The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

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• Justin Huish
  Justin Huish
  Justin Huish is an internationally known American archer. Growing up, his parents ran an archery pro shop, but Huish did not take up shooting until he was 14...
  
   — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
• Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White
  Rod White
  Rodney White is an American archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games. In the 1996 team competition he won gold with Justin Huish and Butch Johnson. In 2000 the American team won the bronze medal.-External links:*...
  
   — Archery, Men's Team Competition
• Michael Johnson
  Michael Johnson (athlete)
  Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Michael Johnson
  Michael Johnson (athlete)
  Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Allen Johnson
  Allen Johnson
  Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
• Derrick Adkins
  Derrick Adkins
  Derrick R. Adkins is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Malverne High School, Derrick Adkins rose into the international athletics scene in 1991, when he finished third at the US National Championships and qualified...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Alvin Harrison
  Alvin Harrison
  Alvin Harrison is an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Calvin Harrison...
  
  , Anthuan Maybank
  Anthuan Maybank
  Anthuan Maybank was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Maybank ran the last leg for the United States and surprisingly shrugged off an attack from Roger Black who had won a silver medal in the individual event. Maybank was not a well-known...
  
  , Derek Mills
  Derek Mills
  Derek Mills was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He has a career best of 44.13 in the 400m...
  
  , Lamont Smith
  LaMont Smith
  LaMont Smith is a former 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.-References:*...
  
  , and Jason Rouser
  Jason Rouser
  Jason Rouser is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1993 World Indoor Championships he finished sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay...
  
   (heats) — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
• Charles Austin
  Charles Austin
  Charles Austin is an American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the owner of So High Sports and Fitness a sports performance and personal training company. He opened his So High Sports and Fitness Studio in 2002 and his...
  
   — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Carl Lewis
  Carl Lewis
  Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Kenny Harrison — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

• Randy Barnes
  Randy Barnes
  Eric Randolph Barnes is a former American shot putter who holds both the current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

• Dan O'Brien
  Dan O'Brien
  Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

• Gail Devers
  Gail Devers
  Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Gail Devers
  Gail Devers
  Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...
  
  , Chryste Gaines
  Chryste Gaines
  Chryste Dionne Gaines is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
  
  , Inger Miller
  Inger Miller
  Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....
  
  , Gwen Torrence
  Gwen Torrence
  Gwen Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia....
  
  , and Carlette Guidry (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay

• Kim Graham
  Kim Graham
  Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles...
  
  , Maicel Malone, Jearl Miles, Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay...
  
  , and Linetta Wilson
  Linetta Wilson
  Linetta Wilson was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the women's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. She competed with in the opening round with Rochelle Stevens, Kim Graham, and Maicel Malone and was replaced by Jearl Miles in the Final.Wilson grew up in Pasadena, attending Muir High School...
  
   (heats) — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

• Mitch Richmond
  Mitch Richmond
  Mitchell James "Mitch" Richmond is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately at Kansas State University. He was a 6-time NBA All-Star, a 5-time All-NBA Team member and a former NBA Rookie of the Year...
  
  , David Robinson
  David Robinson (basketball)
  David Maurice Robinson is a retired American NBA basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs for his entire NBA career. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson earned the nickname "The Admiral". He and teammate power forward Tim Duncan were...
  
  , John Stockton
  John Stockton
  John Houston Stockton is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his entire career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA from 1984 to 2003. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA records for most career assists and steals by...
  
  , Shaquille O'Neal
  Shaquille O'Neal
  Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal , nicknamed "Shaq" , is a former American professional basketball player. Standing tall and weighing , he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA...
  
  , Gary Payton
  Gary Payton
  Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
  
  , Scottie Pippen
  Scottie Pippen
  Scottie Maurice Pippen is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association . He is most remembered for his time with the Chicago Bulls, with whom he was instrumental in six NBA Championships and their record 1995–96 season of 72 wins...
  
  , Karl Malone
  Karl Malone
  Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...
  
  , Reggie Miller
  Reggie Miller
  Reginald Wayne "Reggie" Miller is a retired American professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association career with the Indiana Pacers...
  
  , Hakeem Olajuwon
  Hakeem Olajuwon
  Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association for the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008,...
  
  , Charles Barkley
  Charles Barkley
  Charles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...
  
  , Anfernee Hardaway, and Grant Hill
  Grant Hill (basketball)
  Grant Henry Hill is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Suns. As a collegian with Duke University and early in his professional career with the Detroit Pistons, Hill was widely considered to be one of the best all-around players in the game, often...
  
   — Basketball, Men's Team Competition

• Dawn Staley
  Dawn Staley
  Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was named the University of South Carolina women's head basketball coach on May 7, 2008...
  
  , Katy Steding
  Katy Steding
  Katy Steding is a former collegiate and professional basketball player and current college basketball coach.-College career:...
  
  , Sheryl Swoopes
  Sheryl Swoopes
  Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...
  
  , Katrina McClain, Nikki McCray
  Nikki McCray
  Nikki McCray is a former American professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association for eight seasons....
  
  , Carla McGhee
  Carla McGhee
  Carla McGhee was an American basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee. She was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1987 and was in a coma for 47 hours, suffering brain injuries and breaking nearly every bone in her face. She was told she’d never play again....
  
  , Venus Lacy
  Venus Lacy
  Venus Lacy , born on February 9, 1967 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a former star basketball player, at the high school, college, Olympic and professional levels. A wide-bodied, muscular 6'-4" center, at her best Lacy was an intimidating force inside the paint, both scoring and rebounding...
  
  , Lisa Leslie
  Lisa Leslie
  Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner...
  
  , Rebecca Lobo
  Rebecca Lobo
  Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is an American television basketball analyst and a former player in the professional Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2003...
  
  , Jennifer Azzi
  Jennifer Azzi
  Jennifer Lynn Azzi is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is a former collegiate and professional basketball player.-College years:...
  
  , Ruthie Bolton
  Ruthie Bolton
  Alice Ruth Bolton , better known as Ruthie Bolton and also by her former married name of Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, is a former collegiate, Olympic and professional basketball player. Bolton played in the WNBA from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played collegiately at Auburn...
  
  , and Teresa Edwards
  Teresa Edwards
  -External links:******...
  
   — Basketball, Women's Team Competition

• David Reid
  David Reid (boxer)
  David Terrell Reid is a former boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Amateur career:Reid had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating with a come-from-behind, one-punch knock out win to secure a gold medal at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• Shannon Miller
  Shannon Miller
  Shannon Lee Miller is a former artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. History, and considered one of the greatest gymnasts the United States has ever produced...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

• Kerri Strug, Shannon Miller
  Shannon Miller
  Shannon Lee Miller is a former artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. History, and considered one of the greatest gymnasts the United States has ever produced...
  
  , Dominique Dawes
  Dominique Dawes
  Dominique Margaux Dawes is a retired United States artistic gymnast. She was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent...
  
  , Jaycie Phelps
  Jaycie Phelps
  Jaycie Lynn Phelps is a United States Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic Gold medal U.S. women's gymnastics team, Magnificent 7.-External links:*...
  
  , Amanda Borden
  Amanda Borden
  Amanda Kathleen Borden is a retired American gymnast, who was one of the members of the gold medalist United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent 7. Borden was the team captain of the Magnificent Seven, with all six other members submitting her name in the vote, including the...
  
  , Amy Chow
  Amy Chow
  Amy Yuen Yee Chow is a retired American gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent 7, the first American team to win Olympic gymnastics gold...
  
  , and Dominique Moceanu
  Dominique Moceanu
  Dominique "Domi" Helena Moceanu is an American gymnast who was a member of the Olympic Gold medal winning 1996 U.S...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

• Kim Rhode
  Kim Rhode
  Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap. She was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   — Shooting, Women's Double Trap

• Staci Wilson
  Staci Wilson
  Staci Wilson is an American soccer player and olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Tiffany Roberts
  Tiffany Roberts
  Tiffany M. Roberts is an American Soccer player, world and olympic champion. She attended the all-girls' Carondelet High School.She won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:*...
  
  , Briana Scurry
  Briana Scurry
  Briana Colette Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup , 1996 Olympics , 1999 World Cup , 2003 World Cup , 2004 Olympics and 2007 World Cup...
  
  , Tisha Venturini
  Tisha Venturini
  Tisha Venturini-Hoch is a former American soccer player and current National Spokesperson for Produce for Better Health.-Career:...
  
  , Tiffeny Milbrett, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Mary Harvey
  Mary Harvey
  Mary Harvey may refer to:*Mary Harvey , American soccer goalkeeper*Lady Mary Dering , English composer*Mary Hervey, maid of honour, pronounced Harvey...
  
  , Kristine Lilly
  Kristine Lilly
  Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...
  
  , Shannon MacMillan
  Shannon MacMillan
  -References:...
  
  , Julie Foudy, Carin Gabarra, Mia Hamm
  Mia Hamm
  Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
  
  , Michelle Akers
  Michelle Akers
  Michelle Akers is a former leading American association football player, who starred in the historic 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup victory by the U.S.. She won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the 1991 tournament...
  
  , Brandi Chastain
  Brandi Chastain
  Brandi Denise Chastain is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder who plays for the team California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team....
  
  , and Joy Fawcett — Football (Soccer), Women's Team Competition

• Shelly Stokes
  Shelly Stokes
  Shelly Stokes is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  , Dani Tyler
  Dani Tyler
  Danielle M. "Dani" Tyler is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team.Tyler played softball at Drake University....
  
  , Christa Williams
  Christa Williams
  Christa Williams is a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
  
  , Dot Richardson
  Dot Richardson
  Dorothy Richardson is an American physician and former international softball player.-Education:...
  
  , Julie Smith
  Julie Smith (softball)
  Julie Smith is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  , Michele Smith
  Michele Mary Smith
  Michele Mary Smith went to Oklahoma State University. Michele Smith is a Two-Time Olympic Softball Gold Medalist with the U.S. National Team, having played in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2006, she was inducted into the ASA Softball Hall of Fame...
  
  , Dionna Harris
  Dionna Harris
  Dionna M. Harris is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  , Lori Harrigan
  Lori Harrigan
  Lori Harrigan is an American softball player from Anaheim, California, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the American winning team in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Harrigan played collegiately at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.-References:...
  
  , Kim Maher
  Kim Maher
  Kim Maher is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  , Sheila Cornell-Douty
  Sheila Cornell-Douty
  Sheila Marie Cornell-Douty is an American softball player and Olympic champion.After graduating from UCLA she played for the Stratford Brakettes from 1988 through 1994. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team...
  
  , Lisa Fernandez
  Lisa Fernandez
  For the politician, see Liza Fernandez RodriguezLisa Fernandez is a right-handed softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent. She established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game as a member of the United States Women's team.-Early years:Lisa's father immigrated from Cuba,...
  
  , Michele Granger
  Michele Granger
  Michele Granger is an American former four-time First Team All-American left-handed softball pitcher and Olympic champion from Placentia, California. She played four seasons, over 5 years, for the California Golden Bears from 1989-1993...
  
