1996 Summer Olympic Games

The 1996 Games were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by Muhammad Ali. On 27 July during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the Atlanta Games are best remembered for their sporting achievements. A record-setting 79 nations won medals and 53 won gold. Carl Lewis became only the third person to win the same individual event four times and the fourth person to earn a ninth gold medal. Naim Suleymanoglu became the first weightlifter to win a third gold medal. Michael Johnson smashed the 200m world record to complete a 200m and 400m double.

1996 Summer Olympic Games Medal Table

Country
United States
Germany
Russia
China
Australia
France
Italy
South Korea
Cuba
Ukraine
Canada
Hungary
Netherlands
Romania
Spain
Poland
Brazil
Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Belarus
Japan
Czech Rep.
Kazakhstan
Greece
Kenya
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Belgium
Denmark
Jamaica
Nigeria
New Zealand
Turkey
North Korea
South Africa
Finland
Indonesia
Ireland
Yugoslav Federation
Algeria
Argentina
Austria
Ethiopia
Iran
Slovak Rep.
Armenia
Croatia
Georgia
Morocco
Malaysia
Moldova
Namibia
Portugal
Slovenia
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Burundi
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Mongolia
Mozambique
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Syria
Tonga
Taiwan
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia

Gold
44
20
26
16
9
15
13
7
9
9
3
7
4
4
5
7
3
3
1
1
3
4
3
4
1
2
2
4
2
4
1
2
3
4
2
3
1
1
3
1
2
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

Silver
32
18
21
22
9
8
9
15
8
2
11
4
5
7
6
5
3
7
8
6
6
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1

Bronze
25
27
15
11
23
15
12
5
8
12
8
10
10
8
6
5
9
5
6
7
5
4
4
0
3
2
3
0
2
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0

Total
101
65
62
49
41
38
34
27
25
23
22
21
19
19
17
17
15
15
15
14
14
11
11
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1