GAMES OF THE XXV OLYMPIAD, THE {1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS}: DAY 9 {PART 1 OF 5} (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. Costas recaps the preliminaries of the men's 10-meter platform diving event, featuring footage of Matt Scoggin (USA), Scott Donie (USA), and Gabriel Chereches (Romania). Sports commentators Charlie Jones and Wendy Williams cover the men's 10m platform diving event, featuring: Donie, Scoggin, Sun Shuwei (China), Chereches, Jan Hempel (Germany), and Xiong Ni (China). After the sixth round, Sun is in first place with 371.73 points, Xiong is in second place with 370.71 points, Donie is in third place with 347.61 points, Hempel is in fourth place with 345.63 points, Robert Morgan (Great Britain) is in fifth place with 327.66 points, and Alberto Acosta (Mexico) is in sixth place with 327.51 points. Sports commentator Dwight Stones covers the men's high jump event, featuring Hollis Conway (USA), Charles Austin (USA), Patrik Sjoeberg (Sweden), and Javier Sotomayor (Cuba). Stones profiles Conway, discussing the art of high jumping. Hammond provides a retrospective of United States high jumper Dick Fosbury, the first person to go over the high jump bar backwards, winning the gold medal in the high jump and setting a new world record of 7 feet 4 1/4 inches at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Sports commentators Tom Hammond and Craig Masback cover the second heat of the quarterfinals of the men's 110-meter hurdles event, featuring Jack Pierce (USA) and Colin Jackson (Great Britain). Sports commentator Todd Christensen interviews Pierce about his first place quarterfinal finish in the men's 110-meter hurdles. Hammond and Masback cover the third heat of the men's 110-meter hurdles quarterfinals, featuring:Tony Dees (USA), Tony Jarrett (Great Britain), and Li Tong (China). Hammond highlights the top key qualifiers in the men's 110-meter hurdles event, including Dees, Pierce, Arthur Blake (USA), Jackson, Jarrett, Mark McKoy (Canada), Florian Schwarthoff (Germany), and Vladimir Shishkin (Unified Team). Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Paula Abdul for Diet Coke soft drink; and Candice Bergen for Sprint phone service.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 2, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 00:56:45
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112189
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1992, Summer, Barcelona; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Diving, 10m platform men; Track and Field, high jump men; Track and Field, 110m hurdles men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Diet Coke
- TV - Commercials - Snickers ice cream
- TV - Commercials - Sprint
- TV - Commercials - Texaco
- TV - Commercials - United Airlines
- TV - Commercials - Xerox
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Charlie Jones … Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Craig Masback … Sports Commentator
- Todd Christensen … Sports Commentator
- Dwight Stones … Sports Commentator
- Wendy Williams … Sports Commentator
- Matt Scoggin … Athlete
- Scott Donie … Athlete
- Gabriel Chereches … Athlete
- Sun Shuwei … Athlete
- Jan Hempel … Athlete
- Hollis Conway … Athlete
- Charles Austin … Athlete
- Patrik Sjoeberg … Athlete
- Jack Pierce … Athlete
- Colin Jackson … Athlete
- Tony Dees … Athlete
- Tony Jarrett … Athlete
- Li Tong … Athlete
- Arthur Blake … Athlete
- Mark McKoy … Athlete
- Florian Schwarthoff … Athlete
- Vladimir Shishkin … Athlete
- Javier Sotomayor … Athlete
- Xiong Ni … Athlete
- Robert Morgan … Athlete
- Alberto Acosta … Athlete
- Dick Fosbury
- Paula Abdul … Talent, Diet Coke commercial
- Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint commercial