1992 Summer Olympics torch relay

Host city	Barcelona, Spain
Countries visited	Greece, Spain
Distance	5,940 kilometres (3,690 mi)
Torchbearers	9,484
Start date	5 June 1992
End date	25 July 1992
Torch designer	André Ricard
No. of torches	9,484

A torch from the relay

The 1992 Summer Olympics torch relay was run from 5 June until 25 July, prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The route covered 5,940 kilometres (3,690 mi) and involved 9,484 torchbearers (8,885 on foot and 599 on bicycle).

On 5 June, the Olympic fire was lit in Olympia and carried by relay to Athens. On June 9, in the port of Piraeus, it was embarked on the Spanish Navy frigate Cataluña. On 13 June, it arrived in Empúries, where it began its thirty-eight day journey all around Spain passing through 652 towns. In addition to on foot, the torch was carried by bicycle, plane, ship and hydrofoil. On 25 July, Herminio Menéndez entered the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc with the torch at the opening ceremony, he gave the last relief to Juan Antonio San Epifanio who lit an arrow that Antonio Rebollo shot to the cauldron, igniting the flame.

Route

Date	Map
June 5: Olympia June 7: Athens	Olympia Athens
June 13 (day 1): Empúries June 14 (day 2): Girona June 20 (day 3): Lleida	Empúries Girona Lleida
June 21 (day 4): Zaragoza June 21 (day 4): Huesca June 22 (day 5): Jaca	Zaragoza Huesca Jaca
June 23 (day 6): Pamplona	Pamplona
June 24 (day 7): Logroño	Logroño
June 25 (day 8): Vitoria-Gasteiz June 26 (day 9): Bilbao	Vitoria-Gasteiz Bilbao
June 27 (day 10): Santander	Santander
June 27 (day 10): Gijón June 28 (day 11): Oviedo	Gijón Oviedo
June 29 (day 12): Lugo June 30 (day 13): La Coruña July 1 (day 14): Santiago de Compostela July 2 (day 15): Vigo July 3 (day 16): Ourense	Lugo La Coruña Santiago de Compostela Vigo Ourense
July 4 (day 17): Ponferrada July 5 (day 18): León July 6 (day 19): Valladolid July 7 (day 20): Segovia	Ponferrada León Valladolid Segovia
July 8 (day 21): Madrid	Madrid
July 9 (day 22): Toledo	Toledo
July 10 (day 23): Cáceres July 10 (day 23): Badajoz July 11 (day 24): Mérida	Cáceres Badajoz Mérida
July 12 (day 25): Huelva July 13 (day 26): Seville	Huelva Seville
July 14 (day 27): Santa Cruz de Tenerife July 14 (day 27): Las Palmas	Santa Cruz de Tenerife Las Palmas
July 15 (day 28): Málaga July 16 (day 29): Granada July 17 (day 30): Almería	Málaga Granada Almería
July 18 (day 31): Murcia	Murcia
July 19 (day 32): Alicante July 20 (day 33): Valencia July 20 (day 33): Castellón de la Plana	Alicante Valencia Castellón de la Plana
July 21 (day 34): Tortosa July 22 (day 35): Tarragona	Tortosa Tarragona
July 23 (day 36): Palma de Majorca	Palma de Majorca
July 24 (day 37): Barcelona July 25 (day 38): Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	Barcelona Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc