The AULA D’HISTÒRIA (History Classroom) is a platform consisting of universities and cultural centres linked to sport, with the main aim of promoting the history of sport.
Each member of the platform organises an activity, such as, for example, a round table, exhibition or photography competition dedicated to the history of the Olympic movement and of sport in Barcelona and Catalonia. It is open to all students of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, as well as all those interested in the history of sport, according to the rules of each centre.
50th Anniversary of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games
The 1976 Montreal Games were defined by political tension: the dispute between China and Taipei and the boycott by some thirty African countries, which began the era of Olympic boycotts.
They were also marked by a huge deficit of around one billion Canadian dollars, paid off only in 2006, which earned the stadium the nickname “The Big Owe”.
In sporting terms, they saw Nadia Comăneci’s first perfect 10, the rise of East Germany (90 medals, 40 of them gold) and record female participation (20.7%).
Spain sent 113 athletes, only 10 of them women, and won two silver medals and ten Olympic diplomas.
The silvers came in the K4 1,000 m canoeing and the 470 class in sailing (Gorostegui and Millet), and Carme Valero became the first Spanish woman to compete in an Olympic stadium.
History Classroom Archive
- History Classroom 2026 - 1st session: "50th Anniversary of the 1976 Games"
- Aula d‘Història 2024/25 1ª sessio: "25è aniversari dels Jocs Olímpics de Sydney 2000"
- History Classroom 2023/24 1ª session: "París 1924 legacy"
- History Classroom 2022/23- 1ª session: “Barcelona, more than one century of cycling"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 3ª session: “50 years of the 1972 Games"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 2nd session: “Sport in wartime"
- History Classroom 2021/22- 1st session: “Barcelona 1923: Indoor world championships"
- History Classroom 2020/21- 1st session: “100 Years of celebration of the first edition of Jean Bouin"
- History Classroom 2017/18 - 1st session: “1968: An innovative and universal Olympic Gamess."
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 3rd session: "Barcelona'92: un abans i un després per al moviment paraolímpic"
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 2nd session: “Great contributions of Barcelona’92: innovation, values and commitment”
- History Classroom 2016/17 - 1st session: “Catalan Olympic Referees and Judges”
- History Classroom 2015/16 - 2nd session: “Streets, squares, parks and gardens”
- History Classroom 2015/16 - 1st session: ”Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sport Councilior of Barcelona Between 1955 and 1961”
- History Classroom 2014/15 - 2nd session: “Barcelona 1955: the Mediterranean Games”
- History Classroom 2014/15 - 1st session: “Ludwig Guttmann and sport as a rehabilitation tool: 70 years of paralympic sport.”
- History Classroom 2013/14 - 1st session: “Francisco Franco’s Olympic Games. An analysis of the unsuccessful candidature for Barcelona ’72”
- History Classroom 2012/13 - 2nd session: “L’Olimpisme de Pierre de Coubertin” – Norbert Müller.”
- History Classroom 2012/13 - 1st session: “L’Aula d’Història”
