1992 Summer Olympics torch relay

Games of the XXV Olympiad
Host city Barcelona, Spain
Countries visited Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Andorra, Italy, Gibraltar, Portugal, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Uruguay, Falkland Islands, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaguara, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, United States, Canada, Taiwan, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Indonesia, Philippines, Spain
Distance 5,940 kilometres (3,690 mi)
Torch bearers 9,484
Start date June 5, 1992
End date July 25, 1992
Torch designer André Ricard
Number of torches 9,484
A torch from the relay

The 1992 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from May 7 until July 28, prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The route covered around 59,400 kilometres (36,900 mi) and involved over 9,484 torchbearers. Antonio Rebollo lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.[1]


Greek Route

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June 5 (Day 1): Olympia
June 6 (Day 2): Athens
June 6 (Day 2): Panathenaic Stadium
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Netherlands via an KLM plane

European route

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June 5 (Day 1): Amsterdam
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Belgium via an Nederlandse Spoorwegen train

June 5 (Day 1): Brussels
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Luxembourg via an NMBS/SNCB train

June 5 (Day 1): Luxembourg
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the France via an CFL train

June 5 (Day 1): Paris
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Andorra via an CFL Concorde
June 5 (Day 1): Andorra la Vella
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Italy via an Alitalia plane

June 5 (Day 1): Rome
June 7 (Day 3): Torch arrives at Gibraltar on a British Airways aircraft

June 5 (Day 1): Gibraltar
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Portugal via an TAP Portugal plane

June 5 (Day 1): Lisbon
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Libya via an Libyan Airlines plane

African route

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June 5 (Day 1): Tripoli
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters the Tunisia via an Tunisair plane

June 5 (Day 1): Tunis
June 7 (Day 3): Torch enters Algeria via an Air Algérie plane

November 27 (Day 1): Algiers
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Morocco via an ONCF train

Moroccan route

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November 27 (Day 1): Oujda
November 27 (Day 1): Melilla
November 27 (Day 1): Al Hoceima
November 27 (Day 1): Ceuta
November 27 (Day 1): Tétouan
November 27 (Day 1): Tangier
November 27 (Day 1): Fes
November 27 (Day 1): Meknes
November 27 (Day 1): Rabat
November 27 (Day 1): Settat
November 27 (Day 1): Casablanca
November 27 (Day 1): Safi, Morocco
November 27 (Day 1): Marrakesh
November 27 (Day 1): Toubkal
November 27 (Day 1): Beni Mellal
November 27 (Day 1): Agadir

November 27 (Day 1): El Aaiún
November 27 (Day 1): Dakhla
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Equatorial Guinea via an Ecuato Guineana plane

Equatorial Guinean route

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November 27 (Day 1): Mongomo
November 27 (Day 1): Ebebiyín
November 27 (Day 1): Evinayong
November 27 (Day 1): Bata
November 27 (Day 1): San Antonio de Palé
November 27 (Day 1): Luba
November 27 (Day 1): Malabo
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Uruguay via an PLUNA plane

South American route

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November 27 (Day 1): Montevideo
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters the Falkland Islands via an LAN Airlines plane

November 27 (Day 1): Stanley
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Argentina via an Aerolíneas Argentinas plane

November 27 (Day 1): Buenos Aires
November 27 (Day 1): Aconcagua
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Chile via the Argentinean-Chilean border

November 27 (Day 1): Santiago
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Paraguay via an Líneas Aéreas Paraguayas plane

November 27 (Day 1): Asunción
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Bolivia via an Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano plane

November 27 (Day 1): La Paz
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Peru via an FCCA train

November 27 (Day 1): Machu Picchu
November 27 (Day 1): Lima
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Ecuador via an TAME plane

November 27 (Day 1): Quito
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Colombia via an Avianca plane

November 27 (Day 1): Bogotá
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Venezuela via an Viasa plane

November 27 (Day 1): Caracas
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Aruba via an KLM plane

