Paralympic Games: Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona, Spain

IX Paralympic Games

Host city

Barcelona, Spain

Motto

Sport Without Limits

Nations participating

82^[1]

Athletes participating

3020^[1]

Events

487 in 15 sports

Opening ceremony

September 3

Closing ceremony

September 14

Officially opened by

Queen Sofia

Paralympic Torch

Antonio Rebollo(archer)

Stadium

Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc

Summer:

< Seoul 1988	1996 Atlanta >

Winter:

< Tignes-Albertville 1992	Lillehammer 1994 >

The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain..

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[edit]Sports

The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport. Wheelchair tennis, a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, was contested as an official medal sport for the first time.^[1]

[edit]Medal count

Main article: 1992 Summer Paralympics medal table

A total of 1503 medals were awarded during the Barcelona games: 490 gold, 487 silver, and 526 bronze. The United States topped the medal count with more gold medals, more silver medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. Germany took the most bronze medals, with 59.^[2] In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a nation (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee).

Host country (Spain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	75	52	48	175
2	Germany (GER)	61	51	59	171
3	Great Britain (GBR)	40	47	41	128
4	France (FRA)	36	36	34	106
5	Spain (ESP)	34	31	42	107
6	Canada (CAN)	28	21	26	75
7	Australia (AUS)	24	27	25	76
8	Unified Team (EUN)	16	14	15	45
9	Netherlands (NED)	14	14	11	39
10	Norway (NOR)	13	13	7	33