Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:AthleticsAt1996SummerOlympics 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.

Medal winners

Men

100 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 9.84
(WR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 9.89 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 9.90
200 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 19.32
(WR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 19.68 (AR) Template:FlagIOCmedalist 19.80
400 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 43.49
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 44.41 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 44.53
800 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:42.58
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:42.74 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:42.79
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:35.78 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:36.40 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:36.72
5000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:07.96 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:08.16 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:08.37
10,000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 27:07.34
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 27:08.17 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 27:24.67
110 metres hurdles
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 12.95
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13.09 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13.17
400 metres hurdles
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 47.54 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 47.78 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 47.96
3000 metres steeplechase
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8:07.12 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8:08.33 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8:11.28
4 × 100 metres relay
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCteam
Robert Esmie
Glenroy Gilbert
Bruny Surin
Donovan Bailey
Carlton Chambers*		 37.69 Template:FlagIOCteam
Jon Drummond
Tim Harden
Michael Marsh
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery*		 38.05 Template:FlagIOCteam
Arnaldo da Silva
Robson da Silva
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva		 38.41
4 × 400 metres relay
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCteam
LaMont Smith
Alvin Harrison
Derek Mills
Anthuan Maybank
Jason Rouser*		 2:55.99 Template:FlagIOCteam
Iwan Thomas
Jamie Baulch
Mark Richardson
Roger Black
Mark Hylton*
Du'aine Ladejo*		 2:56.60 Template:FlagIOCteam
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Roxbert Martin
Davian Clarke
Dennis Blake*
Garth Robinson*		 2:59.42
Marathon
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:12:36 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:12:39 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:12:44
20 kilometres walk
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:20:07 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:20:16 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:20:23
50 kilometres walk
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:43:30 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:43:36 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:44:19
High jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.39 m
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.37 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.35 m
Pole vault
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 5.92 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 5.92 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 5.92 m
Long jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8.50 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8.29 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8.24 m
Triple jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 18.09 m
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 17.88 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 17.44 m
Shot put
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 21.62 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 20.79 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 20.75 m
Discus throw
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 69.40 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 66.60 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 65.80 m
Hammer throw
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 81.24 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 81.12 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 80.02 m
Javelin throw
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 88.16 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 87.44 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 86.98 m
Decathlon
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8824 pts Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8706 pts Template:FlagIOCmedalist 8664 pts

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

100 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 10.94 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 10.94 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 10.96
200 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 22.12 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 22.24 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 22.38
400 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 48.25
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 48.63 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 49.10
800 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:57.73 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:58.11 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:58.71
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:00.83 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:01.54 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:03.02
(NR)
5000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 14:59.88
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 15:03.49 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 15:07.52
10,000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 31:01.63
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 31:02.59 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 31:06.65
100 metres hurdles
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 12.58 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 12.59 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 12.65
400 metres hurdles
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 52.82
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 53.08 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 53.22
4 × 100 metres relay
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCteam
Chryste Gaines
Gail Devers
Inger Miller
Gwen Torrence
Carlette Guidry*		 41.95 Template:FlagIOCteam
Eldece Clarke
Chandra Sturrup
Savatheda Fynes
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson*		 42.14 Template:FlagIOCteam
Michelle Freeman
Juliet Cuthbert
Nikole Mitchell
Merlene Ottey
Gillian Russell*
Andria Lloyd*		 42.24
4 × 400 metres relay
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCteam
Rochelle Stevens
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Kim Graham
Jearl Miles
Linetta Wilson*		 3:20.91 Template:FlagIOCteam
Olabisi Afolabi
Fatima Yusuf
Charity Opara
Falilat Ogunkoya		 3:21.04 Template:FlagIOCteam
Uta Rohländer
Linda Kisabaka
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer		 3:21.14
Marathon
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:26:05 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:28:05 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:28:39
10 kilometres walk
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 41:49
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 42:12 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 42:19
High jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.05 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.03 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2.01 m
Long jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7.12 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7.02 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7.00 m
Triple jump
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 15.33 m
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 14.98 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 14.98 m
Shot put
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 20.56 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 19.88 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 19.35 m
Discus throw
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 69.66 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 66.48 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 65.64 m
Javelin throw
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 67.94 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 65.54 m Template:FlagIOCmedalist 64.98 m
Heptathlon
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6780 pts Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6563 pts Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6489 pts

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

Men

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
100 m 27 July Final Donovan Bailey Template:FlagIOC 9.84 Template:WR
200 m 29 July Michael Johnson Template:FlagIOC 19.32
400 m 27 July 43.49 OR
800 m 30 July Vebjørn Rodal Template:FlagIOC 1:42.58
10,000 m 26 July Haile Gebrselassie Template:FlagIOC 27:07.34
110 m hurdles 28 July Allen Johnson Template:FlagIOC 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

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

Medal table

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Participating nations

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

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References

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