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United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports.[1]

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With a total of 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze medals, the United States returned to the top spot in the medal standings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.

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Medalists

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The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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* – Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

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Archery

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The United States claimed both of the gold medals in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful.

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Athletics

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  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
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Track & road events
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* – Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.

Field events
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Combined events – Decathlon
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Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Badminton

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Baseball

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Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.[3][4]

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Round robin
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Semifinal
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Bronze medal game
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Basketball

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Men's tournament

Roster

The following players represented the United States:[5]

Group play

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
United States  9668  Argentina
Scoring by half: 46–44, 50–24
Pts: Robinson 18
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Hill, Hardaway 5
Pts: Espil 27
Rebs: Nicola 4
Asts: Milanesio 7
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Angola  5487  United States
Scoring by half: 31–44, 23–43
Pts: Carvalho 16
Rebs: Dias 5
Asts: Avô 5
Pts: Malone 12
Rebs: Barkley 9
Asts: Barkley 7
Atlanta
Referees: Michael Butler (AUS), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Lithuania  82104  United States
Scoring by half: 42–50, 40–54
Pts: Einikis 21
Rebs: Karnišovas, Einikis 7
Asts: Pačėsas 5
Pts: Barkley 16
Rebs: Barkley 5
Asts: Stockton, Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
United States  13370  China
Scoring by half: 65–28, 68–42
Pts: Pippen 24
Rebs: O'Neal 10
Asts: Hardaway 10
Pts: Liu 18
Rebs: Bateer 6
Asts: Li 5
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Croatia  71102  United States
Scoring by half: 38–57, 33–45
Pts: Tabak 19
Rebs: Tabak 7
Asts: Kukoč 10
Pts: Richmond 16
Rebs: Barkley 12
Asts: Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Quarterfinal

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
22:00
United States  9875  Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–36, 46–39
Pts: Hardaway 14
Rebs: O'Neal 11
Asts: Payton 7
Pts: Schmidt 26
Rebs: Janjao 10
Asts: Minuci 5
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Semifinal

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
22:00
United States  10173  Australia
Scoring by half: 51–41, 50–32
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 11
Asts: Pippen 5
Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

Gold medal game

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
22:00
FR Yugoslavia  6995  United States
Scoring by half: 38–43, 31–52
Pts: Paspalj 19
Rebs: Bodiroga, Đorđević 5
Asts: Đorđević 6
Pts: Robinson 28
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Stockton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor León (ESP), José Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

Women's tournament

Roster
The following players represented the United States:[5]

Group play

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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
United States  10184  Cuba
Pts: Leslie 24
Rebs: Leslie 7
Asts: Edwards 9
Pts: Martínez 21
Rebs: Víctores 8
Asts: Lagnó 6

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Ukraine  6598  United States
Pts: Nazarenko 14
Rebs: Shliakhova 5
Asts: four players 2
Pts: Bolton 21
Rebs: Leslie 9
Asts: Swoopes 7

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
United States  10747  Zaire
Pts: Azzi 18
Rebs: McCray 8
Asts: Edwards 5
Pts: Ngalula 17
Rebs: Tshijuka, Lobela 5
Asts: Mabika 3

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Australia  7996  United States
Pts: Timms 26
Rebs: Sporn 7
Asts: Maher 3
Pts: McClain 24
Rebs: McClain 11
Asts: Edwards 15

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
South Korea  64105  United States
Pts: Jung S-m 17
Rebs: Jung S-m 6
Asts: Chun J-w 7
Pts: McCray 16
Rebs: McCray 9
Asts: Swoopes 4

Quarterfinal

31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
15:00
United States  10893  Japan
Scoring by half: 59–44, 49–49
Pts: Leslie 35
Rebs: McClain 16
Asts: Edwards 12
Pts: Ichijo, Hagiwara 22
Rebs: Kato 8
Asts: Murakami 10

Semifinal

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
17:00
Australia  7193  United States
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Timms 27
Rebs: Maher 6
Asts: Timms 4
Pts: Leslie 22
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 8

Gold medal game

4 August 1996 (1996-08-04)
18:35
Brazil  87111  United States
Scoring by half: 46–57, 41–54
Pts: Arcain 24
Rebs: Alessandra 9
Asts: Paula 10
Pts: Leslie 29
Rebs: Leslie 6
Asts: Edwards 10
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Boxing

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Canoeing

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Slalom

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Sprint

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Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Cycling

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Road

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Track

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Mountain bike

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Diving

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Equestrian

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Eventing
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Jumping
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* – Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.

Fencing

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Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996.

