1992 Summer Paralympics
summer paralympics spanish juegos paralímpicos de verano de catalan jocs paralímpics destiu de ninth paralympic game held held barcelona catalonia spain addition paralympic game person mental handicap held immediately regular paralympics spanish capital madrid barcelona secondlargest city spain capital autonomous community catalonia hometown thenioc president juan antonio samaranch famous european club fc barcelona beginning candidacy provided support financially helped project city also host fifa world cup two venue also used game october barcelona selected host summer olympics amsterdam netherlands belgrade yugoslavia birmingham united kingdom brisbane australia paris france st ioc session lausanne switzerland member ioc voting secret ballot barcelona majority vote samaranch abstained voting ioc meeting albertville france right host winter game paris brisbane would eventually selected host summer paralympics respectively barcelona previously bid summer olympics ultimately held berlin olympic bid process barcelona demonstrated open motivated host paralympic game unlike previous host city bidding committee managed establish good relation international coordination committee icc shortly selection olympic host city september negotiation icc began mediation juan antonio samaranch innovative risky way barcelona presenting adapted version olympic project first time history olympic paralympic game would managed planned executed people without type differentiation furthermore unlike seoul paralympic athlete would condition opportunity olympic counterpart involved fact athlete would compete venue already planning maximum accessibility factor force time would also access olympic village service action organizer game consisted event spread fifteen sport powerlifting weightlifting considered single sport wheelchair tennis demonstration sport summer paralympics contested official medal sport first time first time lawn bowl snooker dropped summer paralympic game program archery athletics basketball id boccia cycling football aside indoor football goalball judo lifting powerlifting weightlifting shooting swimming table tennis volleyball wheelchair basketball wheelchair fencing wheelchair tennis total venue used summer olympics one new one used game barcelona estadi olímpic de montjuïc – openingclosing ceremony athletics palau sant jordi main halltable tennis auxiliary hallvolleyball piscines bernat picornell – swimming inefc hall wheelchair fencing hall judo estadi pau negre – footballside pavelló de lespanya industrial – powerlifting weightlifting mataró – athletics marathon start pavelló de la mar bella – boccia north city hortaguinardó district hosted three sport camp olímpic de tir amb arc – archery pavelló de la vall dhebron – goalball tennis de la vall dhebron wheelchair tennis badalona palau municipal desports de badalona – wheelchair basketball camp de tir olímpic de mollet – shooting sant sadurní cycling circuit – cycling individual road race palacio de deportes de la comunidad de madrid – basketball opening closing ceremony ciudad de los poetas high school – basketball university city madrid – basketball universidad politécnica de madrid – athletics swimming center – swimming university madrid football consejo superior de deportes table tennis football total medal awarded game gold silver bronze united state topped medal count gold medal silver medal medal overall nation germany took bronze medal madrid medal counted added table table ranking sort number gold medal earned nation context nation entity represented national paralympic committee host country spain delegation participated summer paralympics south africa returned paralympics first time since declared undesirable due policy apartheid country made first appearance barcelona game algeria burkina faso chile chinese taipei costa rica cuba dominican republic iraq myanmar namibia nigeria pakistan panama seychelles tanzania turkey united arab emirate uruguay yemen germany competed reunified country first time summer paralympics fall berlin wall latvia lithuania competed independent country first time due dissolution soviet union estonia competed independently winter paralympics well croatia slovenia due dissolution yugoslavia remainder yugoslavia competed independent paralympic participant due sanction former soviet republic competed unified team consisting armenia azerbaijan belarus kyrgyzstan moldova russia ukraine would compete independently game twentyone country send delegation barcelona sent one madrid aruba bolivia côte divoire curaçao el salvador fiji ghana guatemala honduras jordan lebanon malta nicaragua paraguay philippine romania saudi arabia sierra leone sri lanka suriname zimbabwe official mascot petra armless girl designed javier mariscal first paralympic game person mental handicap held immediately regular paralympic game spanish capital madrid september athlete nation participated competition sponsored association nacional prestura de servicio ande sanctioned international coordinating committee world sport organization disabled international association sport mentally handicapped game featured cultural exchange group group intellectually disabled men nagasaki played taiko traditional drum opening closing ceremony selected track event summer olympics winter paralympics cheating paralympic game