GAMES OF THE XXV OLYMPIAD, THE {1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS}: DAY 15 {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 highlights current events at the Olympic Games, featuring men's track and field athlete Quincy Watts (USA), women's track and field athlete Gwen Torrence (USA), women's track and field athlete Evelyn Ashford (USA), men's track and field athlete Carl Lewis (USA), boxing middleweight athlete Chris Byrd (USA), and boxing lightweight athlete Oscar de la Hoya (USA).
Sports commentator Bob Trumpy profiles boxer de la Hoya (USA) and how he is competing for the gold medal in honor of his deceased mother. His father also speaks in the interview.
Sports commentators Trumpy, Beasley Reece and Al Bernstein cover the men's lightweight boxing gold medal match: de la Hoya (USA) defeats Marco Rudolph (Germany) to win the gold. Teofilo Stevenson, a Cuban former boxer, makes a cameo in the stands.
Sports commentators Joel Meyers and Eric Evans cover the men's K-1 1000m flat-water canoeing event: Clint Robinson (Australia) wins the gold medal with a time of 3:37.26, Knut Holmann (Norway) wins the silver medal with a time of 3:37.50, and Greg Barton (USA) wins the bronze with a time of 3:37.93.
Costas profiles Barton (USA), touching upon his experiences at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, at which he won his first bronze medal, the 1988 Olympic Summer Games in Seoul, at win he won gold, and his personal life.
Sports commentator Al Bernstein interviews boxer de la Hoya (USA) about his emotional gold medal win in boxing lightweight competition.
Sports commentator (unidentified in this portion) profiles the USA boxing team from the 1976 Olympic Summer Games in Montreal and where they are now, featuring Howard Davis (USA), gold medal lightweight, Sugar Ray Leonard (USA), gold medal light welterweight, Michael Spinks (USA), gold medal middleweight, Leo Randolph (USA), gold medal flyweight, and Leon Spinks (USA), gold medal light heavyweight.
Trumpy, Reece and Bernstein cover the middleweight boxing division gold medal match, featuring Chris Byrd (USA) and Ariel Hernandez (Cuba).
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 8, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 01:01:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112223
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1992, Summer, Barcelona; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Boxing, Up to 60 kg (Light weight) men; Canoe/Kayak flat-water, K-1 1000m (kayak single) men; Boxing, Up to 52 kg (Fly weight) men; Boxing, Up to 75 kg (Middle weight) men; Boxing, Up to 64 kg (Light Welter weight) men; Boxing, Up to 81 kg (Light Heavy weight) men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Bob Trumpy … Sports Commentator
- Al Bernstein … Sports Commentator
- Eric Evans … Sports Commentator
- Joel Meyers … Sports Commentator
- Beasley Reece … Sports Commentator
- Quincy Watts … Athlete
- Carl Lewis … Athlete
- Chris Byrd … Athlete
- Gwen Torrence … Athlete
- Oscar de la Hoya … Athlete
- Marco Rudolph … Athlete
- Greg Barton … Athlete
- Clint Robinson … Athlete
- Knut Holmann … Athlete
- Howard Davis … Athlete
- Sugar Ray Leonard (see also: Ray Charles Leonard) … Athlete
- Michael Spinks … Athlete
- Leo Randolph … Athlete
- Leon Spinks … Athlete
- Ariel Hernandez … Athlete
- Evelyn Ashford … Athlete
- Teofilo Stevenson … Cameo