Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Athletics
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
DatesJuly 26 August 3, 1996
No. of events44
Competitors2053 from 191 nations

A total of two world records and 14 Olympic records were set during the competition.

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Donovan Bailey
  Canada
9.84
(WR)
Frankie Fredericks
  Namibia
9.89 Ato Boldon
  Trinidad and Tobago
9.90
200 metres
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Michael Johnson
  United States
19.32
(WR)
Frankie Fredericks
  Namibia
19.68 (AR) Ato Boldon
  Trinidad and Tobago
19.80
400 metres
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Michael Johnson
  United States
43.49
(OR)
Roger Black
  Great Britain
44.41 Davis Kamoga
  Uganda
44.53
800 metres
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Vebjørn Rodal
  Norway
1:42.58
(OR)
Hezekiél Sepeng
  South Africa
1:42.74 Fred Onyancha
  Kenya
1:42.79
1500 metres
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Noureddine Morceli
  Algeria
3:35.78 Fermín Cacho
  Spain
3:36.40 Stephen Kipkorir
  Kenya
3:36.72
5000 metres
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Vénuste Niyongabo
  Burundi
13:07.96 Paul Bitok
  Kenya
13:08.16 Khalid Boulami
  Morocco
13:08.37
10,000 metres
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Haile Gebrselassie
  Ethiopia
27:07.34
(OR)
Paul Tergat
  Kenya
27:08.17 Salah Hissou
  Morocco
27:24.67
110 metres hurdles
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Allen Johnson
  United States
12.95
(OR)
Mark Crear
  United States
13.09 Florian Schwarthoff
  Germany
13.17
400 metres hurdles
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Derrick Adkins
  United States
47.54 Samuel Matete
  Zambia
47.78 Calvin Davis
  United States
47.96
3000 metres steeplechase
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Joseph Keter
  Kenya
8:07.12 Moses Kiptanui
  Kenya
8:08.33 Alessandro Lambruschini
  Italy
8:11.28
4 × 100 metres relay
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  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
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  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
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Josia Thugwane
  South Africa
2:12:36 Lee Bong-Ju
  South Korea
2:12:39 Erick Wainaina
  Kenya
2:12:44
20 kilometres walk
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Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador
1:20:07 Ilya Markov
  Russia
1:20:16 Bernardo Segura
  Mexico
1:20:23
50 kilometres walk
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Robert Korzeniowski
  Poland
3:43:30 Mikhail Shchennikov
  Russia
3:43:36 Valentí Massana
  Spain
3:44:19
High jump
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Charles Austin
  United States
2.39 m
(OR)
Artur Partyka
  Poland
2.37 m Steve Smith
  Great Britain
2.35 m
Pole vault
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Jean Galfione
  France
5.92 m Igor Trandenkov
  Russia
5.92 m Andrei Tivontchik
  Germany
5.92 m
Long jump
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Carl Lewis
  United States
8.50 m James Beckford
  Jamaica
8.29 m Joe Greene
  United States
8.24 m
Triple jump
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Kenny Harrison
  United States
18.09 m
(OR)
Jonathan Edwards
  Great Britain
17.88 m Yoelbi Quesada
  Cuba
17.44 m
Shot put
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Randy Barnes
  United States
21.62 m John Godina
  United States
20.79 m Oleksandr Bagach
  Ukraine
20.75 m
Discus throw
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Lars Riedel
  Germany
69.40 m Vladimir Dubrovshchik
  Belarus
66.60 m Vasiliy Kaptyukh
  Belarus
65.80 m
Hammer throw
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Balázs Kiss
  Hungary
81.24 m Lance Deal
  United States
81.12 m Oleksandr Krykun
  Ukraine
80.02 m
Javelin throw
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Jan Železný
  Czech Republic
88.16 m Steve Backley
  Great Britain
87.44 m Seppo Räty
  Finland
86.98 m
Decathlon
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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

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Gail Devers
  United States
10.94 Merlene Ottey
  Jamaica
10.94 Gwen Torrence
  United States
10.96
200 metres
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Marie-José Pérec
  France
22.12 Merlene Ottey
  Jamaica
22.24 Mary Onyali
  Nigeria
22.38
400 metres
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Marie-José Pérec
  France
48.25
(OR)
Cathy Freeman
  Australia
48.63 Falilat Ogunkoya
  Nigeria
49.10
800 metres
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Svetlana Masterkova
  Russia
1:57.73 Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
1:58.11 Maria de Lurdes Mutola
  Mozambique
1:58.71
1500 metres
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Svetlana Masterkova
  Russia
4:00.83 Gabriela Szabo
  Romania
4:01.54 Theresia Kiesl
  Austria
4:03.02
(NR)
5000 metres
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Wang Junxia
  China
14:59.88
(OR)
Pauline Konga
  Kenya
15:03.49 Roberta Brunet
  Italy
15:07.52
10,000 metres
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Fernanda Ribeiro
  Portugal
31:01.63
(OR)
Wang Junxia
  China
31:02.59 Gete Wami
  Ethiopia
31:06.65
100 metres hurdles
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Ludmila Engquist
  Sweden
12.58 Brigita Bukovec
  Slovenia
12.59 Patricia Girard
  France
12.65
400 metres hurdles
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Deon Hemmings
  Jamaica
52.82
(OR)
Kim Batten
  United States
53.08 Tonja Buford-Bailey
  United States
53.22
4 × 100 metres relay
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  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
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  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
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Fatuma Roba
  Ethiopia
2:26:05 Valentina Yegorova
  Russia
2:28:05 Yuko Arimori
  Japan
2:28:39
10 kilometres walk
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Yelena Nikolayeva
  Russia
41:49
(OR)
Elisabetta Perrone
  Italy
42:12 Wang Yan
  China
42:19
High jump
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Stefka Kostadinova
  Bulgaria
2.05 m Niki Bakoyianni
  Greece
2.03 m Inha Babakova
  Ukraine
2.01 m
Long jump
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Chioma Ajunwa
  Nigeria
7.12 m Fiona May
  Italy
7.02 m Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
7.00 m
Triple jump
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Inessa Kravets
  Ukraine
15.33 m
(OR)
Inna Lasovskaya
  Russia
14.98 m Šárka Kašpárková
  Czech Republic
14.98 m
Shot put
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Astrid Kumbernuss
  Germany
20.56 m Sui Xinmei
  China
19.88 m Irina Khudoroshkina
  Russia
19.35 m
Discus throw
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Ilke Wyludda
  Germany
69.66 m Natalya Sadova
  Russia
66.48 m Ellina Zvereva
  Belarus
65.64 m
Javelin throw
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Heli Rantanen
  Finland
67.94 m Louise McPaul
  Australia
65.54 m Trine Hattestad
  Norway
64.98 m
Heptathlon
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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.

Olympic and world records broken

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Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
100m 27 July Final Donovan Bailey   Canada 9.84 WR
200m 29 July Michael Johnson   United States 19.32
400m 27 July 43.49 OR
800m 30 July Vebjørn Rodal   Norway 1:42.58
10,000m 26 July Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia 27:07.34
110m hurdles 28 July Allen Johnson   United States 12.95
High jump 30 July Charles Austin 2.39
Pole vault 1 August Jean Galfione 5.92
Triple jump 2 August Kenny Harrison 18.09

Women

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Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
400m 28 July Final Marie-José Pérec   France 48.26 OR
5000m 29 July Wang Junxia   China 14:59.88
400m hurdles 2 August Deon Hemmings   Jamaica 52.82
10 km race walk 27 July Yelena Nikolayeva   Russia 41:49
Triple jump 30 July Inessa Kravets   Ukraine 15.33

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)135523
2  Russia (RUS)36110
3  Germany (GER)3137
4  France (FRA)3014
5  Ethiopia (ETH)2013
6  Canada (CAN)2002
7  Kenya (KEN)1438
8  Jamaica (JAM)1326
9  China (CHN)1214
10  Nigeria (NGR)1124
11  Poland (POL)1102
  South Africa (RSA)1102
13  Ukraine (UKR)1034
14  Czech Republic (CZE)1023
15  Finland (FIN)1012
  Norway (NOR)1012
17  Algeria (ALG)1001
  Bulgaria (BUL)1001
  Burundi (BDI)1001
  Ecuador (ECU)1001
  Hungary (HUN)1001
  Portugal (POR)1001
  Sweden (SWE)1001
  Syria (SYR)1001
25  Great Britain (GBR)0426
26  Belarus (BLR)0224
  Italy (ITA)0224
28  Australia (AUS)0202
  Namibia (NAM)0202
30  Cuba (CUB)0112
  Spain (ESP)0112
32  Bahamas (BAH)0101
  Greece (GRE)0101
  Romania (ROU)0101
  Slovenia (SLO)0101
  South Korea (KOR)0101
  Zambia (ZAM)0101
38  Morocco (MAR)0022
  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0022
40  Austria (AUT)0011
  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Japan (JPN)0011
  Mexico (MEX)0011
  Mozambique (MOZ)0011
  Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (45 entries)444444132

Participating nations

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A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

References

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