At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested.
There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.
Athletics at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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Dates | July 26 August 3, 1996 |
No. of events | 44 |
Competitors | 2053 from 191 nations |
A total of two world records and 14 Olympic records were set during the competition.
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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100m | 27 July | Final | Donovan Bailey | Canada | 9.84 | WR |
200m | 29 July | Michael Johnson | United States | 19.32 | ||
400m | 27 July | 43.49 | OR | |||
800m | 30 July | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1:42.58 | ||
10,000m | 26 July | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 27:07.34 | ||
110m hurdles | 28 July | Allen Johnson | United States | 12.95 | ||
High jump | 30 July | Charles Austin | 2.39 | |||
Pole vault | 1 August | Jean Galfione | 5.92 | |||
Triple jump | 2 August | Kenny Harrison | 18.09 |
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | |
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400m | 28 July | Final | Marie-José Pérec | France | 48.26 | OR | |
5000m | 29 July | Wang Junxia | China | 14:59.88 | |||
400m hurdles | 2 August | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 52.82 | |||
10 km race walk | 27 July | Yelena Nikolayeva | Russia | 41:49 | |||
Triple jump | 30 July | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine | 15.33 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Burundi (BDI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
26 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
28 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
30 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
32 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
38 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
40 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (45 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |
A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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