Rather than utilizing gas, the flaming effect is created with 40 LED lights and misting nozzles This year's Olympic cauldron is grandiose — but not quite flaming. As the French and tourists have ...

Barcelona 92 acted as a turning point for the entire ... Para archer Antonia Rebello, who had been responsible for the spectacular lighting of the cauldron during the Olympic Opening Ceremony, once ...

Marie-Jose Perec, 56, was also born in Guadeloupe and also has three gold medals to her name, winning one at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and two at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The Olympic cauldron for ...

Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo of Spain aims a flaming arrow to light the Olympic Cauldron 1992 Barcelona Olympics. (Photograph by David Madison) (Getty Images) Not only will it be hard for the ...

Paralympic archer Antonio Rebello ignited the Olympic Cauldron by firing a flaming arrow over it. A recording of the games' theme song Barcelona, a duet by Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury ...

Le May Doan was unable to light the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony and participated in the Closing Ceremony. Note: Some components of NBCOlympics.com may not be optimized for users browsing with ...

For Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Barcelona-born president ... The lighting of the Olympic flame, with an archer firing a burning arrow into the cauldron, was an innovative start to 16 days of ...