Spain Barcelona
XXV Summer International Olympic Games
25 July - 9 August 1992
The 1992 Summer Olympics demonstrated a record profile in terms both the number of participants (9,364 athletes including 2,704 female ones), the number of participating nations (169) and the number of played-for medal sets (257).
“The Unified Team” represented 12 nations of the collapsed USSR. In the individual events, the Unified Team athletes competed under their national flags, and in the team events, under the Olympic Flag. At the awarding ceremonies, their respective national and Olympic anthems were played. The Unified Team included 483 athletes (312 male and 171 female ones). 276 athletes were from Russia, 83 from Ukraine, 53 from Byelorussia, 18 from Kazakhstan, 16 from Uzbekistan, 11 from Georgia and Moldavia each, 5 from Azerbaijan, 4 from Armenia, and 3 from Kirghizia and Tajikistan each. For the first time since WWII, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were represented at the Olympics by individual teams.
As at was mentioned above, 257 sets of medals had been played for in 32 sports at the Barcelona Olympics.
Athletes of Burundi made their first appearance at these Games. The Olympic Flame was lit by archer Antonio Rebollo. The Athlete’s Oath was voiced by yachtsman Luis Doreste Blanco, and the Judge’s Oath, by water polo judge Eugeni Asensio.
Officially, the Games of the XXV Olympiad were opened by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
WINNER MEDALS
The farer the year 1928, the freer designers behaved against the established traditions. The design of the Olympic medal obverse that had become already canonical has been gravely disrupted, mainly esthetically, in Barcelona. In place of noble Nike, the Spanish designer has seated a young long-hair frivolous girl in the pose of the goddess ornamented with olive branches. The stadium arena, chariot and Panathenaean amphora just have vanished. Instead, we see a strange cross bar for the seated girl.
The Spanish designer had no scruple to engrave his initials on the obverse, whereas even Cassioli could not afford it.
The Cassioli’s design of the obverse was clear and re cognizable. The famous Greek myth was “readable” and the relationship with the ancient Greek tradition was maintained in the design of the Italian artist. Meanwhile in the Barcelona medal, only the legend and Olympic rings explain what event this medal is devoted to. The Spanish medal is a sad failure in the Olympic faleristics.
The medal is configured of two components – a disk with the obverse design asymmetrically superimposed on a larger roundel suspended from a ribbon of Olympic colors.
OBVERSE: a young sly puss seated on the left part of a cross bar with the Olympic rings underneath. The girl is expected to personify the Goddess of Victory as confirmed by palm leaves in her left hand and triumphant wreath in her right hand. A three-line inscription in Spanish in the upper right sector reads: “XXV – Olimpiada – Barcelona – 1992” (English: XXV – Olympics – Barcelona – 1992).
REVERSE: the official logo of the Barcelona Olympics in the center of the reverse side.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
OBVERSE: a four-line inscription in Spanish over the Barcelona Olympic logo, the stylized jumping athlete, reads “XXV – Olimpiada – Barcelona – 1992” (English: XXV – Olympics – Barcelona – 1992).
REVERSE: a thinly drawn spiral and lightning bolt, the symbol of human existence, according to the designer.
Most probably, the medal was made by casting and carefully polished. It explains its burnished color with cold bluish luster.
GOLD WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
SILVER WINNER MEDAL (SECOND PRIZE)
BRONZE WINNER MEDAL (THIRD PRIZE)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
“The Unified Team” represented 12 nations of the collapsed USSR. In the individual events, the Unified Team athletes competed under their national flags, and in the team events, under the Olympic Flag. At the awarding ceremonies, their respective national and Olympic anthems were played. The Unified Team included 483 athletes (312 male and 171 female ones). 276 athletes were from Russia, 83 from Ukraine, 53 from Byelorussia, 18 from Kazakhstan, 16 from Uzbekistan, 11 from Georgia and Moldavia each, 5 from Azerbaijan, 4 from Armenia, and 3 from Kirghizia and Tajikistan each. For the first time since WWII, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were represented at the Olympics by individual teams.
