The 1992 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 5 June until 25 July, prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The route covered and involved 9,484 torchbearers (8,885 on foot and 599 on bicycle).
On 5 June, the Olympic fire was lit in Olympia and carried by relay to Athens. On June 9, in the port of Piraeus, it was embarked on the Spanish Navy frigate Cataluña. On 13 June, it arrived in Empúries, where it began its thirty-eight day journey all around Spain passing through 652 towns. In addition to on foot, the torch was carried by bicycle, plane, ship and hydrofoil. On 25 July, Herminio Menéndez entered the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc with the torch at the opening ceremony, he gave the last relief to Juan Antonio San Epifanio who lit an arrow that Antonio Rebollo shot to the cauldron, igniting the flame.
Route DateMapJune 5: Olympia June 7: AthensJune 13 (day 1): Empúries June 14 (day 2): Girona June 20 (day 3): LleidaJune 21 (day 4): Zaragoza June 21 (day 4): Huesca June 22 (day 5): JacaJune 23 (day 6): PamplonaJune 24 (day 7): LogroñoJune 25 (day 8): Vitoria-Gasteiz June 26 (day 9): BilbaoJune 27 (day 10): SantanderJune 27 (day 10): Gijón June 28 (day 11): OviedoJune 29 (day 12): Lugo June 30 (day 13): La Coruña July 1 (day 14): Santiago de Compostela July 2 (day 15): Vigo July 3 (day 16): OurenseJuly 4 (day 17): Ponferrada July 5 (day 18): León July 6 (day 19): Valladolid July 7 (day 20): SegoviaJuly 8 (day 21): MadridJuly 9 (day 22): ToledoJuly 10 (day 23): Cáceres July 10 (day 23): Badajoz July 11 (day 24): MéridaJuly 12 (day 25): Huelva July 13 (day 26): SevilleJuly 14 (day 27): Santa Cruz de Tenerife July 14 (day 27): Las PalmasJuly 15 (day 28): Málaga July 16 (day 29): Granada July 17 (day 30): AlmeríaJuly 18 (day 31): MurciaJuly 19 (day 32): Alicante July 20 (day 33): Valencia July 20 (day 33): Castellón de la PlanaJuly 21 (day 34): Tortosa July 22 (day 35): TarragonaJuly 23 (day 36): Palma de MajorcaJuly 24 (day 37): Barcelona July 25 (day 38): Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
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