Skriv en fortsættelse til dette afsnit - Barcelona har en lang sportslig tradition og var vært for de meget succesfulde OL i 1992 samt flere kampe under FIFA World Cup 1982 (på de to stadioner). Det har også været vært for blandt andet finalen i European Champions League (1989, 1999), European Cup Winners' Cup (1972, 1982), UEFA Cup (1988), European Super Cup (1979, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1997), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964), Eurobasket (1973, 1997), Euroleague (1969, 1998, 2003, 2011), World Bowl (1997), CERS Cup (2011), 2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship og 1951, 1954, 1957, 1979 European Roller Hockey Championship, 1955 Middelhavsspil, 1958 European Judo Championships, 1964 UEFA Euro (European Cup).
, 1970 Europæisk Vandpolo-mesterskab, 1970 Europæisk Vandsport-mesterskab, 1971 Mænds Hockey-VM, 1973 UCI Vej-VM, 1976 Europæisk Taekwondo-VM, 1980 Europæisk Karate-VM, 1984 UCI Track Cycling-VM, 1984 UCI Vej-VM, 1985 World Fencing Championships, 1987 World Taekwondo Championships, 1987 Europæisk Wushu Championships, 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, 1989 IAAF World Cup, 1991 World Judo Championships, 1991 FINA Mænds Vandpolo-VM, 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship, 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship (flere kampe), 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2002 Interuniversity World Games, 2003 World Aquatics Championships, 2006 Mænds Hockey-VM, 2007 Europæisk Baseball Cup, 2007 UEFA Meridian FCA World Championships, 2010 Europæisk Athletics, 2013 FISCA World Handball Championships, 2011 og nogle andre. 2013 World Aquatics Championships skal afholdes i 2013, 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup skal afholdes i 2014.