As at was mentioned above, 257 sets of medals had been played for in 32 sports at the Barcelona Olympics.
Athletes of Burundi made their first appearance at these Games. The Olympic Flame was lit by archer Antonio Rebollo. The Athlete’s Oath was voiced by yachtsman Luis Doreste Blanco, and the Judge’s Oath, by water polo judge Eugeni Asensio.
Officially, the Games of the XXV Olympiad were opened by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
WINNER MEDALS
The farer the year 1928, the freer designers behaved against the established traditions. The design of the Olympic medal obverse that had become already canonical has been gravely disrupted, mainly esthetically, in Barcelona. In place of noble Nike, the Spanish designer has seated a young long-hair frivolous girl in the pose of the goddess ornamented with olive branches. The stadium arena, chariot and Panathenaean amphora just have vanished. Instead, we see a strange cross bar for the seated girl.
The Spanish designer had no scruple to engrave his initials on the obverse, whereas even Cassioli could not afford it.
The Cassioli’s design of the obverse was clear and re cognizable. The famous Greek myth was “readable” and the relationship with the ancient Greek tradition was maintained in the design of the Italian artist. Meanwhile in the Barcelona medal, only the legend and Olympic rings explain what event this medal is devoted to. The Spanish medal is a sad failure in the Olympic faleristics.
The medal is configured of two components – a disk with the obverse design asymmetrically superimposed on a larger roundel suspended from a ribbon of Olympic colors.
OBVERSE: a young sly puss seated on the left part of a cross bar with the Olympic rings underneath. The girl is expected to personify the Goddess of Victory as confirmed by palm leaves in her left hand and triumphant wreath in her right hand. A three-line inscription in Spanish in the upper right sector reads: “XXV – Olimpiada – Barcelona – 1992” (English: XXV – Olympics – Barcelona – 1992).
REVERSE: the official logo of the Barcelona Olympics in the center of the reverse side.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
OBVERSE: a four-line inscription in Spanish over the Barcelona Olympic logo, the stylized jumping athlete, reads “XXV – Olimpiada – Barcelona – 1992” (English: XXV – Olympics – Barcelona – 1992).
REVERSE: a thinly drawn spiral and lightning bolt, the symbol of human existence, according to the designer.
Most probably, the medal was made by casting and carefully polished. It explains its burnished color with cold bluish luster.
GOLD WINNER MEDAL (FIRST PRIZE)
| Metal | silver-gilt |
| Diameter | 75 mm |
| Thickness | 6,1 mm |
| Weight | 244,5 g |
| Designer | Xavier Corbero |
| Mint | Fabrica NacionaI de Moneda у Timbre (Madrid, Spain) |
SILVER WINNER MEDAL (SECOND PRIZE)
| Metal | silver |
| Diameter | 75 mm |
| Thickness | 6,1 mm |
| Weight | 269 g |
| Designer | Xavier Corbero |
| Mint |
Fabrica NacionaI de Moneda у Timbre (Madrid, Spain) |
BRONZE WINNER MEDAL (THIRD PRIZE)
| Metal | bronze |
| Diameter | 75 mm |
| Thickness | 6,1 mm |
| Weight | 224 g |
| Designer | Xavier Corbero |
| Mint |
Fabrica NacionaI de Moneda у Timbre (Madrid, Spain) |
COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
| Metal | burnished black copper |
| Diameter | 70 mm |
| Thickness | 8 mm |
| Weight | 254 g |
| Designer | Xavier Corbero |
| Mint |
Fabrica NacionaI de Moneda у Timbre (Madrid, Spain) |
Bronze winner medal, third prize
Burnished black copper commemorative medal
Gold winner medal, first prize
Olympic relay torch
Participant Diploma
Silver winner medal, second prize