[1] A total of 41 track and field events were contested (22 by men and 19 by women) and 14 new championship records were set.

[4] The combination of high participation and performances made the 1992 edition one of the most successful in Ibero-American Championships history.

[2] The marathon races were not included in the programme in 1992 (a permanent change) and were instead held separately in Barcelona that year, with Spaniards Rodrigo Gavela and Ana Isabel Alonso taking the honours.

Robson da Silva won the men's 200 metres for a record fourth time consecutively.

*   Host nation (Spain)For the first time in the history of the competition, all twenty-two members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo were present at the championships.