[XINHUA NEWS AGENCY]. 新华通讯社.

奥运快报(合订本). [Ao yun kuai bao he ding ben].
Olympic Express (Combined Edition).

北京. [Beijing]. 奥运快报社.[Ao yun kuai bao she]. 1992. Stock ID #163625

Combined edition of Chinese language newspaper reporting 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games (25 July to 9 August 1992) organised by Xinhua News Agency and published by Olympic Express Agency. It covers the period from July 4th to August 12th 1992 issued daily. This collection has a total of 39 issues bound together but lacks the first issue (July 4th) and the upper wrapper, paper spine is damaged with loss, pictorial lower wrapper present. Each issue runs for 8 pages printed on double sided. Binding very poor but the issues themselves are in good condition. Text in Chinese. 38 x 26.1cm. Working copy only.

The 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona were the third Olympic Games the People's Republic of China participated in after a long absence (1956 - 1980).

China won 16 gold, 22 silver and 22 bronze medals in total, and ranked 4th at that game. Many historical records were achieved for the Chinese team, including a big breakthrough for the swimming team, winning a combined 4 golds and 5 silvers. World famous table-tennis player Deng Yaping went home with both single and double gold medals and was honourably presented the medals by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.

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