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{{Olympics infobox|1996|Summer
|Name=Games of the XXVI Olympiad
|Logo=1996summerolympicslogo.jpg
|Size=200
|Optional caption=
|Host city=[[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]]
|Nations participating=197
|Athletes participating=10,320<br>(6,797 men, 3,523 women)
|Events=271 in 26 [[sport]]s
|Mascot=[[Izzy]]
|Officially opened by=[[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]]
|Athlete's Oath=[[Teresa Edwards]]
|Judge's Oath=[[Hobie Billingsley]]
|Olympic Torch=[[Muhammad Ali]]
|Stadium=[[Centennial Olympic Stadium]]
|}}
The '''1996 Summer Olympics''', formally known as the '''Games of the XXVI Olympiad''' and informally known as the '''Centennial Olympics''', were an [[international]] multi-[[sport]] event which was celebrated in 1996 in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. Atlanta was selected in [[1990#September|September 1990]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], above [[Athens]], [[Belgrade]], [[Manchester]], [[Melbourne]] and [[Toronto]].
==Selection==
Some felt Athens should have had the right to host the games because it marked the 100th anniversary of the modern [[Olympic games]].<ref>{{cite web
| accessdate=2008-01-21
| publisher=New York Times
| format=html
| date=1990-09-19
| title=Atlanta Selected Over Athens for 1996 Olympics
| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DC133BF93AA2575AC0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2
}}</ref> The [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] instead voted, on [[September 18]], [[1990]], for Atlanta, predicting that Athens' [[infrastructure]] could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games. [[Athens]] would eventually win the right to host the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. The chart's information below comes from [http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html the International Olympic Committee Vote History] web page, regarding the cities that bid against Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games. The vote occurred at the 96th [[IOC Session]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|-
! colspan="7" | 1996 Summer Olympics Bidding Results
|-
| '''City'''
| '''NOC Name'''
| bgcolor=""|'''Round 1'''
| bgcolor="" |'''Round 2'''
| bgcolor="" |'''Round 3'''
| bgcolor="" |'''Round 4'''
| bgcolor="" |'''Round 5'''
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||[[Atlanta, Georgia]]||{{USA}}
||19||20||'''26'''||'''34'''||'''51'''
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||[[Athens]]||{{GRE}}
||'''23'''||'''23'''||'''26'''||30||35
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||[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]||{{CAN}}
||14||17||18||22||-
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||[[Melbourne]]||{{AUS}}
||12||21||16||-||-
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||[[Manchester]]||{{GBR}}
||11||5||-||-||-
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||[[Belgrade]]||{{YUG}}
||7||-||-||-||-
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==Effect on the city==
The games had a profound impact on the city of [[Atlanta]] and many in the Atlanta metro area consider the Games to be instrumental in transforming Atlanta into the modernized city it has become. One example of this modernization is the mid-rise dormitories built for the Olympic Village. One of these complexes became the first residential housing for [[Georgia State University]], and has recently been transferred for use by the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]. Other examples include [[Turner Field]], which was a modification of the original [[Centennial Olympic Stadium]], and where the [[Atlanta Braves]] baseball team now makes its home. [[Centennial Olympic Park]] was also built for the events and is still in use.
Atlanta used no public money to finance the Games, which cost [[United States dollar|US$]]1.8 billion to host. It was the first city in Olympic history to use ticket sales, commercial endorsements, advertising, and private money alone to fund the hosting of the Olympics. The consequence of this, however, was that some felt that the Games in Atlanta were over-commercialized and were less exciting than previous Games.<ref name="Commercials"/><ref name="Commercials">[http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/11/05/story3.html?page=2 Olympic bid smacks into $10M hurdle] – fact mentioned in the 5th paragraph</ref>
===Incidents===
Although the Games made a financial profit, they were not without problems. Allegations were levelled that Atlanta organizers bribed members of the IOC to obtain the Olympic Games. However, ACOG documents were destroyed before a formal inquiry could be conducted, and the allegations remain unproven. In his defense, ACOG Chairman [[Billy Payne]] said, "Atlanta's bidding effort included excessive actions, even thought processes, that today seem inappropriate but, at the time, reflected the prevailing practices in the selection process and an extremely competitive environment."
