Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women.

The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. Thirty former Olympic champions competed, and a total number of 1725 athletes from 156 countries.

Athletics
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Pictogram for athletics
DatesJuly 31 August 9, 1992
No. of events43
Competitors1725 from 156 nations

Medal summary

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Linford Christie
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain
9.96 Frankie Fredericks
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Namibia
10.02 Dennis Mitchell
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
10.04
200 metres
details
Michael Marsh
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
20.01 Frankie Fredericks
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Namibia
20.13 Michael Bates
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
20.38
400 metres
details
Quincy Watts
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
43.50 (OR) Steve Lewis
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
44.21 Samson Kitur
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
44.24
800 metres
details
William Tanui
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
1:43.66 Nixon Kiprotich
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
1:43.70 Johnny Gray
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
1:43.97
1500 metres
details
Fermín Cacho
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Spain
3:40.12 Rachid El Basir
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Morocco
3:40.62 Mohamed Suleiman
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Qatar
3:40.69
5000 metres
details
Dieter Baumann
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
13:12.52 Paul Bitok
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
13:12.71 Fita Bayisa
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ethiopia
13:13.03
10,000 metres
details
Khalid Skah
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Morocco
27:46.70 Richard Chelimo
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
27:47.72 Addis Abebe
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ethiopia
28:00.07
110 metres hurdles
details
Mark McKoy
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Canada
13.12 Tony Dees
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
13.24 Jack Pierce
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
13.26
400 metres hurdles
details
Kevin Young
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
46.78
(WR)
Winthrop Graham
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Jamaica
47.66 Kriss Akabusi
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain
47.82
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Matthew Birir
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
8:08.84 Patrick Sang
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
8:09.55 William Mutwol
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya
8:10.74
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States (USA)
Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis
James Jett*
37.40
(WR)
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Nigeria (NGR)
Oluyemi Kayode
Chidi Imoh
Olapade Adeniken
Davidson Ezinwa
Osmond Ezinwa*
37.98 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba (CUB)
Andrés Simón
Joel Lamela
Joel Isasi
Jorge Aguilera
38.00
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States (USA)
Andrew Valmon
Quincy Watts
Michael Johnson
Steve Lewis
Darnell Hall*
Charles Jenkins*
2:55.74
(WR)
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba (CUB)
Lázaro Martínez
Héctor Herrera
Norberto Téllez
Roberto Hernández
2:59.51 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain (GBR)
Roger Black
David Grindley
Kriss Akabusi
John Regis
Du'aine Ladejo*
Mark Richardson*
2:59.73
Marathon
details
Hwang Young-Cho
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  South Korea
2:13:23 Koichi Morishita
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Japan
2:13:45 Stephan Freigang
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
2:14:00
20 kilometres walk
details
Daniel Plaza
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Spain
1:21.25 Guillaume LeBlanc
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Canada
1:22.25 Giovanni De Benedictis
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Italy
1:23.11
50 kilometres walk
details
Andrey Perlov
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
3:50.13 Carlos Mercenario
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Mexico
3:52.09 Ronald Weigel
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
3:53.45
High jump
details
Javier Sotomayor
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba
2.34 m Patrik Sjöberg
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Sweden
2.34 m Hollis Conway
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
2.34 m
Tim Forsyth
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Australia
Artur Partyka
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Poland
Pole vault
details
Maksim Tarasov
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
5.80 m Igor Trandenkov
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
5.80 m Javier García
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Spain
5.75 m
Long jump
details
Carl Lewis
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
8.67 m Mike Powell
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
8.64 m Joe Greene
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
8.34 m
Triple jump
details
Mike Conley
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
18.17 m w Charles Simpkins
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
17.60 m Frank Rutherford
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Bahamas
17.36 m
Shot put
details
Mike Stulce
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
21.70 m Jim Doehring
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
20.96 m Vyacheslav Lykho
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
20.94 m
Discus throw
details
Romas Ubartas
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Lithuania
65.12 m Jürgen Schult
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
64.94 m Roberto Moya
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba
64.12 m
Hammer throw
details
Andrey Abduvaliyev
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Tajikistan)
82.54 m Igor Astapkovich
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Belarus)
81.96 m Igor Nikulin
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
81.38 m
Javelin throw
details
Jan Železný
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Czechoslovakia
89.66 m Seppo Räty
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Finland
86.60 m Steve Backley
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain
83.38 m
Decathlon
details
Robert Změlík
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Czechoslovakia
8611 Antonio Peñalver
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Spain
8412 Dave Johnson
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
8309

