GAMES OF THE XXV OLYMPIAD, THE {1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS}: DAY 10 {PART 2 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:
Sports commentators Charlie Jones and Michele Mitchell-Rocha provide coverage of round eight of the women's 3m springboard diving event: Gao Min (China) is in first place with a score of 423.75, Julie Ovenhouse (USA) is in second place with a score of 390.09, Irina Lashko (Unified Team) is in third place with a score of 385.89, Brita Baldus (Germany) is in fourth place with a score of 384.33, and Heidemarie Bartova (Czechoslovakia) is in fifth place with a score of 377.10.
Jones presents the "Xerox Olympic Facts:" USA has won 124 Olympic medals in diving history, and Sweden is second with 21 medals.
Jones and Mitchell-Rocha cover the ninth round of the women's 3m springboard diving event: Min (China) is in first place with 498.45 points, Lashko (Unified Team) is in second place with 448.53 points, Baldus (Germany) is in third place with 445.65 points, Ovenhouse (USA) is in fourth place with 443.01 points, and Bartova (Czechoslovakia) is in fifth place with 436.74 points.
NBC presents "The Last 24 Hours Around The Olympics," sponsored by MCI.
Jones and Mitchell-Rocha provide coverage of the final round of women's 3m springboard diving, featuring Ovenhouse (USA). USA coach Dick Kimball makes a cameo.
Jones and Mitchell-Rochan provide final medal standings for women's 3m springboard diving event: Min (China) wins the gold medal with 572.40 points, Lashko (Unified Team) wins the silver medal with 514.14 points, and Baldus (Germany) wins the bronze medal with 503.07 points.
Costas recaps the women's 3m springboard diving results.
Costas highlights men's volleyball and recaps the match between USA and Italy.
Sports commentators Chris Marlowe and Paul Sunderland provide coverage of men's volleyball qualifying rounds: in game four, USA and Italy are tied at 11-11.
Marlowe and Sunderland provide final standings of men's volleyball: the USA upsets gold-medal favorite and reigning world champion Italy in four games with scores of 9-15, 16-14, 15-11, and 15-13.
Costas provides a recap of men's volleyball qualifying round: USA moves on to the single elimination quarterfinal round and will play the Unified Team next.
Costas provides an update on Mark Witherspoon's (USA) Achilles tendon injury during the 100m track and field semifinal. Carl Lewis (USA) will take his place in the 4x100m relay.
Sports commentators Tom Hammond and Craig Masback cover the first heat of the men's 110m hurdles semifinals, featuring Jack Pierce (USA) and Tony Jarrett (Great Britain). Masback provides description of skills required to be successful in running hurdles.
Hammond profiles hurdler Tony Dees (USA), featuring Dees' need for speed on the running track and drag racing. Dees' coach Wilbur Ross makes a cameo.
Hammond and Masback cover the second heat of the men's 110m hurdles semifinals: Mark McKoy (Canada) is in first place with a time of 13.12 seconds, Colin Ray Jackson (Great Britain) is in second place with a time of 13.19 seconds, Dees (USA) is in third place with a time of 13.31 seconds, and Emilio Valle (Cuba) is in fourth place with a time of 13.45 seconds.
Hammond and Masback provide the qualifiers for the finals in the men's 110m hurdles: Pierce (USA), Florian Schwarthoff (Germany), Jarrett (Great Britain), Hughie Teape (Great Britain), McKoy (Canada), Jackson (Great Britain), Dees (USA), and Valle (Cuba).
Sports commentators O.J. Simpson and Hammond provide coverage of men's 200m race featuring Michael Johnson (USA); the race is not seen in this portion.
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Paula Abdul for Diet Coke; Bill Cosby for Kodak; Patrick Ewing and Michael Jordan for McDonald's; Rocket Ismail for Reebok.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 3, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 00:51:09
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112195
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1992, Summer, Barcelona; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Diving, 3m springboard women; Volleyball, volleyball men; Track and Field, 110m hurdles men; Track and Field, 200m men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Diet Coke
- TV - Commercials - General Electric
- TV - Commercials - JCPenney
- TV - Commercials - Kodak
- TV - Commercials - MCI
- TV - Commercials - Maxwell House coffee
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's
- TV - Commercials - Miller Genuine Draft Beer
- TV - Commercials - Phar-Mor
- TV - Commercials - Reebok
- TV - Commercials - Seiko
- TV - Commercials - Snickers
- TV - Commercials - Xerox
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Tom Hammond … Sports Commentator
- Charlie Jones … Sports Commentator
- Chris Marlowe … Sports Commentator
- Craig Masback … Sports Commentator
- O.J. Simpson … Sports Commentator
- Paul Sunderland … Sports Commentator
- Michele Mitchell-Rochas … Sports Commentator
- Tony Dees … Athlete
- Colin Ray Jackson … Athlete
- Tony Jarrett … Athlete
- Michael Johnson … Athlete
- Carl Lewis … Athlete
- Mark McKoy … Athlete
- Jack Pierce … Athlete
- Florian Schwarthoff … Athlete
- Hughie Teape … Athlete
- Mark Witherspoon … Athlete
- Emilio Valle … Athlete
- Brita Baldus … Athlete
- Heidemarie Bartova … Athlete
- Irina Lashko … Athlete
- Gao Min … Athlete
- Julie Ovenhouse … Athlete
- Dick Kimball … Coach
- Wilbur Ross … Coach
- Bill Cosby … Talent, Kodak Commercial
- Patrick Ewing … Talent, McDonald's Commercial
- Michael Jordan … Talent, McDonald's Commercial
- Rocket Ismail … Talent, Reebok Commercial
- Paula Abdul … Talent, Diet Coke Commercial