ATLANTA 1996
The Games of the XXVI Summer Olympiad. July 19 - August 4, 1996. Atlanta, USA.
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MEN
Individual
2.Magnus Petersson (Sweden)
MEN
100 m: 1.Donovan Bailey (Canada)
2.Frankie Fredericks (Namibia)
200 m: 1.Michael Johnson (USA)
2.Frankie Fredericks (Namibia)
400 m
1.Michael Johnson (USA)
800 m
1.Vebjorn Rodal (Norway)
2.Hezekiel Sepeng (South Africa)
NQF (4 in Semifinal 2).Arthemon Hatungimana (Burundi)
1500 m
7.Marko Koers (Netherlands)
5000 m
1.Vinuste Niyongabo (Burundi)
10000 m
1.Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)
4 x 100 m
1.Canada (Bruny Surin)
2.USA (Dennis Mitchell)
Marathon
1.Josia Thugwane (South Africa)
20 km walk
1.Jefferson Perez (Ecuador)
50 km walk
1.Robert Korzeniowski (Poland)
Long jump
1.Carl Lewis (USA)
Triple jump
12.Jerome Romain (Dominica)
High jump
1.Charles Austin (USA)
Shot put
1.Randy Barnes (USA)
Javelin throw
2.Steve Backley (Great Britain)
3.Seppo Raty (Finland)
WOMEN
100 m
1.Gail Devers (USA)
NQF (5 in Round 2, Heat 2).Hermin Joseph (Dominica)
200 m: 1.Marie-Jose Perec (France)
400 m: 1.Marie-Jose Perec (France)
2.Cathy Freeman (Australia)
800 m
1.Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)
2.Ana Fidelia Quirot (Cuba)
3.Maria de Lurdes Mutola (Mozambique)
1500 m
1.Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)
2.Gabriela Szabo (Romania)
5000 m
1.Wang Junxia (China)
10000 m
2.Wang Junxia (China)
100 m hurdles: 1.Ludmila Engquist (Sweden)
2.Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia)
High jump: 1.Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)
9-10.Britta Bilac (Slovenia)
4 x 100 m
1.USA (Gail Devers)
2.Bahamas
(Eldece Clarke, Chandra Sturrup, Savatheda Fynes, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson (ran in Semifinal))
3.Jamaica (Juliet Cuthbert)
Long jump
3.Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
Javelin throw
3.Trine Hattestad (Norway)
Men’s singles
3.Rashid Sidek (Malaysia)
Men’s doubles
2.Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock (Malaysia)
Women’s doubles
1.Cuba
(Orestes Kindelan, Antonio Pacheco Masso, Omar Linares, Lazaro Vargas Alverez, Luis Ulacia Alverez)
Men
1.USA (Hakeem Olajuwon, Gary Payton, Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson)
2.Yugoslavia
(Dejan Bodiroga, Vlade Divac, Zarko Paspalj)
3.Lithuania
(Saulius Stombergas, Sarunas Marciulionis)
Women
3.Australia (Michele Timms)
48 kg
2.Mansueto Velasco (Philippines)
51 kg: 1.Maikro Romero (Cuba)
63.5 kg: 1.Hector Vinent (Cuba)
75 kg: 1.Ariel Hernandez (Cuba)
91 kg: 1.Felix Savon (Cuba)
54 kg
2.Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba)
57 kg
Final
Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) - Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria) 8:5
1.Kamsing Somluck (Thailand)
2.Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria)
60 kg
3-4.Leonard Doroftei (Romania)
71 kg
3-4.Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan)
81 kg
1.Vasilii Jirov (Kazakhstan)
91+ kg
1.Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
SLALOM
Men’s C-1
1.Michal Martikan (Slovakia)
Men’s K-1
1.Oliver Fix (Germany)
SPRINT - MEN
C-2 500 m
2.Viktor Reneysky / Nikolae Juravschi (Moldova)
SPRINT - WOMEN
K-2 500 m
1.Agneta Andersson / Susanne Gunnarsson (Sweden)
2.Birgit Fischer / Ramona Portwich (Germany)
K-4 500 m
1.Germany (Birgit Fischer)