  , Leah Amico-O'Brien
  Leah Amico
  Leah Marie O'Brien-Amico is an American softball player, best known for her gold medals at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 olympics...
  
  , Laura Berg
  Laura Berg
  Laura Kay Berg is an American softball player who plays the position of center fielder...
  
  , and Gillian Boxx
  Gillian Boxx
  Gillian Boxx won an Olympic gold medal as a catcher on the United States women's national softball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA...
  
   — Softball, Women's Team Competition

• Jeff Rouse
  Jeff Rouse
  Jeffrey Norman Rouse is an Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record Holder in swimming from the United States.-References:* from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.*...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Brad Bridgewater
  Brad Bridgewater
  Brad Michael Bridgewater is an American swimmer, who won the gold medal in men's 200 meter backstroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  , Gary Hall Jr., Jon Olsen
  Jon Olsen
  Jon C. B. Olsen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s....
  
  , David Fox
  David Fox (swimmer)
  David Ashley Fox is an American swimmer, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, and a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games.- Swimming career :...
  
   (heats), and Scott Tucker
  Scott Tucker
  Scott Tucker is a former international freestyle swimmer from the United States, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's relay team in the 4x200 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  , Joe Hudepohl, and Jon Olsen
  Jon Olsen
  Jon C. B. Olsen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s....
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Jeff Rouse
  Jeff Rouse
  Jeffrey Norman Rouse is an Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record Holder in swimming from the United States.-References:* from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.*...
  
  , Gary Hall Jr., Mark Henderson
  Mark Henderson (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Henderson in Washington DC is a retired American swimmer. He is an Olympic Champion, 3-time World Champion, 2-time Pan American Games Champion, 4-time Pan Pacific Champion and 5-time U.S. National Champion...
  
  , Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Porter Linn , set an American record in the one hundred meter breaststroke category while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
   (heats), Kurt Grote
  Kurt Grote
  Kurt David Grote is an American Olympic swimmer, who competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s.- Life and education :...
  
   (heats) (heats), John Hargis
  John Hargis
  John Hargis is an Olympic gold-medalist swimmer from the USA, and currently is the Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Penn State...
  
   (heats), and Tripp Schwenk
  Tripp Schwenk
  William Douglas Schwenk is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:* *...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Brooke Bennett
  Brooke Bennett
  Brooke Marie Bennett is an American swimmer and triple Olympic champion.-1996 Summer Olympics:Bennett’s first gold medal came in the 800 meter freestyle race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Beth Botsford
  Beth Botsford
  Elizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Catherine Fox
  Catherine Fox
  Catherine Mai Lan Fox is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.She is of Vietnamese and European ethnicity. Her father, Thomas C...
  
  , Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  , Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  , Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Rae Jacob is a former American swimmer won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- Swimming career :...
  
   (heats), and Melanie Valerio
  Melanie Valerio
  Melanie Valerio, born May 7, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is a United States swimmer, who graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and the University of Virginia....
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
  , Beth Botsford
  Beth Botsford
  Elizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
  
  , Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  , Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Rae Jacob is a former American swimmer won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- Swimming career :...
  
   (heats), Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.-Swimming career:...
  
   (heats), and Ashley Whitney
  Ashley Whitney
  Ashley Anne Whitney is a former American freestyle swimmer who was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a member the 4x200 m freestyle relay team...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  , Trina Jackson
  Trina Jackson
  Trina Marie Jackson is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4×200 m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Cristina Teuscher, and Sheila...
  
  , Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in 3 different sports...
  
  , Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4x200m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Trina Jackson, and Sheila...
  
  , Catherine Fox
  Catherine Fox
  Catherine Mai Lan Fox is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.She is of Vietnamese and European ethnicity. Her father, Thomas C...
  
   (heats), Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
   (heats), Kristine Quance
  Kristine Quance
  Kristine Lora Quance Julian is a former USA Record-holding and Olympic breaststroke and medley swimmer, who competed on the international level in the 1990s. She swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay...
  
   (heats), and Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
   (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Margot Thien
  Margot Thien
  Margot Thien is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She was part of the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Nathalie Schneyder
  Nathalie Schneyder
  Nathalie Schneyder is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She was member of the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Heather Simmons-Carrasco
  Heather Simmons-Carrasco
  Heather Simmons-Carrasco is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She competed for the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Jill Sudduth
  Jill Sudduth
  Jill Sudduth is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She competed for the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Emily Lesueur
  Emily Lesueur
  Emily LeSueur is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She competed with the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  , Heather Pease
  Heather Pease
  Heather Pease is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She was part of the American team that won a gold medal in synchronized team swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Jill Savery
  Jill Savery
  Jill Savery is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She competed for the American team that won a gold medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Suzannah Bianco
  Suzannah Bianco
  Suzannah Bianco is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She participated on the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , Tammy Cleland
  Tammy Cleland
  Tammy Cleland is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion.She participated on the American team that received a gold medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...
  
  , and Becky Dyroen-Lancer
  Becky Dyroen-Lancer
  Rebekah Dyroen-Lancer is an American competitor in synchronized swimming and Olympic champion....
  
   — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Team Competition

• Andre Agassi
  Andre Agassi
  Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
  
   — Tennis, Men's Singles

• Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Davenport
  Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
  
   — Tennis, Women's Singles

• Gigi Fernández
  Gigi Fernández
  Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
  
   and Mary Joe Fernandez
  Mary Joe Fernández
  Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
  
   — Tennis, Women's Doubles

• Karch Kiraly
  Karch Kiraly
  Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly , is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport.-High school career:...
  
   and Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. A graduate of Palisades High School in Pacific Palsiades, CA, he latter attended Stanford, and transferred to UCLA graduating with a degree in Economics...
  
   — Volleyball, Men's Beach Volleyball

• Kendall Cross — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

• Tom Brands
  Tom Brands
  Tom Brands is the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)

• Kurt Angle
  Kurt Angle
  Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

Silver

• Mark Crear
  Mark Crear
  Dr. Mark James Crear is a double Olympic medalist in the 110 m hurdles from the United States. In 1996 he was second behind Allen Johnson. Four years later he came in third, behind Anier Garcia and silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Mark's personal best was 12.98 seconds.Dr...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Tim Harden
  Tim Harden
  Tim Harden is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Tim graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992...
  
  , Jon Drummond
  Jon Drummond
  Jonathan A. Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Dennis Mitchell
  Dennis Mitchell
  Dennis Allen Mitchell is a former American college and international track and field athlete, whose team won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 meters relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.- Athletic career :...
  
  , Michael Marsh, and Tim Montgomery
  Tim Montgomery
  Timothy Montgomery is a former American athlete. In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 – after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs...
  
   (heats) — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay

• John Godina
  John Godina
  John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

• Lance Deal
  Lance Deal
  Lance Earl Deal is a former American athlete who won a silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

• Kim Batten
  Kim Batten
  Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Dana Chladek
  Dana Chladek
  Dana Chladek is an Czechoslovak-born American slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s...
  
   — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

• Marty Nothstein
  Marty Nothstein
  Martin "Marty" Wayne Nothstein is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.-Early life:...
  
   — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Sprint (Scratch)

• Erin Hartwell — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial

• Karen O'Connor
  Karen O'Connor
  Karen Lende O'Connor is an American equestrian. She was born February 17, 1958. Her family includes Joanne and Phillip Lende and brothers Steven and Chip. She grew up in Bolton, Massachusetts....
  
  , Bruce Davidson
  Bruce Davidson (equestrian)
  Bruce Oram Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He grew up in a family uninterested in horses, but began to compete in Pony Club events after a family friend introduced him to horses...
  
  , Jill Henneberg, and David O'Connor
  David O'Connor (equestrian)
  David John O'Connor is a retired equestrian rider. He won many international competitions as well as the gold medal for the US in the 2000 Olympic Games. He is only the second American to have won the Badminton Horse Trials. O'Connor sits as the President of the US Equestrian Federation...
  
   — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team

• Michael R. Matz, Leslie Burr, Anne Kursinski
  Anne Kursinski
  Anne Kindig Kursinski is an international rider from the United States, who competes in the sport of show jumping. She is one of the leading woman riders in the sport today. Kursinski currently resides in Frenchtown, New Jersey at Market Street Farm.She is also the younger sister of Rob...
  
  , and Peter Leone — Equestrian, Jumping Team

• Jair Lynch
  Jair Lynch
  Jair Lynch is an American gymnast who won a silver medal in the parallel bars at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars

• Amy Chow
  Amy Chow
  Amy Yuen Yee Chow is a retired American gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent 7, the first American team to win Olympic gymnastics gold...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars

• Eric Mueller
  Eric Mueller
  Eric Mueller is a former Olympic and National team rower, representing the United States at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri....
  
  , Tim Young
  Tim Young (rower)
  Tim Young is an American rower.-Sources:* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Jason Gailes
  Jason Gailes
  Jason Gailes is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and Brian Jamieson — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Karen Kraft
  Karen Kraft
  Karen Kraft is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Missy Schwen — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs

• Teresa Bell
  Teresa Bell (rower)
  Teresa Bell is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Lindsay Burns
  Lindsay Burns
  Lindsay Burns is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

• Josh Lakatos
  Josh Lakatos
  Joshua David "Josh" Lakatos is a former Olympic target shooter.-Career:At the 1992 Olympic Trials, Lakatos didn't make the Olympic team, finishing in 7th place....
  
   — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

• Gary Hall Jr. — Swimming, Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Gary Hall Jr. — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Tripp Schwenk
  Tripp Schwenk
  William Douglas Schwenk is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:* *...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Porter Linn , set an American record in the one hundred meter breaststroke category while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tom Malchow
  Tom Malchow
  Thomas James Malchow is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He broke Denis Pankratov's world record in the 200 m butterfly in 2000.Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the 2004...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Eric Namesnik
  Eric Namesnik
  Eric John Namesnik was an Olympic swimmer for the United States.-Biography:He was born and raised in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania. Namesnik won silver medals in the 400-meter individual medley at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Allison Wagner
  Allison Wagner
  Allison Marie Wagner is a former American college and international swimmer, Olympic silver medalist and world record-holder.- Early years :...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Michael Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh
  Mike Whitmarsh
  Michael John "Mike" Whitmarsh was an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from Monte Vista High School in nearby Spring Valley, and...
  
