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1992 Barcelona Summer Games
10563 Athletes, 171 Countries, 257 Events

Barcelona in 1992 was in many ways a reconciliation Olympics. It showcased the profound impact of the Olympic movement and the influence that politics can have on athletics and vice versa. Countries that competed for the first time since extended time away included a postapartheid South Africa, making its first Olympic appearance since 1960, and a unified Germany and Yemen. With the collapse of the USSR, Latvia and Estonia made their first Olympic appearance since the 1936 Berlin Games.

The Games ended on a political note as well. Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia became the first black African female gold medalist in the history of the Games when she won the 10,000meter run. Tulu's victory lap with secondplace finisher Elana Meyer, a white South African, inspired hope for a better way of life for the new countries to the Games and set the tone for the future's emphasis on global Games. Four years later in Atlanta, a record 79 nations would compete .

In all 49 Leaguers won 13 medals in 1992. Included in the medal total were five golds, two of which were claimed by Princeton undergraduate Nelson Diebel '94. Diebel, a bit misguided in high school, once broke both wrists when an attempt to jump from a railing above the stands at his high pool failed. But, thanks to the strong guidance of his high school coach Diebel went on to handily beat the other 58 competitors in the 100meter breaststroke while setting a new Olympic record. Diebel's other gold came when he swam the secondleag in the 4x100 meter medley relay. It was the eighth time in a row that the Americans had won that event.

Penn's Kay Worthington also won two gold medals as a member of the Canadian team in the women's eights and women's fours.

Harvard swimmer David Befkoff won his second straight gold with a firstplace finish in the men's 400meter medley relay to go along with a bronze in the 100meter backstroke.

The other six Ivy medals were all bronze. In the famous 10,000meter race, Princeton's Lynn Jennings '83 was third and came home with bronze. It was the second of three Olympic Games for Jennings who also competed in Seoul and Atlanta. The thirdplace finish in Barcelona was her top career Olympic finish and she beat her previous personal preOlympic record by over 20 seconds.