The [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] of [[July 27]] [[1996]], killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others, and elicited the death of Melih Uzunyol by heart attack.
Aside from the problems, [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] President [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]] said in his closing speech, "Well done, Atlanta" and called the Games the "most exceptional". He broke precedent and did not say they had been the best Olympics ever, as he did at every previous Olympic closing ceremony while he was IOC president. This was likely an intentional omission given some of the issues like the Games' over-commercialism, technology and transportation issues. The City of Atlanta was also found to have been competing with the IOC for advertising and sponsorship dollars. The city was licensing street vendors who would sell certain products over others, and therefore providing a presence for companies who were not the official sponsors of the Games.<ref>[http://reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r2901/pound.htm McGill's master of the rings]</ref> Four years later Samaranch called the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] the best ever.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/1001/794339.html Australia Best Ever]</ref>
==Songs and themes==
The Olympiad's official theme, ''[[Summon the Heroes]]'', was written by [[John Williams (composer)|John Williams]], making it the third Olympiad for which he has composed. The song "[[The Power of the Dream]]", composed by [[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]] and [[David Foster]], with words by [[Linda Thompson (actress)|Linda Thompson]] was performed in the opening ceremony by [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] accompanied by Foster and the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Centennial Choir]]. [[Gladys Knight]] sang "[[Georgia on My Mind]]", Georgia's official [[List of U.S. state songs|state song]], at the opening ceremony. The closing ceremony featured [[Gloria Estefan]] singing "Reach", the official theme song of the 1996 Olympics. At the closing of the ceremony [[Trisha Yearwood]] performed the Olympics song ["The Flame"]
==Mascot==
{{main|Izzy (Mascot)}}
The [[mascot]] for the Olympiad was an abstract, animated character named '''Izzy'''. In contrast to the standing tradition of mascots of national or regional significance in the city hosting the Olympiad, Izzy was an amorphous, computer-designed fantasy figure. The mascot was popularly ridiculed by the public and press as commercialized, unappealing, and ungrounded in any connection to the region.
==Highlights==
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[[Image:JO Atlanta 1996 - Stade.jpg|thumb|Women's 100 m hurdles at the Olympic stadium]]
*[[Muhammad Ali]] lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the games and received a replacement gold medal from the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Slovenes|Slovene]] [[gymnast]] [[Leon Štukelj]] arises at the opening ceremony as one of the oldest living sportsmen in the world (age 97)
*[[Naim Suleymanoglu|Naim Süleymanoğlu]] becomes the first [[weightlifting|weightlifter]] to win three gold medals.
*[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]] wins gold in both the 200 m and 400 m, setting a new world record of 19.32 seconds in the 200 m.
*[[Donovan Bailey]] of [[Canada]] wins the men's 100 m, setting a new world record of 9.84 seconds at that time.
*[[Marie-José Perec]] equals Johnson's performance, although without a world record, by winning the rare 200 m/400 m double.
*At the age of 35, [[Carl Lewis]] takes his 4th long jump gold medal. Lewis, [[Paavo Nurmi]] and [[Mark Spitz]] now share the record for most Olympic gold medals (9).
*[[Softball]], [[beach volleyball]] and [[mountain biking]] debut on the Olympic program, together with women's [[football (soccer)|soccer/football]] and lightweight [[Sport rowing|rowing]].
*[[Palestine]] was allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time.
*[[Cycling]] professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time [[Tour de France]] winner [[Miguel Indurain]] winning the inaugural [[individual time trial]] event.
*[[Michelle Smith]] of [[Ireland]] wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by [[doping (sport)|doping]] allegations. She passed all tests however.
*[[Kerri Strug]] of the United States women's gymnastics team vaults with an injured ankle and lands on one foot.
*[[Dominique Moceanu]] of the United States women's Gymnatics team became the first 14 year old to become a Gold Medalist In the Olympics
*[[Amy Van Dyken]] wins four gold medals in the Olympic [[swimming]] pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics.
*[[Deon Hemmings]] becomes the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for [[Jamaica]] and the English-speaking [[West Indies]].
*A record 197 nations, all current [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] member nations, take part, with a record 79 of them winning at least one medal.
*Five athletes were disqualified for using banned drugs. A few more were reinstated since the drug they took had been declared illegal only a week before the Olympics.