   — Volleyball, Men's Beach Volleyball

• Brandon Paulson
  Brandon Paulson
  Brandon Paulson is a former Olympic-caliber greco-roman wrestler and current wrestling coach. Paulson was born in 1973 in Coon Rapids, MN and is a 1992 graduate of Anoka High School. At Anoka High, Paulson was a three time state champion in his weight class and was named Mr. Minnesota Wrestling in...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg)

• Dennis Hall
  Dennis Hall
  Dennis Hall is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Hartford, Wisconsin, United States. Hall was a 10-time US National Champion, a World Champion, and 3-time USA Olympian. He won a Silver Medal at the 1996 Atlanta....
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (57 kg)

• Matt Ghaffari
  Matt Ghaffari
  Siamak Ghaffari is an American-Iranian Olympic silver-medal winning wrestler. He was a two-time Olympic team member obtaining a silver medal after losing against Alexander Karelin in the final of 1996. In total holds four World and Olympic MedalsGhaffari attended Paramus High School in Paramus,...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

• Townsend Saunders
  Townsend Saunders
  Townsend Saunders is an Olympic silver medalist in wrestling who was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University. In 1987 Saunders became an NCAA Div. II National Champion for California State University-Bakersfield.-Biography:Known in college as "Junior" Saunders, he adopted his given...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Bronze

• Calvin Davis
  Calvin Davis
  Calvin Davis is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters, though his fame comes from his success in the 400 meter hurdles....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Joe Greene
  Joe Greene (athlete)
  Joe Greene was an American athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

• Donovan Wackman — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

• Gwen Torrence
  Gwen Torrence
  Gwen Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia....
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 metres

• Tonja Buford-Bailey
  Tonja Buford-Bailey
  Tonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those four different events...
  
   — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

• Jeff Weaver
  Jeff Weaver
  Jeffrey Charles Weaver is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has pitched in the majors for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, St. Louis Cardinals, and Seattle Mariners...
  
  , Jason Williams
  Jason Williams (baseball)
  Jason Gerald Williams is a former professional baseball player and an Olympic bronze medalist in baseball. His minor league baseball career spanned from 1997 to 2003.-External links:**...
  
  , Warren Morris
  Warren Morris
  Warren Morris is a former college and Major League Baseball player. He is most remembered for his 9th inning walk-off home run that won the 1996 College World Series for the Louisiana State University Tigers.-College career:Morris joined the LSU baseball team in , just out of high school in...
  
  , Augie Ojeda
  Augie Ojeda
  Octavio "Augie" Ojeda is an American professional baseball infielder who is a free agent...
  
  , Jim Parque
  Jim Parque
  James Vo Parque is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from to .-High school:...
  
  , Travis Lee
  Travis Lee
  Travis Lee is a former Major League Baseball first baseman.Lee graduated from Capital High School in Olympia, Washington in 1993, where he also played football. Being ambidextrous Lee played as a lefty in baseball and as a QB for the Capital High football team threw with his right...
  
  , Braden Looper
  Braden Looper
  Braden LaVerne Looper is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.-High school:Looper was a scholar athlete while a student at Mangum High School in Mangum, Oklahoma...
  
  , Brian Loyd
  Brian Loyd
  Brian Rchard Loyd is a former professional baseball player and an Olympic bronze medalist in baseball. His minor league baseball career spanned from 1996 to 2003.-External links:**...
  
  , Billy Koch
  Billy Koch
  William Koch is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He entered the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays and most recently pitched for the Florida Marlins in 2004.- Baseball career :...
  
  , Mark Kotsay
  Mark Kotsay
  Mark Steven Kotsay is an American professional baseball outfielder with the San Diego Padres...
  
  , Matt Lecroy, Kip Harkrider
  Kip Harkrider
  Kiplan Paul "Kip" Harkrider is a former professional baseball player and an Olympic bronze medalist in baseball. His minor league baseball career spanned from 1997 to 2007.-External links:**...
  
  , A. J. Hinch
  A. J. Hinch
  Andrew Jay Hinch is the current vice president of professional scouting for the San Diego Padres. He is a former Major League Baseball catcher and a former manager. Hinch played for the Oakland Athletics , Kansas City Royals , Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies , and managed the Arizona...
  
  , Jacque Jones
  Jacque Jones
  Jacque Dewayne Jones is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently is a free agent-Early life:...
  
  , Troy Glaus
  Troy Glaus
  Troy Edward Glaus is a Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman who is currently a free agent. Previously, Glaus played with the Anaheim Angels , Arizona Diamondbacks , Toronto Blue Jays , St. Louis Cardinals , and the Atlanta Braves . Glaus lettered in baseball while attending UCLA...
  
  , Chad Green
  Chad Green
  Chad Elton Green is a former switch-hitting, right-handed minor league baseball player. An outfielder, he attended Mentor High School and then the University of Kentucky....
  
  , Seth Greisinger
  Seth Greisinger
  Seth Adam Greisinger is a baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball from -.-Career:...
  
  , Chad Allen, Kris Benson
  Kris Benson
  Kristin James Benson is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Benson pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates from to , New York Mets from to , Baltimore Orioles in to , Texas Rangers in , and Arizona Diamondbacks in ....
  
  , and R. A. Dickey
  R. A. Dickey
  Robert Allen "R. A." Dickey is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets. He was previously with the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins and Milwaukee Brewers organizations...
  
   — Baseball, Men's Team Competition

• Floyd Mayweather, Jr. — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Terrance Cauthen
  Terrance Cauthen
  Terrance Davin Cauthen is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Cauthen grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and trained in Philadelphia....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Rhoshii Wells
  Rhoshii Wells
  Rhoshii Wells was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

• Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Nate Jones
  Nate Jones
  Nathaniel Henry Jones was a boxer. Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Amateur career:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Susan De Mattei — Cycling, Women's Cross-Country Mountainbike

• Mark Lenzi
  Mark Lenzi
  Mark Edward Lenzi is a former American Olympic diver and diving coach. Lenzi is known for his Olympic gold medal in the 1992 Olympic Games, and his Olympic bronze medal in the 1996 Olympic Games on the 3m springboard....
  
   — Diving, Men's Springboard

• Mary Ellen Clark
  Mary Ellen Clark
  Mary Ellen Clark is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-Background:...
  
   — Diving, Women's Platform

• Kerry Millikin — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual

• Guenter Seidel, Robert Dover
  Robert Dover (equestrian)
  Robert Jeffrey Dover is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of dressage. Riding from the age of 13, he began specializing in dressage at age 19 and competed in his first Olympics in 1984. He competed in every summer Games between 1984 and 2004, winning four team...
  
  , Michelle Gibson, and Steffen Peters — Equestrian, Dressage Team

• Dominique Dawes
  Dominique Dawes
  Dominique Margaux Dawes is a retired United States artistic gymnast. She was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent...
  
   — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

• Jimmy Pedro
  Jimmy Pedro
  James A. Pedro is one of the most successful American judo competitors ever, having even won two bronze medals in the Olympics.Pedro was the World Champion at 73 kg in 1998...
  
   — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

• Marc Schneider
  Marc Schneider (rower)
  Marc Schneider is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , William Carlucci
  William Carlucci
  William Carlucci is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , David Collins
  David Collins (rower)
  David Collins is an American rower. He is currently working at Episcopal High School ). He teaches mathematics and coaches the Boys Junior Soccer team. He is loved and adored by those who take his classes or have been coached by him...
  
  , and Jeff Pfaendtner
  Jeff Pfaendtner
  Jeff Pfaendtner is an American rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

• Lance Bade
  Lance Bade
  Lance Thomas Bade is a target shooter and three-time Olympian.-Career:At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Bade competed in the trap and double trap. In the trap, Bade won the bronze medal...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Bruce Baumgartner
  Bruce Baumgartner
  Bruce Robert Baumgartner is a retired American amateur wrestler and current Director of Athletics for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania....
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

• Jim Barton
  Jim Barton (sailor)
  Jim Barton is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Jeff Madrigali and Kent Massey.-References:...
  
  , Kent Massey
  Kent Massey
  Kent Massey is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Jim Barton and Jeff Madrigali.-References:...
  
   and Jeff Madrigali
  Jeff Madrigali
  Jeff Madrigali is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Jim Barton and Kent Massey.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Soling Class

• Courtenay Becker-Day — Sailing, Women's Europe

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Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

The United States claimed both of the gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

s in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish

Justin Huish

Justin Huish is an internationally known American archer. Growing up, his parents ran an archery pro shop, but Huish did not take up shooting until he was 14...

 claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Janet Dykman
  Janet Dykman
  Adrienne Cornelia Dykman is an American archer.Dykman represented the U.S. at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 44th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 619. In the first round of elimination, she faced 21st-ranked and eventual bronze medalist Alison Williamson...
  
   - round of 16, 16th place (2-1)
• Lindsay Langston - round of 32, 22nd place (1-1)
• Judi Adams - round of 64, 39th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Justin Huish
  Justin Huish
  Justin Huish is an internationally known American archer. Growing up, his parents ran an archery pro shop, but Huish did not take up shooting until he was 14...
  
   - final, gold medal (6-0)
• Richard Johnson - round of 16, 11th place (2-1)
• Rod White
  Rod White
  Rodney White is an American archer. He competed in the 1996 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games. In the 1996 team competition he won gold with Justin Huish and Butch Johnson. In 2000 the American team won the bronze medal.-External links:*...
  
   - round of 32, 24th place (1-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Dykman, Langston, and Adams - round of 16, 13th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Huish, Johnson, and White - final (4-0) → Gold Medal

Men's Competition

Men's 1,500 metres

• Jason Pyrah
  Jason Pyrah
  Jason Pyrah is an American athlete who participated in the 1500-meter run at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for the final in 1996, but did qualify in 2000, placing 10th....
  
  
• Qualification — 3:39.91 (→ did not advance)

• Brian Hyde
• Qualification — 3:48.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Bob Kennedy
• Qualification — 13:54.57
• Semifinal — 13:27.90
• Final — 13:12.35 (→ 6th place)

• Jim Spivey
  Jim Spivey
  James Calvin Spivey is a former American middle distance runner and Olympian.Spivey began running competitively in 1975 as a sophomore in cross country and on the track at Fenton High School in Bensenville, Illinois...
  
  
• Qualification — 13:53.16
• Semifinal — 14:27.72 (→ did not advance)

• Matt Giusto
• Qualification — 14:30.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Brad Barquist
• Qualification — 29:11.20 (→ did not advance)

• Dan Middleman
• Qualification — 29:50.72 (→ did not advance)

• Todd Williams
  Todd Williams (athlete)
  Todd Williams is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He was a two-time United States cross country champion, with victories in 1991 and 1993...
  
  
• Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Lamont Smith
  LaMont Smith
  LaMont Smith is a former 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.-References:*...
  
  , Alvin Harrison
  Alvin Harrison
  Alvin Harrison is an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of fellow Olympic medalist Calvin Harrison...
  
  , Jason Rouser
  Jason Rouser
  Jason Rouser is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1993 World Indoor Championships he finished sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in 4 x 400 metres relay...
  
  , Derek Mills
  Derek Mills
  Derek Mills was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He has a career best of 44.13 in the 400m...
  
  , and Anthuan Maybank
  Anthuan Maybank
  Anthuan Maybank was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. Maybank ran the last leg for the United States and surprisingly shrugged off an attack from Roger Black who had won a silver medal in the individual event. Maybank was not a well-known...
  
  
• Heat — 3:00.56
• Semi Final — 2:57.87
• Final — 2:55.99 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Derrick Adkins
  Derrick Adkins
  Derrick R. Adkins is a former American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Malverne High School, Derrick Adkins rose into the international athletics scene in 1991, when he finished third at the US National Championships and qualified...
  
