GAMES OF THE XXV OLYMPIAD, THE {1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS}: DAY 4 {PART 1 OF 7} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1992 summer Games of the XXV Olympiad from Barcelona. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics: Anchor sports commentator Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights. Sports commentator Donna de Varona profiles swimmer Janet Evans’ (USA) previous Olympic journey, and how her life changed since her last Olympic Games. Sports commentators Charlie Jones and de Varona cover the finals of the women's 400-meter freestyle event. Dagmar Hase (Germany) wins the gold medal with a time of 4:07.18; Janet Evans (USA) wins the silver medal with a time of 4:07.37; and Hayley Lewis (Australia) wins the bronze medal with a time of 4:11.22. Costas recaps Kent Ferguson’s (USA) poor fifth round dive in the men's 3-meter springboard diving event and breaks down what went wrong during the dive. Sports commentator Tom Hammond covers the men's 3-meter springboard diving. Ferguson scores a 68.40 on his dive attempt. Tan Liangde (China) scores a 70.68 on his dive attempt. Mark Lenzi (USA) scores 61.38 on his dive attempt. Ferguson scores a 67.32 on his next dive attempt. Tan scores a 71.40 on his next dive attempt. Simon McCormack (Australia) scores a 60.48 on his dive attempt. Lenzi scores an 80.19 on his dive attempt. Lan Wei (China) scores a 68.40 on his dive attempt. Sports commentator Wendy Lian Williams interviews Ferguson about what happened and why he struggled in the men's 3-meter springboard event. Costas provides a retrospective on the men's 100-meter freestyle race in the 1960 Olympic Games. The race is known as one of the most controversial swimming races in Olympic history, and participants Lance Larson and John Devitt talk about their race and the finish. Sports commentator Charlie Jones covers the finals of the men's 100-meter freestyle race. Aleksandor Popov (Unified Team) wins the gold medal with a time of 49.02; Stephan Caron (France) wins the silver medal with a time of 49.50; and Jon Olsen (USA) wins the bronze medal with a time of 49.51. Sports commentators Elfi Schlegel, John Tesh, Tim Daggett, and Beth Ruyak discuss the pressure the United States women athletes have to do well in the women's gymnastics team competition. Schlegel, Tesh, and Daggett cover Yelena Grudneva's (Unified Team) two performances on the vault in the women's gymnastics team competition. Grudneva scores a 9.875 on her first vault attempt. Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: McDonald’s restaurants; and Chevrolet automobiles.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: July 28, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112163
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1992, Summer, Barcelona; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Swimming, 400m freestyle women; Diving, 3m springboard men; Swimming, 100m freestyle men; Artistic Gymnastics, team competition women; Artistic Gymnastics, vault women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Bud Light
- TV - Commercials - Chef Boyardee
- TV - Commercials - Chevrolet
- TV - Commercials - Diet Coke
- TV - Commercials - Gatorade
- TV - Commercials - Kmart
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Sprint
- TV - Commercials - United States Postal Service
- TV - Promos - NBC Nightly News
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Charlie Jones … Sports Commentator
- John Tesh … Sports Commentator
- Tim Daggett … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Wendy Lian Williams … Sports Commentator
- Beth Ruyak … Sports Commentator
- Elfi Schlegel … Sports Commentator
- Kent Ferguson … Athlete
- Tan Liangde … Athlete
- Mark Lenzi … Athlete
- Simon McCormack … Athlete
- Lan Wei … Athlete
- Aleksandr Popov … Athlete
- Stephan Caron … Athlete
- Jon Olsen … Athlete
- Janet Evans … Athlete
- Hayley Lewis … Athlete
- Dagmar Hase … Athlete
- Yelena Grudneva … Athlete
- Lance Larson
- John Devitt