"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats (three qualified plus two fastest losers). The gold medal was won by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who had originally won the bronze medal in the Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres in 1988 but was elevated to silver following the disqualification of gold medalist Ben Johnson for using performance-enhancing drugs. Silver went to Namibia's"
"Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit These are the official results of the Men's Individual Pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The races were held on Monday, July 27, and Wednesday, July 29, 1992 at the Velòdrom d'Hortawith a race distance of 4 km. The Gold medal was won by Briton Chris Boardman, riding the Lotus 108 ""superbike"", caught German Jens Lehmann in the final and won Britain's cycling gold medal for 72 years Held, July 27 The thirty riders raced against each other in matches of two. Qualification for the next round"
"reach the podium in two events, having also finished third in the 100 m. The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the Olympic Games. The UK 100 m champion Linford Christie took Olympic gold in that event in Barcelona and the UK men's 400 m hurdles champion Kriss Akabusi took an Olympic bronze. Akabusi and the top three in the UK 400 m (Roger Black, Mark Richardson and David Grindley) all shared in a relay Olympic bronze, as did UK women's champions Phylis Smith and Sandra Douglas. 1992 UK Athletics Championships The 1992"
"Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. This equalled the number of golds won at the previous three Summer Games but was the lowest total medals achieved since the Montreal Games in 1976. Archer Simon Terry and hurdlers Sally Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi each won two medals. The following British athletes won"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres These are the official results of the women's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats (not shown below). The top four in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals along with the four fastest remaining. The world record holder and defending gold medalist Florence Griffith-Joyner had retired. The returning silver medalist, 35 year old Evelyn Ashford ran fast in the quarterfinals but was eliminated in the semis. Other returning veterans included Merlene Ottey, who won"
"was John Myles-Mills of Ghana who posted a time of 10.64 seconds. The gold medal for the event was won by Linford Christie of Great Britain in a time of 9.96 seconds. Frankie Fredericks of Namibia took the silver, and Dennis Mitchell of the United States won the bronze. Sherwin would come back four years later to race the 100 meters again in Atlanta; while his time was faster, he was once again eliminated in the heats. Sam Nunuke Pera was 23 years old at the time of the Barcelona Olympics, and was making his first Olympic appearance. On 2"
"Jason Livingston Jason Livingston (born 17 March 1971 in Croydon, London) is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. Livingston won the 60 metres sprint gold medal at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Genoa, in a time of 6.53 seconds. He also represented Britain in the 100 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, where he finished 5th in his heat in a time of 10.57 seconds. In 1992, Livingston was selected to be part of the British team for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, but was sent home before the games began after failing a drugs"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter. The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in 53.11 seconds, with Gunnell winning silver in 53.16. Those"
"Frankie Fredericks, who also finished second in the 200 metres in Barcelona. Dennis Mitchell of the United States of America won the bronze. The two central figures of the 1988 Olympic 100m did not appear in the final. Carl Lewis, the gold medalist in 1988, was not selected for the US team in the 100m. Ben Johnson reached the semifinals. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 1992"
"Gunnell. Douglas also competed for England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Sandra Douglas Sandra Marie Douglas (born 22 April 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Douglas was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. She competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where she ran her lifetime best of 51.41 secs to reach the semifinals of the 400 metres, before going on to win a bronze medal in the 4 x 400"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The emerging American star Kevin Young was unbeaten prior to the Barcelona Olympics, aside from a marginal loss to Winthrop Graham in the semi final round (Graham running his personal best to date in that effort). Running in lane 4, Young appeared to have the slowest reaction to the gun of the field. To his inside, Graham was the first over the first hurdle. Using a left leg lead, 13"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres These are the official results of the men's 800 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 63 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats. Johnny Gray took the race out to the ""Gray zone"" running the first lap in 49.9 hoping to burn off the competition. His only follower was José Luiz Barbosa with Nixon Kiprotich and William Tanui trailing a clear breakaway from the rest of the field. Entering the final turn, Gray stumbled for a moment, losing momentum, but a"
"surprise winner of the 4 x 400 relay team alongside Roger Black, Derek Redmond and John Regis, with Akabusi as anchor leg. At the start of the final lap, he took the baton in second place behind the American team, but eventually overtook American runner Antonio Pettigrew (who had won the 400 m individual event) on the final straight and crossed the line in first place to win the gold medal for Britain in a time of 2:57.53, a new British record. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Akabusi won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles, lowering"
"the 100m hurdles UK all-time list. Morley-Brown has since become a teacher in the John Bentley School, Calne, Wiltshire. Kay Morley-Brown Kay Morley-Brown (née Morley, born 5 March 1963) is a British former athlete who competed in the 100 metres hurdles. Representing Wales, she won the 1990 Commonwealth Games 100 metres hurdles title, and went on to represent Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Her sister, Sue Morley, is also a former international hurdler. Morley was born in Swinton, South Yorkshire, England. She was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club and was coached by Malcolm Arnold. She"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay ] These are the official results of the men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 25 nations competing. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. The United States set a new world record in the final. First 3 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final."
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay ] These are the official results of the men's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 25 nations competing. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. The United States set a new world record in the final. First 3 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final."
"seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. <br> <br> <br> <br> Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter. The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in"
"School, and went on to become an English and P.Eteacher at Anthony Gell School. Outdoor Indoor Jason John (athlete) Jason John (born 17 October 1971) is a retired English athlete who competed in the sprinting events. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships (he ran in the heats and semis but not the final). He also won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and reached the final at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his"
"Lotus aerodynamics specialist Richard Hill. The success of this was emphasised when Bryan Steel was able to shave five seconds off his time for the two kilometre pursuit at an international race meeting in Leicester, also in the process allowing Lotus to confirm that the UCI would consider it compliant with their rules. The profile of Lotus and Burrows was raised at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. A new world record of 4 minutes 24.496 seconds was established as well as Chris Boardman winning the 4000m pursuit, catching World Champion Jens Lehmann in the final. The publicity of this medal, the"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles These are the official results of the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Despite the presence of the world record holder Yordanka Donkova (who had her career peak four years earlier), Gail Devers came into this race as the favorite. Though her Olympic history shows her winning the 100 metres twice, the first time earlier in this Olympics, she primarily made her career as a hurdler. And true to form, Devers had a commanding lead in this race, until the final hurdle. Devers"
"Sandra Douglas Sandra Marie Douglas (born 22 April 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Douglas was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. She competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where she ran her lifetime best of 51.41 secs to reach the semifinals of the 400 metres, before going on to win a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, with her teammates Phyllis Smith, Jennifer Stoute and Sally"
"Jason John (athlete) Jason John (born 17 October 1971) is a retired English athlete who competed in the sprinting events. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships (he ran in the heats and semis but not the final). He also won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and reached the final at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at two World Championships, in 1993 and 1995. Born in Birmingham, he attended Handsworth Grammar"
"Derek Redmond Derek Anthony Redmond (born 3 September 1965) is a retired British athlete. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the World Championships and European Championships. However, his career was blighted by a series of injuries. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he tore his hamstring in the 400 metres semi-final but continued the race limping and, with assistance from his father, managed to complete a full lap of the track as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Although Redmond was"
"1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 August 1992. The flag bearers of 196 National Olympic Committees entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by the Spanish alphabet, and behind them marched the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. COOB President Pasqual Maragall delivered a speech in Catalan and Spanish, concluding the ceremonies and thanking everyone. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch delivered a speech in Spanish, awarding the Olympic Order in Gold to Mitt Romney, President of the Barcelona"
"barrier and not won the race. Christie faced a disciplinary hearing himself in Seoul because of an adverse drug test for the banned stimulant pseudoephedrine after he ran in the heats of the 200 m. The hearing panel decided by a single vote to give Christie ""the benefit of the doubt"", so no sanction was applied. In 1992, Christie became the third British athlete to win the Olympic 100 m, after Harold Abrahams and Allan Wells, winning the title ahead of Frankie Fredericks of Namibia at the Barcelona Olympic Games. In the absence of his great rival Lewis, Christie ran"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats. Most of the eyes were on reigning world champion Noureddine Morceli, who hovered in the middle of the pack, while Joseph Chesire led most of the race, marked by Jens-Peter Herold through a slow race of 62.25 and 64.58 for the first two laps, setting up a fast finish. A step behind the leaders, as the pace quickened"
"weightlifters took part in the Games. Peter Morgan achieved the best result, a seventh-place finish in the middle-heavyweight division. Dave Morgan, who had finished fourth at the 1984 and 1988 Games, was 15th in the light-heavyweight event. Britain entered a single wrestler, Calum McNeil in the men's lightweight freestyle. Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three"
"Gowry Retchakan Selvagowry Retchakan-Hodge (née Vardakumar, born 21 June 1960) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and won silver medals at the 1992 IAAF World Cup and the 1998 Commonwealth Games. She won five AAA Championships titles and two UK Championship titles. She was ranked in the world's top ten at 400 metres hurdles in both 1991 and 1992. Retchakan was born in Paddington, London, England to Sri Lankan parents. She was a member of Thurrock Harriers. In 1982, representing"
"the light middleweight division after he was beaten in the semi-final by Orhan Delibaş. Key: Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit. Four British divers competed at the Games; Naomi Bishop in the women's 3 m individual springboard; Hayley Allen and Lesley Ward in the women's 10 m platform; and Robert 'Bob' Morgan in both the men's 3 m individual springboard and 10 m platform. Morgan achieved the squad's best result finishing 5th in the 10 m platform, an event in which he had won the European"
"test. After initially protesting his innocence, he later admitted taking a banned steroid but insisted he had done so inadvertently. He returned to the sport in 1997 after serving a four-year ban. In 1999, he set a personal best time of 21.39 seconds over 200 metres (indoors). Jason Livingston Jason Livingston (born 17 March 1971 in Croydon, London) is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. Livingston won the 60 metres sprint gold medal at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Genoa, in a time of 6.53 seconds. He also represented Britain in the 100 metres at the 1991"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put These are the official results of the men's shot put event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes. The event took place on 31 July 1992. Gold medalist Mike Stulce had returned from a 1990 two-year doping ban just in time to win the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. He subsequently failed another doping test at the 1993 World Outdoor Championships and received a life ban. Silver medallist Jim Doehring, who had a guilty finding to a previous doping"
"around the outside from eighth place netted Rachid El Basir the silver. Suleiman earned the first Olympic medal for Qatar. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. <br> <br> <br> <br> Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres These are the official results of the men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats. Most of the eyes were on reigning world champion Noureddine Morceli, who hovered in the middle of the"
"Garry Herbert Garry Gerard Paul Herbert (b. 3 October 1969) is an Olympic gold medal winning cox. He steered the British coxed pair (brothers Jonny and Greg Searle) to victory in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (the last time this event was included in the Olympic rowing programme) and the 1993 World Rowing Championships. His tears of emotion at the medal presentation, with the taller Searle brothers smiling behind him, became an iconic image in Britain. Born in London, he studied there at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, and at the University of Reading, then trained as a barrister. He is now"