Barcelona 1992 memories - best olympics in history???

[rafalgorka 1,634]

I would like to make some memories from Barcelona 1992 in this thread. I think I have the greatest sentiment for these games. This is when I started watching the games 24/7, and the olympics became my hobby. So - how do you remember these games?

[rafalgorka 1,634]

Day 0 Friday 24/07/1992

 

M Football Tournament

 

Group A

Poland - Kuwait 2-0

Our national team started their journey to the eventual silver medal - this is last Polish team sport olympic medal unfortunately.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_WkruYvdrs

 

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Day 1 Saturday 25/07/1992

 

Opening Ceremony

 

Who didn't love it? Probably one of the most entertaining ones, not only the cauldron lighting.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGCXdX6gig&t=7115s

 

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Day 2 Sunday 26/07/1992

 

Swimming

 

M 200m Freestyle - Yevgeny Sadovyi

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TdRD0Zams&t=24s

 

W 400m Individual Medley - Krisztina Egerszegi

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUWvIowDhN4&feature=youtu.be

 

Basketball

 

First Dream Team Olympic Game - USA vs Angola

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7SaPj-wJBo

 

W Cycling Road Race finish

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD9uPzfXsyo&list=PLAWvRsehv7RYEwl7Y6M24PS8f27aiDNjS&index=21

 

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Day 3 Monday 27/07/1992

 

Swimming - M 100m butterfly - Rafał Szukała silver medal

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bUTnLsXgCQ

 

M 400m Individual Medley - Tamas Darnyi

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2KWtgDIAPY&feature=youtu.be

 

Cycling Track - 1 km time trial - Jose Manuel Moreno

 

https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/spain-barcelona-1992-j-manuel-moreno-cycling-1km-timtrial-men/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb21T4TsiHM

 

 

Diving - W 10m Platform - with this memorable view of the city in the background!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZ4WumdWto

 

Basketball - USA vs Croatia

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiK1Pzq7v3M&t=57s

 

Football - M Tournament - Poland vs Italy 3-0 - that was a huge surprise for me

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZOS8GBKHO0

 

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Day 4 Tuesday 28/07/1992

 

Swimming - W 100m backstroke

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJ0lv5NlkI&t=1s

 

Gymnastics artistic - W team all-around

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jAi5W-EJRs&t=89s

 

[Monzanator 4,611]

First SOG I was able to watch live all the way (because Seoul was a bad time zone for me as a kid and I remember Wronski and Legien the most)

 

Some of my memorable moments from athletics:

 

Nobody pays attention to the winner as Gail Devers blows it. Unlike Lolo Jones 16 years later, Devers still had 100m to make up for the drama.

 

 

Kevin Young's WR.

 

 

And the 800m finals.

 

[hckošice 15,118]

  On 11/28/2020 at 9:40 PM, rafalgorka said:

Rafał Szukała silver medal

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That name

 

 

Anyway,

 

Barcelona 1992 The very last Czechoslovak appearance at the Olympics

 

4 Golds, with 2 in the last 3 days

 

 

and the last ever Czechoslovak anthem at the Olympics was played for this guy

 

 

 

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Day 5 Wednesday 29/07/1992

 

Good news - Three gold medals for Poland in one day.

Bad news - Those 3 were the only gold medals for Poland in Barcelona'92.

 

Judo - M 86kg - Waldemar Legień

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6mGSW5ydyA&t=3s

 

Modern Pentathlon - M Individual & Team Gold Medals for Poland

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-JR6WoaOs

 

Cycling Track - M Ind Pursuit - Chris Boardman WR

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3VVVHk5_xM

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/jun/27/50-stunning-olympic-moments-chris-boardman

 

Basketball Dream Team - USA vs Germany

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMEZdy_iU6M&t=2s

 

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