Barcelona olympics opening ceremony archer. Twenty five years ago the atmosphere for the games was magnificent unforgettable. Barcelona 1992 the archer paralympian antonio rebollos role in the opening ceremony of the 1992 games lasted just a few seconds but those seconds made him the most famous archer behind robin hood. At the opening ceremony greek mezzo soprano agnes baltsa sang romiossini as the olympic flag was paraded around the stadium.
It was a total gamble and it just happened that it worked out very well read miller said of his definitive image above tracking the burning arrow as it flew through the barcelona night sky past the olympic cauldron. The olympic cauldron was ignited using a flaming arrow lit from the flame of the olympic torch. The arrow fired over the seven story high cauldron remains one of the most dramatic lightings in olympic history.
Take a look behind the scenes. The arrow had been lit by the flame of the olympic torch. Antonio rebollo linan born 19 june 1955 in madrid spain is a spanish paralympic archer.
As was this moment of pure magic which concluded the opening ceremony ndash. There were two main musical themes for the 1992 games. The olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow shot by paralympic archer antonio rebollo.
Alfredo kraus later sang the olympic hymn in spanish catalan and french as the flag was hoisted. The games in barcelona transformed the proud catalan city. During the opening ceremony of the 1992 summer olympics in barcelona he lit the olympic cauldron by shooting a flaming arrow over it igniting the gases.