On This Day 24 Years Ago – Barcelona Olympics 1992 unites the World!
On 25th July 1992 the Olympic Games opened in the Spanish city of Barcelona with all countries present for the first time in modern history! A record 169 nations took part in the opening ceremony because of the extraordinary political changes since the last Olympic Games at Seoul in 1988. Also it was the first Olympiad since 1972 that no country boycotted the Games and all bans were lifted.
The opening ceremony began with the lighting of the Olympic Flame with a flaming arrow fired by Read more [...]