paralímpicos : IX Juegos Paralímpicos Barcelona’92 : Mayo 1991 / COOB’92. Divisió de Paralímpics. [Barcelona : COOB’92], 1991.

Els Voluntaris del Jocs Paralímpics = Los Voluntarios de los Juegos Paralímpicos

Els Voluntaris del Jocs Paralímpics = Los Voluntarios de los Juegos Paralímpicos / COOB’92. Divisió de Paralímpics. Barcelona : COOB’92, D.L. 1991.

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 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.

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.