*[[Andre Agassi]] wins the gold medal in the tennis event. This helps him become the first male player to ever win the career [[Golden Slam]].
*[[Kurt Angle]] of the United States won the gold medal in 100 kg (220 lb) freestyle wrestling while suffering from a fractured neck. Angle would later go on to fame in [[professional wrestling]] with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] and currently [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]], with his gold medal win in the Olympics being his gimmick and is often considered the best "pure" wrestler in professional wrestling history.
*[[Deng Yaping]] of [[China]] wins two gold medals in Women singles and doubles of [[table tennis]]. She is also the winner of these two titles in [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Olympics]].
*For the first time Olympic medals were won by the athletes from [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Burundi]], [[Ecuador]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Mozambique]], [[Slovakia]], [[Tonga]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Uzbekistan]].
*[[Lee Lai Shan]] won a gold medal in sailing, the first and only gold medal that [[Hong Kong]] has ever won. It was also the first and last time Hong Kong won a medal as a British colony.
*The US Women's Soccer team won the Gold Medal in the first ever Women's Soccer Event.
*[[Xeno Müller]] won gold for the Men's single scull event (rowing) in his first Olympic appearance. His time of 6:44.85 is still the current Olympic record.
==Venues==
*[[Clark Atlanta University]]
*[[Centennial Olympic Stadium]] (now [[Turner Field]])
*[[Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium]] (demolished [[1997]])
*[[The Omni]] (Demolished in [[1997]] and replaced by [[Philips Arena]] in 1999)
*[[Georgia Dome]]
*[[Georgia International Horse Park]] ([[Conyers, Georgia]])
*[[Lake Lanier]] (Near [[Gainesville, Georgia]])
*[[Georgia World Congress Center]]
*[[Georgia State University]]
*[[Georgia Tech Aquatic Center]]
*[[Forbes Arena]] ([[Morehouse College]])
*[[Ocoee River]] ([[Polk County, Tennessee]])
*[[Sanford Stadium]] ([[Athens, Georgia]])
*[[Savannah River]] (at [[Savannah, Georgia]])
*[[Stone Mountain Tennis Center]] (at [[Stone Mountain, Georgia]])
*[[Legion Field]] ([[Birmingham, Alabama]]) – Soccer
*[[Golden Park]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]]) – Softball
*[[Alexander Memorial Coliseum]] – Boxing
*[[The Beach (then known as Atlanta Beach)]] ([[Jonesboro, Georgia]]) - Beach Volleyball
==Medals awarded==
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
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*[[Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Archery]]
*[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
*[[Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Baseball]]
*[[Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
*[[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Badminton]]
*[[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
*[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]]
*[[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
*[[Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Diving]]
*[[Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]]
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*[[Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]
*[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Football]]
*[[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]]
*[[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Handball]]
*[[Hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Hockey]]
*[[Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Judo]]
*[[Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]]
*[[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]
*[[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Sailing]]
*[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
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*[[Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Softball]]
*[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
*[[Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Synchronized swimming]]
*[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Table tennis]]
*[[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Tennis]]
*[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Volleyball]]
*[[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Water polo]]
*[[Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]
*[[Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
|}
==Participating nations==
[[Image:1996 Olympic games countries.PNG|thumb|Participants at Summer olympics 1996<br><font color="1e90ff">'''Blue'''</font> = Participating for the first time.
<font color="00ff7f">'''Green'''</font> = Have previously participated.
Yellow square is host city ([[Atlanta]])]]
A total of 197 nations were represented at the 1996 Games, and the combined total of athletes was about 10,318.<ref name="Official">[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1996 Olympics OFFICIAL Recap]</ref> Twenty-four countries made their Olympic debut this year, including eleven of the ex-Soviet countries that competed as part of the [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team in 1992]]. [[Russia]] competed independently for the first time since [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]], when it was the [[Russian Empire]]. The [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] competed as ''Yugoslavia''.
The 14 countries making their Olympic debut were: [[Azerbaijan]], [[Burundi]], [[Cape Verde]], [[Comoros]], [[Dominica]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Republic of Macedonia|FYR Macedonia]], [[Nauru]], [[Palestine]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]], [[Tajikistan]] and [[Turkmenistan]].