  
• Heat — 48.46s
• Semi Final — 47.76s
• Final — 47.54s (→ Gold Medal)

• Calvin Davis
  Calvin Davis
  Calvin Davis is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters, though his fame comes from his success in the 400 meter hurdles....
  
  
• Heat — 48.94s
• Semi Final — 47.91s
• Final — 47.96s (→ Bronze Medal)

• Bryan Bronson
  Bryan Bronson
  John Bryan Bronson is an American hurdler, who won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens....
  
  
• Heat — 49.06s
• Semi Final — 50.32s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

• Mark Croghan
  Mark Croghan
  Mark Duane Croghan was a track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase. He's a three-time Olympian and a four-time USA outdoor champion.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 8:27.91
• Semifinals — 8:21.01
• Final — 8:17.84 (→ 5th place)

• Marc Davis
  Marc Davis (athlete)
  Marc Davis is a retired American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in distance races like the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase and 5.000 metres...
  
  
• Heat — 8:31.25
• Semifinals — 8:26.76
• Final — 9:51.96 (→ 12th place)

• Robert Gary
• Heat — 8:49.68 (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Dan O'Brien
  Dan O'Brien
  Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....
  
  
• Final Result — 8824 points (→ Gold Medal)

• Steve Fritz
  Steve Fritz
  Steve Fritz is a retired American decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Final Result — 8644 points (→ 4th place)

• Chris Huffins
  Chris Huffins
  Chris Huffins is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He was the Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country programs at the University of California from 2002 to 2007. He married Monique Parker in 1997. He earned a...
  
  
• Final Result — 8300 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Anthony Washington
  Anthony Washington
  Anthony Washington is a former American discus thrower, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country. At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Washington won the gold medal in discus throw.His personal bests are 71.14 m in discus and 59.58 m in hammer throw...
  
  
• Qualification — 63.66m
• Final — 65.42m (→ 4th place)

• Adam Setliff
  Adam Setliff
  Adam Setliff is a retired discus thrower from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics , finishing 12th and 5th respectively. He set his personal best in the men's discus throw on July 21, 2001 at a meet in La Jolla, California. He retired prior to...
  
  
• Qualification — 62.36m
• Final — 56.30m (→ 12th place)

• John Godina
  John Godina
  John Carl Godina is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus.-High School Years:...
  
  
• Qualification — 61.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Lance Deal
  Lance Deal
  Lance Earl Deal is a former American athlete who won a silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Qualification — 78.56m
• Final — 81.12m (→ Silver Medal)

• Kevin McMahon
  Kevin McMahon (athlete)
  Kevin McMahon is a retired track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hammer throw. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. A two-time USA Champion he claimed the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg,...
  
  
• Qualification — 73.46m (→ did not advance)

• Ken Popejoy
• Qualification — 72.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Keith Brantly — 2:18.17 (→ 28th place)
• Bob Kempainen
  Bob Kempainen
  Robert Kempainen, MD is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 . He was the 1990 US National Cross Country Champion. He finished 2nd at the 1993 New York City Marathon in 2:11:03...
  
   — 2:18.38 (→ 31st place)
• Bruce Deacon
  Bruce Deacon
  Bruce William Deacon is a former Canadian long-distance runner. Deacon competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Deacon was the first two-time winner and is currently the only three-time winner of the California International Marathon...
  
   — 2:19.56 (→ 39th place)
• Mark Coogan
  Mark Coogan
  Mark Coogan is a retired American track athlete. He attended Bishop Feehan High School and the University of Maryland, College Park....
  
   — 2:20.27 (→ 41st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Allen James — 4'01:18 (→ 24th place)

• Andrzej Chylinski — 4'03:13 (→ 25th place)

• Herman Nelson — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Competition

Women's 10.000 metres

• Joan Nesbit
• Qualification — 32:33.48 (→ did not advance)

• Kate Fonshell
• Qualification — 32:48.05 (→ did not advance)

• Olga Appell
  Olga Appell
  Olga Appell is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following year, but failed to finish the race...
  
  
• Qualification — 34:12.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay...
  
  , Linetta Wilson
  Linetta Wilson
  Linetta Wilson was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the women's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. She competed with in the opening round with Rochelle Stevens, Kim Graham, and Maicel Malone and was replaced by Jearl Miles in the Final.Wilson grew up in Pasadena, attending Muir High School...
  
  , Kim Graham
  Kim Graham
  Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles...
  
  , and Maicel Malone
• Qualification — 3:22.71
• Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens
  Rochelle Stevens was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in the women's 4x400-meter relay...
  
  , Maicel Malone, Kim Graham
  Kim Graham
  Kimberly Elaine Graham is a former American sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres event. She represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where she received a gold medal in women's 4x400 metres relay with Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, and Jearl Miles...
  
  , and Jearl Miles
• Final — 3:20.91 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Kim Batten
  Kim Batten
  Kim Batten is a retired female American 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles....
  
  
• Qualification — 54.92
• Semifinals — 53.65
• Final — 53.08 (→ Silver Medal)

• Tonja Buford-Bailey
  Tonja Buford-Bailey
  Tonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.23
• Semifinals — 53.38
• Final — 53.22 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Sandra Farmer-Patrick
  Sandra Farmer-Patrick
  Sandra Farmer-Patrick is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles....
  
  
• Qualification — 55.55
• Semifinals — 54.73 (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Kelly Blair
• Final Result — 6307 points (→ 8th place)

• Sharon Hanson
  Sharon Hanson
  Sharon Hanson-Lowery, née is a retired American heptathlete. Her personal best score was 6352 points, achieved in 1996.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Final Result — 6292 points (→ 9th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Aretha Hill
• Qualification — 56.04m (→ did not advance)

• Lacy Barnes Mileham
• Qualification — 57.48m (→ did not advance)

• Suzy Powell
  Suzy Powell
  Suzanne Powell-Roos is a female discus thrower from the United States., who represented her native country in the women's discus throw event at three Summer Olympics, 1996 , 2000 and 2008 .She is the current American record holder in the Discus Throw, that record of...
  
  
• Qualification — 56.24m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Connie Price-Smith
  Connie Price-Smith
  Connie Price-Smith is an American shot putter and discus thrower. She graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1985.-Early career:...
  
  
• Qualification — 19.08m
• Final — 19.22m (→ 5th place)

• Ramona Pagel
  Ramona Pagel
  Ramona Pagel is a retired American shot putter. Her personal best put was 20.18 metres, achieved in June 1988 in San Diego. Pagel was affiliated with the San Diego State University.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 18.55m
• Final — 18.48m (→ 9th place)

• Valeyta Althouse
• Qualification — 18.16m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals, in those four different events...
  
  
• Qualification — 6.70m
• Final — 7.00m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Marieke Veltman
• Qualification — 6.49m (→ did not advance)

• Shana Williams
  Shana Williams
  Shana L. Williams is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the long jump. She is a two-time Olympian, having competed in her event at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Williams won the silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi...
  
  
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Sheila Hudson
  Sheila Hudson
  Sheila Hudson is a retired American triple jumper.Born to an African American father and a Korean mother....
  
  

1. Qualification — 14.26m
2. Final — 14.02m (→ 11th place)

• Cynthea Rhodes
  Cynthea Rhodes
  Cynthea Rhodes is a retired American triple jumper.She finished twelfth at the 1995 World Indoor Championships and eleventh at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump was 14.25 metres, achieved in the 1997 World...
  
  

1. Qualification — 13.95m (→ did not advance)

• Diana Orrange

1. Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

• Tisha Waller
  Tisha Waller
  Tisha Felice Waller, is an American athlete competing in the high jump, who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  

1. Qualification — 1.93m
2. Final — 1.93m (→ 10th place)

• Connie Teaberry

1. Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

• Amy Acuff
  Amy Acuff
  Amy Lyn Acuff is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field...
  
  

1. Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Anne Marie Lauck
  Anne Marie Lauck
  Anne Marie Letko is an American long-distance runner who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000 ....
  
   — 2:31.30 (→ 10th place)

• Linda Somers
  Linda Somers
  Linda Somers-Smith is an American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon. Somers competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1992 Chicago Marathon and the 1993 California International Marathon...
  
   — 2:36.58 (→ 31st place)

• Jenny Spangler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10km Walk

• Michelle Rohl
  Michelle Rohl
  Michelle Rohl is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in race walking. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. A five-time USA Indoor Champion and a four-time U.S...
  
   — 44:29 (→ 14th place)

• Debbi Lawrence
  Debbi Lawrence
  Deborah A. Lawrence is a retired female racewalker from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 10 km race walk event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Göteborg, Sweden.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 45:32 (→ 20th place)

• Victoria Herazo — dsq (→ no ranking)

Baseball

Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball had its second appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, with games played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Eight nations competed, with the preliminary phase consisting of each team playing every other team. Playoffs were then held,...

The United States, which had barely missed medalling in the first official Olympic baseball tournament, tried again in 1996. This time, they were successful. In the preliminary round, they defeated six of their seven opponents, losing only to the undefeated Cubans

Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight...

. The Americans were second place in the round, pitting them in a semifinal match against the third-place Japanese

Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Tadahiro Nomura — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight * Kenzo Nakamura — Judo, Men's Lightweight...

 team. In a game much more reminiscent of the Japanese victory in the 1992 bronze medal game than the American win in the 1996 preliminary round, the United States was defeated and found itself playing in their second bronze medal game in as many Olympiads. This time, however, they defeated Nicaragua

Nicaragua at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nicaragua competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* William Aguirre — 2:37.02 Women's 5,000 metres*Marta Portoblanco-Men's Team Competition:...

 to win their first baseball medal.

Men's Team Competition:

• United States (7-2) — Bronze Medal

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Defeated Argentina (96:68)
• Defeated Angola (87:54)
• Defeated Lithuania (104:82)
• Defeated PR China (133:70)
• Defeated Croatia (102:71)
• Quarterfinals
• Defeated Brazil (98:75)
• Semifinals
• Defeated Australia (101:73)
• Final
• Defeated Yugoslavia (95:69) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
• Mitch Richmond
  Mitch Richmond
  Mitchell James "Mitch" Richmond is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He played collegiately at Kansas State University. He was a 6-time NBA All-Star, a 5-time All-NBA Team member and a former NBA Rookie of the Year...
  
  
• David Robinson
  David Robinson (basketball)
  David Maurice Robinson is a retired American NBA basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs for his entire NBA career. Based on his prior service as an officer in the United States Navy, Robinson earned the nickname "The Admiral". He and teammate power forward Tim Duncan were...
  
  
• John Stockton
  John Stockton
  John Houston Stockton is a retired American professional basketball player who spent his entire career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA from 1984 to 2003. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA records for most career assists and steals by...
  
  
• Shaquille O'Neal
  Shaquille O'Neal
  Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal , nicknamed "Shaq" , is a former American professional basketball player. Standing tall and weighing , he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA...
  
  
• Gary Payton
  Gary Payton
  Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
  
  
• Scottie Pippen
  Scottie Pippen
  Scottie Maurice Pippen is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association . He is most remembered for his time with the Chicago Bulls, with whom he was instrumental in six NBA Championships and their record 1995–96 season of 72 wins...
  
