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Elected the 17 October during the Olympic Session held in Lausanne of the 12 the 18 October, 1986, the city of Barcelona was in competition in front of cities as PARIS. For the first time Games are going to take place in Spain while the President of the I.O.C. is S.E. Juan Antonio Samaranch

Dates: July 25 - august 9, 1992 N.O.C. participants: 169 Number of sports: 28 Number of contests: 257 Number of athletes: 9356 Men: 6652 Women: 2704 Volonteers: 34548 Media: 13082 Opening: The King Juan Carlos I Oath: Luis Doreste Blanco Oath juges: Eugeni Asencio Last torch bearer: Antonio Rebollo Bids towns: Amsterdam (NED), Belgrade (YUG), Birmingham (GBR), Brisbane (AUS), Paris (FRA)