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Indonesia is home to badminton’s first Olympic golden couple, a glorious men’s doubles tradition, and the most passionate fans in the sport.

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A memorable night at Barcelona 1992 saw gold and silver medallists Derartu Tulu and Elana Meyer unite for an emotional victory lap.

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Africa Unites in Victory Lap | Barcelona 1992

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Derek Redmond's emotional men's 400m semi-final from Barcelona 1992.
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Men's 400m Semi-final | Barcelona 1992 | Great Olympic Moments

Peerless sprinter and four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson finds a new buzz empowering and connecting with young athletes and leaders

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Where are they now? Michael Johnson’s legend lives on

In “The Golden Fish”, Rania Elwani tells how her determination as an Olympic swimmer was matched only by her commitment to peruse her career as a doctor.

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How a pioneering Egyptian swimmer broke boundaries and inspired the world

Over the course of 47 years, Mike Krzyzewski assembled one of the greatest coaching resumes in basketball history. The former U.S. Army officer, who also played for the Army basketball team, led Duke University to five national championships and 15 ACC tournament titles, and retired with the most college coaching

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Multiple generations of South Africans missed out on the opportunity to compete for Olympic glory from 1964 to 1992 due to the impact of apartheid, the nation&rsquo;s racial segregation policy\. When the newly reformed South Africa was invited to compete at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992, female distance runner Elana

Elana Meyer on running through apartheid and creating history at Barcelona 1992

In a symbol of hope for a new Africa, Tulu, as the first black African female Olympic champion, joined hands with South Africa&rsquo;s first individual medal\-winner after apartheid\. South Africa had been banned from Olympic competition since 1964 because of its discriminatory politics, and the image of these two sporting

On the International Day of Peace, Olympic medallists Tulu and Meyer reflect on a defining winning moment in Barcelona 1992: “We represented Africa.”

If you are interested in taking part in the Olympian and Paralympian Online Experiences hosted virtually by some of the world&rsquo;s best athletes visit the Festival page\. There are many athletes, like Matthew Mitcham, Lucy Shuker, David Hill, Adam Kellerman, Sakura Kokumai or Pita Taufatofua, all waiting for you to

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The magic rolls off the tongue as the eyes flit across the team picture \(above\): Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, and so it goes on and on\. Between them, and by the time they had all retired, the 12 men wearing the USA&rsquo;s stars and

Snapped: Larry Bird lifts the lid on life in the Dream Team

Five Olympic Games and dozens of international medals have given table tennis ace Jan\-Ove Waldner legendary status in his native Sweden\. But the Barcelona 1992 gold medallist&rsquo;s biggest following is still in the country of his toughest competitors: China\.

Winning gold at Barcelona 1992 gave ‘Evergreen Tree’ Waldner ‘presidential’ fame 

Bob Martin, 33 years old and little known outside the UK at the time, is the man ultimately responsible for creating a shot that not only defined a magical edition of the Olympic Games but also summed up the invigorating feel\-good factor that envelopes the Olympic Movement\.

Snapped: the extraordinary story behind the Barcelona 1992 diving images

Montserrat Caball&eacute; was a clear choice to headline the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games\. A fiercely proud city resident, the charismatic diva had been stunning opera audiences across the globe through the 1960s, &rsquo;70s and early &rsquo;80s\.

When rock met opera: the story behind "Barcelona"

&ldquo;It was a total gamble and it just happened that it worked out very well,&rdquo; Read Miller said of his definitive image, above, tracking the burning arrow as it flew through the Barcelona night sky past the Olympic cauldron\. Through a combination of circumstances, the American was one of very

Snapped: the flaming arrow at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992

The King and the IOC President also had a bilateral meeting where they were joined by IOC Vice\-President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Alejandro Blanco, the President of the NOC of Spain\. The King and the IOC President discussed the legacy of the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992, the organisation of forthcoming

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Magic of the Olympic Games brought the world to Barcelona and Barcelona to the world

The Berlin Wall had fallen; Namibia had gained independence from South Africa, which had ended Apartheid; the USSR and Yugoslavia had broken up to form several independent states\. For the first time since the Tokyo Games in 1964, Germany sent a single team to the Summer Games\. Twelve of the

Barcelona 1992 – the Games of all colours! 

