Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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Dates | July 26 August 3 |
No. of events | 44 |
Competitors | 2053 from 191 nations |
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.
Medal winners[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Donovan Bailey Canada |
9.84 (WR) |
Frankie Fredericks Namibia |
9.89 | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago |
9.90 |
200 metres |
Michael Johnson United States |
19.32 (WR) |
Frankie Fredericks Namibia |
19.68 (AR) | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago |
19.80 |
400 metres |
Michael Johnson United States |
43.49 (OR) |
Roger Black Great Britain |
44.41 | Davis Kamoga Uganda |
44.53 |
800 metres |
Vebjørn Rodal Norway |
1:42.58 (OR) |
Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa |
1:42.74 | Fred Onyancha Kenya |
1:42.79 |
1500 metres |
Noureddine Morceli Algeria |
3:35.78 | Fermín Cacho Spain |
3:36.40 | Stephen Kipkorir Kenya |
3:36.72 |
5000 metres |
Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi |
13:07.96 | Paul Bitok Kenya |
13:08.16 | Khalid Boulami Morocco |
13:08.37 |
10,000 metres |
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia |
27:07.34 (OR) |
Paul Tergat Kenya |
27:08.17 | Salah Hissou Morocco |
27:24.67 |
110 metres hurdles |
Allen Johnson United States |
12.95 (OR) |
Mark Crear United States |
13.09 | Florian Schwarthoff Germany |
13.17 |
400 metres hurdles |
Derrick Adkins United States |
47.54 | Samuel Matete Zambia |
47.78 | Calvin Davis United States |
47.96 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Joseph Keter Kenya |
8:07.12 | Moses Kiptanui Kenya |
8:08.33 | Alessandro Lambruschini Italy |
8:11.28 |
4×100 metres relay |
Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers* |
37.69 | United States (USA) Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery* |
38.05 | Brazil (BRA) Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva |
38.41 |
4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) LaMont Smith Alvin Harrison Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Jason Rouser* |
2:55.99 | Great Britain (GBR) Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black Mark Hylton* Du'aine Ladejo* |
2:56.60 | Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake* Garth Robinson* |
2:59.42 |
Marathon |
Josia Thugwane South Africa |
2:12:36 | Lee Bong-Ju South Korea |
2:12:39 | Erick Wainaina Kenya |
2:12:44 |
20 kilometres walk |
Jefferson Pérez Ecuador |
1:20:07 | Ilya Markov Russia |
1:20:16 | Bernardo Segura Mexico |
1:20:23 |
50 kilometres walk |
Robert Korzeniowski Poland |
3:43:30 | Mikhail Shchennikov Russia |
3:43:36 | Valentí Massana Spain |
3:44:19 |
High jump |
Charles Austin United States |
2.39 m (OR) |
Artur Partyka Poland |
2.37 m | Steve Smith Great Britain |
2.35 m |
Pole vault |
Jean Galfione France |
5.92 m | Igor Trandenkov Russia |
5.92 m | Andrei Tivontchik Germany |
5.92 m |
Long jump |
Carl Lewis United States |
8.50 m | James Beckford Jamaica |
8.29 m | Joe Greene United States |
8.24 m |
Triple jump |
Kenny Harrison United States |
18.09 m (OR) |
Jonathan Edwards Great Britain |
17.88 m | Yoelbi Quesada Cuba |
17.44 m |
Shot put |
Randy Barnes United States |
21.62 m | John Godina United States |
20.79 m | Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine |
20.75 m |
Discus throw |
Lars Riedel Germany |
69.40 m | Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus |
66.60 m | Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus |
65.80 m |
Hammer throw |
Balázs Kiss Hungary |
81.24 m | Lance Deal United States |
81.12 m | Oleksandr Krykun Ukraine |
80.02 m |
Javelin throw |
Jan Železný Czech Republic |
88.16 m | Steve Backley Great Britain |
87.44 m | Seppo Räty Finland |
86.98 m |
Decathlon |
Dan O'Brien United States |
8824 pts | Frank Busemann Germany |
8706 pts | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic |
8664 pts |
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Gail Devers United States |
10.94 | Merlene Ottey Jamaica |
10.94 | Gwen Torrence United States |
10.96 |
200 metres |
Marie-José Pérec France |
22.12 | Merlene Ottey Jamaica |
22.24 | Mary Onyali Nigeria |
22.38 |
400 metres |
Marie-José Pérec France |
48.25 (OR) |
Cathy Freeman Australia |
48.63 | Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria |
49.10 |
800 metres |
Svetlana Masterkova Russia |
1:57.73 | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba |
1:58.11 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique |
1:58.71 |
1500 metres |
Svetlana Masterkova Russia |
4:00.83 | Gabriela Szabo Romania |
4:01.54 | Theresia Kiesl Austria |
4:03.02 (NR) |
5000 metres |
Wang Junxia China |
14:59.88 (OR) |
Pauline Konga Kenya |
15:03.49 | Roberta Brunet Italy |
15:07.52 |
10,000 metres |
Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal |
31:01.63 (OR) |
Wang Junxia China |
31:02.59 | Gete Wami Ethiopia |
31:06.65 |
100 metres hurdles |
Ludmila Engquist Sweden |
12.58 | Brigita Bukovec Slovenia |
12.59 | Patricia Girard France |
12.65 |
400 metres hurdles |
Deon Hemmings Jamaica |
52.82 (OR) |
Kim Batten United States |
53.08 | Tonja Buford-Bailey United States |
53.22 |
4×100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Chryste Gaines Gail Devers Inger Miller Gwen Torrence Carlette Guidry* |
41.95 | Bahamas (BAH) Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson* |
42.14 | Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell* Andria Lloyd* |
42.24 |
4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone-Wallace Kim Graham Jearl Miles Linetta Wilson* |
3:20.91 | Nigeria (NGR) Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya |
3:21.04 | Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer |
3:21.14 |
Marathon |
Fatuma Roba Ethiopia |
2:26:05 | Valentina Yegorova Russia |
2:28:05 | Yuko Arimori Japan |
2:28:39 |
10 kilometres walk |
Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
41:49 (OR) |
Elisabetta Perrone Italy |
42:12 | Wang Yan China |
42:19 |
High jump |
Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria |
2.05 m | Niki Bakoyianni Greece |
2.03 m | Inha Babakova Ukraine |
2.01 m |
Long jump |
Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria |
7.12 m | Fiona May Italy |
7.02 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States |
7.00 m |
Triple jump |
Inessa Kravets Ukraine |
15.33 m (OR) |
Inna Lasovskaya Russia |
14.98 m | Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic |
14.98 m |
Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss Germany |
20.56 m | Sui Xinmei China |
19.88 m | Irina Khudoroshkina Russia |
19.35 m |
Discus throw |
Ilke Wyludda Germany |
69.66 m | Natalya Sadova Russia |
66.48 m | Ellina Zvereva Belarus |
65.64 m |
Javelin throw |
Heli Rantanen Finland |
67.94 m | Louise McPaul Australia |
65.54 m | Trine Hattestad Norway |
64.98 m |
Heptathlon |
Ghada Shouaa Syria |
6780 pts | Natallia Sazanovich Belarus |
6563 pts | Denise Lewis Great Britain |
6489 pts |
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Burundi (BDI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
26 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
28 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
30 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
32 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
38 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
40 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (45 nations) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |
