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1992 Summer Olympics torch relay

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Host cityBarcelona, Spain
Countries visitedGreece, Spain
Distance5,940 kilometres (3,690 mi)
Torch bearers9,484
Start date5 June 1992
End date25 July 1992
Torch designerAndré Ricard
No. of torches9,484
A torch from the relay

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 5,940 kilometres (3,690 mi) 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.[1]

Route

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Date Map

June 5: Olympia
June 7: Athens

June 13 (day 1): Empúries
June 14 (day 2): Girona
June 20 (day 3): Lleida

June 21 (day 4): Zaragoza
June 21 (day 4): Huesca
June 22 (day 5): Jaca

June 23 (day 6): Pamplona

June 24 (day 7): Logroño

June 25 (day 8): Vitoria-Gasteiz
June 26 (day 9): Bilbao

June 27 (day 10): Santander

June 27 (day 10): Gijón
June 28 (day 11): Oviedo

June 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): Ourense

July 4 (day 17): Ponferrada
July 5 (day 18): León
July 6 (day 19): Valladolid
July 7 (day 20): Segovia

July 8 (day 21): Madrid

July 9 (day 22): Toledo

July 10 (day 23): Cáceres
July 10 (day 23): Badajoz
July 11 (day 24): Mérida

July 12 (day 25): Huelva
July 13 (day 26): Seville

July 14 (day 27): Santa Cruz de Tenerife
July 14 (day 27): Las Palmas

July 15 (day 28): Málaga
July 16 (day 29): Granada
July 17 (day 30): Almería

July 18 (day 31): Murcia

July 19 (day 32): Alicante
July 20 (day 33): Valencia
July 20 (day 33): Castellón de la Plana

July 21 (day 34): Tortosa
July 22 (day 35): Tarragona

July 23 (day 36): Palma de Majorca

July 24 (day 37): Barcelona
July 25 (day 38): Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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