Basque pelota at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the fourth and last time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a demonstration sport in 1924 and 1968.

The Basque Pelota events were held from 25 July to 5 August in the Olympic area of Vall d'Hebron, where a 54m long court, a 36m long court, and a trinquet were built and a 30m long court was refurbished. In each modality, the participants were the four best classified countries at the World Championships held in Cuba in 1990. However, the United States renounced to participate and had to be replaced by the team that had finished in fifth place when necessary.[1]

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Basket-pelota (54m)	Konpa, Atain, Celaya, Oianguren Spain	Bordes, Etcheberry, Etchalus, Abadoberry France	Valdes Brothers, Ugartechea Mexico
Frontenis, Men’s (30m)	Salazar Brothers Mexico	Gonzalez, Anduiza Cuba	Velasco, Fite, Font, Roig Spain
Frontenis, Women’s (30m)	Flores, Muñoz Mexico	Navarrete, Palacios, Ortiz, Martinez Spain	Sabalza, Rollet, Claverie, Celan France
Hand-pelota doubles (Trinquet)	Saldaña Brothers, Santamaria, Zea Mexico	Goñi, Larrañaga, Choperena, Ruiz Spain	Muscarditz, Cotabarren, Sallaberry, Falxa France
Paleta-leather (Trinquet)	Elortondo, Abadia, Bizzozero Argentina	Mendiluce, Altadill, Ubanell, Egaña Spain	Arenas, Cambos, Cazemayor, Petrissans France
Paleta-rubber (Trinquet)	Ross Brothers, Romano, Miró Argentina	Lissar, Lasalle, Amadoz France	Irizar, Pagoaga, Sagarzazu, Eguinoa Spain
Hand-pelota singles (36m)	Beloki, Baceta Spain	Hirigoyen, Muguida France	Quesada, López Carrillo Cuba
Hand-pelota doubles (36m)	Lujambio, Balerdi, Balanza, Fernández Spain	Juzan, Mutuberria, Bergara, Espil France	Vera, Olivos, Izquierdo Mexico
Paleta-leather (36m)	Insausti, Juan Pablo, Tejada, Huros Spain	Iniestra, Musi, Aguirre, Mercadillo Mexico	Filippo, Huete, Canut, Elortondo Argentina
Short bat (36m)	Daniel, Gárrido, Hernández, Araujo Spain	Iniestra, Musi, Medina Mexico	González R., González V. Cuba

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain (ESP)	5	3	2	10
2	Mexico (MEX)	3	2	2	7
3	Argentina (ARG)	2	0	1	3
4	France (FRA)	0	4	3	7
5	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	2	3
Totals (5 nations)		10	10	10	30

Note: Since Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

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References

"La Pelota Vasca en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF) (in Spanish). The International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.

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[1] "La Pelota Vasca en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF) (in Spanish). The International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.