Annex: Athletics at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games

The athletics competitions at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games took place at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, with a capacity for 65,000 spectators, between July 31 and August 9, 1992. A total of 1,765 athletes (1,132 men and 633 women) representing 167 countries

The start of the marathon event, both in the male and female categories, took place in the town of Mataró, ending at the Olympic Stadium.

The United States was the country that obtained the most victories, with 12 (8 in men and 4 in women). They were followed by the Unified Team with 7 (3-4) and Germany with 4 (1-3). With two victories they were Great Britain, Cuba, Spain, Kenya and Czechoslovakia.

Britain's Linford Christie won the men's 100m in 9.96 s. At 32, he was the oldest athlete to win gold in this event. In the women's 100 meters, American Gail Devers, who had overcome a serious illness only a few months earlier, prevailed, while the great favorite Merlene Ottey could only take bronze.

American Carl Lewis won two gold medals, in the long jump and the 4×100 meter relay. In the long jump he beat his compatriot and world record holder Mike Powell, in one of the most anticipated duels of the Games.

The most surprising victory was for the Greek Paraskevi Patoulidou, who won against all odds in the 100m hurdles, in a race in which the favorite Gail Devers fell to the ground after tripping over the last fence when she was leading.

The women's 10,000 meter event was very exciting, with Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu and South Africa's Elana Meyer battling for victory. The embrace between the two and the lap of honor that they took together was the moment that best symbolized the end of apartheid.

American Kevin Young won the 400m hurdles, beating the world record in 46.78 from fellow American Edwin Moses. World records were also broken in the men's 4×100 and 4×400 meter relay events, both by the United States.

Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria won the women's 1500m. This athlete had received threats from fundamentalist sectors of the country for running in shorts and refusing to cover her face in her public appearances. Boulmerka would receive the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports in 1995.

American Jackie Joyner-Kersee won gold in the heptathlon and bronze in the long jump, with German veteran Heike Drechsler taking victory.

The organizing country, Spain, had a great performance, winning four medals: gold for Fermín Cacho in the 1,500 meters and Daniel Plaza in the 20 km walk, silver for Antonio Peñalver in the decathlon, and bronze for Javier García Chico in the pole vault.

The representatives of Cuba had a magnificent performance, winning seven medals, two of them gold, for Javier Sotomayor in the high jump and Maritza Martén in the discus throw. Among the Latin Americans also stood out the Mexican Carlos Mercenario, silver in the 50 km walk, and the Colombian Ximena Restrepo, bronze in the 400 m sprint.

The women's 10 km walk race was held for the first time in the Games, winning the Chinese Chen Yueling.

An emotional moment was when British 400m runner Derek Redmond was injured during one of the heats, and driven by rage he limped the remaining meters to the finish line, sobbing and helped by his father.

Four athletes tested positive for doping tests: Unified Team's Madina Biktagirova (marathon), USA's Bonnie Dasse (shot put), USA's Jud Logan (hammer put) and Nijole Medvedieva of Lithuania (long jump)

