1992 Summer Olympics

E24846

Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona, Spain, were a landmark Games noted for the debut of the U.S. "Dream Team" in men's basketball and the end of the Soviet Union's participation as a unified team.

Aliases (1)

1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
approximateTVAudience	3.5 billion →
awardedCity	Lausanne →
basketballBronzeMedalistMen	Lithuania →
basketballGoldMedalistMen	United States →
basketballSilverMedalistMen	Croatia →
bidCity	Barcelona →
closingCeremonyVenue	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys →
closingDate	1992-08-09 →
competingBidCity	Amsterdam → Belgrade → Birmingham → Brisbane → Paris →
continent	Europe →
country	Spain →
dateAwarded	1986-10-17 →
featuredBasketballTeam	United States men’s national basketball team →
featuredTeam	Unified Team →
firstOlympicsForUnifiedGermanySince	1964 →
followedBy	1996 Summer Olympics →
governingBody	International Olympic Committee →
hostCity	Barcelona →
hostCityCountry	Barcelona, Spain →
hostCountry	Spain →
introducedDiscipline	women’s judo (as a full medal sport) →
introducedSport	badminton → baseball (as a medal sport) →
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames	91st IOC Session →
legacy	expansion of Barcelona’s transport infrastructure → urban redevelopment of Barcelona waterfront →
mainStadium	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys →
mascot	Cobi →
mascotDesigner	Javier Mariscal →
motto	Friends for Life →
nicknameOfFeaturedBasketballTeam	Dream Team →
notableFor	final Olympic Games in which the Soviet Union competed as the Unified Team → first Olympic appearance of the U.S. men’s basketball Dream Team → first Summer Olympics since 1972 without a major boycott →
numberOfAthletes	9356 →
numberOfEvents	257 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	169 →
numberOfSports	25 →
officialName	Games of the XXV Olympiad →
OlympiadNumber	25 →
openingCeremonyVenue	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys →
openingDate	1992-07-25 →
organisingCommittee	Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee →
partOf	Olympic Games →
precededBy	1988 Summer Olympics →
secondRankedNationInMedalTable	United States →
televisionRightsHolderUS	NBC →
thirdRankedNationInMedalTable	Germany →
topRankedNationInMedalTable	Unified Team →
torchLighter	Antonio Rebollo →
torchLighterOccupation	Paralympic archer →
UnifiedTeamSuccessorEntities	post-Soviet independent states →
year	1992 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Larry Bird → Michael Jordan → Scottie Pippen →	OlympicGoldMedal
Charles Barkley → Magic Johnson → Patrick Ewing →	OlympicGoldMedalist
1996 Summer Olympics → Games of the XXVI Olympiad →	precededBy
Shannon Miller →	competedAt
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein →	competedIn
1988 Summer Olympics →	followedBy
Barcelona →	hostedEvent
Izzy ("1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony") →	introducedAt
Clyde Drexler →	OlympicGames
Larry Bird →	OlympicGamesParticipated
Carl Lewis →	OlympicGamesParticipatedIn
Matthew Pinsent →	participantIn
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics →	partOf
Larry Legend →	wonOlympicGold