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As we have all
learned well before the Barcelona olympics, the greeks were
the great athletes and promoters of this fantastic world-wide competition.
Before, there used to be competitions between local teams, then national,
later continental and finally intercontinental which all started
in Athens , Greece in 1896. One of the most popular symbols of the
olympic games is the eternal lit torch, continually lighting the
way. At the barcelona olympics, this torch was lit by a paralympic
archer. Another emblematic image is the five olympic game rings. But
the fact that there was participation of every nation that has a National
Olympic Committee, something which had not happened in the past twenty
years, made the Barcelona olympics extraordinary.
Olympic games
barcelona - XXV Olympiad
169 nations, 28
sports, over 9,000 athletes actively took part in the barcelona olympics.
The Port Olympic, a once unused, unattended duty potty was magically
changed into the Coastal park which housed the Olympic Village. The
entrance point are the twin towers formed by the Arts Hotel, Mapfre
Towers and Nova Icaria Square .
The barcelona olympics and its symbolism
In the 1992 barcelona
olympics, the host´s interpretation of
its own poster, mascot and emblem was original. The emblem was a dynamic,
abstract human figure jumping over the five olympic rings. The bright
colors had their own meaning for the olympic games in barcelona ;
the blue was the omnipresent blue Mediterranean sea and the yellow
was to show the bright sunshine and hospitality so characteristic of
Spain . On the medal was the goddess of victory and the cute mascot “Cobi”,
the adorable dog, welcoming all. For the 2004 olympic games, the torch
came back to the barcelona olympics stadium and was then sent on to
this year´s host, the Greeks.
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