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Introduction to Atlanta Olympic Games 1996:
The 1996 Summer Olympics, (July 19 - August 4) officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Atlanta was selected in September 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, above Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto.
Athens appealed to public sentiment, and urged the IOC to award them the Games, because it marked the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic games.[1] The IOC instead voted, on September 18, 1990, for Atlanta, predicting that Athens' infrastructure could not be improved enough in time to successfully host the Games. Athens also lost out on the 2000 Games to Sydney, Australia, eventually winning the right to host the 2004 Summer Olympics. The vote occurred at the 96th IOC Session in Tokyo, Japan.
Highlights
The 1996 Games were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by Muhammad Ali. On 27 July during a concert held in the Centennial Olympic Park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the Atlanta Games are best remembered for their sporting achievements. A record-setting 79 nations won medals and 53 won gold. Carl Lewis became only the third person to win the same individual event four times and the fourth person to earn a ninth gold medal. Naim Suleymanoglu became the first weightlifter to win a third gold medal. Michael Johnson smashed the 200m world record to complete a 200m and 400m double.
Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch during the opening ceremonies of the games and received a replacement gold medal from the 1960 Summer Olympics Slovene gymnast Leon Štukelj arises at the opening ceremony as one of the oldest living sportsmen in the world (age 97) Naim Süleymanoğlu becomes the first weightlifter to win three gold medals. Donovan Bailey of Canada wins the men's 100 m, setting a new world record of 9.84 seconds at that time. Marie-José Perec wins gold in both the 200 m and 400 m. Michael Johnson also achieves the 200/400 double setting a new world record of 19.32 seconds in the 200 m. At the age of 35, Carl Lewis takes his 4th long jump gold medal. Lewis, Paavo Nurmi, and Mark Spitz are now tied for second-most Olympic gold medals (9), only Michael Phelps (11) has more. Softball, beach volleyball and mountain biking debut on the Olympic program, together with women's soccer/football and lightweight rowing. Palestine was allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time. Cycling professionals were admitted to the Olympics, with five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain winning the inaugural individual time trial event. Michelle Smith of Ireland wins three gold medals and a bronze in swimming, but her victories are overshadowed by doping allegations. She passed all tests however. Kerri Strug of the United States women's gymnastics team vaults with an injured ankle and lands on one foot. Amy Van Dyken wins four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympics. Deon Hemmings becomes the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for Jamaica and the English-speaking West Indies. A record 197 nations, all current IOC member nations, take part, with a record 79 of them winning at least one medal. Five athletes were disqualified for using banned drugs. A few more were reinstated since the drug they took had been declared illegal only a week before the Olympics. Andre Agassi wins the gold medal in the tennis event. This helps him become the first male player to ever win the career Golden Slam. Kurt Angle of the United States won the gold medal in 100 kg (220 lb) freestyle wrestling while suffering from a fractured neck. Angle would later go on to fame in professional wrestling with World Wrestling Entertainment and currently Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, with his gold medal win in the Olympics being his gimmick and is often considered the best "pure" wrestler in professional wrestling history. Deng Yaping of China wins two gold medals in Women singles and doubles of table tennis. She is also the winner of these two titles in 1992 Barcelona Olympics. For the first time Olympic medals were won by the athletes from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Lee Lai Shan won a gold medal in sailing, the first and only gold medal that Hong Kong has ever won. It was also the first and last time Hong Kong won a medal as a British colony, which meant that for the first and last time, the colonial flag of Hong Kong was raised to the accompaniment of the British national anthem. The US women's soccer team won the gold medal in the first ever women's soccer event.
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