Barcelona Sports: 1992 Summer Olympics

Spanish-hosted international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad and commonly known as Barcelona '92. Beginning in 1994, the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years. 1992 was the last year in which both the Summer and Winter Olympics were staged. The 1992 Summer Games were the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first unaffected by boycotts since the 1972 Summer Games. 1992 was also the first year South Africa was re-invited to the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee, after a 32-year ban from participating in international sport. The Unified Team (mostly former Soviet republics and Baltic states) topped the medal table, winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals.