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Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Atlanta that took place July 19-August 4, 1996. The Atlanta Games were the 23rd occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Selected over Athens to host the Centennial Summer Games, Atlanta staged one of the most extravagant Games in Olympic history.
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Commemoration of Atlanta's Selection as 1996 Olympic Host City. Atlanta: WXIA-TV, circa September 1990. Georgia Amateur Athletic Foundation Collection. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and several Atlanta-area media outlets created videos to document and celebrate the city's winning bid. These videos feature footage from the.
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See table Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
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The opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the evening on Friday, July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, United States.
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The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) [2] [3] [4] were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Competitors. 2053 from 191 nations. ← Barcelona 1992. Sydney 2000 →. 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. A total of two world records and 14 Olympic records were set during the competition.
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The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack.
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On July 27, 1996, a single homemade pipe bomb left in a knapsack exploded amid a crowd of spectators in Centennial Olympic Park, near the main sites of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The blast caused by the crude device killed one person and injured 112 others. A photojournalist also died, of a heart attack while running to cover the event.
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📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights of the most dramatic and memorable moments from the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.For the first t.
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TODAY'S TOP STORY-- August 5, 1996. Atlanta Games, a Celebration for 197 Nations, Close Sunday night, Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president, called the Atlanta Olympics "most exceptional," invoked the memory of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the Munich Olympics in 1972 and asked for a moment of silence for those injured and the one person killed in the bombing of.
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Atlanta 1996 Team Gold Silver Bronze Total Algeria 2 - 1 3 Argentina - 2 1 3 Armenia 1 1 - 2 Australia 9 9 23 41 Austria - 1 2 3 Azerbaijan - 1 - 1 Bahamas
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📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe The official Olympic film of the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games in it's entirety is now here on the official.
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Brick-and-mortar remnants of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996 can be seen dotted around the city. While 17 Games-time sporting venues existed prior to the Games, nine were newly built for the purpose of the Games and two were temporary structures. Eight of the new venues remain in use and are thriving. 2 min read |Published on 03 January 2024
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This is a list of medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA: Aquatics Diving Swimming * Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. Synchronized swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Track * Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals. Road Field Baseball Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing
The Birth of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Akshay Easwaran
Date July 19th, 1996 - August 5th, 1996 Country United States Athletes 10318 Teams 197 Events 271 Results Highlights Originals 03:26:28 Exclusive Atlanta 1996 Official Film | Atlanta's Olympic Glory Official Films Highlights 03:09 Best of Atlanta 1996 Athletics Originals 26:00 Exclusive United States' Michael Johnson (extended) Legends Live On
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Today, the city of Atlanta is almost unrecognisable from the one that was announced as the host of the 1996 Olympic Games in 1990, underlining the opportunities that the Games creates to transform a city for the better.