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Gail Devers
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
10.82 Juliet Cuthbert
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Jamaica
10.83 Irina Privalova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
10.84
200 metres
details
Gwen Torrence
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
21.81 Juliet Cuthbert
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Jamaica
22.02 Merlene Ottey
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Jamaica
22.09
400 metres
details
Marie-José Pérec
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  France
48.83 Olga Bryzgina
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ukraine)
49.05 Ximena Restrepo
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Colombia
49.64
800 metres
details
Ellen van Langen
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Netherlands
1:55:54 Liliya Nurutdinova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
1:55:99 Ana Fidelia Quirot
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba
1:56.80
1500 metres
details
Hassiba Boulmerka
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Algeria
3:55.30 Lyudmila Rogachova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
3:56.91 Qu Yunxia
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  China
3:57.08
3000 metres
details
Yelena Romanova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
8:46.04 Tetyana Dorovskikh
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ukraine)
8:46.85 Angela Chalmers
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Canada
8:47.22
10,000 metres
details
Derartu Tulu
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ethiopia
31:06.02 Elana Meyer
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  South Africa
31:11.75 Lynn Jennings
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
31:19.89
100 metres hurdles
details
Voula Patoulidou
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Greece
12.64 LaVonna Martin
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
12.69 Yordanka Donkova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Bulgaria
12.70
400 metres hurdles
details
Sally Gunnell
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain
53.23 Sandra Farmer-Patrick
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
53.69 Janeene Vickers
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
54.31
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States (USA)
Evelyn Ashford
Esther Jones
Carlette Guidry
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn*
42.11 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team (EUN)
Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Marina Trandenkova
Irina Privalova
42.16 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Nigeria (NGR)
Beatrice Utondu
Faith Idehen
Christy Opara-Thompson
Mary Onyali
42.81
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team (EUN)
Yelena Ruzina
Lyudmila Dzhigalova
Olga Nazarova
Olga Bryzgina
Liliya Nurutdinova*
Marina Shmonina*
3:20.20 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States (USA)
Natasha Kaiser
Gwen Torrence
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
Denean Hill*
Dannette Young*
3:20.92 Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain (GBR)
Phylis Smith
Sandra Douglas
Jennifer Stoute
Sally Gunnell
3:24.23
Marathon
details
Valentina Yegorova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
2:32:41 Yuko Arimori
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Japan
2:32:49 Lorraine Moller
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  New Zealand
2:33:59
10 kilometres walk
details
Chen Yueling
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  China
44:32 Yelena Nikolayeva
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
44:33 Li Chunxiu
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  China
44:41
High jump
details
Heike Henkel
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
2.02 m Galina Astafei
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Romania
2.00 m Joanet Quintero
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba
1.97 m
Long jump
details
Heike Drechsler
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
7.14 m Inessa Kravets
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ukraine)
7.12 m Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
7.07 m
Shot put
details
Svetlana Krivelyova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
21.06 m Huang Zhihong
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  China
20.47 m Kathrin Neimke
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
19.78 m
Discus throw
details
Maritza Martén
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba
70.06 m Tsvetanka Khristova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Bulgaria
67.78 m Daniela Costian
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Australia
66.24 m
Javelin throw
details
Silke Renk
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
68.34 m Natalya Shikolenko
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Belarus)
68.26 m Karen Forkel
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
66.86 m
Heptathlon
details
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States
7044 Irina Belova
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team
(Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Russia)
6845 Sabine Braun
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany
6649

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  United States (USA)1281030
2Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Unified Team (EUN)711321
3Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Germany (GER)41510
4Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Kenya (KEN)2428
5Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Cuba (CUB)2147
6Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Spain (ESP)2114
7Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Great Britain (GBR)2046
8Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Czechoslovakia (TCH)2002
9Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  China (CHN)1124
10Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Canada (CAN)1113
11Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Morocco (MAR)1102
12Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Ethiopia (ETH)1023
13Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Algeria (ALG)1001
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  France (FRA)1001
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Greece (GRE)1001
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Lithuania (LTU)1001
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Netherlands (NED)1001
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  South Korea (KOR)1001
19Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Jamaica (JAM)0314
20Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Japan (JPN)0202
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Namibia (NAM)0202
22Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Bulgaria (BUL)0112
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Nigeria (NGR)0112
24Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Finland (FIN)0101
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Mexico (MEX)0101
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Romania (ROU)0101
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  South Africa (RSA)0101
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Sweden (SWE)0101
29Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Australia (AUS)0022
30Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Bahamas (BAH)0011
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Colombia (COL)0011
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Italy (ITA)0011
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  New Zealand (NZL)0011
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Poland (POL)0011
Athletics At The 1992 Summer Olympics  Qatar (QAT)0011
Totals (35 entries)434345131

Participating nations

A total of 156 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

See also

References

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