1996 Summer Olympics medal table
| 1996 Summer Olympics medals | |
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 Amy Van Dyken won the most gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics with four | |
| Location | Atlanta,  United States |
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| Most gold medals | United States (44) |
| Most total medals | United States (101) |
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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 19 July to 4 August 1996. A total of 10,318 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), competed in 271 events in 26 sports across 37 disciplines.[1][2]
Overall, 79 nations received at least one medal, and 53 of them won at least one gold medal.[3][4] Athletes from host nation United States won the most medals overall, with 101, and the most gold medals, with 44. 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.[2][5] Russia won the second most gold medals (26) and the third most total medals (63). Germany won the third most gold medals (20) and the second most total medals (65).[6][7]
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan were represented for the first time at a Summer Games. Czech Republic and Slovakia had competed previously as Czechoslovakia, and the other nations were formerly part of the Soviet Union. Of these, only Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan did not receive any medals.[8]
This Olympics also marked Hong Kong's final appearance as a British colony, before its handover to China, during which it also won its first ever medal, a gold in sailing; this was the only medal Hong Kong ever won while under British rule.
Medal table
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The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.
- Key
* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States* | 44 | 32 | 25 | 101 |
| 2 |  Russia | 26 | 21 | 16 | 63 |
| 3 |  Germany | 20 | 18 | 27 | 65 |
| 4 |  China | 16 | 22 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 |  France | 15 | 7 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 |  Italy | 13 | 10 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 |  Australia | 9 | 9 | 23 | 41 |
| 8 |  Cuba | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 9 |  Ukraine | 9 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 |  South Korea | 7 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 |  Poland | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 |  Hungary | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 13 |  Spain | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 |  Romania | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 15 |  Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 16 |  Greece | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 |  Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
 Turkey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 21 |  Canada | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 22 |  Bulgaria | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 23 |  Japan | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 24 |  Kazakhstan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 25 |  Brazil | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 26 |  New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 |  South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 |  Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 |  Sweden | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 |  Norway | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 31 |  Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 32 |  Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 |  North Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 34 |  Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 36 |  Great Britain | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 37 |  Belarus | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 38 |  Kenya | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 39 |  Jamaica | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 40 |  Finland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 41 |  FR Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 43 |  Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 45 |  Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 47 |  Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 49 |  Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 |  Argentina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 55 |  Namibia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 57 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 58 |  Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Moldova | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 61 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tonga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 68 |  Georgia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 71 |  India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (79 entries) | 271 | 273 | 298 | 842 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wallechinsky, David (23 June 1996). "Vaults, Leaps and Dashes". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games". United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Frey, Jennifer (5 August 1996). "A Curtain Call in Atlanta". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Rabun, Mike (4 August 1996). "Largest Olympics Come to an End". United Press International. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Brennan, Christine (5 August 1996). "U.S. Women Look Good in Gold". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Stephens, Ken (5 August 1996). "Americans Stand Tall with Overall Medal Haul". Green Bay Press Gazette. p. C-4.
- ^ Reidy, Chris (5 August 1996). "Notebook". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ "1996 Atlanta Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Ad, J.A. (4 August 1996). "Agassi Just Does It: Routs Bruguera". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Forde, Tina Fisher (28 July 1996). "It Might Soon Be Appropriate to Call Him 'Sir Steven Redgrave'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Atlanta 1996". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/1996_1". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