3.Sweden (Anna Olsson, Agneta Andersson)
ROAD
Women’s road race: 3.Clara Hughes (Canada)
Women’s time trial: 3.Clara Hughes (Canada)
Men’s time trial
1.Miguel Indurain (Spain)
TRACK
Men’s points race
3.Stuart O’Grady (Australia)
Men’s pursuit
3.Bradley McGee (Australia)
Men’s sprint
1.Jens Fiedler (Germany)
2.Marty Nothstein (USA)
Women’s sprint
1.Felicia Ballanger (France)
Men’s team pursuit
3.Australia (Brett Aitken, Stuart O’Grady)
Men’s time trial
1.Florian Rousseau (France)
MOUNTAIN BIKE
Men’s cross-country
3.Miguel Martinez (France)
MEN
3 m springboard
3.Mark Lenzi (USA)
WOMEN
3 m springboard: 1.Fu Mingxia (China)
10 m platform: 1.Fu Mingxia (China)
Individual dressage
1.Isabell Werth (Germany)
2.Anky van Grunsven (Netherlands)
Team dressage
1.Germany (Isabell Werth)
2.Netherlands (Anky van Grunsven)
Individual eventing
1.Blyth Taft (New Zealand)
Team eventing
1.Australia (Andrew Hoy, Phillip Dutton)
2.USA (David O’Connor, Bruce Davidson)
3.New Zealand (Blyth Tait)
Individual jumping
1.Ulrich Kirchhoff (Germany)
Team jumping
1.Germany (Ulrich Kirchhoff)
2.USA (Leslie Burr-Howard)
MEN
Individual epee
2.Ivan Trevejo (Cuba)
Team foil
3.Cuba (Elvis Gregory)
WOMEN
Individual epee
1.Laura Flessel (France)
Team epee
1.France (Laura Flessel)
Team foil
3.Germany (Anja Fichtel Mauritz, Sabine Bau)
Men
1.Netherlands
Women
1.Australia (Alyson Annan, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Jenny Morris, Katrina Powell, Kate Starre)
Men
1.Nigeria (Jay-Jay Okocha)
2.Argentina (Javier Zanetti, Roberto Sensini, Pablo Paz, Marcelo Delgado)
3.Brazil (Dida, Aldair, Roberto Carlos, Bebeto, Ronaldo, Rivaldo)
Women
1.USA (Briana Scurry, Cindy Parlow, Brandi Chastain, Shannon MacMillan, Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers, Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Joy Fawcett, Tisha Venturini, Tiffeny Milbrett)
2.China (Sun Wen, Liu Ailing, Liu Ying)
MEN
Team all-around
1.Russia (Alexei Nemov)
2.China (Li Xiaoshuang)
Individual all-around
1.Li Xiaoshuang (China)
2.Alexei Nemov (Russia)
3.Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus)
Floor exercise
2.Li Xiaoshuang (China)
3.Alexei Nemov (Russia)
Horizontal bar
3-5.Alexei Nemov (Russia), Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus)
Parallel bars
3.Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus)
Pommel horse
3.Alexei Nemov (Russia)
Rings
2-3.Szilveszter Csollany (Hungary)
Vault
1.Alexei Nemov (Russia)
3.Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus)
WOMEN
Team all-around: 3.Romania (Lavinia Milosovici)
Individual all-around: 3-4.Lavinia Milosovici (Romania)
Men
1.Croatia
(Slavko Goluza, Bozidar Jovic, Valter Matosevic)
3.Spain (Inaki Urdangarin)
MEN
60 kg
1.Tadahiro Nomura (Japan)
86 kg
2.Armen Bagdasarov (Uzbekistan)
3-4.Mark Huizinga (Netherlands)
95 kg
3-4.Stephane Traineau (France)
95+ kg
Final
David Douillet (France) def. Ernesto Perez (Spain)
1.David Douillet (France)
2.Ernesto Perez (Spain)
WOMEN
48 kg
Final
Kye Sun-hui (North Korea) def. Ryoko Tamura (Japan)
1.Kye Sun-hui (North Korea)
2.Ryoko Tamura (Japan)
3-4.Yolanda Soler (Spain), Amarilis Savon (Cuba)
56 kg
1.Driulis Gonzalez (Cuba)
61 kg
2.Gella Vandecaveye (Belgium)
72 kg
1.Ulla Werbrouck (Belgium)
Individual
1.Alexander Parygin (Kazakhstan)
MEN
Single sculls
3.Thomas Lange (Germany)
Quadruple sculls
3.Australia (Duncan Free)
