During the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremonies, Costas ' remarks on China's teams ' possible drug use caused an uproar among the American Chinese and international communities.

* 1704 1 August ( NS ): ( 21 July ( OS )) – During the War of the Spanish Succession, and when returning from a failed expedition to Barcelona, an Anglo-Dutch fleet, under the command of Sir George Rooke, chief commander of the Alliance Navy, began a new siege ( the eleventh siege of the town ).

During the 1950s, however, these rules were circumvented by Real Madrid and Barcelona, who naturalized Alfredo di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskás, and Ladislav Kubala.

During the same month, the Faculty of Medicine was created at the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona.

During the extra time to determine the winner, Zarraonandía had an opportunity to score against rival goalkeeper Miró, but he missed the shot ; consequently, FC Barcelona won the match and Cup.

During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Mataró was the starting point for the marathon events.

During this time, he carried his music through all the Spanish territory in the cities of Ibiza, Barcelona, Madrid or Valladolid, and the countries of Norway, England and Slovenia and performing together with some of the most influenced DJs of the dance scene at these years, like Above & Beyond, Lemon & Einar K or Inkfish.

During the Middle Ages, a castle was built in Sitges, owned by the bishopric of Barcelona, which later ceded it to count Mir Geribert ( 1041 ).

During that time, several dignitaries and exiles came to Estoril: Miklós Horthy, the regent of Hungary ( lived and died in exile after the Second World War ); the Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona ( father of Juan Carlos I of Spain ) and the King resided in the territory, as did Umberto II of Italy and Carol II of Romania.

During 2011, Sleep were confirmed as an act for the 2012 annual music festival, San Miguel Primavera Sound, taking place in Barcelona over late May and early June.

During the first top flight season, it managed to win both games against Valencia, managing a 5 – 1 home win against Barcelona in the 1964 – 65 campaign, but being relegated nonetheless, after losing in the playoffs against CD Málaga, and spent most of the following two decades in the second and third divisions – Segunda División B would not be created until 1977.

During one point of the league's second round of matches, it was the third team with most points, only behind Barcelona and Real Madrid, only losing once in 12 games, precisely against the latter team.

During the minority of Ramon Berenger II the Count of Barcelona also acted as the regent of Provence ( between 1144 and 1157 ).

During the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Sabadell was one of the cities where the football competition took place.

During the 1960s he discovered Snowflake, a very rare albino gorilla that used to live in the zoo of Barcelona.

During the next two years, he played several more European events, where his best result was second place behind Miguel Najdorf at Barcelona 1946.

During his club career he has represented Reipas, HJK, MyPa and Lahti in Finland, as well as Ajax, FC Barcelona, Liverpool, Hansa Rostock, Malmö FF and Fulham abroad.

During the summer, many people from Barcelona and the countryside visit it.

During the General Strike of 1917, García Oliver arrived in Barcelona and got involved in trade union activities.

During the 2006 – 07 UEFA Champions League, the stadium was used for the games of Levski Sofia with Barcelona, Chelsea, and Werder Bremen.

During the 1980s, Žalgiris was competing in the top competitions with top clubs in Europe, such as FC Barcelona Bàsquet, Real Madrid and Cibona Zagreb.

During the Disputation of Paris, 1240, and Disputation of Barcelona 1263, references to Jesus in the Talmud became a pretext for Christian persecution and Jehiel ben Joseph in Paris, Nahmanides in Barcelona, defended the Jewish community from Christian inquisitors by denying that the " Yeshu " passages had anything to do with Christianity.

During this period, Real Madrid twice lost the league title to arch-rivals FC Barcelona on the final day of the season, in matches against Tenerife, who were managed by Jorge Valdano and, when Valdano was appointed manager of Real Madrid in the summer of 1994, the player also made the move, for a fee of $ 5 million dollars.

During the memorial service, the Olympic Flag was flown at half-mast, along with the flags of most of the other competing nations at the request of Willy Brandt.

During the 1984 Olympic Games, some track events were held at Occidental ’ s Patterson Field.

During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Nurmi remained politically passive and concentrated on his work and his Olympic ambitions.

During Olympic years only non-Olympic boats compete at the World Championships.

During the Sydney 2000 Olympics in September and October 2000, the bridge was adorned with the Olympic Rings.

During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the university hosted the Olympic Village, a housing complex for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.

During the Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC, so the Olympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.

During the 1900 Olympic Games, there was no weightlifting event.

During international sport events, such as the World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and the Summer Olympic Games the Wilhelmus is also played.

During the 18th century, several small-scale sports festivals across Europe were named after the Ancient Olympic Games.

During the 1950s, Olympic weightlifting declined in the United States, while strength sports gained many new followers.

During the late 1950s, Hoffman ’ s York Barbell Company, his influence in Olympic lifting and his predominately Olympic-lifting based magazine Health and Strength were beginning to come under ever-increasing pressure from Joe Weider ’ s organization.

During his reign as the 100 metre Olympic champion, he also appeared on postage stamps and was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's highest honour, Trinity Cross, in 1978.

During the Olympic Games, which honored Zeus, additional fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife, Hera.

During his term, Samaranch made the Olympic Games financially healthy, with big television deals and sponsorships.

During the Olympic Games the area will house three Olympic-size swimming pools, one sychronised swimming pool and one water polo pool.

During the Olympic Torch's trip in the 1996 Atlanta Summer games, sixth grade teacher, Kate Leary, from Fredonia Middle School carried the torch as it went through the town on US Route 20.

During its construction, it was used as an Olympic village for competitors.

During the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, West Valley City was the official venue for men's and women's ice hockey.

During this time Laurie was training for up to 8 hours a day and was on course to become an Olympic standard rower.

* July 6 – During a Pink Floyd concert before a crowd of 80, 000 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Bassist Roger Waters having become increasingly irritated by a fan until he exerts his frustration by spitting on him.