Subject: CND Summer Olympics Special Issue (XIV), August 10, 1992

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	       Special Issue on 1992 Summer Olympics (XIV)

	        	 Monday, August 10, 1992

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1. XXVth Summer Olympics Concludes with Lavish Ceremony ................ 91
2. Final Overall Medal Count of the Game of the XXVth Olympiad ......... 68
3. China's Medal Count with Events & Names in the XXVth Olympics ...... 140
4. International Shooting Union Bans Mixed-sex Competition ............. 17
5. Olympic Athletes Liaise Through Computers ........................... 37
6. Sunday's Medal Winners .............................................. 48
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1. XXVth Summer Olympics Concludes with Lavish Ceremony ................ 91
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From:   Huijie & a CND reader
Source: UPI & DJ, 8/9/92.
 
BARCELONA, Spain -- The Barcelona Olympics officially came to a close with 
a lavish closing ceremony Sunday night. The largest Olympics in history 
ended Sunday with an appeal to the athletes of the world that they cherish 
their memories from the Old World city of Barcelona and gather again in 
four years amid the 21st century atmosphere of Atlanta.

At Sunday night's ceremony, the Olympic flag was handed by Barcelona Mayor 
Pasquall Maragall to Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson. The 1996 Olympics will 
be held in Atlanta.

The Barcelona Games came to a close the way all of them do, with the 
competitors marching for a final time into Olympic Stadium -- gathered in
one, huge crowd rather than divided into national groupings.

In what is always the most moving moment of any Olympics, the flame that 
was given life in ceremonies at Olympia in Greece two months ago and then 
borne throughout Spain to the host city was extinguished -- the light 
growing dimmer and dimmer until only darkness remained.

"I declare the Games of the XXV Olympiad closed," said International 
Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, "and, in accordance with 
tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from 
now at Atlanta, to celebrate with us there the Games of the XXVI Olympiad."

The final day of the Games dawned stormy, with the first and only heavy 
rains of the two-week athletic carnival cascading down on the city. The 
effect was to drop the normally scalding temperatures and clear the air of 
pollution.

That made it a perfect afternoon and evening for the hundreds of thousands 
of Barcelona residents who again streamed into the streets to sample, for 
one, final time, the unique feeling the Games had brought to their region.

The last 10 gold medals of the Olympics were also given away prior to the 
closing ceremonies -- six of them in boxing where Cuba won three finals and
finished with seven champions in the 12 weight classes.

American athletes won three medals on the last day -- flyweight boxer Tim 
Austin receiving a bronze he had already clinched, the U.S. men's 
volleyball team winning its third-place game against Cuba and Norman Joio 
finishing third in the individual jumping equestrian event.

The United States finished the Games with 108 medals -- 37 of which were 
gold. The Unified Team, made up of athlete from the republics of the Soviet
Union who were competing together for the final time, won 45 gold medals 
and 112 overall. Sixty-four nations won at least one medal -- 12 more than 
the previous record set in Seoul.

"I may be overly optimistic," said U.S. Olympic Committee executive
director Harvey Schiller, "but I think we will do better in Atlanta. We
did about what we had projected we would do here, based on results from
the most recent world championships in each sport.

"We had some disappointments and we had some performances that exceeded 
expectations. Just a quarter of a second here and there and we would have 
won a lot more medals than we did.

We will make sure the playing field in Atlanta is level for all countries. 
But the enthusiasm of our athletes competing in their home country could 
make a big difference."

That enthusiasm clearly made a difference for this year's host nation.

Spain, which had won only four gold medals and 24 overall in the entire 
history of the Olympics, won 13 golds and 22 overall in Barcelona.
The Spanish water polo team almost made it 14 gold medals Sunday, but
eventually lost in the finals to Italy, 9-8. The game went three extra
periods and was marred after the second overtime when players and team
officials from both sides suddenly became embroiled in pushing and 
shoving on the deck just a few feet from the pool.

Security officers had to break up the two sides and the game went on 
without further incident.

The final gold medal of the games was awarded to South Korean Hwang 
Young-Cho, who ran through the streets of Barcelona in 2:13.23 to win the 
Olympic marathon. Hwang battled Japan's Koichi Morishita throughoutthe 
entire race and finally pulled away with less than two miles to go on the 
steep hills that lead up to the stadium.

Morishita finished 22 seconds behind and both the leading runners fell to
the artificial track surface in agony at the end of the race. Hwang had to
be carried from the stadium by stretcher.

The final day of the Games also provided another chapter in the saga of 
Canadian spinter Ben Johnson, who won the 1988 Olympic gold medal in the 
100-meter dash and then had it taken away when he tested positive for 
steriod use.