Participating nations[]
A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- Afghanistan (2 athletes)
- Albania (2)
- Algeria (8)
- American Samoa (2)
- Andorra (1)
- Angola (2)
- Antigua and Barbuda (8)
- Argentina (8)
- Armenia (2)
- Aruba (1)
- Australia (60)
- Austria (11)
- Azerbaijan (4)
- Bahamas (20)
- Bahrain (1)
- Bangladesh (2)
- Barbados (4)
- Belarus (34)
- Belgium (12)
- Belize (4)
- Benin (5)
- Bermuda (3)
- Bolivia (3)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
- Botswana (6)
- Brazil (40)
- British Virgin Islands (6)
- Bulgaria (17)
- Burkina Faso (4)
- Burundi (7)
- Cambodia (2)
- Cameroon (8)
- Canada (39)
- Cape Verde (3)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- Central African Republic (5)
- Chad (4)
- Chile (4)
- China (31)
- Chinese Taipei (7)
- Colombia (13)
- Comoros (4)
- Republic of the Congo (2)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Costa Rica (2)
- Ivory Coast (5)
- Croatia (3)
- Cuba (46)
- Cyprus (8)
- Czech Republic (23)
- Denmark (7)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
- Djibouti (3)
- Dominica (5)
- Dominican Republic (3)
- Ecuador (4)
- El Salvador (2)
- Equatorial Guinea (5)
- Estonia (12)
- Ethiopia (16)
- Fiji (7)
- Finland (26)
- France (49)
- Gabon (4)
- The Gambia (9)
- Georgia (2)
- Germany (85)
- Ghana (15)
- Great Britain (77)
- Greece (25)
- Grenada (5)
- Guam (2)
- Guatemala (6)
- Guinea (4)
- Guinea-Bissau (2)
- Guyana (6)
- Haiti (3)
- Honduras (1)
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hungary (22)
- Iceland (3)
- India (6)
- Indonesia (1)
- Iran (1)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (24)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (50)
- Jamaica (38)
- Japan (32)
- Jordan (2)
- Kazakhstan (18)
- Kenya (43)
- Kuwait (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (6)
- Laos (5)
- Latvia (16)
- Lesotho (9)
- Liberia (5)
- Libya (4)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Lithuania (14)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Madagascar (6)
- Malaysia (3)
- Malawi (2)
- Maldives (5)
- Mali (3)
- Malta (2)
- Mauritania (4)
- Mauritius (12)
- Mexico (15)
- Moldova (7)
- Mongolia (2)
- Morocco (17)
- Mozambique (1)
- Myanmar (2)
- Namibia (3)
- Nepal (2)
- Netherlands (10)
- Netherlands Antilles (1)
- New Zealand (18)
- Nicaragua (2)
- Niger (3)
- Nigeria (32)
- North Korea (4)
- Norway (13)
- Oman (1)
- Pakistan (2)
- Palestine (1)
- Panama (1)
- Papua New Guinea (6)
- Paraguay (2)
- Peru (5)
- Philippines (2)
- Poland (23)
- Portugal (30)
- Puerto Rico (5)
- Qatar (9)
- Romania (25)
- Russia (85)
- Rwanda (4)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (10)
- Saint Lucia (5)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8)
- Samoa (2)
- San Marino (1)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
- Saudi Arabia (9)
- Senegal (7)
- FR Yugoslavia (8)
- Seychelles (2)
- Sierra Leone (12)
- Singapore (2)
- Slovakia (14)
- Slovenia (10)
- Solomon Islands (3)
- Somalia (4)
- South Africa (22)
- South Korea (17)
- Spain (56)
- Sri Lanka (6)
- Sudan (3)
- Suriname (2)
- Swaziland (4)
- Sweden (17)
- Switzerland (23)
- Syria (1)
- Tanzania (5)
- Tajikistan (1)
- Thailand (8)
- Togo (5)
- Tonga (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (6)
- Tunisia (6)
- Turkey (3)
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Uganda (4)
- Ukraine (43)
- United Arab Emirates (1)
- United States (121)
- Uruguay (2)
- Uzbekistan (12)
- Vanuatu (4)
- Venezuela (4)
- Vietnam (2)
- Virgin Islands (7)
- Yemen (3)
- Zambia (4)
- Zimbabwe (6)
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External links[]
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