Barcelona

Before the bombing, when the greatest misfortune of these Games looked to be nothing more sinister than their blinkered lack of international character, I found myself in a polyglot gathering of seven postmidnight...

After her two victories in Atlanta, 17-year-old Fu Mingxia of China is on course to become the best ever in her sport

Stirring triumphs by Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis helped put the focus back on the athletes in Atlanta

Mike PowellThe U.S. long jumper, to Olympic teammate Dan O'Brien afterMomentarily forgetting the decathlete 's stunning failure to qualify in 1992: "Did you march in Barcelona, Dan?"