Caribbean route

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November 27 (Day 1): Oranjestad
November 27 (Day 1): Willemstad
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Trinidad and Tobago via the Spanish Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Caracas
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Puerto Rico via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): San Juan
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters the Dominican Republic via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Pico Duarte
November 27 (Day 1): Santo Domingo
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Haiti via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Port-au-Prince
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Jamaica via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Kingston
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Cuba via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Havana
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters the Bahamas via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

November 27 (Day 1): Nassau, Bahamas
December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Panama via Spanish frigate Cataluña (F-73)

Central American route

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November 27 (Day 1): Panama City
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Costa Rica via the Panamanian-Costa Rican border

November 27 (Day 1): San José
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Nicaragua via the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan border

November 27 (Day 1): Managua
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Nicaragua via the Nicaraguan-Honduran border

November 27 (Day 1): Tegucigalpa
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters El Salvador via the Honduran-El Salvadoran border

November 27 (Day 1): San Salvador
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters El Salvador via the El Salvadoran-Guatemalan border

November 27 (Day 1): Guatemala City
November 27 (Day 1): Tikal
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters El Salvador via the Guatemalan-Belizean border

November 27 (Day 1): Belmopan
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters Mexico via the Guatemalan-Mexican border

Mexican route

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November 27 (Day 1): Chetumal
November 27 (Day 1): Chichen Itza
November 27 (Day 1): Mérida
November 27 (Day 1): Campeche
November 27 (Day 1): Villahermosa
November 27 (Day 1): Tuxtla Gutiérrez
November 27 (Day 1): Torch enters the United States via the Mexican-American border

Spanish route

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June 13 (Day 1): L'Escala
June 14 (Day 2): Figueres
June 14 (Day 2): Banyoles
June 14 (Day 2): Girona
June 15 (Day 3): Palafrugell
June 15 (Day 3): Blanes
June 15 (Day 3): Mataró
June 15 (Day 3): Badalona
June 16 (Day 4): Sabadell
June 16 (Day 4): Terrassa
June 16 (Day 4): Granollers
June 16 (Day 4): Berga
June 17 (Day 5): Puigcerdà
June 18 (Day 6): La Seu d'Urgell
June 18 (Day 6): Solsona
June 18 (Day 6): Manresa
June 19 (Day 7): Igualada
June 19 (Day 7): Martorell
June 19 (Day 7): L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
June 20 (Day 8): Castelldefels
June 20 (Day 8): Sitges
June 20 (Day 8): Vilanova i la Geltrú
June 20 (Day 8): El Vendrell
June 20 (Day 8): Montblanc
June 20 (Day 8): Lleida
June 21 (Day 9): Zaragoza
June 21 (Day 9): Huesca
June 22 (Day 10): Jaca
June 23 (Day 11): Pamplona
June 24 (Day 12): Logroño
June 25 (Day 13): Vitoria-Gasteiz
June 26 (Day 14): Bilbao
June 27 (Day 15): Santander
June 27 (Day 15): Gijón
June 28 (Day 16): Oviedo
June 29 (Day 17): Lugo
June 30 (Day 18): A Coruña
July 1 (Day 19): Santiago de Compostela
July 2 (Day 20): Vigo
July 3 (Day 21): Ourense
July 4 (Day 22): Ponferrada
July 5 (Day 23): León
July 6 (Day 24): Valladolid
July 7 (Day 25): Segovia
July 8 (Day 26): Madrid
July 9 (Day 27): Toledo
July 10 (Day 28): Cáceres
July 10 (Day 28): Badajoz
July 11 (Day 29): Mérida
July 12 (Day 30): Huelva
July 13 (Day 31): Seville
July 14 (Day 32): Santa Cruz de Tenerife
July 14 (Day 33): Las Palmas
July 15 (Day 34): Málaga
July 16 (Day 35): Granada
July 17 (Day 35): Almería
July 18 (Day 36): Murcia
July 19 (Day 37): Alicante
July 20 (Day 38): Valencia
July 20 (Day 38): Castellón de la Plana
July 21 (Day 39): Tortosa
July 22 (Day 40): Tarragona
July 23 (Day 41): Palma
July 24 (Day 42): Barcelona
July 25 (Day 43): Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

References

  1. "Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona". Olympic Games Museum. Retrieved 2013.

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