1996 Summer Olympics medal table explained

1996 Summer Olympics medals
Location:Atlanta,
Award2 Type:Most total medals
Award1 Type:Most gold medals
Award3 Type:Medalling NOCs
Award3 Winner:79
Previous:1992
Main:Olympics medal tables
Next:2000

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996.[1] A total of 10,318 athletes representing 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[2] The games featured 271 events in 26 sports across 37 disciplines, including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking and softball.[3] [4] [5] A total of 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debuts in Atlanta, including 11 former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations.[6]

Overall, 79 nations received at least one medal, with 53 of them won at least one gold medal, both of which were new records.[7] [8] Armenia,[9] Belarus,[10] Burundi,[11] Costa Rica,[12] Croatia,[13] Czech Republic,[14] Ecuador,[15] Hong Kong,[16] Kazakhstan,[17] Nigeria,[18] Slovakia,[19] Syria,[20] Thailand,[21] and Ukraine won their nations' first Summer Olympic gold medals.[22] They were also the first Olympic medals of any kind for Armenia,[23] Belarus,[24] Burundi, Czech Republic, Ecuador,[25] Hong Kong,[26] Kazakhstan,[27] Slovakia, and Ukraine.[22] Meanwhile, Azerbaijan,[28] Georgia,[29] Moldova,[30] Mozambique,[31] Tonga,[32] and Uzbekistan won their first Summer Olympic medals.[33]

Athletes from the host nation of United States won the most gold medals, with 44, and the most medals overall, with 101.[34] It marked the first time the United States led the medal count in both gold and overall medals since 1984 and the first at a non-boycotted Olympics since 1968.[35] Among individual participants, Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won the most medals at the Games with six total (two gold, one silver, and three bronze), while American swimmer Amy Van Dyken had the most gold medals with four.[36]

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[37] [38] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[39]

