1992 Summer Paralympics
The 9th Summer Paralympics were held from September 3 to September 14 in 1992 in Barcelona. The matches were played at the 1992 Summer Olympics in port. The organizing committee had the rules and qualification hurdles intensified in the run, which resulted in the reduction of the participating athletes, but also raised the level of sports. After the Paralympics, the ICC also organized games for the mentally handicapped in Madrid.
The mascot of the Games was a stylized skier named Petra.
Ceremonies
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on September 3 at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. Among the 65,000 visitors was IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain. The flame was ignited by the physically disabled archer Antonio Rebello by an arrow.
Sports
In 15 sports was fought for medals. In wheelchair tennis, which had been four years previously been introduced as a demonstration sport, medals were awarded for the first time.
- Boccia
- Archery
- Football 7-a-
- Weightlifting / Powerlifting
- Goalball
- Judo
- Athletics
- Cycling
- Wheelchair Basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair Tennis
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Volleyball
Participating nations
- Belgium Belgium (71 )
- Bulgaria Bulgaria ( 8)
- Denmark Denmark ( 43)
- Germany Germany (236 )
- Estonia Estonia ( 6)
- Faroe Faroe Islands ( 3)
- Finland Finland ( 70)
- France France (145 )
- Greece Greece ( 7)
- Ireland Ireland ( 61)
- Iceland Iceland (12 )
- Italy Italy ( 96)
- Croatia Croatia (6 )
- Latvia Latvia ( 3)
- Liechtenstein Liechtenstein ( 3)
- Lithuania Lithuania ( 5)
- Luxembourg Luxembourg ( 2)
- Netherlands Netherlands (97 )
- Norway Norway ( 44)
- Austria Austria (37 )
- Poland Poland ( 40)
- Portugal Portugal ( 30)
- United team (63 )
- Sweden Sweden (98 )
- Switzerland Switzerland (41 )
- Slovenia Slovenia ( 8)
- Spain (233 )
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (30 )
- Turkey Turkey (1)
- Hungary Hungary ( 42)
- United Kingdom United Kingdom (210 )
- Cyprus Republic of Cyprus ( 4)
- Argentina Argentina ( 28)
- Brazil Brazil (40 )
- Chile Chile (2 )
- Costa Rica Costa Rica ( 2)
- Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (1)
- Ecuador Ecuador ( 2)
- Jamaica Jamaica ( 4)
- Canada Canada ( 142)
- Colombia Colombia ( 5)
- Cuba Cuba ( 10)
- Mexico Mexico ( 19)
- Panama Panama ( 2)
- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico ( 9)
- Uruguay Uruguay ( 2)
- Venezuela 1954 Venezuela ( 9)
- United States United States (355)
- Egypt Egypt ( 41)
- Bahrain 1972 Bahrain ( 4)
- People's Republic of China People's Republic of China ( 24)
- Hong Kong 1959 Hong Kong ( 21)
- India India ( 8)
- Iran Iran ( 29)
- Iraq 1991 Iraq ( 17)
- Israel Israel ( 61)
- Japan Japan (76 )
- Yemen Yemen ( 2)
- Kuwait Kuwait ( 24)
- Macau Macau ( 2)
- Malaysia Malaysia ( 10)
- Myanmar Myanmar 1974 ( 1)
- Oman Oman 1985 ( 4)
- Pakistan Pakistan ( 2)
- Seychelles Seychelles ( 2)
- Singapore ( 4)
- Flag of South Korea South Korea (65 )
- Syria Syria ( 2)
- Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (11 )
- Thailand Thailand ( 5)
- United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates ( 2)
- Algeria Algeria ( 8)
- Burkina Faso Burkina Faso ( 3)
- Kenya (16 )
- Morocco Morocco ( 5)
- Namibia Namibia ( 2)
- Nigeria Nigeria ( 6)
- South Africa Union of South Africa 1928 (10 )
- Tanzania Tanzania ( 1)
- Tunisia Tunisia ( 1)
- Australia (136 )
- New Zealand New Zealand (13 )
- Independent Paralympic Participants ( 16)