  
• Karl Malone
  Karl Malone
  Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...
  
  
• Reggie Miller
  Reggie Miller
  Reginald Wayne "Reggie" Miller is a retired American professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association career with the Indiana Pacers...
  
  
• Hakeem Olajuwon
  Hakeem Olajuwon
  Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association for the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors. He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995. In 2008,...
  
  
• Charles Barkley
  Charles Barkley
  Charles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...
  
  
• Anfernee Hardaway
• Grant Hill
  Grant Hill (basketball)
  Grant Henry Hill is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Suns. As a collegian with Duke University and early in his professional career with the Detroit Pistons, Hill was widely considered to be one of the best all-around players in the game, often...
  
  
• Head Coach: Lenny Wilkens
  Lenny Wilkens
  Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens is a retired American basketball player and coach in the NBA...
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Defeated Cuba (101:84)
• Defeated Ukraine (98:65)
• Defeated Zaire (107:47)
• Defeated Australia (96:79)
• Defeated South Korea (105:64)
• Quarterfinals
• Defeated Japan (108:93)
• Semifinals
• Defeated Australia (93:71)
• Final
• Defeated Brazil (111:87) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
• Dawn Staley
  Dawn Staley
  Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was named the University of South Carolina women's head basketball coach on May 7, 2008...
  
  
• Katy Steding
  Katy Steding
  Katy Steding is a former collegiate and professional basketball player and current college basketball coach.-College career:...
  
  
• Sheryl Swoopes
  Sheryl Swoopes
  Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American professional basketball player who, subsequent to being waived into free agency, signed to re-join the WNBA to play with the Tulsa Shock in 2011. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. She has won three Olympic Gold Medals and...
  
  
• Katrina McClain
• Nikki McCray
  Nikki McCray
  Nikki McCray is a former American professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association for eight seasons....
  
  
• Carla McGhee
  Carla McGhee
  Carla McGhee was an American basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee. She was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1987 and was in a coma for 47 hours, suffering brain injuries and breaking nearly every bone in her face. She was told she’d never play again....
  
  
• Venus Lacy
  Venus Lacy
  Venus Lacy , born on February 9, 1967 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a former star basketball player, at the high school, college, Olympic and professional levels. A wide-bodied, muscular 6'-4" center, at her best Lacy was an intimidating force inside the paint, both scoring and rebounding...
  
  
• Lisa Leslie
  Lisa Leslie
  Lisa Deshaun Leslie-Lockwood is a former American professional women's basketball player in the WNBA. She is a three-time WNBA MVP and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner...
  
  
• Rebecca Lobo
  Rebecca Lobo
  Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is an American television basketball analyst and a former player in the professional Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 to 2003...
  
  
• Jennifer Azzi
  Jennifer Azzi
  Jennifer Lynn Azzi is the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of San Francisco. Azzi is a former collegiate and professional basketball player.-College years:...
  
  
• Ruthie Bolton
  Ruthie Bolton
  Alice Ruth Bolton , better known as Ruthie Bolton and also by her former married name of Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, is a former collegiate, Olympic and professional basketball player. Bolton played in the WNBA from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played collegiately at Auburn...
  
  
• Teresa Edwards
  Teresa Edwards
  -External links:******...
  
  
• Head Coach: Tara VanDerveer
  Tara Vanderveer
  Tara VanDerveer has been the Stanford University women's basketball coach since 1985. She led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the...
  
  

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Albert Guardado
  Albert Guardado
  Albert Guardado is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Modiradilo Healer (Botswana), 11-9
• Second Round — Defeated Anicet Rasoanaivo
  Anicet Rasoanaivo
  Anicet Rasoanaivo is a retired male boxer from Madagascar, who twice competed for his African country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He is best known for twice winning a medal in the men's light flyweight division at the African Amateur Championships: 2001 and 2003.-References:*...
  
   (Madagascar), 9-4
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin
  Oleg Kiryukhin
  Oleg Kiryukin is a Ukrainian boxer, who won the light flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*Defeated Abdul Rashid Qambrani 17-3*Defeated Beibis Mendoza 18-6...
  
   (Ukraine), 14-19

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Eric Morel
  Eric Morel
  Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Amateur career :...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero
  Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
   (Cuba), 12-24

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Zahir Raheem
  Zahir Raheem
  Zahir Raheem is an American boxer. Known as "Z-Man", his current professional record stands at 30 wins, 3 losses with 17 knockouts....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Jong-Gil Hoe (North Korea), 19-4
• Second Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa Bonell is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács...
  
   (Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Floyd Mayweather Jr.
  Floyd Mayweather Jr.
  Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Defeated Bakhtiyar Tileganov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round
• Second Round — Defeated Artur Gevorgyan
  Artur Gevorgyan
  Artur Gevorgyan is an Armenian boxer, now based in Los Angeles, California. He was a member of the 1996 and the 2000 Armenian Olympic Team as a lightweight. His result at the 2000 Summer Olympics was a loss to Kazakhstan's Nurzhan Karimzhanov ....
  
   (Armenia), 16-3
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba), 12-11
• Semi Finals — Lost to Serafim Todorov
  Serafim Todorov
  Serafim Simeonov Todorov or Gogi Todoridze is a former Bulgarian/Georgian boxer who won the amateur world championship three times...
  
   (Bulgaria), 9-10

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Terrance Cauthen
  Terrance Cauthen
  Terrance Davin Cauthen is an American boxer. Nicknamed "Heat", Cauthen won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Cauthen grew up in Trenton, New Jersey and trained in Philadelphia....
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Defeated Mahamatkodir Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), 18-6
• Second Round — Defeated Tumentsetsec Ultumen (Mongolia), 10-9
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand), 14-10
• Semi Finals — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev
  Tontcho Tontchev
  Toncho Dimitrov Tonchev is an Bulgarian boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Tontchev also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  
   (Bulgaria), 12-15

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• David Díaz
• First Round — Defeated Jacobo Garcia (US Virgin Islands), referee stopped contest in third round
• Second Round — Lost to Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal
  Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
   (Germany), 6-14

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Fernando Vargas
  Fernando Vargas
  Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Tengiz Meskhadze (Georgia), 10-4
• Second Round — Lost to Marian Simion
  Marian Simion
  Marian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...
  
   (Romania), 7-8

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Rhoshii Wells
  Rhoshii Wells
  Rhoshii Wells was an American boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight Division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Defeated Sefid Dashti Mollal (Iran), 24-7
• Second Round — Defeated Ricardo Rodríguez (Brazil), 16-2
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov
  Dilshod Yarbekov
  Dilshod Yarbekov is an Uzbek boxer, who has won medals at the Asian and World Championships in the middleweight category...
  
   (Uzbekistan), 8-8 (judges cards)
• Semi Finals — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 8-17

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Defeated Dmitri Vybornov (Russia), 5-2
• Second Round — Defeated David Kowah (Sierra Leone), referee stopped contest in first round
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), referee stopped contest in third round
• Semi Finals — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 9-15

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Nate Jones
  Nate Jones
  Nathaniel Henry Jones was a boxer. Nicknamed "The Snake", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.- Amateur career:...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Fola Okesola (Great Britain), referee stopped contest in third round
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Jiang Tao (China), 21-4
• Semi Finals — Lost to David Defiagbon
  David Defiagbon
  David Dejiro Defiagbon was a Nigerian boxer. Nicknamed "The Dream", Defiagbon fought for Canada and won the heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Amateur:...
  
   (Canada), 10-16

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Lawrence Clay-Bey
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko
  Wladimir Klitschko
  Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...
  
   (Ukraine), 8-10

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Lance Armstrong
  Lance Armstrong
  Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...
  
  
• Final — 1:06:28 (→ 6th place)

• Steve Hegg
  Steve Hegg
  Steve Edward Hegg is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from the United States, who was a professional rider from 1988 to 2000...
  
  
• Final — 1:08:29 (→ 16th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Jeanne Golay
  Jeanne Golay
  Jeanne Golay is a former American road bicycle racing professional from Coral Gables, Florida. She won the 1992, 1994 and 1995 United States National Road Race Championships, and the 1992 world team time-trial championship, and competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.In...
  
  
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 29th place)

• Linda Brenneman
• Final — 02:40:27 (→ 36th place)

• Alison Dunlap
  Alison Dunlap
  Alison Dunlap is an American professional cyclist. She won the world cross-country mountain bike championship in 2001 and two Mountain Bike World Cup races...
  
  
• Final — 02:41:21 (→ 37th place)

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Linda Brenneman
• Final — 38:52 (→ 11th place)

• Jeanne Golay
  Jeanne Golay
  Jeanne Golay is a former American road bicycle racing professional from Coral Gables, Florida. She won the 1992, 1994 and 1995 United States National Road Race Championships, and the 1992 world team time-trial championship, and competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics.In...
  
  
• Final — 39:36 (→ 16th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Brian McDonough
  Brian McDonough
  Brian McDonough is an American Physician and writerBrian McDonough, MD, FAAFP is "Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and Chairman of The Family Medicine Department at St. Francis Hospital....
  
  
• Final — 5 points (→ 19th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• David Juarez
• Final — 2:35.15 (→ 19th place)

• Don Myrah
• Final — 2:35:50 (→ 20th place)

Women's Cross Country

• Susan DeMattei
  Susan DeMattei
  Susan DeMattei is a professional mountain biker who won the Bronze Medal in Mountain Biking at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Final — 1:52.36 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Juliana Furtado
• Final — 1:58.32 (→ 10th place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springnboard

• Mark Lenzi
  Mark Lenzi
  Mark Edward Lenzi is a former American Olympic diver and diving coach. Lenzi is known for his Olympic gold medal in the 1992 Olympic Games, and his Olympic bronze medal in the 1996 Olympic Games on the 3m springboard....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 372.03
• Semi Final — 229.74
• Final — 456.76 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Scott Donie
  Scott Donie
  Scott Richard Donie is an American diver. He captured the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics on the 10 m platform, and then placed 4th in the 3 m springboard at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 414.03
• Semi Final — 223.86
• Final — 443.07 (→ 4th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Melisa Moses
• Preliminary Heat — 279.75
• Semi Final — 211.95
• Final — 296.04 (→ 4th place)

• Jenny Keim
• Preliminary Heat — 270.48
• Semi Final — 211.17
• Final — 275.46 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Mary Ellen Clark
  Mary Ellen Clark
  Mary Ellen Clark is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.-Background:...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 253.89
• Semi Final — 174.87
• Final — 298.08 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Becky Ruehl
• Preliminary Heat — 323.91
• Semi Final — 163.38
• Final — 291.81(→ 4th place)

Men's Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• United States
  United States men's national soccer team
  The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
  
   1-3 Argentina
• United States
  United States men's national soccer team
  The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
  
   2-0 Tunisia
• United States
  United States men's national soccer team
  The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
  
   1-1 Portugal
• Quarterfinals
• Did not advance
• Team Roster
• (1.) Kasey Keller
  Kasey Keller
  Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....
  
   (GK
  Goalkeeper
  In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...
  
  )
• (2.) Matt McKeon
  Matt McKeon
  Matthew John McKeon is a retired American soccer midfielder who played seven seasons in Major League Soccer. He earned two caps with the United States men's national soccer team and was a member of the 1996 U.S...
  
  
• (3.) Billy Walsh
• (4.) Eddie Pope
  Eddie Pope
  George Edward Pope is a retired American soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Youth:Born in Greensboro, he attended Southwest Guilford...
  
  
• (5.) Clint Peay
  Clint Peay
  Clint Peay is a retired U.S. soccer defender who is currently the head coach with the University of Richmond men's soccer team. He was a regular on the U.S. junior national teams and U.S. Olympic team in the mid-1990s. He also spent several years with D.C...
  
  
• (6.) Alexi Lalas
  Alexi Lalas
  Panayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...
  
  
• (7.) Imad Baba
  Imad Baba
  Imad Baba is a retired American soccer midfielder. He spent seven years in Major League Soccer with the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids. He was also a member of the American squads at the 1989 U-16 World Championships, 1993 U-20 World Cup and the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• (8.) Jovan Kirovski
  Jovan Kirovski
  Jovan Kirovski is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-Club career:...
  
  
• (9.) A.J. Wood
• (10.) Claudio Reyna
  Claudio Reyna
  Claudio Reyna is a retired American soccer player and the current USSF US Youth Soccer Technical Director. He was the captain of the United States national team before retiring from international football following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is widely considered one of the...
  
  
• (11.) Miles Joseph
  Miles Joseph
  Miles Joseph is a retired U.S. soccer player who earned three caps with the United States national soccer team. He spent six seasons in Major League Soccer and the part of one season in Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S...
  
  
• (12.) Brandon Pollard
  Brandon Pollard
  Brandon Pollard is a retired U.S. soccer defender who is best known for having his career ended by a vicious tackle from Dema Kovalenko. Pollard was a standout player with the University of Virginia and was a member of the U.S...
  
  
• (13.) Frankie Hejduk
  Frankie Hejduk
  Frank Daniel "Frankie" Hejduk is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He formerly played as right back for Columbus Crew, where he was team captain, and the United States national team.-Youth and College:Hejduk attended San Dieguito High...
  
  
• (14.) Brian Maisonneuve
  Brian Maisonneuve
  Brian Maisonneuve is an American retired soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. He spent his entire professional career with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. He was a member of the U.S. soccer teams at both the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, earning a...
  
  
• (15.) Nelson Vargas
  Nelson Vargas
  For the Colombian road cyclist with the same name see Nélson VargasNelson Vargas is a former U.S. soccer player. He spent five seasons in Major League Soccer. He was also a member of the U.S...
  
  
• (16.) Rob Smith
  Rob Smith (soccer)
  Robert “Rob” Smith is a former U.S. soccer player. He spent five seasons with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Youth:...
  
  
• (17.) Damian Silvera
  Damian Silvera
  Damian Troy Silvera is a former U.S. soccer midfielder who was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic soccer team. He also spent a season and a half in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...
  
  
• (18.) Chris Snitko
  Chris Snitko
  Chris Snitko , is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who was the 1995 ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year. He then spent six seasons in Major League Soccer and earned five caps with the United States U-23 men's national soccer team.-Youth:...
  
    (GK
  Goalkeeper
  In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...
  
  )
• Head Coach: Bruce Arena
  Bruce Arena
  Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...
  
  

Women's Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group E)
• United States
  United States women's national soccer team
  The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
  
   3-0 Denmark
  Denmark women's national football team
  The Denmark women's national football team represents Denmark in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Danish Football Association .-World Cup:*1970 : Winner *1971 : Winner...
  
  
• United States
  United States women's national soccer team
  The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
  
   2-1 Sweden
  Sweden women's national football team
  Sweden women's national football team are a football team officially representing Sweden in women's football. They won the unofficial European Championships in 1984, a success the team has not managed to repeat, it has however won one World Cup-silver as well as three European Cup-silvers...
  
  
• United States
  United States women's national soccer team
  The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
  
   0-0 China
  China women's national football team
  The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...
  
  
• Semifinals
• United States
  United States women's national soccer team
  The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
  
   2-1 Norway
  Norway women's national football team
  The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...
  
  
• Finals
• United States
  United States women's national soccer team
  The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
  
   2-1 China
  China women's national football team
  The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...
  
   → Gold Medal

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby...

Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby...

Men's Competition

The US men's field hockey team competed for the sixth time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the squad coached by Jon Clark once again finished twelfth and last. The team was formed by the following players, including three (Van Randwijck, Wentges and Wassenaar) originally from Holland: Tom Vano

Tom Vano

Thomas Vano is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Steve Danielson

Steve Danielson

Steven Patrick Danielson is currently an assistant coach for the Stanford Field Hockey team. Formerly a field hockey midfielder, he has competed for the United States since 1989 in indoor and outdoor field hockey...

, Larry Amar

Larry Amar

Larry Amar is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was the captain of the national team that finished twelfth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Amar also earned two consecutive USA Field Hockey Athlete of the Year awards in 1994 and 1995.- External links :*...

, Marq Mellor

Marq Mellor

Marq Mellor is a former field hockey forward from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Scott Williams, Steve Jennings, Steven van Randwijck

Steven van Randwijck

Steven Rutger Jules van Randwijck is a former field hockey midfielder, who competed for the United States and finished twelfth with the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He grew up in the Netherlands, and played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague.-References:*...

, Mark Wentges, John O'Neill, Eelco Wassenaar, Nick Butcher, Ahmed Elmaghraby

Ahmed Elmaghraby

Ahmed Elmaghraby is a former field hockey forward who finished twelfth with the United States men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Phil Sykes, Otto Steffers

Otto Steffers

Otto Steffers is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Ben Maruquin

Ben Maruquin

Benjamin Maruquin is a former field hockey sweeper from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

, and Steve Wagner.

Women's Competition

The US women's field hockey team competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the team coached by Pam Hixon finished fifth. The squad was formed by the following players: Patty Shea

Patty Shea

Patricia Ann Shea is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

 (gk), Laurel Martin

Laurel Martin

Laurel Hershey Martin is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

, Liz Tchou

Liz Tchou

Elizabeth Tchou is a former field hockey defender from the United States and the current field hockey head coach at Rutgers University...

, Marcia Pankratz

Marcia Pankratz

Marcia Anne Pankratz is a former field hockey forward from the United States, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1988 she finished in eighth position with Team USA, in 1996 she claimed the fifth spot.A spirited vice-captain of the USA team, Pankratz helped spark the USA squad from 1985-1996...

, Cindy Werley

Cindy Werley

Cindy Werley is a former Olympic field hockey forward from the United States, who made her international debut for the Women's National Team in 1994...

, Diane Madl, Kris Fillat

Kris Fillat

Kris Fillat is a former field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1990...

, Kelli James

Kelli James

Kelli L. James is a former field hockey striker from the United States, who earned a total number of 144 caps for the Women's National Team...

, Tracey Fuchs

Tracey Fuchs

Tracey Claire Fuchs is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where Team USA finished in eighth and last position...

, Antoinette Lucas

Antoinette Lucas

Antoinette Lucas is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Katie Kauffman

Katie Kauffman

Katie Kauffman Beach is a former field hockey midfield player from the United States, who earned a total number of 165 caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored one goal...

, Andrea Wieland

Andrea Wieland

Andrea Wieland is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US Women's Team that claimed the fifth spot at the 1996 Summer Olympics in her birthplace Atlanta.-References:*...

 (gk), Leslie Lyness

Leslie Lyness

Leslie Lyness is a former field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first selection came in 1990.-References:*...

, Barbara Marois

Barbara Marois

Barbara Marois, born in Auburn, Massachusetts, is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...

, Jill Reeve

Jill Reeve

Jill Reeve is a former field hockey defender from the United States, who earned a total number of 134 caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored eight goals. The former student of the Old Dominion University recovered from injury suffered at the 2002 Champions Challenge to help the U.S...

 and Pamela Bustin.

Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Individual Competition:

• Michael Gostigian - 5305 pts, 16th place

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
• Defeated Netherlands (9:0)
• Defeated Japan (6:1)
• Defeated Chinese Taipei (10:0)
• Defeated Canada (4:2)
• Lost to Australia (1:2)
• Defeated PR China (3:2)
• Semifinals
• Defeated PR China (1:0)
• Final
• Defeated PR China (3:1) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
• Lisa Fernandez
  Lisa Fernandez
  For the politician, see Liza Fernandez RodriguezLisa Fernandez is a right-handed softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent. She established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game as a member of the United States Women's team.-Early years:Lisa's father immigrated from Cuba,...
  
  
• Leah O'Brien-Amico
• Laura Berg
  Laura Berg
  Laura Kay Berg is an American softball player who plays the position of center fielder...
  
  
• Lori Harrigan
  Lori Harrigan
  Lori Harrigan is an American softball player from Anaheim, California, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the American winning team in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Harrigan played collegiately at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.-References:...
  
  
• Dorothy Richardson
  Dorothy Richardson
  Dorothy Miller Richardson was a British author and journalist.-Biography:Richardson was born in Abingdon in 1873. Her family moved to Worthing, West Sussex in 1880 and then Putney, London in 1883...
  
  
• Christa Williams
  Christa Williams
  Christa Williams is a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
  
  
• Michele Smith
  Michele Mary Smith
  Michele Mary Smith went to Oklahoma State University. Michele Smith is a Two-Time Olympic Softball Gold Medalist with the U.S. National Team, having played in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2006, she was inducted into the ASA Softball Hall of Fame...
  
  
• Gillian Boxx
  Gillian Boxx
  Gillian Boxx won an Olympic gold medal as a catcher on the United States women's national softball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA...
  
  
• Sheila Cornell
• Michele Granger
  Michele Granger
  Michele Granger is an American former four-time First Team All-American left-handed softball pitcher and Olympic champion from Placentia, California. She played four seasons, over 5 years, for the California Golden Bears from 1989-1993...
  
  
• Dionna Harris
  Dionna Harris
  Dionna M. Harris is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  
• Kim Maher
  Kim Maher
  Kim Maher is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  
• Julie Smith
  Julie Smith (softball)
  Julie Smith is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  
• Shelly Stokes
  Shelly Stokes
  Shelly Stokes is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team....
  
  
• Dani Tyler
  Dani Tyler
  Danielle M. "Dani" Tyler is an American softball player and Olympic champion.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team.Tyler played softball at Drake University....
  
  
• Head Coach: Ralph Raymond

Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Gary Hall Jr.
• Heat — 23.36
• Final — 22.26 (→ Silver Medal)

• David Fox
  David Fox (swimmer)
  David Ashley Fox is an American swimmer, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, and a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games.- Swimming career :...
  
  
• Heat — 22.64
• Final — 22.68 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Gary Hall Jr.
• Heat — 48.90
• Final — 48.81 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jon Olsen
  Jon Olsen
  Jon C. B. Olsen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s....
  
