Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Athletics
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Athletics; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics
Dates	July 31 August 9, 1992
No. of events	43
Competitors	1725 from 156 nations
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. Thirty former Olympic champions competed, and a total number of 1725 athletes from 156 countries.

Medal summary edit

Men edit

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Linford Christie Great Britain	9.96	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	10.02	Dennis Mitchell United States	10.04
200 metres details	Michael Marsh United States	20.01	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.13	Michael Bates United States	20.38
400 metres details	Quincy Watts United States	43.50 (OR)	Steve Lewis United States	44.21	Samson Kitur Kenya	44.24
800 metres details	William Tanui Kenya	1:43.66	Nixon Kiprotich Kenya	1:43.70	Johnny Gray United States	1:43.97
1500 metres details	Fermín Cacho Spain	3:40.12	Rachid El Basir Morocco	3:40.62	Mohamed Suleiman Qatar	3:40.69
5000 metres details	Dieter Baumann Germany	13:12.52	Paul Bitok Kenya	13:12.71	Fita Bayisa Ethiopia	13:13.03
10,000 metres details	Khalid Skah Morocco	27:46.70	Richard Chelimo Kenya	27:47.72	Addis Abebe Ethiopia	28:00.07
110 metres hurdles details	Mark McKoy Canada	13.12	Tony Dees United States	13.24	Jack Pierce United States	13.26
400 metres hurdles details	Kevin Young United States	46.78 (WR)	Winthrop Graham Jamaica	47.66	Kriss Akabusi Great Britain	47.82
3000 metres steeplechase details	Matthew Birir Kenya	8:08.84	Patrick Sang Kenya	8:09.55	William Mutwol Kenya	8:10.74
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States (USA) Michael Marsh Leroy Burrell Dennis Mitchell Carl Lewis James Jett*	37.40 (WR)	Nigeria (NGR) Oluyemi Kayode Chidi Imoh Olapade Adeniken Davidson Ezinwa Osmond Ezinwa*	37.98	Cuba (CUB) Andrés Simón Joel Lamela Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	38.00
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States (USA) Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis Darnell Hall* Charles Jenkins*	2:55.74 (WR)	Cuba (CUB) Lázaro Martínez Héctor Herrera Norberto Téllez Roberto Hernández	2:59.51	Great Britain (GBR) Roger Black David Grindley Kriss Akabusi John Regis Du'aine Ladejo* Mark Richardson*	2:59.73
Marathon details	Hwang Young-Cho South Korea	2:13:23	Koichi Morishita Japan	2:13:45	Stephan Freigang Germany	2:14:00
20 kilometres walk details	Daniel Plaza Spain	1:21.25	Guillaume LeBlanc Canada	1:22.25	Giovanni De Benedictis Italy	1:23.11
50 kilometres walk details	Andrey Perlov Unified Team ( Russia)	3:50.13	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	3:52.09	Ronald Weigel Germany	3:53.45
High jump details	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.34 m	Patrik Sjöberg Sweden	2.34 m	Hollis Conway United States	2.34 m
					Tim Forsyth Australia
					Artur Partyka Poland
Pole vault details	Maksim Tarasov Unified Team ( Russia)	5.80 m	Igor Trandenkov Unified Team ( Russia)	5.80 m	Javier García Spain	5.75 m
Long jump details	Carl Lewis United States	8.67 m	Mike Powell United States	8.64 m	Joe Greene United States	8.34 m
Triple jump details	Mike Conley United States	18.17 m w	Charles Simpkins United States	17.60 m	Frank Rutherford Bahamas	17.36 m
Shot put details	Mike Stulce United States	21.70 m	Jim Doehring United States	20.96 m	Vyacheslav Lykho Unified Team ( Russia)	20.94 m
Discus throw details	Romas Ubartas Lithuania	65.12 m	Jürgen Schult Germany	64.94 m	Roberto Moya Cuba	64.12 m
Hammer throw details	Andrey Abduvaliyev Unified Team ( Tajikistan)	82.54 m	Igor Astapkovich Unified Team ( Belarus)	81.96 m	Igor Nikulin Unified Team ( Russia)	81.38 m
Javelin throw details	Jan Železný Czechoslovakia	89.66 m	Seppo Räty Finland	86.60 m	Steve Backley Great Britain	83.38 m
Decathlon details	Robert Změlík Czechoslovakia	8611	Antonio Peñalver Spain	8412	Dave Johnson United States	8309

