Title:
Barcelona 1992
Description:
Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 Medals
Front: Medallion superimposed on medal and slightly off-center. Seated Victory in Modernist style holding laurel wreath and palm branch. Legend, "XXV Olimpiada Barcelona 1992" above Olympic rings.
Back: Emblem of the Barcelona Olympic Games.
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon with Olympic Colors
Designer: Giuseppe Cassioli and Xavier Corberó
Mint: Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, Spain
Front: Medallion superimposed on medal and slightly off-center. Seated Victory in Modernist style holding laurel wreath and palm branch. Legend, "XXV Olimpiada Barcelona 1992" above Olympic rings.
Back: Emblem of the Barcelona Olympic Games.
Ribbon: Grosgrain ribbon with Olympic Colors
Designer: Giuseppe Cassioli and Xavier Corberó
Mint: Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid, Spain
Fun fact(s):
The Dream Team - acclaimed as the greatest basketball team ever assembled, featuring Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing and David Robinson, easily captured the gold medal in men's basketball with the advent of professionals in the Olympic Games.
More Info:
Spanish sculptor Xavier Corberó designed the Barcelona prize medals. Corberó started with Cassioli's original medal front, but gave Nike the goddess of victory a modernist look and placed the medal on another, slightly off-center. Corberó used the Barcelona logo of a jumping athlete over Olympic rings on the reverse of the medals.
For the first time since 1972, all the major nations of the world attended. The Barcelona Olympic Games became the Games of the New World Order. After four consecutive Games with some form of protest or boycott, the Barcelona Games were boycott-free.
For the first time since 1972, all the major nations of the world attended. The Barcelona Olympic Games became the Games of the New World Order. After four consecutive Games with some form of protest or boycott, the Barcelona Games were boycott-free.
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Front: Barcelona 1992 gold medal, Victory with legend on another medallion
Front: Barcelona 1992 silver medal, Victory with legend on medallion
Front: Barcelona 1992 bronze medal, Victory with legend on medallion
Back: Barcelona 1992 prize medals, Emblem of the Games over Olympic Rings
Front: Barcelona 1992 gold medal, Victory with legend on another medallion
Front: Barcelona 1992 silver medal, Victory with legend on medallion
Front: Barcelona 1992 bronze medal, Victory with legend on medallion
Back: Barcelona 1992 prize medals, Emblem of the Games over Olympic Rings