Coxless pairs
1.Matthew Pinsent / Steve Redgrave (Great Britain)
Coxless fours
1.Australia (Drew Ginn, James Tomkins)
3.Great Britain (Tim Foster)
Coxed eights
1.Netherlands (Niels van der Zwan, Nico Rienks)
WOMEN
Single sculls
1.Ekaterina Karsten (Belarus)
Coxed eights
1.Romania (Elisabeta Lipa)
WOMEN
Mistral One Design
1.Lee Lai Shan (Hong Kong)
MEN
Mistral One Design
1.Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (Greece)
2.Carlos Espinola (Argentina)
3.Gal Fridman (Israel)
OPEN
Laser: 1.Robert Scheidt (Brazil)
2.Ben Ainslie (Great Britain)
Star: 1.Torben Grael / Marcelo Ferrera (Brazil)
MEN
50 m rifle prone
3.Jozef Gonci (Slovakia)
Trap
1.Michael Diamond (Australia)
WOMEN
10 m air rifle
3.Aleksandra Ivosev (Yugoslavia)
50 m rifle three positions
1.Aleksandra Ivosev (Yugoslavia)
MEN
50 m freestyle: 1.Alexander Popov (Russia)
100 m freestyle: 1.Alexander Popov (Russia)
200 m freestyle: 1.Danyon Loader (New Zealand)
400 m freestyle: 1.Danyon Loader (New Zealand)
100 m backstroke
2.Rodolfo Falcon (Cuba)
100 m butterfly: 1.Denis Pankratov (Russia)
200 m butterfly: 1.Denis Pankratov (Russia)
4 x 100 m freestyle
2.Russia (Alexander Popov)
4 x 100 m medley
2.Russia (Denis Pankratov, Alexander Popov)
3.Australia (Michael Klim)
WOMEN
200 m freestyle
1.Claudia Poll (Costa Rica)
2.Franziska van Almsick (Germany)
200 m backstroke
1.Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungary)
100 m breaststroke
1.Penelope Heyns (South Africa)
200 m breaststroke
1.Penelope Heyns (South Africa)
3.Agnes Kovacs (Hungary)
200 m butterfly
1.Susie O’Neill (Australia)
2.Petria Thomas (Australia)
200 m individual medley
3.Lin Li (China)
400 m individual medley
3.Krisztina Egerszegi (Hungary)
4 x 100 m freestyle
3.Germany (Franziska van Almsick)
4 x 200 m freestyle
2.Germany (Franziska van Almsick)
3.Australia (Susie O’Neill)
4 x 100 m medley
2.Australia (Susie O’Neill)
Men’s singles
1.Liu Guoliang (China)
Men’s doubles
1. Liu Guoliang / Kong Linghui (China)
3.Lee Chul-Seung / Yoo Nam-Kyu (South Korea)
Women’s singles
1.Deng Yaping (China)
Women’s doubles
1.Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong (China)
Men’s singles
1.Andre Agassi (USA)
Women’s singles
1.Lindsay Davenport (USA)
2.Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)
Women’s doubles
3.Conchita Martinez / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain)
Men’s indoor
1.Netherlands (Bas van de Goor)
3.Yugoslavia
Women’s indoor
1.Cuba (Mireya Luis)
Men’s beach
1.Karch Kiraly / Kent Steffes (USA)
Women’s beach
3.Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst (Australia)
2.Croatia (Igor Hinic, Zdeslav Vrdoljak)
59 kg
2.Leonidas Sampanis (Greece)
64 kg
1.Naim Suleymanoglu (Turkey)
70 kg
1.Zhan Xugang (China)
2.Kim Myong-Nam (North Korea)
76 kg
1.Pablo Lara Rodriguez (Cuba)
83 kg
1.Pyrros Dimas (Greece)
108 kg
3.Nicu Vlad (Romania)
FREESTYLE
48 kg
1.Kim Il (North Korea)
3.Alexis Vila (Cuba)
52 kg
2.Namig Abdullayev (Azerbaijan)
GRECO-ROMAN
52 kg
1.Armen Nazaryan (Armenia)
57 kg
Final
Yuri Melnichenko (Kazakhstan) - Dennis Hall (USA) 4:1
1.Yuri Melnichenko (Kazakhstan)
2.Dennis Hall (USA)
74 kg
1.Fliberto Azcuy (Cuba)
130 kg
3.Sergei Mureiko (Moldova)
1.USA (44-32-25)
2.RUSSIA (26-21-16)
3.GERMANY (20-18-27)
4.CHINA (16-22-12)
5.FRANCE (15-7-15)
8.CUBA (9-8-8)
58-60.MOLDOVA (0-1-1)
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