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women edit

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gail Devers United States	10.82	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica	10.83	Irina Privalova Unified Team ( Russia)	10.84
200 metres details	Gwen Torrence United States	21.81	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica	22.02	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	22.09
400 metres details	Marie-José Pérec France	48.83	Olga Bryzgina Unified Team ( Ukraine)	49.05	Ximena Restrepo Colombia	49.64
800 metres details	Ellen van Langen Netherlands	1:55:54	Liliya Nurutdinova Unified Team ( Russia)	1:55:99	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	1:56.80
1500 metres details	Hassiba Boulmerka Algeria	3:55.30	Lyudmila Rogachova Unified Team ( Russia)	3:56.91	Qu Yunxia China	3:57.08
3000 metres details	Yelena Romanova Unified Team ( Russia)	8:46.04	Tetyana Dorovskikh Unified Team ( Ukraine)	8:46.85	Angela Chalmers Canada	8:47.22
10,000 metres details	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia	31:06.02	Elana Meyer South Africa	31:11.75	Lynn Jennings United States	31:19.89
100 metres hurdles details	Voula Patoulidou Greece	12.64	LaVonna Martin United States	12.69	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria	12.70
400 metres hurdles details	Sally Gunnell Great Britain	53.23	Sandra Farmer-Patrick United States	53.69	Janeene Vickers United States	54.31
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States (USA) Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence Michelle Finn*	42.11	Unified Team (EUN) Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova	42.16	Nigeria (NGR) Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.81
4 × 400 metres relay details	Unified Team (EUN) Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina Liliya Nurutdinova* Marina Shmonina*	3:20.20	United States (USA) Natasha Kaiser Gwen Torrence Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens Denean Hill* Dannette Young*	3:20.92	Great Britain (GBR) Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell	3:24.23
Marathon details	Valentina Yegorova Unified Team ( Russia)	2:32:41	Yuko Arimori Japan	2:32:49	Lorraine Moller New Zealand	2:33:59
10 kilometres walk details	Chen Yueling China	44:32	Yelena Nikolayeva Unified Team ( Russia)	44:33	Li Chunxiu China	44:41
High jump details	Heike Henkel Germany	2.02 m	Galina Astafei Romania	2.00 m	Joanet Quintero Cuba	1.97 m
Long jump details	Heike Drechsler Germany	7.14 m	Inessa Kravets Unified Team ( Ukraine)	7.12 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	7.07 m
Shot put details	Svetlana Krivelyova Unified Team ( Russia)	21.06 m	Huang Zhihong China	20.47 m	Kathrin Neimke Germany	19.78 m
Discus throw details	Maritza Martén Cuba	70.06 m	Tsvetanka Khristova Bulgaria	67.78 m	Daniela Costian Australia	66.24 m
Javelin throw details	Silke Renk Germany	68.34 m	Natalya Shikolenko Unified Team ( Belarus)	68.26 m	Karen Forkel Germany	66.86 m
Heptathlon details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	7044	Irina Belova Unified Team ( Russia)	6845	Sabine Braun Germany	6649

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	12	8	10	30
2	Unified Team (EUN)	7	11	3	21
3	Germany (GER)	4	1	5	10
4	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	2	8
5	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	4	7
6	Spain (ESP)	2	1	1	4
7	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	4	6
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	0	2
9	China (CHN)	1	1	2	4
10	Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	3
11	Morocco (MAR)	1	1	0	2
12	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	2	3
13	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
19	Jamaica (JAM)	0	3	1	4
20	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
20	Namibia (NAM)	0	2	0	2
22	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
22	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
24	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
29	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
30	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		43	43	45	131