  
• Heat — 50.17
• B-Final — 49.80 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  
• Heat — 1:48.63
• Final — 1:48.54 (→ 7th place)

• John Piersma
• Heat — 1:50.59
• B-Final — 1:49.90 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• John Piersma
• Heat — 3:53.58
• B-Final — 3:50.69 (→ 9th place)

• Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 3:53.91
• B-Final — scratched

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Peter Wright
• Heat — 15:25.43 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

• Carlton Bruner
  Carlton Bruner
  Thomas Carlton Bruner is a former American college and international swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events....
  
  
• Heat — 15:25.82 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Jeff Rouse
  Jeff Rouse
  Jeffrey Norman Rouse is an Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record Holder in swimming from the United States.-References:* from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.*...
  
  
• Heat — 54.20
• Final — 54.10 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tripp Schwenk
  Tripp Schwenk
  William Douglas Schwenk is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 55.71
• Final — 55.30 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Brad Bridgewater
  Brad Bridgewater
  Brad Michael Bridgewater is an American swimmer, who won the gold medal in men's 200 meter backstroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 1:59.04
• Final — 1:58.54 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tripp Schwenk
  Tripp Schwenk
  William Douglas Schwenk is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:59.58
• Final — 1:58.99 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Porter Linn , set an American record in the one hundred meter breaststroke category while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Heat — 1:01.53
• Final — 1:00.77 (→ Silver Medal)

• Kurt Grote
  Kurt Grote
  Kurt David Grote is an American Olympic swimmer, who competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s.- Life and education :...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.01
• Final — 1:01.69 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Eric Wunderlich
  Eric Wunderlich
  Eric Wunderlich is a retired breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He twice won a gold medal at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in the men's 4x100m medley relay event .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.18
• Final — 2:15.69 (→ 7th place)

• Kurt Grote
  Kurt Grote
  Kurt David Grote is an American Olympic swimmer, who competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s.- Life and education :...
  
  
• Heat — 2:14.63
• Final — 2:16.05 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Mark Henderson
  Mark Henderson (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Henderson in Washington DC is a retired American swimmer. He is an Olympic Champion, 3-time World Champion, 2-time Pan American Games Champion, 4-time Pan Pacific Champion and 5-time U.S. National Champion...
  
  
• Heat — 53.58
• B-Final — 53.23 (→ 10th place)

• John Hargis
  John Hargis
  John Hargis is an Olympic gold-medalist swimmer from the USA, and currently is the Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Penn State...
  
  
• Heat — 54.06
• B-Final — 54.29 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Tom Malchow
  Tom Malchow
  Thomas James Malchow is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He broke Denis Pankratov's world record in the 200 m butterfly in 2000.Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the 2004...
  
  
• Heat — 1:58.69
• B-Final — 1:57.44 (→ Silver Medal)

• Ray Carey
  Ray Carey
  Ray Carey is an Irish sportsperson. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Clyda Rovers and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009.-Minor & under-21:...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.10 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Greg Burgess
  Greg Burgess
  Gregory Stewart "Greg" Burgess is a former American college and international swimmer who won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.93
• Final — 2:02.56 (→ 6th place)

• Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.99
• Final — 2:03.89 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 4:17.66
• Final — 4:14.90 (→ Gold Medal)

• Eric Namesnik
  Eric Namesnik
  Eric John Namesnik was an Olympic swimmer for the United States.-Biography:He was born and raised in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania. Namesnik won silver medals in the 400-meter individual medley at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 4:16.21
• Final — 4:15.25 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• David Fox
  David Fox (swimmer)
  David Ashley Fox is an American swimmer, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, and a four-time gold medalist at the World University Games.- Swimming career :...
  
  , Scott Tucker
  Scott Tucker
  Scott Tucker is a former international freestyle swimmer from the United States, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
  , Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , and Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  
• Heat — 3:18.40
• Jon Olsen
  Jon Olsen
  Jon C. B. Olsen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s....
  
  , Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  , Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , and Gary Hall Jr.
• Final — 3:15.41 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's relay team in the 4x200 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , and Jon Olsen
  Jon Olsen
  Jon C. B. Olsen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was highly successful as a member of the US relay teams in the 1990s....
  
  
• Heat — 7:18.28
• Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  , Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher
  Brad Schumacher
  Bradley Darrell Schumacher is a two-time, two-sport Olympian from the United States. He was part of two gold medal swimming relay teams at the 1996 Olympics...
  
  , and Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube
  Ryan Berube is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's relay team in the 4x200 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Final — 7:14.84 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Tripp Schwenk
  Tripp Schwenk
  William Douglas Schwenk is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:* *...
  
  , Kurt Grote
  Kurt Grote
  Kurt David Grote is an American Olympic swimmer, who competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s.- Life and education :...
  
  , John Hargis
  John Hargis
  John Hargis is an Olympic gold-medalist swimmer from the USA, and currently is the Head Swimming & Diving Coach at Penn State...
  
  , and Josh Davis
  Josh Davis (swimmer)
  Joshua Clark Davis is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...
  
  
• Heat — 3:39.93
• Jeff Rouse
  Jeff Rouse
  Jeffrey Norman Rouse is an Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record Holder in swimming from the United States.-References:* from the International Swimming Hall of Fame.*...
  
  , Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Linn
  Jeremy Porter Linn , set an American record in the one hundred meter breaststroke category while winning the silver medal in that event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  , Mark Henderson
  Mark Henderson (swimmer)
  Mark Andrew Henderson in Washington DC is a retired American swimmer. He is an Olympic Champion, 3-time World Champion, 2-time Pan American Games Champion, 4-time Pan Pacific Champion and 5-time U.S. National Champion...
  
  , and Gary Hall Jr.
• Final — 3:34.84 (→ WR and Gold Medal)

Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 25.12
• Final — 24.87 (→ Gold Medal)

• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 25.47
• Final — 25.31 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  
• Heat — 55.44
• Final — 54.93 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 55.94
• Final — 55.11 (→ 4th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Trina Jackson
  Trina Jackson
  Trina Marie Jackson is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4×200 m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Cristina Teuscher, and Sheila...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.29
• Final — 1:59.57 (→ 4th place)

• Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4x200m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Trina Jackson, and Sheila...
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.57
• Final — 2:00.79 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4x200m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Trina Jackson, and Sheila...
  
  
• Heat — 4:12.20
• Final — 4:14.21 (→ 8th place)

• Janet Evans
  Janet Evans
  Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:...
  
  
• Heat — 4:13.60
• B-Final — scratched

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Brooke Bennett
  Brooke Bennett
  Brooke Marie Bennett is an American swimmer and triple Olympic champion.-1996 Summer Olympics:Bennett’s first gold medal came in the 800 meter freestyle race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 8:32.38
• Final — 8:27.89 (→ Gold Medal)

• Janet Evans
  Janet Evans
  Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:...
  
  
• Heat — 8:38.08
• Final — 8:38.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Beth Botsford
  Beth Botsford
  Elizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.00
• Final — 1:01.19 (→ Gold Medal)

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
  
• Heat — 1:01.70
• Final — 1:01.47 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
  
• Heat — 2:11.63
• Final — 2:11.98 (→ Silver Medal)

• Beth Botsford
  Beth Botsford
  Elizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
  
  
• Heat — 2:14.16
• B-Final — 2:13.48 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
  
• Heat — 1:09.04
• Final — 1:08.09 (→ Silver Medal)

• Kristine Quance
  Kristine Quance
  Kristine Lora Quance Julian is a former USA Record-holding and Olympic breaststroke and medley swimmer, who competed on the international level in the 1990s. She swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay...
  
  
• Heat — 1:10.92 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
  
• Heat — 2:28.10
• Final — 2:25.75 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jilen Siroky
• Heat — 2:31.57
• B-Final — 2:33.43 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heat — 1:00.04
• Final — 59.13 (→ Gold Medal)

• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  
• Heat — 59.31
• Final — 59.23 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Trina Jackson
  Trina Jackson
  Trina Marie Jackson is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4×200 m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Cristina Teuscher, and Sheila...
  
  
• Heat — 2:12.69
• Final — 2:11.96 (→ 8th place)

• Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.-Swimming career:...
  
  
• Heat — 2:14.69
• B-Final — 2:13.64 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Allison Wagner
  Allison Wagner
  Allison Marie Wagner is a former American college and international swimmer, Olympic silver medalist and world record-holder.- Early years :...
  
  
• Heat — 2:16.32
• Final — 2:16.43 (→ 6th place)

• Kristine Quance
  Kristine Quance
  Kristine Lora Quance Julian is a former USA Record-holding and Olympic breaststroke and medley swimmer, who competed on the international level in the 1990s. She swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay...
  
  
• Heat — 2:17.48
• B-Final — 2:15.24 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Allison Wagner
  Allison Wagner
  Allison Marie Wagner is a former American college and international swimmer, Olympic silver medalist and world record-holder.- Early years :...
  
  
• Heat — 4:44.06
• Final — 4:42.03 (→ Silver Medal)

• Whitney Metzler
• Heat — 4:44.74
• B-Final — 4:46.20 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  , Catherine Fox
  Catherine Fox
  Catherine Mai Lan Fox is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.She is of Vietnamese and European ethnicity. Her father, Thomas C...
  
  , Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Rae Jacob is a former American swimmer won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- Swimming career :...
  
  , and Melanie Valerio
  Melanie Valerio
  Melanie Valerio, born May 7, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is a United States swimmer, who graduated from Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio and the University of Virginia....
  
  
• Heat — 3:42.36
• Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  , Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Catherine Fox
  Catherine Fox
  Catherine Mai Lan Fox is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.She is of Vietnamese and European ethnicity. Her father, Thomas C...
  
  , and Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  
• Final — 3:39.29 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Jacob
  Lisa Rae Jacob is a former American swimmer won two gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.- Swimming career :...
  
  , Ashley Whitney
  Ashley Whitney
  Ashley Anne Whitney is a former American freestyle swimmer who was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics as a member the 4x200 m freestyle relay team...
  
  , Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in 3 different sports...
  
  , and Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen
  Annette Salmeen is an American biochemist, a 1997 Rhodes Scholar and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.-Swimming career:...
  
  
• Heat — 8:04.99
• Trina Jackson
  Trina Jackson
  Trina Marie Jackson is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4×200 m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Cristina Teuscher, and Sheila...
  
  , Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher
  Cristina Teuscher is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from the United States, who was a member of the Women's Relay Team that won the gold medal in the 4x200m Freestyle a the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her winning teammates were Jenny Thompson, Trina Jackson, and Sheila...
  
  , Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina
  Sheila Taormina is an Olympic athlete from the United States, who has competed at 4 Olympics and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in 3 different sports...
  
  , and Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  
• Final — 7:59.87 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth
  Whitney Hedgepeth is a former American college and international swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke, and a gold medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay....
  
  , Kristine Quance
  Kristine Quance
  Kristine Lora Quance Julian is a former USA Record-holding and Olympic breaststroke and medley swimmer, who competed on the international level in the 1990s. She swam at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay...
  