Johnson, who did not stay at the athletes' village during the Games, tried 
to get into that village Sunday. Canadian officials said Johnson did not 
have his normal accrediation with him, but did have a visitor's pass to the 
village.

According to Olympic organizers, Johnson became involved in an, "assault on
a volunteer who was on access control at the village restaurant." The IOC 
chose to remove Johnson's accreditation, a punishment made moot because he
was on his way out of the country anyway.

As usual, however, all the final-day activities were overshadowed by the 
closing ceremonies that brought an end to the Barcelona Olympics.

"We are about to lower the curtain on the Games of the XXV Olympiad," 
Barcelona Mayor Pasqual Maragall said. "The exciting sporting 
accomplishments, the intense and prolonged work over so many years and the 
record of a festival and competitions were similar to previous Games. But 
they all bore the hallmark of Barcelona and will go down in history.

"The closing ceremony reaffirms, with all the artistic potential and the 
strength of our people, the ideals that inspired the organization of these 
Olympic Games right from the beginning.

"Barcelona has been the center of attention for the entire world over the 
last 15 days, thanks to the Olympic Games. We have aimed to transmit a 
powerful message of peace and respect for humanism and civility all over 
the world. Barcelona has accomplished its goals, and the patrimony of the 
Games will remain for all mankind."

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2. Final Overall Medal Count of the Game of the XXVth Olympiad ......... 68
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From:   Huijie, Jian Liu & Charlie Li
Source: AP & DJ  8/9/92

   COUNTRY             GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE    TOTAL

Unified Team            45      38       29      112
United States           37      34       37      108
Germany                 33      21       28       82
China                   16      22       16       54
Cuba                    14       6       11       31 
Hungary                 11      11        8       30
South Korea             12       5       12       29
France                   8       5       16       29
Australia                7       8       11       26
Spain                   13       7        2       22 
Japan                    3       8       11       22
Britain                  5       3       12       20
Italy                    6       5        8       19
Poland                   3       6       10       19 
Canada                   6       5        7       18 
Romania                  4       6        8       18
Bulgaria                 3       7        6       16 
Netherlands              2       6        7       15
Sweden                   1       7        4       12
New Zealand              1       4        5       10
North Korea              4       0        5        9
Czechoslovakia           4       2        2        8
Kenya                    2       4        2        8
Norway                   2       4        1        7
Turkey                   2       2        2        6
Denmark                  1       1        4        6
Indonesia                2       2        1        5
Finland                  1       2        2        5 
Jamaica                  0       3        1        4
Nigeria                  0       3        1        4
Brazil                   2       1        0        3
Morocco                  1       1        1        3
Ethiopia                 1       0        2        3
Latvia                   0       2        1        3
Belgium                  0       1        2        3
Independent Team         0       1        2        3
(Yugoslavia)
Iran                     0       1        2        3
Croatia                  0       1        2        3
Greece                   2       0        0        2 
Ireland                  1       1        0        2
Algeria                  1       0        1        2
Estonia                  1       0        1        2
Lithuania                1       0        1        2
Namibia                  0       2        0        2
Austria                  0       2        0        2
South Africa             0       2        0        2
Israel                   0       1        1        2
Slovenia                 0       0        2        2
Mongolia                 0       0        2        2
Switzerland              1       0        0        1
Peru                     0       1        0        1
Taiwan                   0       1        0        1
Mexico                   0       1        0        1
Bahamas                  0       0        1        1
Colombia                 0       0        1        1
Surinam                  0       0        1        1
Malaysia                 0       0        1        1
Argentina                0       0        1        1
Philippines              0       0        1        1
Thailand                 0       0        1        1
Puerto Rico              0       0        1        1
Qatar                    0       0        1        1
Pakistan                 0       0        1        1
Ghana                    0       0        1        1

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3. China's Medal Count with Events & Names in the XXVth Olympics ...... 140
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From:   Bo Xiong & Zuofeng Li
Source: Compiled from News Agencies, 8/9/92

7/26:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      3      0     4

ZHUANG Yong  : Gold. Swim, women's 100m freestyle 
LIN Li       : Sliver. Swim, women's 400m individual medley
WANG Yifu    : Silver. Shooting, men's free-pistol.
LIU Qisheng  : Silver. Weightlifting, Flyweight (52kg) 

7/27:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     2      3      1     6

FU Mingxia   : Gold. Diving, women's platform 
ZHUANG Xiaoyan: Gold. Judo, women's heavyweight
LIU Shoubin  : Silver. Weightlifting, bantamweight 
LI Duihong   : Silver. Shooting, women's sport-pistol
LIN Li       : Silver. Swim, women's 200m breaststroke
LUO Jianming : Bronze. Weightlifting, bantamweight 

