sport

1. Ses 03
Sports and Society in Spain & Catalonia
Xavier Carmaniu Mainadé

2. Barcelona is an active city.
People love to go out.

3. Bcn has used big events to
transform itself:
1888 Universal Exhibit.
1929 Universal Exhibit.
1992 OOGG.
2004 Cultural Forum.

4. 1888
1929
1992

5. Universal Exhibits
1888 1929

6. “Olimpiada Popular”
 1931 Bcn candidate for OOGG
1936, (Berlín won).
 1933 Hitler won election in
Germany.
 OOGG ‘36 used for nazi
propaganda.
 1936 Bcn organized alternative
olympics.
 Antifascist event trying to recover
the olympic spirit of peace and
solidarity.
 6.000 athletes + 20.000 tourists.
 July 18th 1936 the civil war started.
Olimpiada Popular was
suspended.
 Some of the atheletes stayed
enrolled in the International
Brigade.

7. Cronology
 1936-1939: Civil War.
 1939-1975: Dictatorship of F. Franco ( francoism).
 1975-1982: “Transición”.
 1976: Constitution.
 1977: general elections.
 1979: municipal elections.
 1980: regional elections.
 1981: attempted military coup (23-F).
 1982: general elections.
 P. Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) won.

8. 1980: the olympic dream started
Pasqual Maragall,
Mayor of Barcelona in 1992
J. A. Samaranch, OIC 1980-2001
Jordi Pujol, pdent of
Catalonia
Felipe González, pdent of Spain in 1992
Narcís Serra, 1st democratic mayor after
dictatorship. In 1992 ministry of defense in

9. “The moment” 1986

10. Record Olympics
 July 25th – August 9th
 No boycotts.
 9356 athletes.
 32 sports.
 35.000 volunteeres.
 102.000 requests.

11. Cobi, the mascot

12. Stellar moments
 Inauguration:
 http://youtu.be/l2WVtYcElcs
 The flame:
 http://youtu.be/RIl_3sYPzsQ
 Dream Team, the best basketall team ever:
 http://youtu.be/dr1lauMX6-g
 The Olympics were a party “¡Amigos para siempre!”:
 http://youtu.be/nVayLxJkCfw