In the men's rings and women's uneven bars events, there were ties for second place which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being issued in each event.[40] [41] In the women's artistic individual all-around, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie.[42] Additionally, in the men's horitzontal bars, three bronze medals were awarded due to a tie.[43]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games Host City, Bombing, Athletes, Events, & Summer Olympics . . 2024-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240818065412/https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlanta-1996-Olympic-Games . August 18, 2024 . live . 19 August 2024 . en .
  2. Web site: Unity in diversity . . 19 August 2024 . January 3, 2024 . August 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816034948/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/unity-in-diversity . live .
  3. Web site: Violence and commercialism wrack Atlanta Games . . 19 August 2024 . May 22, 2008 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171356/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/violence-and-commercialism-wrack-atlanta-games-1.766570 . live .
  4. Web site: Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games . . 2019-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240519212429/https://usopm.org/atlanta-1996-olympic-games/ . May 19, 2024 . live . Jones . Maddie . 19 August 2024 .
  5. Web site: Jenkins . Keith . When did summer events become Olympic sports? . . 19 August 2024 . en . 11 August 2024 . August 18, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240818005501/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40369746/when-did-summer-events-become-olympic-sports . live .
  6. News: 1996–Atlanta . August 19, 2024 . . June 20, 2012.
  7. Web site: The Olympic Summer Games . . . 19 August 2024 . 2019 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171352/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/What-We-Do/Promote-Olympism/TOFCH/Arts-Culture/Hub/Our-Products/History_Summer_OG_EN.pdf . live .
  8. News: Frey . Jennifer . A Curtain Call in Atlanta . March 25, 2022 . . August 5, 1996 . November 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110205522/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/aug/05/close5.htm . live .
  9. Web site: Atlanta: Day 5 – Wrestling; Ghaffari Quest for Gold Is Crushed by a Russian . . 1996-07-24 . Araton . Harvey . 19 August 2024 . October 19, 2018 . https://archive.today/20181019213430/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/sports/atlanta-day-5-wrestling-ghaffari-quest-for-gold-is-crushed-by-a-russian.html . live .
  10. Web site: Ekaterina Karsten (Khodotovich) . . 19 August 2024 . February 27, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227075504/https://www.noc.by/en/olympic-games/team/chempiony-olimpijskih/karsten-khodotovich-ekaterina-anatolevna-greblya-akademicheskaya/ . live .
  11. Web site: Burundi – Ethnicity, Music, Dance . . 2024-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240420191027/https://www.britannica.com/place/Burundi/Cultural-life . April 20, 2024 . live . 20 August 2024 . en .
  12. Web site: Atlanta: Day 3 – Swimming;U.S. Earns First Gold, In the Pool . . 1996-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171434/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/22/sports/atlanta-day-3-swimming-us-earns-first-gold-in-the-pool.html . 2024-08-19 . live . Longman . Jere . 19 August 2024.
  13. Web site: Clarey . Christopher . Croatia Wins the Gold in Team Handball . . 19 August 2024 . August 5, 1996 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194353/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/0805/oly-han-final.html . live .
  14. Web site: Czechia’s Olympic History . . 2021-06-30 . 20 August 2024 . April 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240414174955/https://praguemonitor.com/sport/30/06/2021/czechias-olympic-history/ . live .
  15. Web site: Perez' world victory and best is born out of a living culture . . 2003-08-23 . 19 August 2024 . October 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027072037/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/perez-world-victory-and-best-is-born-out-of-a . live .
  16. Web site: Lai Shan Lee . . 19 August 2024 . January 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220113235354/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lai-shan-lee . live .
  17. Web site: Nakispekova . Aiman . Kazakh Athletes Saw Triumphs and Trials Through Olympic History . . 19 August 2024 . July 13, 2024 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194357/https://astanatimes.com/2024/07/kazakh-athletes-saw-triumphs-and-trials-through-olympic-history/ . live .
  18. Web site: Alaka . Jide . History of Nigeria at the Olympic Games since 1952 . . 19 August 2024 . July 20, 2021 . July 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240723144804/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/474685-history-of-nigeria-at-the-olympic-games-since-1952.html . live .
  19. Web site: Slovaks nab gold and bronze in Summer Games debut . . 1996-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019063707/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20015564/slovaks-nab-gold-and-bronze-in-summer-games-debut.html . October 19, 2021 . live . Lodge . Phil . en . August 19, 2024 .
  20. Web site: Ghada Shouaa . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209052503/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ghada-shouaa . December 9, 2022 . live . 19 August 2024 .
  21. Web site: Hincks . Joseph . Years After His Heyday, Thailand's Favorite Son Returns to Home Ring . . 19 August 2024 . 1 March 2013 . March 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311194743/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/sports/muay-thai-fighter-somluck-kamsing-returns-to-home-ring.html . live .
  22. Web site: The history of the NOC of Ukraine . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240519143414/https://noc-ukr.org/en/about/history/ . May 19, 2024 . live . 20 August 2024 .
  23. News: Paulson Finds There Is a Silver Lining . August 20, 2024 . . July 24, 1996.
  24. Web site: Medals won by Belarusian athletes . . 20 August 2024.
  25. Web site: Perez the Pinnacle of 100 Years of Ecuadorian Athletics . . 2023-08-15 . Minshull . Phil . August 20, 2024 . July 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718220109/https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/ecuadorian-athletics-federation-centenary . live .
  26. Web site: Medallists . . 20 August 2024 . March 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305120146/https://www.hkolympic.org/medallists/ . live .
  27. Web site: Bizhanova . Diana . Kazakhstan: record of Olympic success . . 20 August 2024 . en . 26 July 2024.
  28. Web site: XXVI Summer Olympic Games . . 20 August 2024 . en . August 20, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240820192736/https://www.olympic.az/game-categories . live .
  29. Web site: Georgia . . 20 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094259/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GEO/ . October 4, 2011 . dead.
  30. Web site: Nicolae Juravschi . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729173756/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/nicolae-juravschi . July 29, 2024 . live . 20 August 2024 .
  31. Web site: Mozambique (MOZ) . . 20 August 2024 . October 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026232951/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MOZ . live .
  32. Web site: Paea Wolfgram . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815051455/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/paea-wolfgram . August 15, 2024 . live . 20 August 2024 .
  33. Web site: Tashkent Grand Prix 2016, Uzbekistan – Day One . . 2016-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331183844/https://www.ijf.org/news/show/tashkent-grand-prix-2016-uzbekistan-day-one . March 31, 2023 . live . Pickering . Mark . August 20, 2024 .
  34. Web site: Atlanta 1996 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806011320/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/medals . August 6, 2024 . live . 19 August 2024 .
  35. News: Brennan . Christine . U.S. Women Look Good in Gold . February 29, 2020 . . August 5, 1996 . August 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828222130/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/08/05/us-women-look-good-in-gold/11131586-6ad4-4220-aa9f-2e1a10a1a5ca/ . live .
  36. Web site: 1996 Atlanta Summer Games . . 19 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ . January 14, 2020 . dead.
  37. News: Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 . . 11 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html . 12 August 2024 . live . Ostlere . Lawrence . 12 August 2024 . en.
  38. News: A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little . . 18 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html . 21 March 2023 . live . Araton . Harvey . subscription . 25 July 2024 .
  39. News: What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained . . 10 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ . August 11, 2024 . live . Cons . Roddy . 11 August 2024 . en-us .
  40. Web site: Atlanta 1996 rings men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 19 August 2024 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194359/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men . live .
  41. Web site: Atlanta 1996 uneven bars Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 19 August 2024 . August 19, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194451/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women . live .
  42. Web site: Atlanta 1996 individual all-round women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 19 August 2024 . August 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816202856/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-women . live .
  43. Web site: Atlanta 1996 horizontal bar men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic . . 19 August 2024.

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