| Athletics at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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| Dates | July 26 August 3, 1996 |
| No. of events | 44 |
| Competitors | 2053 from 191 nations |
| ← Barcelona 1992Sydney 2000 → | |
| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
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
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Burundi (BDI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 28 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (45 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | |
Participating nations
A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Afghanistan (2 athletes)
Albania (2)- Algeria (8)
American Samoa (2)
Andorra (1)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (8)
Argentina (8)
Armenia (2)
Aruba (1)- Australia (60)
- Austria (11)
Azerbaijan (4)- Bahamas (20)
Bahrain (1)
Bangladesh (2)
Barbados (4)- Belarus (34)
Belgium (12)
Belize (4)
Benin (5)
Bermuda (3)
Bolivia (3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (6)- Brazil (40)
British Virgin Islands (6)- Bulgaria (17)
Burkina Faso (4)- Burundi (7)
Cambodia (2)
Cameroon (8)- Canada (39)
Cape Verde (3)
Cayman Islands (1)
Central African Republic (5)
Chad (4)
Chile (4)- China (31)
Chinese Taipei (7)
Colombia (13)
Comoros (4)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (2)
Ivory Coast (5)
Croatia (3)- Cuba (46)
Cyprus (8)- Czech Republic (23)
Denmark (7)
Zaire (2)
Djibouti (3)
Dominica (5)
Dominican Republic (3)- Ecuador (4)
El Salvador (2)
Equatorial Guinea (5)
Estonia (12)- Ethiopia (16)
Fiji (7)- Finland (26)
- France (49)
Gabon (4)
The Gambia (9)
Georgia (2)- Germany (85)
Ghana (15)- Great Britain (77)
- Greece (25)
Grenada (5)
Guam (2)
Guatemala (6)
Guinea (4)
Guinea-Bissau (2)
Guyana (6)
Haiti (3)
Honduras (1)
Hong Kong (1)- Hungary (22)
Iceland (3)
India (6)
Indonesia (1)
Iran (1)
Iraq (1)
Ireland (24)
Israel (4)- Italy (50)
- Jamaica (38)
- Japan (32)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (18)- Kenya (43)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (6)
Laos (5)
Latvia (16)
Lesotho (9)
Liberia (5)
Libya (4)
Liechtenstein (1)
Lithuania (14)
Luxembourg (1)
Madagascar (6)
Malaysia (3)
Malawi (2)
Maldives (5)
Mali (3)
Malta (2)
Mauritania (4)
Mauritius (12)- Mexico (15)
Moldova (7)
Mongolia (2)- Morocco (17)
- Mozambique (1)
Myanmar (2)- Namibia (3)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (10)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (18)
Nicaragua (2)
Niger (3)- Nigeria (32)
North Korea (4)- Norway (13)
Oman (1)
Pakistan (2)
Palestine (1)
Panama (1)
Papua New Guinea (6)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (5)
Philippines (2)- Poland (23)
- Portugal (30)
Puerto Rico (5)
Qatar (9)- Romania (25)
- Russia (85)
Rwanda (4)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (10)
Saint Lucia (5)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8)
Samoa (2)
San Marino (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
Saudi Arabia (9)
Senegal (7)
FR Yugoslavia (8)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (12)
Singapore (2)
Slovakia (14)- Slovenia (10)
Solomon Islands (3)
Somalia (4)- South Africa (22)
- South Korea (17)
- Spain (56)
Sri Lanka (6)
Sudan (3)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (4)- Sweden (17)
Switzerland (23)- Syria (1)
Tanzania (5)
Tajikistan (1)
Thailand (8)
Togo (5)
Tonga (2)- Trinidad and Tobago (6)
Tunisia (6)
Turkey (3)
Turkmenistan (1)- Uganda (4)
- Ukraine (43)
United Arab Emirates (1)- United States (121)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (12)
Vanuatu (4)
Venezuela (4)
Vietnam (2)
Virgin Islands (7)
Yemen (3)- Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (6)
References
External links
- Official Report
- GBR Athletics
- Sports123 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-11-28)
- Athletics Australia
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