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“This fourth volume of the Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 covers all the events which took place between 25 July and 9 August 1992, the result of the years of effort and work preparing and organising, which have been chronicled in the previous volumes.
The quest for perfection, excellence and beauty will be immortalised in images that will travel around the world: the sportsmen and women will be the leading actors on the stage that, for two weeks, will be Barcelona and the Olympic subsites. To explain the Games of the XXV Olympiad in four volumes, even long ones, is not easy.
On 17 October 1986, Barcelona was selected to host the 1992 Summer Olympics over Amsterdam, Netherlands; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Birmingham, United Kingdom; Brisbane, Australia; and Paris, France, during the 91st IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Vol. 1: The challenge : from the idea to the nomination. - 459 p. Vol. 2: The means : objectives, resources and venues. - 431 p. Vol. 3: The organisation : the preparation of the Games. - 427 p. Vol. 4: The Games : sixteen days in Summer. - 455 p.
Barcelona : COOB’92. Download the e-report. (PDF, 92 MB) “The volume you are reading is an account of one of the most arduous parts of the task of organising the Games: the precise definition of the objectives that had to be accomplished at any given moment and the procurement of the means and resources required to do so.
COOB’92 (1992): Official report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad : Barcelona 1992. V.1. The Challenge : from the idea to the nomination. Barcelona : COOB’92. Download the e-report. (PDF, 97 MB) “The drafting of this first volume has involved a tremendous labour of documentation.
From the spectacular staging in the Catalan capital to the geopolitical backdrop, the Games of the XXV Olympiad were a landmark event, and the unity on display was especially poignant for the Olympic Movement.