7/28:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     2      1      1     4

WANG Yifu    : Gold. Shooting, men's air pistol
ZHANG Shan   : Gold. Shooting, open skeet
CHINA        : Silver. Swim, women's 4 X 100M freestyle relay
HE Yingqiang : Bronze. Weightlifting, featherweight 

7/29:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      2      0     3

QIAN Hong    : Gold. Swim, women's 100 meter butterfly
TAN Liangde  : Silver. Diving, men's 3 meter springboard
CHINA        : Silver. Men's gymnastics, team competition 

7/30:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      1      2     4

LIN Li       : Gold. Swim, women's 200-meter individual medley
WANG Huifeng : Silver. Fencing, wowen's foil 
ZHANG Di     : Bronze. Judo, women's 134-pound division
SHENG Zetian : Bronze. Wresting (Greco-Roman), 57 kg (126 pounds)

7/31:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      2      0     3

YANG Wenyi   : Gold. Swim, women's 50 meter freestyle
ZHUANG Yong  : Silver. Swim, women's 50-meter freestyle
WANG Xiaohong: Silver. Swim, women's 200-meter butterfly

8/01:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      1      2     4

LU Li        : Gold. Women's gymnastics, uneven bar
LU Li        : Silver. Women's gymnastics, balance beam
LI Zhongyun  : Bronze. Judo, women's 115-pound division
CHINA        : Bronze. Rowing, women's double sculls 

8/02:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      3      2     6

LI Xiaoshuang : Gold. Men's gymnastics, floor excise
LI Jing       : Silver. Men's gymnastics, parallel bars
LI Jing       : Silver. Men's gymnastics, rings
ZHANG Xiaodong: Silver. Yachting, women's windsurfer class
GUO Linyao    : Bronze. Men's gymnastics, parallel bars
LI Xiaoshuang : Bronze. Men's gymnastics, rings

8/03:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     3      1      1     5

GAO Min       : Gold. Diving, women's springboard 
DENG Yaping,
QIAO Hong     : Gold. Table Tennis, women's doubles
CHEN Yueling  : Gold. Athletics, women's 10-kilometer walk
CHEN Zhe, 
GAO Jun       : Silver. Table tennis, women's doubles
LI Chunxiu    : Bronze. Athletics, women's 10-kilometer walk

8/04:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     2      2      5     9

SUN Shuwei    : Gold. Diving, men's platform
LU Lin,
WANG Tao      : Gold. Table tennis, men's doubles
CHINA         : Silver. Archery, women's team
NONG Qunhua,
QUAN Weizhen  : Silver. Badminton, women's doubles
HUANG Hua     : Bronze. Badminton, women's singles
TANG Jiuhong  : Bronze. Badminton, women's singles
TIAN Bingyi,
LI Yongbo     : Bronze. Badminton, men's doubles
LIN Yanfen,
YAO Fen       : Bronze. Badminton, women's doubles
XIONG Ni      : Bronze. Diving, men's platform

8/05:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     1      1     0     2

DENG Yaping   : Gold. Table tennis, women's singles
QIAO Hong     : Silver. Table tennis, women's singles

8/06:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     0      0     1     1

MA Wenge      : Bronze. Table tennis, men's singles

8/07:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     0      2     0     2

CHINA         : Silver. Basketball, women's 
HUANG Zhihong : Silver. Athletics, women's shot put

8/08:
Medals of the day: Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
                     0      0     1     1

QU Yunxia     : Bronze. Athletics, women's 1,500 meter

Grand Total in the Barcelona Summer Olympics:
16 Golds, 22 Silvers, and 16 Bronzes. 54 medals altogether.

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4. International Shooting Union Bans Mixed-sex Competition ............. 17
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From:   Charles P. Mok 
Source: Sports Illustrated, 8/10/1992.

Skeet shooter Zhang Shan won a gold medal and earned a footnote in Olympic 
history - she became the first woman ever to defeat a man in a shooting 
event. Unfortunately, she also earned a second footnote: She will almost 
certainly be the last woman to do so.

The International Shooting Union, which governs the only international 
sport besides equestrian and yachting that allows mixed-sex competition, 
has decided to drop mixed meets.  The reason?  Usually only a handful of 
women shooters are able to qualify against men for major competitions.

Nevertheless, Zhang set an Olympic record for females _and_ males with 223 
points out of a possible 225.  A student in Shanghai, Zhang, 24, carries 
the nickname Little Miss Perfect at home.  In the preliminary rounds in 
Barcelona, she was just that, hitting a perfect score of 200.  Throughout 
the competition, she shot against 54 men and beat them all.  When asked if 
her victory was all the sweeter because she had prevailed against men, she 
said quietly, "No, it only matters that I won."