The 10 countries making their Summer Olympic debut (after competing at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]]) were: [[Armenia]], [[Belarus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Uzbekistan]].
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==Broadcast rights==
*{{flag|USA}} [[NBC Sports|NBC]]
*{{flag|BRA}} [[TV Globo]], [[TV Record]], [[SBT]] and [[TV Bandeirantes]]
*{{flag|AUS}} [[Seven Network]]
*{{flag|ITA}} [[RAI]]
*{{flag|GBR}} [[BBC]]
*{{flag|NLD}} [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]]
*{{flag|PHI}} [[National Broadcasting Network|PTV-4]]
==Medal count==
{{main|1996 Summer Olympics medal count}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at these Games:
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
|- bgcolor=ccccff
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1996 Summer}} (host nation) || 44 || 32 || 25|| 101
|-
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|RUS|1996 Summer}} || 26 || 21 || 16 || 63
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1996 Summer}} || 20 || 18 || 27 || 65
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1996 Summer}} || 16 || 22 || 12 || 50
|-
| 5 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1996 Summer}} || 15 || 7 || 15 || 37
|-
| 6 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1996 Summer}} || 13 || 10 || 12 || 35
|-
| 7 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1996 Summer}} || 9 || 9 || 23 || 41
|-
| 8 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|CUB|1996 Summer}} || 9 || 8 || 8 || 25
|-
| 9 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|UKR|1996 Summer}} || 9 || 2 || 12 || 23
|-
| 10 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1996 Summer}} || 7 || 15 || 5 || 27
|}
==See also==
*[[1996 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony]]
*[[1996 Summer Paralympics]]
*[[International Olympic Committee]]
*[[IOC country codes]]
===Olympics with significant criminal incidents===
*[[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]] – [[Munich massacre]]
*Atlanta 1996 – [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,991871,00.html Time article]
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE1DD1639F934A3575BC0A96F958260 New York Times article]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1996 IOC Site on 1996 Summer Olympics]
*[http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v1.pdf Official Report Vol. 1] Digital Archive from the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
*[http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v2.pdf Official Report Vol. 2] Digital Archive from the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
*[http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf Official Report Vol. 3] Digital Archive from the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
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[[ar:ألعاب أولمبية صيفية 1996]]
[[bn:১৯৯৬ গ্রীষ্মকালীন অলিম্পিক্স]]
[[bs:XXVI Olimpijske igre - Atlanta 1996.]]
[[bg:Летни олимпийски игри 1996]]
[[cs:Letní olympijské hry 1996]]
[[cy:Gemau Olympaidd yr Haf 1996]]
[[da:Sommer-OL 1996]]
[[de:Olympische Sommerspiele 1996]]
[[et:1996. aasta suveolümpiamängud]]
[[es:Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996]]
[[eo:Somera Olimpiko 1996]]
[[fa:بازیهای المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۹۶]]
[[fr:Jeux Olympiques d'été de 1996]]
[[gl:Xogos Olímpicos de 1996]]
[[ko:1996년 하계 올림픽]]
[[hr:XXVI. Olimpijske igre - Atlanta 1996.]]
[[id:Olimpiade Atlanta 1996]]
[[it:Giochi della XXVI Olimpiade]]
[[he:אולימפיאדת אטלנטה (1996)]]
[[la:1996 Olympia Aestiva]]
[[hu:1996. évi nyári olimpiai játékok]]
[[nah:Atlanta 1996]]
[[nl:Olympische Zomerspelen 1996]]
[[ja:アトランタオリンピック]]
[[no:Sommer-OL 1996]]
[[nn:Sommar-OL 1996]]
[[pl:Letnie Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1996]]
[[pt:Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1996]]
[[ro:Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1996]]
[[ru:Летние Олимпийские игры 1996]]
[[simple:1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[sl:Poletne olimpijske igre 1996]]
[[sr:Летње олимпијске игре 1996.]]
[[sh:Olimpijada 1996]]
[[fi:Kesäolympialaiset 1996]]
[[sv:Olympiska sommarspelen 1996]]
[[te:1996 ఒలింపిక్ క్రీడలు]]
[[th:โอลิมปิกฤดูร้อน 1996]]
[[tr:1996 Yaz Olimpiyatları]]
[[zh:1996年夏季奥林匹克运动会]]