Starting with the shot of Antonio Rebollo&rsquo;s single flaming arrow during a memorable Opening Ceremony, the Barcelona Games showed a new and exciting city to the world\. Much of the feel\-good factor can be attributed to the numerous new sites Barcelona now featured, along with a host of renovated districts

Olympic Channel Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992

It was the climax of the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXV Olympiad; the surprise in store for the 67,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium on Montju&iuml;c Hill and the hundreds of millions watching on television that night of 25 July 1992\.

25 JUL 1992:  AN ARCHER PREPARES TO LIGHT THE OLYMPIC FLAME BY FIRING A FLAMING ARROW AT IT DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1992 OLYMPICS HELD IN BARCELONA IN SPAIN.

The magic moment of the Barcelona Games Opening Ceremony

Barcelona 1992 was my first Olympic Games and my memories from the Opening Ceremony are some of the best of my entire Olympic experience\. I was only 18 and it was just incredible\. I still remember it really well even though it was 25 years ago and it stands out

Nicolas Gill: “When you go to the opening ceremony it really hits you that you’re at the Olympic Games”

If there was a moment when the British woke up to Olympic cycling it was probably in the summer of 1992 when Chris Boardman won the first cycling Olympic gold medal for his nation in 72 years\.&nbsp;

Boardman ends British cycling drought

Yevgeny Sadovyi dominated competition in the men’s pool in Barcelona winning 3 gold medals and setting two world records\. The 19\-year old Russian, who competed under the flag of the ‘Unified Team,’ the name given to teams from the former Soviet Union, won the 200m freestyle, the 400m freestyle, and

Peerless Sadovyi storms to three golds in the pool

Krisztina Egerszegi won three Olympic gold medals in Barcelona, the 100m backstroke, the 200m backstroke and the 400m medley\. Affectionately known as ‘the Little Mouse’ in her native Hungary, which was a play on her name and a reflection of her diminutive size, Egerszegi became only the third female swimmer

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Egerszegi wins triple gold in the pool

Alexander Popov dominated the men’s sprint freestyle discipline at the Barcelona Games, winning gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle events and silver medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay as well as the 4x100m men’s medley\.

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Popov turns on the freestyle

Host nation Spain caused one of the biggest upsets at the Barcelona Games in 1992, winning the Womens field hockey gold medal\. Having qualified automatically, Spain was drawn against Germany, Canada and Australia in group A\.&nbsp; Spain scored five goals in total and finished second in the group behind Germany,

Hosts shock the heavyweights to win women's hockey gold

Elisabeta Lipa\-Oleniuc of Romania is the most decorated Olympic rower ever\. With five gold medals, two silver, and a bronze over an astonishing 20\-year period, the Romanian won an Olympic medal every time she competed\. Lipa is one of just four rowers to have taken part in six different Olympiads\.

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Lipa service resumes with another rowing gold

Derartu Tulu grew up tending cattle on the dusty plains of Ethiopia but went on to become an Olympic legend\. The 21\-year old from the village of Bekoji became the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal\. She claimed the Womens 10,000m title in Barcelona with a

Derartu Tulu and Elana Meyer make Olympic Games history

Gymnast Tatiana Gutsu, known affectionately in her native Ukraine as ‘The Painted Bird of Odessa,’ claimed the all\-round gold medal and a team gold at the Barcelona Games\.

Gutsy Gutsu dazzles to win all-round gymnastics gold

Already the World Record holder, Zelezn&yacute; was favourite to win gold in Seoul\. He proved as much when he set a new Olympic Record in qualifying\. He led throughout the final of the event, but lost the gold medal to Tapio Korjus of Finland on the last throw of the

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Zelezný sets new javelin record on way to gold

A true champion, Yolanda Gail Devers’ track success came after years of misdiagnosed health problems\. The American failed to qualify for the 1988 South Korean Olympics games in Seoul due to symptoms of an enlarged thyroid caused by an undiagnosed condition\. After suffering with severe headaches and blurred vision, Devers

5 Aug 1992:  Gail Devers of the USA in action during the first heat in the 100m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.  Mandatory Credit:  Mike Powell/Allsport

Devers crowned queen of the sprint

The United States has traditionally dominated the Men’s Olympic 4x100m relay event, winning well over half of the titles awarded since 1912\. The USA team was the first to run the event under 38 seconds and has continually set, and broken, new World Records for this distance\. The most memorable