Results

Masculine

Event
100 meters	Linford Christie United Kingdom 9.96	Frankie Fredericks Namibia 10.02	Dennis Mitchell United States 10.04
200 meters	Michael Marsh United States 20.01	Frankie Fredericks Namibia 20.13	Michael Bates United States 20.38
400 meters	Quincy Watts United States 43.50	Steve Lewis United States 44.21	Samson Kitur Kenya 44.24
800 meters	William Tanui Kenya 1:43.66	Nixon Kiprotich Kenya 1:43.70	Johnny Gray United States 1:43.97
1,500 meters	Fermín Cacho Spain 3:40.12	Rachid El Basir Morocco 3:40.62	Mohamed Ahmed Sulaiman Qatar 3:40.69
5,000 meters	Dieter Baumann Germany 13:12.52	Paul Bitok Kenya 13:12.71	Fita Bayisa Ethiopia 13:13.03
10 000 metres	Khalid Skah Morocco 27:46.70	Richard Chelimo Kenya 27:47.72	Addis Ababe Ethiopia 28:00.72
Marathon details	Young-Cho Hwang South Korea 2h13:23	Koichi Morishita Japan 2h13:45	Stephen Freigang Germany 2h14:00
110 meters fence	Mark McKoy Canada 13.12	Tony Dees United States 13.24	Jack Pierce United States 13.26
400 meters fence	Kevin Young United States 46.78	Winthrop Graham Jamaica 47.66	Kriss Akabusi United Kingdom 47.82
3,000 metres obstacles	Mathew Birir Kenya 8:08.84	Patrick Sang Kenya 8:09.55	William Mutwol Kenya 8:10.74
Height balance	Javier Sotomayor Cuba 2.34	Patrick Sjöberg Sweden 2.34	Hollis Conway United States 2.34 Artur Partyka Poland 2.34 Timothy Forsythe Australia 2.34
Powdered jump	Maksim Tarasov Unified equipment 5.80	Igor Trandenkov Unified equipment 5.80	Javier García Chico Spain 5.75
Length balance	Carl Lewis United States 8.67	Mike Powell United States 8.64	Joe Greene United States 8.34
Triple jump	Mike Conley United States 18.17	Charles Simpkins United States 17.60	Frank Rutherford Bahamas 17.36
Weight launch	Michael Stulce United States 21.70	James Doehring United States 20.96	Viatcheslav Lykho Unified equipment 20.94
Disk launch	Romes Ubartas Lithuania 65.12	Jürgen Schult Germany 64.94	Roberto Moya Cuba 64.12
Hammer launch	Andrey Abduvaliev Unified equipment 82.54	Igor Astapkovich Unified equipment 81.96	Igor Nikouline Unified equipment 81.38
Jabalin launch	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia 89.66	Seppo Raty Finland 86.60	Steve Backley United Kingdom 83.38
Decatlon	Robert Změlík Czechoslovakia 8,611 p.	Antonio Peñalver Spain 8.412 p.	David Johnson United States 8,309 p.
20 km march details	Daniel Plaza Spain 1h21:45	Guillaume LeBlanc Canada 1h22:25	Giovanni De Benedictis Italy 1h23:11
50 km march details	Andrey Perlov Unified equipment 3h50:13	Carlos Mercenario Mexico 3h52:09	Ronald Weigel Germany 3h53:45
4×100 meters	United States Carl Lewis Leroy Burrell Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell 37.40	Nigeria Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Chidi Imoh Oluyemi Kayode 37.98	Cuba Jorge Luis Aguilera Joel Isasi Andrew Joel Lamela 38.00
4×400 meters	United States Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis 2:55.74	Cuba Norberto Téllez Roberto Hernández Lázaro Martínez Héctor Herrera 2:59.51	United Kingdom Kriss Akabusi Roger Black David Grindley John Regis 2:59.73

Feminine

Event
100 meters	Gail Devers United States 10.82	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 10.83	Irina Priválova Unified equipment 10.84
200 meters	Gwen Torrence United States 21.81	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica 22.02	Merlene Ottey Jamaica 22.09
400 meters	Marie-Jose Perec France 48.83	Olga Bryzgina Unified equipment 49.05	Ximena Restrepo Colombia 49.64
800 meters	Ellen van Langen Netherlands 1:55.54	Lilia Nurutdinova Unified equipment 1:55.99	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba 1:56.80
1,500 meters	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria 3:55.30	Lyudmila Rogachova Unified equipment 3:56.91	Qu Yunxia China 3:57.08
3,000 meters	Elena Romanova Unified equipment 8:46.04	Tatyana Dorovskikh Unified equipment 8:46.85	Angela Chalmers Canada 8:47.22
10 000 metres	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia 31:06.02	Elana Meyer South Africa 31:11.75	Lynn Jennings United States 31:19.89
Marathon details	Valentina Yegorova Unified equipment 2h32:41	Yuko Arimori Japan 2h32:49	Lorraine Moller New Zealand 2h33:59
100 meters fence	Paraskevi Patoulidou Greece 12.64	LaVonna Martin United States 12.69	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria 12.70
400 meters fence	Sally Gunnell United Kingdom 53.23	Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States 53.69	Janeene Vickers United States 54.31
Height balance	Heike Henkel Germany 2.02	Galina Astafei Romania 2.00	Ioamnet Quintero Cuba 1.97
Length balance	Heike Drechsler Germany 7.14	Inessa Kravets Unified equipment 7.12	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7.07
Weight launch	Svetlana Krivelyova Unified equipment 21.06	Huang Zhihong China 20.47	Kathrin Neimke Germany 19.78
Disk launch	Maritza Martén Cuba 70.06	Tzvetanka Khristova Bulgaria 67.78	Daniela Costian Australia 66.24
Jabalin launch	Silke Renk Germany 68.34	Natalia Shikolenko Unified equipment 68.26	Karen Forkel Germany 66.86
Heptatlon	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States 7.044 p	Irina Belova Unified equipment 6.845 p	Sabine Braun Germany 6.649 p
10 km march	Chen Yueling China 44:32	Yelena Nikolayeva Unified equipment 44:33	Li Chunxiu China 44:41
4×100 meters	United States Gwen Torrence Evelyn Ashford Carlette Guidry Esther Jones 42.11	Unified equipment Galina Malchuguina Irina Privalova Marina Trandenkova Olga Bogoslovskaya 42.16	Nigeria Beatrice Utondu Christy Opara Mary Onyali Faith Idehen 42.81
4×400 meters	Unified equipment Olga Bryzguina Lioudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Yelena Ruzina 3:20.20.20	United States Gwen Torrence Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens Natasha Kaiser 3:20.92	United Kingdom Sally Gunnell Phylis Smith Jennifer Stoute Sandra Douglas 3:24.23