Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
| Athletics [track and field] at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
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 Pictogram for athletics | |
| Dates | July 31 August 9 |
| No. of events | 43 |
| Competitors | 1725 from 156 nations |
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992, to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders (eight men and six women) were among the contenders. Thirty former Olympic champions competed, and a total number of 1725 athletes from 156 countries.
Medal summary
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Medal table
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
12 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 |  Unified Team (EUN) |
7 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) |
4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 |  Kenya (KEN) |
2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 |  Cuba (CUB) |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  China (CHN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Morocco (MAR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Algeria (ALG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Namibia (NAM) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Finland (FIN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Colombia (COL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Qatar (QAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 156 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.
See also
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