  , Jenny Thompson
  Jenny Thompson
  Jennifer Beth Thompson is an American former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals , in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics.Thompson, a Massachusetts native who calls Dover, New Hampshire her...
  
  , and Catherine Fox
  Catherine Fox
  Catherine Mai Lan Fox is an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.She is of Vietnamese and European ethnicity. Her father, Thomas C...
  
  
• Heat — 4:05.80
• Beth Botsford
  Beth Botsford
  Elizabeth Anne Botsford is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She did so in the individual 100m backstroke, and as a member of the women's relay team in 4x100 meter medley. She trained...
  
  , Amanda Beard
  Amanda Beard
  Amanda Ray Beard is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist . She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke ....
  
  , Angel Martino
  Angel Martino
  Angelina L. Myers-Sims better known as Angel Martino is a former American swimmer. She swam in college at Furman University. Over her career, she won three relay Olympic gold medals and three Olympic bronze medals.In addition to her Olympic medals, she won twelve Pan Pacific medals, seven Goodwill...
  
  , and Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken
  Amy Van Dyken is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Final — 4:02.88 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Team Indoor Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated Poland (3-0)
• Defeated Argentina (3-0)
• Lost to Cuba (2-3)
• Lost to Brazil (0-3)
• Lost to Bulgaria (2-3)
• Quarterfinals
• Did not advance → Ninth place
• Team Roster
• Lloy Ball
  Lloy Ball
  Lloy James Ball is an American volleyball player who represented the United States men's national volleyball team in four Olympics team competitions...
  
  
• Bob Ctvrtlik
  Bob Ctvrtlik
  Robert Jan Ctvrtlik born July 8, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is an American volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist, businessman and former member of the International Olympic Committee. Ctvrtlik is a 1985 graduate of Pepperdine University....
  
  
• Scott Fortune
  Scott Fortune
  Scott Thomas Fortune is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea...
  
  
• John Hyden
  John Hyden
  John Hyden , and raised in San Diego, California where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, is an American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Bryan Ivie
  Bryan Ivie
  Bryan Eric Ivie is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
  
  
• Michael Lambert
• Dan Landry
  Dan Landry
  Daniel Joseph Landry is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Jeff Nygaard
  Jeff Nygaard
  Jeff Wayne Nygaard is an American beach volleyball player who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics with partner Dain Blanton in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team.Jeff Nygaard attended Robert M...
  
  
• Tom Sorensen
  Tom Sorensen
  Thomas Sorensen is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Jeff Stork
  Jeff Stork
  Jeffrey Malcolm Stork is a former American volleyball player. He was a member of the US national team that won the gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Ethan Watts
  Ethan Watts
  Ethan Mahoney Watts is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• Brett Winslow
  Brett Winslow
  Brett Winslow is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Head Coach: Fred Sturm
  Fred Sturm
  Frederick I. Sturm is a jazz composer, arranger, and teacher.Sturm studied at Lawrence University, the University of North Texas College of Music, and the Eastman School of Music. He played trombone and performed with the jazz nonet Matrix from 1974 to 1977...
  
  

Women's Team Indoor Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
• Defeated the Netherlands (3-1)
• Lost to China (1-3)
• Defeated Japan (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Quarterfinals
• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Lost to South Korea (0-3)
• 7th/8th place: Defeated Germany (3-1) → Seventh place
• Team Roster
• Tara Cross-Battle
  Tara Cross-Battle
  Tara Cross-Battle is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
  
  
• Lori Endicott
  Lori Endicott
  Lori Ann Endicott is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in seventh place. She was also an All-American...
  
  
• Caren Kemner
  Caren Kemner
  Caren Marie Alexius Kemner is a U.S. volleyball player. Among her accomplishments, she won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  
  
• Kristin Klein
  Kristin Klein
  Kristin Klein Keefe is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who played as an outside hitter. She represented the USA National Women's Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in seventh place...
  
  
• Beverly Oden
  Beverly Oden
  Beverly Oden is a volleyball player from the United States. She played middle blocker for the U.S women's volleyball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
  
  
• Elaina Oden
  Elaina Oden
  Elaina Oden is a former volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  
  
• Danielle Scott
• Tammy Webb
  Tammy Liley
  Tammy June Webb-Liley is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She also competed at the 1988 and the 1996 Summer Olympics, both finishing in seventh place. Liley player...
  
  
• Paula Weishoff
  Paula Weishoff
  Paula Jo Weishoff is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won two medals with the USA National Women's Team at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1992 ....
  
  
• Tonya Williams
• Elaine Youngs
  Elaine Youngs
  Elaine Youngs is an American beach volleyball player.As of 2010, Youngs has won 51 professional beach volleyball tournaments in her career. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with teammate Holly McPeak. In 2002, she was named MVP of the AVP.Youngs graduated from UCLA...
  
  
• Yoko Zetterlund
  Yoko Zetterlund
  Yoko Karin Zetterlund is a former USA national volleyball player.Zetterlund graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo and went on to play for the U.S. National team. In 1992, she won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Head Coach: Terry Liskevych
  Terry Liskevych
  Taras "Terry" Liskevych SportVolleyballCurrent positionTitleHead coachTeamOregon State UniversityConference Pac Ten ConferenceCollege Record371 – 207National Team Record337 – 281...
  
  

Men's Team Beach Competition

• Karch Kiraly
  Karch Kiraly
  Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly , is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport.-High school career:...
  
   and Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. A graduate of Palisades High School in Pacific Palsiades, CA, he latter attended Stanford, and transferred to UCLA graduating with a degree in Economics...
  
   → Gold Medal
• Defeated Andrea Ghiurghi
  Andrea Ghiurghi
  Andrea Ghiurghi is a retired beach volleyball player from Italy, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native country. In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Dio Lequaglie...
  
   — Nicola Grigolo (ITA), 15-7
• Defeated Jörg Ahmann
  Jörg Ahmann
  Jörg Ahmann is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Axel Hager. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
   — Axel Hager
  Axel Hager
  Axel Hager is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Jörg Ahmann. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
   (GER), 15-5
• Defeated Sinjin Smith
  Sinjin Smith
  Christopher St. John Smith is a professional Beach Volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos....
  
   — Carl Henkel (USA), 17-15
• Semifinal: Defeated John Child
  John Child (athlete)
  John Child is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player.Child began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mark Heese.Child lives in Toronto, Ontario...
  
   — Mark Heese
  Mark Heese
  Mark Heese is a Canadian beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta , 5th in Sydney and 5th in Athens...
  
   (CAN), 15-11
• Final: Defeated Mike Dodd
  Mike Dodd
  Michael Dodd is a well-known retired professional beach volleyball player from the United States who attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Mike Whitmarsh
  Mike Whitmarsh
  Michael John "Mike" Whitmarsh was an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from Monte Vista High School in nearby Spring Valley, and...
  
   (USA), 12-5 12-8

• Mike Dodd
  Mike Dodd
  Michael Dodd is a well-known retired professional beach volleyball player from the United States who attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   and Mike Whitmarsh
  Mike Whitmarsh
  Michael John "Mike" Whitmarsh was an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from Monte Vista High School in nearby Spring Valley, and...
  
   → Silver Medal
• Defeated Julien Prosser
  Julien Prosser
  Julien Prosser is a male beach volleyball player who represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996....
  
   — Lee Zahner
  Lee Zahner
  Lee Zahner is a male beach volleyball player who represented Australia many times in including the 2000 Summer Olympics where he and partner Julien Prosser ended up in 9th place....
  
   (AUS), 15-10
• Defeated Zé Marco de Melo
  Zé Marco de Melo
  José Marco Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Ricardo Santos. He also represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,...
  
   — Emanuel Rego
  Emanuel Rego
  Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos...
  
   (BRA), 15-9
• Defeated Javier Bosma
  Javier Bosma
  Francisco Javier Bosma Mínguez is a former Spanish beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Pablo Herrera....
  
   — Sixto Jimenez (ESP), 15-6
• Semifinal: Defeated João Brenha
  João Brenha
  João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Sydney , alongside Miguel Maia, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple...
  
   — Miguel Maia
  Miguel Maia
  Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   (POR), 15-13
• Final: Lost to Karch Kiraly
  Karch Kiraly
  Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly , is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport.-High school career:...
  
   — Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. A graduate of Palisades High School in Pacific Palsiades, CA, he latter attended Stanford, and transferred to UCLA graduating with a degree in Economics...
  
   (USA), 5-1 8-12

• Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith
  Sinjin Smith
  Christopher St. John Smith is a professional Beach Volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos....
  
   → Fifth place
• Defeated João Brenha
  João Brenha
  João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Sydney , alongside Miguel Maia, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple...
  
   — Miguel Maia
  Miguel Maia
  Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   (POR), 15-7
• Defeated Francisco Alvarez — Juan Rossell
  Juan Rossell
  Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes is a beach volleyball player from Cuba, who won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Francisco Alvarez. He represented his native country at the 1996 and the 2004 Summer...
  
   (CUB), 15-13
• Lost to Karch Kiraly
  Karch Kiraly
  Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly , is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport.-High school career:...
  
   — Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes
  Kent Steffes is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. A graduate of Palisades High School in Pacific Palsiades, CA, he latter attended Stanford, and transferred to UCLA graduating with a degree in Economics...
  
   (USA), 15-17
• Lost to João Brenha
  João Brenha
  João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Sydney , alongside Miguel Maia, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple...
  
   — Miguel Maia
  Miguel Maia
  Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   (POR), 13-15

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• United States — Italy 7-10
• United States — Greece 9-7
• United States — Ukraine 9-7
• United States — Romania 10-5
• United States — Croatia 10-8
• Quarter Finals
• United States — Spain 4-5
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: United States — Greece 6-7
• 7th/8th place: United States — Yugoslavia 12-8 (→ Seventh place)
• Team Roster
• Gavin Arroyo
• Troy Barnhart
• Christopher Duplanty
  Christopher Duplanty
  Christopher David Duplanty is a former water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country...
  
  
• Michael Scott Evans
• Everist Kirk
• Daniel Hackett
• Chris Humbert
• Kyle Kopp
• Jeremy Laster
• Rick McNair
  Rick McNair
  Rick McNair , was a playwright, author, director, actor, storyteller, librettist, bibliophile, basketball player and coach. He was the former Director of Theatre Calgary and the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the founder of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival...
  
  
• Chris Oeding
• Alexis Rousseau
• Wolf Wigo
  Wolf Wigo
  Wolf Wigo is a renowned American water polo player and coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 13, was a four-year All-America collegiate player and led his Stanford University team to two NCAA Championships. A member of the U.S...
  
  
• Head Coach: Richard Corso

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's 108 kg

• Wes Barnett
  Wes Barnett
  Wesley T. Barnett was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coaches were Dennis Snethen, Istvan Javorek at Johnson County Community College and Dragomir Ciroslan.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Snatch — 175.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 220.0 kg
• Total — 395.0 kg (→ 6th place)

• Konstatine Starikovich
• Snatch — 177.5 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 210.0 kg
• Total — 387.5 kg (→ 12th place)