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Field hockey

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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.

Roster' Head Coach: Jon Clark

Preliminary round

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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) games won; 4) head-to-head result.[6]
(H) Hosts
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9th-12th place semifinal

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11th place match

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Women's tournament

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 and finished fifth.

Roster Head coach: Pam Hixon

Preliminary round

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[6]
(H) Hosts
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Football (soccer)

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Men's tournament

Roster Head coach: Bruce Arena

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Preliminary round

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Source: FIFA
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Attendance: 83,183
Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)

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Attendance: 45,687
Referee: Dallas (GBR)

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Attendance: 58,012
Referee: Lennie (AUS)

Women's tournament

Roster Head coach: Tony DiCicco

The United States named a squad of 16 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.[7][8][9] Lorrie Fair was invited to the squad as an alternate, but declined due to her disappointment of not making the team.[10]

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Preliminary round

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Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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Semifinal

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Attendance: 64,196
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Gold medal match

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Attendance: 76,489
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Team
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Individual finals
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Team
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Individual finals
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* – Strug slightly injured her ankle during her first vault attempt in the final rotation of the team competition, then exacerbated the injury on her second attempt to dramatically clinch the gold for the United States. Due to her injury, she was unable to compete in the individual finals. She was replaced by highest non-qualifiers in the vault (Miller), in the floor exercise (Dawes) and in the all-around (Moceanu). Strug had the highest score in the floor and would have been favored to win the gold.

Rhythmic

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Handball

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Men's tournament

Roster
The following players represented the United States:[14][15]

Preliminary round

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Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
24 July 1996
19:00
Sweden  23–19  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Gedvilas, Guterman (LTU)
Wislander 5 (11–9) Heath 4

25 July 1996
20:45
Russia  31–16  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Kudinov 10 (16–9) Penn 4

27 July 1996
19:00
Croatia  35–27  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Smajlagić 11 (20–9) Brown 8

29 July 1996
20:45
United States  20–29   Switzerland Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Heath 7 (9–12) Baumgartner 13

31 July 1996
20:45
Kuwait  24–29  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Dăncescu, Mateescu (ROU)
S. Al-Marzouq 9 (10–13) DeGraaf 13

Ninth place game

2 August 1996
11:30
Algeria  26–27 (ET)  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Al-Houli, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Saidi 6 (12–10) Brown 7

FT: 22–22 ET: 4–5

Women's tournament

Roster
The following players represented the United States:[14]

Preliminary round

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
26 July 1996
14:30
Denmark  29–19  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
A. Andersen 8 (13–9) Hires 8

28 July 1996
14:30
United States  24–30  Hungary Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Hires 8 (8–19) Németh 6

30 July 1996
16:30
China  31–21  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
Zhai 11 (16–11) Hires 6

Seventh place game

1 August 1996
10:00
United States  23–24  Angola Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Cain 8 (11–11) Barbosa 6

Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Rowing

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Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Open
Fleet racing
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Mixed racing
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Shooting

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Women
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Softball

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  • 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)

Swimming

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Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Women
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Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Synchronized swimming

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Table tennis

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Tennis

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Women

Roster[16]

Preliminary round

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Source: [citation needed]
20 July 1996 United States  3–0  Ukraine
(15–8, 15–5, 15–11)
Report

22 July 1996 Netherlands  1–3  United States
(15–12, 10–15, 15–17, 7–15)
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24 July 1996 United States  1–3  China
(8–15, 2–15, 15–12, 12–15)
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26 July 1996 United States  3–0  Japan
(15–11 ,15–7, 15–12)
Report

28 July 1996 South Korea  1–3  United States
(15–10, 13–15, 9–15, 3–15)
Report

Quarterfinal

30 July 1996 United States  0–3  Cuba
(1–15, 10–15, 12–15)
Report

5th – 8th semifinal

31 July 1996 United States  0–3  South Korea
(12–15, 5–15, 11–15)
Report

7th place match

1 August 1996 Germany  1–3  United States
(16–17, 6–15, 15–5, 6–15)
Report

Water polo

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The following players represented the United States:[17]

Preliminary round

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20 July 1996 Italy  107  United States Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

21 July 1996 United States  97  Greece Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

22 July 1996 United States  97  Ukraine Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

23 July 1996 United States  105  Romania Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

24 July 1996 United States  108  Croatia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Quarterfinal

26 July 1996 Spain  54  United States Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

5th-8th classification

27 July 1996 Greece  76  United States Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

7th place match

28 July 1996 United States  128  FR Yugoslavia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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See also

Notes

  • Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2008.

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