Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Roller hockey was one of three demonstration sports included in the official Olympic programme of the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Barcelona. This sport's widespread popularity and the existence of top-level competitive teams in Catalonia (such as FC Barcelona and Reus Deportiu Hockey) prompted the Organizing Committee to suggest its inclusion in the Olympic programme.

Roller hockey
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
DatesJuly 26 to August 7
Teams12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina (ARG)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain (ESP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy (ITA)

The sport was held from July 26 to August 7, 1992, and it consisted of a single event for men and was contested in four venues in Catalonia: Vic, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Reus and Barcelona. A total of 12 nations entered a team, for a total of 120 players. The biggest contenders, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Argentina all finished in the first four places, with the Portuguese team (world champions from the 1991 Rink Hockey World Championship) failing to reach the podium, losing the third medal march to Italy, and Argentina winning the final match against the Spanish hosts. As a demonstration sports, the medals did not count to the final medal table.

In a preliminary round, the teams were divided into two groups according to the results of the 1991 Rink Hockey World Championship, held in Portugal. Group A games were played at the Pavelló del Club Patí Vic, in Vic, while Group B games were played at the Pavelló de l'Ateneu de Sant Sadurní, in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. The best three teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, which were played as a six-team group stage, at the Pavelló d'Esports, in Reus. In the end, the top two teams played each other in the final and the third and fourth placed teams played each other in a bronze medal match, at the Palau Blaugrana.

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Argentina (ARG)
    Spain (ESP)
    Italy (ITA)
4   Portugal (POR)
5   Brazil (BRA)
6   Netherlands (NED)
7   United States (USA)
8   Germany (GER)
9   Angola (ANG)
10   Switzerland (SUI)
11   Australia (AUS)
12   Japan (JPN)

Squads

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Competition

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.   Italy (ITA) 9 5 4 1 0 54 8
2.   Portugal (POR) 8 5 4 0 1 59 8
3.   Argentina (ARG) 6 5 2 2 1 22 9
4.   United States (USA) 5 5 2 1 2 24 27
5.   Switzerland (SUI) 2 5 1 0 4 12 28
6.   Japan (JPN) 0 5 0 0 5 4 95

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.   Spain (ESP) 10 5 5 0 0 45 4
2.   Brazil (BRA) 8 5 4 0 1 27 12
3.   Netherlands (NED) 5 5 2 1 2 22 24
4.   Germany (GER) 4 5 2 0 3 13 17
5.   Angola (ANG) 3 5 1 1 3 7 23
6.   Australia (AUS) 0 5 0 0 5 7 42

Semi-finals

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1.   Spain (ESP) 9 5 4 1 0 19 8
2.   Argentina (ARG) 8 5 4 0 1 18 9
3.   Portugal (POR) 6 5 3 0 2 22 12
4.   Italy (ITA) 4 5 2 0 3 21 19
5.   Brazil (BRA) 3 5 1 1 3 12 20
6.   Netherlands (NED) 0 5 0 0 5 5 29
  • Key: Pts – points; Pld – matches played; W – win; D – draw; L – lost; GF – goals for; GA – goals against

Finals

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Bronze medal match

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7 August 1992
  Portugal (POR) 2–3 (2–1)[1]   Italy (ITA) Palau Blaugrana
Barcelona
Luís Ferreira
Victor Hugo Silva
Francesco Amato
Massimo Mariotti
Roberto Crudeli
Umpires:
Miguel Angel Marti Corcuera (ESP) & Alfonso Mestres Torrens (ESP)

Gold medal match

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7 August 1992
  Spain (ESP) 6–8 (5–5)   Argentina (ARG) Palau Blaugrana
Barcelona
A. Avecilla Porto (2)
A. Rovira Lecha (2)
Joan Ayats Presas
Joan Carles Colas
J. Paes Picon (3)
D. Allende Martinez (2)
P. Cairo Valdivia (2)
R. Roldan Gomez
Umpires:
Luís Alfredo Dias Rei (POR) & João António Pereira Faria (POR)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Half-time scores are shown in brackets.

References

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  • Ed. Romà Cuyàs, ed. (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona, 1992 - Volume IV: The Games (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92, S.A. (Barcelona'92 Olympic Organising Committee). pp. 294–297. ISBN 84-7868-106-X. OCLC 60284428. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  • Ed. Romà Cuyàs, ed. (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona, 1992 - Volume V: The Results (PDF) (in Spanish, Catalan, French, and English). Barcelona: Barcelona'92 Olympic Organizing Committee. ISBN 84-7868-283-X. OCLC 29247440. Retrieved 2006-11-16.