At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.

[edit] Medal winners

[edit] Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Donovan Bailey Canada (CAN)	9.84 (WR)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	9.89	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	9.90
200 metres details	Michael Johnson United States (USA)	19.32 (WR)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	19.68 (PB)	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	19.80
400 metres details	Michael Johnson United States (USA)	43.49 (OR)	Roger Black Great Britain (GBR)	44.41	Davis Kamoga Uganda (UGA)	44.53
800 metres details	Vebjørn Rodal Norway (NOR)	1:42.58 (OR)	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa (RSA)	1:42.74	Fred Onyancha Kenya (KEN)	1:42.79
1500 metres details	Noureddine Morceli Algeria (ALG)	3:35.78	Fermín Cacho Spain (ESP)	3:36.40	Stephen Kipkorir Kenya (KEN)	3:36.72
5000 metres details	Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi (BDI)	13:07.96	Paul Bitok Kenya (KEN)	13:08.16	Khalid Boulami Morocco (MAR)	13:08.37
10000 metres details	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia (ETH)	27:07.34 (OR)	Paul Tergat Kenya (KEN)	27:08.17	Salah Hissou Morocco (MAR)	27:28.59
Marathon details	Josia Thugwane South Africa (RSA)	2:12:36	Lee Bong-Ju South Korea (KOR)	2:12:39	Erick Wainaina Kenya (KEN)	2:12:44
110 metre hurdles details	Allen Johnson United States (USA)	12.95 (OR)	Mark Crear United States (USA)	13.09	Florian Schwarthoff Germany (GER)	13.17
400 metre hurdles details	Derrick Adkins United States (USA)	47.54	Samuel Matete Zambia (ZAM)	47.78	Calvin Davis United States (USA)	47.96
3000 m steeplechase details	Joseph Keter Kenya (KEN)	8:07.12	Moses Kiptanui Kenya (KEN)	8:08.33	Alessandro Lambruschini Italy (ITA)	8:11.28
4×100 metre relay details	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 metre relay details	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
20 km walk details	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU)	1:20:07	Ilya Markov Russia (RUS)	1:20:16	Bernardo Segura Mexico (MEX)	1:20:23
50 km walk details	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:43:30	Mikhail Shchennikov Russia (RUS)	3:43:36	Valentí Massana Spain (ESP)	3:44:19
High jump details	Charles Austin United States (USA)	2.39 m (OR)	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)	2.37 m	Steve Smith Great Britain (GBR)	2.35 m
Long jump details	Carl Lewis United States (USA)	8.50 m	James Beckford Jamaica (JAM)	8.29 m	Joe Greene United States (USA)	8.24 m
Triple jump details	Kenny Harrison United States (USA)	18.09 m (OR)	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain (GBR)	17.88 m	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba (CUB)	17.44 m
Pole vault details	Jean Galfione France (FRA)	5.92 m	Igor Trandenkov Russia (RUS)	5.92 m	Andrei Tivontchik Germany (GER)	5.92 m
Shot put details	Randy Barnes United States (USA)	21.62 m	John Godina United States (USA)	20.79 m	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine (UKR)	20.75 m
Discus throw details	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)	69.40 m	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus (BLR)	66.60 m	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus (BLR)	65.80 m
Javelin throw details	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)	88.16 m	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)	87.44 m	Seppo Räty Finland (FIN)	86.98 m
Hammer throw details	Balázs Kiss Hungary (HUN)	81.24 m	Lance Deal United States (USA)	81.12 m	Oleksandr Krykun Ukraine (UKR)	80.02 m
Decathlon details	Dan O'Brien United States (USA)	8824 pts	Frank Busemann Germany (GER)	8706 pts	Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic (CZE)	8664 pts

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

[edit] Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gail Devers United States (USA)	10.94	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	10.94	Gwen Torrence United States (USA)	10.96
200 metres details	Marie-José Perec France (FRA)	22.12	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	22.24	Mary Onyali Nigeria (NGR)	22.38
400 metres details	Marie-José Perec France (FRA)	48.25 (OR)	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)	48.63	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria (NGR)	49.10
800 metres details	Svetlana Masterkova Russia (RUS)	1:57.73	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba (CUB)	1:58.11	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)	1:58.71
1500 metres details	Svetlana Masterkova Russia (RUS)	4:00.83	Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROU)	4:01.54	Theresia Kiesl Austria (AUT)	4:03.02
5000 metres details	Wang Junxia China (CHN)	14:59.88 (OR)	Pauline Konga Kenya (KEN)	15:03.49	Roberta Brunet Italy (ITA)	15:07.52
10000 metres details	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal (POR)	31:01.63 (OR)	Wang Junxia China (CHN)	31:02.59	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)	31:06.65
Marathon details	Fatuma Roba Ethiopia (ETH)	2:26:05	Valentina Yegorova Russia (RUS)	2:28:05	Yuko Arimori Japan (JPN)	2:28:39
100 metres hurdles details	Ludmila Engquist Sweden (SWE)	12.58	Brigita Bukovec Slovenia (SLO)	12.59	Patricia Girard France (FRA)	12.65
400 metres hurdles details	Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM)	52.82 (OR)	Kim Batten United States (USA)	53.08	Tonja Buford-Bailey United States (USA)	53.22
4×100 metre relay details	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 Nicole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell* Andrea Lloyd*	42.24
4×400 metre relay details	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
10 km walk details	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS)	41:49 (OR)	Elisabetta Perrone Italy (ITA)	42;12	Wang Yan China (CHN)	42:19
High jump details	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria (BUL)	2.05 m	Niki Bakoyianni Greece (GRE)	2.03 m	Inha Babakova Ukraine (UKR)	2.01 m
Long jump details	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria (NGR)	7.12 m	Fiona May Italy (ITA)	7.02 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)	7.00 m
Triple jump details	Inessa Kravets Ukraine (UKR)	15.33 m (OR)	Inna Lasovskaya Russia (RUS)	14.98 m	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic (CZE)	14.98 m
Shot put details	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany (GER)	20.56 m	Sui Xinmei China (CHN)	19.88 m	Irina Khudoroshkina Russia (RUS)	19.35 m
Discus throw details	Ilke Wyludda Germany (GER)	69.66 m	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)	66.48 m	Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)	65.64 m
Javelin throw details	Heli Rantanen Finland (FIN)	67.94 m	Louise McPaul Australia (AUS)	65.54 m	Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR)	64.98 m
Heptathlon details	Ghada Shouaa Syria (SYR)	6780 pts	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus (BLR)	6563 pts	Denise Lewis Great Britain (GBR)	6489 pts

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

[edit] 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
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	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

[edit] References

• Official Report
• GBR Athletics
• Sports123
• Athletics Australia

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