SI Vault: 1992 Summer Olympics

SI Staff | Jul 18, 2017

SI Vault: 1992 Summer Olympics /

SI Vault: 1992 Summer Olympics

Team USA

USA Women's Gymnastics bronze medal team.

Team USA

Nelson Diebel in action during Men's 100M Breaststroke at Piscines Bernat Picornell.

Team Spain

Team Spain during parade of nations during opening ceremonies at Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys.

Team USA

Mel Stewart in action, setting new olympic record during 200M fly competition.

Team USA

Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson.

Team USA

Michael Johnson in action during Men's 4x400M Relay Heat 2 at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team China

Fu Mingxia in action during Women's 10M competition at Piscina Municipal de Montjuic.

Team USA and Team Canada

Bruce Baumgartner (R) in action, getting eye poked during gold medal 286 lb freestyle match vs. Jeff Thue (L).

Team USA

Jackie Joyner Kersee, throwing shot put.

Team USA

Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson.

Team USA

Larry Bird (7) in action, pass to Clyde Drexler (10) vs. Croatia Dino Radja (14) during Men's Group A game at Pavello Olimpic.

Team Russia

Svetlana Boginskaya competes in the uneven bars competition.

August 17, 1992 Sports Illustrated Cover

Carl Lewis in action, taking baton from Dennis Mitchell during Men's 4x100M Final at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic. USA won gold with world record time of 37.40.

Team USA

Carl Lewis in action, leading Men's 4x100M Relay race at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team USA

Kim Zmeskal getting consoled by coach Bela Karolyi after falling off beam during her routine in the balance beam competition.

Team USA

Shannon Miller on the balance beam during competition.

Team USA

Jennifer Capriati victorious with gold medal and flowers during awards ceremony after winning singles match vs. Steffi Graf.

100M Women

USA Gail Devers (lane 2), winning 100M gold medal race vs. Jamaica Juliet Cuthbert (lane 3), and Russia Irina Privalova (lane 6).

August 10, 1992 Sports Illustrated Cover

Gail Devers victorious with gold medal after winning Women's 100M Final at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Balancing ball on hand.

Team USA and Team Germany

Oscar De La Hoya victorious after winning Lightweight 60K Gold Medal Match vs. Germany Marco Rudolph at Pavello Club Joventut de Badalona.

Team USA

Oscar De La Hoya victorious on medal stand after winning Lightweight 60K Gold Medal Match vs. Germany Marco Rudolph at Pavello Club Joventut de Badalona.

Team UK

Great Britain Linford Christie (695) victorious after winning gold during Men's 100M Final at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team UK

Great Britain Linford Christie (695) victorious after winning gold during Men's 100M Final at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team Turkey

Weightlifter Naim Süleymanoğlu in action during 135.5 lb event.

Team USA

Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Team USA

Gwen Torrence victorious with flag after winning Women's 200M Final gold medal at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team Ethiopia and Team South Africa

Ethiopia Derartu Tulu victorious after winning gold medal during victory lap with South Africa Elana Meyer, silver medal after Women's 10,000M Final at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team USA

Summer Sanders in action during Women's 200M Butterfly Finals at Piscines Bernat Picornell.

Team USA

Summer Sanders.

Team USA

Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis and Mike Marsh victorious, draped in American flags after winning gold medals and setting new world record in Men's 4x100M Relay race at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team USA

Mike Conley (1678) in action during Men's Triple Jump at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic.

Team USA

Jennifer Capriati in action during gold medal singles match vs. Germany Steffi Graf.

Team USA

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic

Overall view of Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic during Christopher Columbus discovery show.

Published Jul 18, 2017

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