USA Men’s 4x100m 

Tennis star Jennifer Capriati was just 16\- when she won the Womens singles Olympic gold medal in Barcelona\. The American came from a set behind to beatthe 23year old Steffi Graf of Germany\. Capriati’s Olympic title was one of many the young New Yorker would win in a glittering professional

Capriati's teen spirit prevails in the tennis

Sally Jane Janet Gunnell attended West Hatch High School in Chigwell, Essex, east of London\. Long Jump and the Pentathlon were her sports before she graduated to sprinting and the hurdles that would change her life\.

Gunnell claims track first for Team GB

Almost one hundred thousand spectators filled the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona to watch the host nation take on Poland for an Olympic gold medal in football\. Wojciech Kowalczyk of Poland scored the opening goal of the game just before half time, but Abelardo Fernández equalised with a goal for

8 Aug 1992:  The Spanish football team pose for the cameras before the final against Poland during the 1992 Olympic Games at the Monjuic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Spain received the gold medal after winning the match 3-2. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

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Home win for Spanish football team

Linford Christie was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica and brought up by his grandmother until the age of seven when he followed his parents in emigrating to England\. Educated at Henry Compton Secondary School in Fulham, West London, young Linford excelled at all sports but left school at the age

Golden oldie Christie goes sub-10

Kyoko Iwasaki of Japan won the 200m breaststroke Olympic gold medal in Barcelona, making her, at the age of 14 years and 6 days, the youngest swimmer ever to claim an Olympic title\.&nbsp;

Iwasaki becomes youngest ever champion in the pool

The name Oscar De La Hoya is so synonymous with boxing it’s easy to forget how his remarkable career started\.&nbsp;The young Mexican\-American avoided confrontation as a child, preferring non\-contact sports such as skateboarding and baseball to his family sport of boxing\. But with a father and grandfather who had both

De La Hoya's fistful of gold

The 23\-year year old Spaniard Fermín Cacho Ruiz stood on the start line for the Olympic 1500m final in Barcelona with nothing to lose\.&nbsp; Back in 1992 he was not the World or Olympic Champion and he had not even clocked the fastest time in the world that year\. His

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Local hero Cacho dazzles on the track

Living the American Dream

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Vitaly Scherbo

Six of the best for record-breaker Scherbo

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Teenager Fu swoops to conquer

Cubans strike baseball gold

Derek REDMOND

Heroic Redmond defies the pain barrier

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The Unified Team gymnast competes her compulsory routines at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Her top mark came on the uneven bars, where she earned a 9.850.

Elena Grudneva

Elena Grudneva performs her compulsory routines at Barcelona 1992

Olympics.com caught up with the Bedel family from Denmark, laden with memorabilia from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 megastore on the Champs-Élysées, who will be in position to see a unique moment in Olympic history come the Opening Ceremony on 26 July.
Dad Matthias, mum Elisabeth and daughters Katrine, 13,

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As a young girl growing up in a remote village in Ethiopia, Derartu Tulu found herself running most of the time.
She’d run on the trails looking after her family's cattle, run to fetch water, or collect firewood.
What she didn’t know then is that her necessary daily chores would

Ethiopia’s Derartu Tulu united a continent and inspired a generation with her running.

Derartu Tulu: How Ethiopia’s Olympic champion inspired a generation with her running

Hassiba Boulmerka and her family received death threats, and she was even denounced as anti-Islam at her local mosque.
However, in her home country of Algeria, there was no safe space for her to run.
The world 1500m world champion feared that radical Islamist militants would kill her, and the

Hassiba BOULMERKA

Hassiba Boulmerka, the trailblazing Algeria star who braved death threats to win Olympic gold.

Hassiba Boulmerka: The trailblazing Algerian star who defied death threats to win Olympic gold

What are the odds of raising four children who all grow up to become talented taekwondo athletes?
Just ask Gergely Salim, who won gold when taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992, before coaching his uncle Josef Salim at Sydney 2000.
And what are the odds

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Omar Salim hopes to win Hungary's first taekwondo medal by a male athlete at the Olympics.

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Elena Grudneva performs her compulsory routines at Barcelona 1992

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