SUMMER GAMES SPOTLIGHT : BARCELONA ’92 OLYMPICS / DAY 16 : TIME FOR ATLANTA TO CRANK UP P.R.

The question was simple. Where are the next Olympics?

And it seemed fair to be asking it of people in Catalonia, as the Olympics have been such a focus of attention here. So it was done, and this was the result:

Heladio Garcia Enriquez of Barcelona, 40, a doorman: “I believe they are going to be in Montreal. Isn’t that in the United States? I think it is either Atlanta or Montreal.”

Francisco Zuniga, 17, of Barcelona, a sales person: “I do not know.”

Rosa Vaga, 40, of Barcelona, a boutique owner: “The next Olympics? I do not know.”

Jose Luis Cerda, 20, of Barcelona, a student: “I do not know.” When told Atlanta: “Where is that? Is that above California? Is it close to the ocean?”

Jose Antonio Caedo of Galicia, 16, a waiter, who answered proudly: “The next Olympics are in Atlanta, USA.”

This a daily roundup of Olympic-related items from reporters in Barcelona from the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and Baltimore Sun, all Times-Mirror newspapers.