In 1992, Spain had competitors in archery, wheelchair basketball, swimming, weightlifting, shooting, boccia, cycling, fencing, judo, tennis, 7-per-side football, table tennis and athletics.http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/5SC_juegos/259SS_juegosparal.asp

Spain won 34 gold medal, 31 silver medals and 42 bronze medals. Spain finished fifth in total medals.

Background The Games were held in Barcelona. Competitors with spinal cord injuries, amputations, cerebral palsy, Les Autres and vision impairments were eligible to compete in these Games.

Hosting

In 1992, the Games were held at home for Spain, with the Games being staged in Barcelona. 82 countries participated. These were the first Games to be broadcast live on television. The Games used the same venues as the Summer Olympics.

Organizers decided to not charge an admission fee to events in order to attempt to foster interest locally in disability sport. Domestically, there was very little interest in the Paralympic Games when compared to the Olympic Games.

Intellectual disabilities A separate competition was held in Madrid where competitors with intellectual disabilities competed that ran immediately following the completion of the 1992 Paralympics. The Games were sponsored by the Association Nacional Prestura de Servicio (ANDE) and sanctioned by the International Coordinating Committee of World Sport Organizations for the Disabled and the International Association of Sport for the Mentally Handicapped Spain led efforts to include competitors with intellectual disabilities into the Paralympic movement, creating an international federation for these competitors in 1986.

Archery

1 of Spain's silver medals came in archery. It was won by an archer with a physical disability.

Men's teams open Hyun Kwan Cho Sung Hee Kim Hak Young Lee Jose Luis Hermosin Jose Fernandez Antonio Rebollo Jean-Michel Favre Jean Francois Garcia Rene Le Bras

Athletics

22 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 12 bronze medals came in athletics. 35 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, 9 by athletes with physical disabilities and 4 by athletes with cerebral palsy.

100 m B1 100 m B2 200 m B1 200 m B2 200 m C8 400 m B2 400 m C8 800 m B2 800 m TS4 1500 m B2 1500 m TS4 5000 m B2 5000 m TS4 10000 m TS4 Marathon B2 4 × 100 m relay B1–B3 Jorge Nunez Marcelino Paz Juan Antonio Prieto Júlio Requena Andrew Curtis Robert Latham Brinley Reynolds Mark Whiteley Andre Asbury Brian Pegram Chris Piper Courtney Williams 4 × 100 m relay C5–8 Freeman Register James Anderson Gregory Taylor Thomas Dietz Javier Salmerón Marcelino Saavedra Julian Galilea José Manuel González Stos. Correia Antonio Jose Silva Jose Dias Mario Santos 4 × 400 m relay B1–B3 Jose Antonio Sanchez Sergio Sanchez Juan Antonio Prieto Enrique Sanchez Simon Butler Andrew Curtis Noel Thatcher Mark Whiteley Vincenzo Ciacio Claudio Costa Sandro Filipozzi Aldo Manganaro High jump B2 Long jump B2 Long jump J4 Triple jump B1 Triple jump B2 Triple jump J3–4 Discus throw B1 Javelin throw B1 Shot put B1 Pentathlon B1 Pentathlon B2 Pentathlon PW3–4 100 m B1 100 m B2 200 m B1 200 m B2 400 m B1 800 m B1 1500 m B1 Long jump B1 Long jump B2

Boccia

2 of Spain's gold medals came in boccia. Both were won by players with cerebral palsy.

Mixed individual C1 Mixed team C1–C2 Manuel Fernandez Daniel Outeiro Juan Tellechea Antonio Cid Henrik Jorgensen Mansoor Siddiqi Lone Bak-Pedersen Tove Jacobsen Martin McDonagh Thomas Leahy Jason Kearney William Johnston

Cycling

1 of Spain's gold medals and 3 bronze medals came in cycling. 2 medals were won by athletes with vision impairments, and 2 with physical disabilities.

Men's road race LC1 Men's road race LC3 Men's tandem open Hans-Jorg Furrer Frank Hoefle Catharinus Beumer Jan Mulder Jose Santiago Juan Carlos Molina Mixed tandem open Ignacio Rodriguez Belen Perez Elizabeth Heller Gregory Evangelatos Maria Erlacher Klaus Fruet

Goalball

The Spanish men's goalball team consisted of Roberto Abenia, Jose Camano, Jose Lopez, Francisco Munoz, Cristobal Palomares and Jose Sardina.

The Spanish women's goalball team consisted of Vicenta Arenas, Monica Augusto, Mercedes Capa, Ana Lancis, Sonia Lopez and Begona Redal.

Judo

1 of Spain's gold medals, 1 silver medal came in athletics. Both were won by athletes with vision impairments.

Men's 65 kg Men's 71 kg

Shooting

1 of Spain's silver medals came in shooting. It was won by a shooter with a physical disability.

Mixed sport pistol SH1–3

Swimming

7 of Spain's gold medals, 14 silver medals and 22 bronze medals came in swimming. 9 medals were won by swimmers with vision impairments, 28 by swimmers with physical disabilities and 6 by swimmers with cerebral palsy.

50 m butterfly S5 50 m butterfly S6 50 m freestyle B2 50 m freestyle S3 50 m freestyle S4 50 m freestyle S6 100 m breaststroke B1 100 m breaststroke B2 100 m breaststroke SB3 100 m breaststroke SB6 100 m butterfly B1–2 100 m freestyle B2 100 m freestyle S3 100 m freestyle S4 100 m freestyle S6 150 m individual medley SM3 150 m individual medley SM4 200 m backstroke B2 200 m breaststroke B2 200 m freestyle S6 200 m individual medley B2 200 m individual medley SM6 400 m freestyle B2 4×50 m freestyle relay S1–6 Juan Fuertes Javier Torres Roger Vial Jesus Iglesias Pascal Pinard Eric Lindmann Thierry le Gloanic David Foppolo William McQueen Mark Butler Andrew Stubbs Kevin Walsh 4×50 m medley relay S1–6 Thierry le Gloanic Eric Lindmann David Foppolo Pascal Pinard Juan Fuertes Javier Torres Juan Castane Jesus Iglesias Gary Bogue Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Kevin Sullivan 50 m backstroke S2 50 m backstroke S3–4 50 m breaststroke SB2 50 m butterfly S3–4 50 m freestyle S2 50 m freestyle S3–4 100 m breaststroke SB4 100 m breaststroke SB9 100 m butterfly S8 100 m butterfly S10 100 m freestyle S2 100 m freestyle S3–4 400 m freestyle S10

Table tennis

3 of Spain's bronze medals came in table tennis. All medals were won by table tennis players with physical disabilities.

Open 6–10 Singles 5 Singles 10

Wheelchair basketball

When Spain played the United States on the second day of competition, 12,500 people were in attendance. Organizers had to turn away 4,000 people who had wanted to attend. Philip Craven, future President of the International Paralympic Committee, played his first Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball at these games when he scored 30 points against the Spanish team.

Wheelchair fencing

1 of Spain's gold medals and 2 bronze medals came in fencing. All were won by fencers with physical disabilities.

Épée 2 Épée 3–4 Team épée Mariella Bertini Rossana Giarrizzo Laura Presutto Deborah Taffoni Josette Bourgain Patricia Picot Veronique Soetemondt Francisca Bazalo Gema Victoria Hassen Bey Cristina Perez

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