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5. Olympic Athletes Liaise Through Computers ........................... 37
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From:   A CND Reader
Source: Sports Illustrate, 8/10/1992 By: Gary Smith.

[....] The computers were sizzling with sex, too.  They were the hottest 
craze of the 1992 Olympic Village, athletes everywhere waiting in lines to 
have at them.  An athlete simply typed in the ID number from the back of 
his or her credentials, a three-letter password code and the full name of 
the person being written to, in order to communicate with any athlete or 
volunteer at the Games.  Everything a guy wanted to breathe to the French 
brunnette cyclist who had just just gone by, but didn't have the gut to, he
could tap out on a keyboard, click F12 for "send" and _voila_!

Strange and wonderful electronic linkups were occurring: [Charles] Barkley
writing to U.S. swimmer Dara Torres, apologizing for having failed to show
up for one of the swimming finals; swimmer Jenny Thompson writing to [Jim]
Courier, lamenting having won a silver medal instead of a gold, and Courier
sending his cheer-up back.  "It's like drugs," said Torres. "We're all 
addicted.  Some messages being sent are so dirty I couldn't even repeat 
them to you."

"Oh, yes, everyone is _ligando_ [making liaisons] on these computers," said 
volunteer Marta Zazqui.  "Look," she punched the keyboard.  Up came an 
invitation from Spanish water-polo player Marco Gonzalez, filled with 
longing.  "There are things we can't do through this apparatus," the 
message said.  Zazqui wrote back, "Will meet you tomorrow at 4 at the Red 
Cross center.  Don't say you can't because you haven't competed yet.  The 
infatuation that I have caught for you is much stronger than I thought.  I
love you a little."

She punched another button and brought up a message from another Spanish
water-polo player, the team's star, Manuel Estiarte: "You don't have to be
timid," it said. "All the contrary.  All is possible in this life."

Computer sabotage was breaking out.  Australians were reading unsuspecting 
foreigners' ID numbers from their credentials, using them to get into their
files and send counterfeit lust messages under the strangers' names to 
Aussie teammates.  Africans and Arabs were learning how to use a computer 
for the first time, just so they wouldn't be left out.  Others frowned and 
shook their heads.  "My advice is to meet a girl's family and get married 
first," said 400-meter-runner Mohamed al-Malki of Oman, "not to meet her on
any computer.  Don't trust.  Save energy.  Avoid diseases.  Win races.  But
ohhhh, my heart is crying.  There is so much leg here!"

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6. Sunday's Medal Winners .............................................. 48
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From:    Jian Liu, Huijie and Charlie Li
Source:  DJ & AP,  8/9/92

Medal Winners As of Aug 9,  3:06 pm

BOXING
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112-POUNDS
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Gold -- Chol Su Choi, North Korea     Silver -- Raul Gonzalez, Cuba 
Bronze -- Tim Austin, United States; Istvan Kovacs, Hungary 

126-POUNDS
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Gold -- Andreas Tews, Germany     Silver --Faustino Reyes, Spain 
Bronze -- Hocine Soltani, Algeria; Ramazi Paliani, Unified team 

140-POUNDS
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Gold -- Hector Vinent, Cuba     Silver -- Mark Leduc, Canada 
Bronze -- Jyri Kjall, Finland; Leonard Dorrofel, Romania 

157-POUNDS
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Gold -- Juan Lemus, Cuba     Silver -- Orhan Delibas, Netherlands 
Bronze -- Robin Reid, Britain; Gyorgi Mizsel, Hungary 

179-POUNDS
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Gold -- Torsten May, Germany  
Silver -- Rostislav Zaoulitchnyi, Unified team 
Bronze -- Zoltan Beres, Hungary; Wojiech Bartnik, Poland 

201-PLUS POUNDS
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Gold -- Roberto Balado, Cuba     Silver -- Richard Igbineghu, Nigeria 
Bronze -- Brian Nielsen, Denmark; Svilen Russinov, Bulgaria 

TRACK
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MEN'S MARATHON
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Gold -- Hwang Young-Cho, South Korea   Silver -- Koichi Morishita, Japan
Bronze -- Stephan Freigang, Germany

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
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Gold -- Brazil     Silver -- the Netherlands     Bronze -- United States

EQUESTRIAN
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INDIVIDUAL JUMPING
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Gold -- Ludger Beerbaum, Germany 
Silver -- Piet Raymakers, the Netherlands 
Bronze -- Norman dello Joio, United States 

MEN'S WATER POLO
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Gold -- Italy      Silver -- Spain     Bronze -- Unified team

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