Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.

A total of two world records and 14 Olympic records were set during the competition.

Medal winners

Men

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|100 metres

| || 9.84 (WR)

| || 9.89

| || 9.90

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|200 metres

| || 19.32 (WR)

| || 19.68 (AR)

| || 19.80

|400 metres

| || 43.49 (OR)

| || 44.41

| || 44.53

|800 metres

| || 1:42.58 (OR)

| || 1:42.74

| || 1:42.79

|1500 metres

| || 3:35.78

| || 3:36.40

| || 3:36.72

|5000 metres

| || 13:07.96

| || 13:08.16

| || 13:08.37

|10,000 metres

| || 27:07.34 (OR)

| || 27:08.17

| || 27:24.67

|110 metres hurdles

| || 12.95 (OR)

| || 13.09

| || 13.17

|400 metres hurdles

| || 47.54

| || 47.78

| || 47.96

|3000 metres steeplechase

| || 8:07.12

| || 8:08.33

| || 8:11.28

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|4 × 100 metres relay

|valign=top| Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey Carlton Chambers* ||37.69

|valign=top| Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell Tim Montgomery* ||38.05

|valign=top| Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva ||38.41

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|4 × 400 metres relay

|valign=top| LaMont Smith Alvin Harrison Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank Jason Rouser* ||2:55.99

|valign=top| Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black Mark Hylton* Du'aine Ladejo* ||2:56.60

|valign=top| Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake* Garth Robinson* ||2:59.42

|Marathon

| || 2:12:36

| || 2:12:39

| || 2:12:44

|20 kilometres walk

| || 1:20:07

| || 1:20:16

| || 1:20:23

|50 kilometres walk

| || 3:43:30

| || 3:43:36

| || 3:44:19

|High jump

| || 2.39 m (OR)

| || 2.37 m

| || 2.35 m

|Pole vault

| || 5.92 m

|Long jump

| || 8.50 m

| || 8.29 m

| || 8.24 m

|Triple jump

| || 18.09 m (OR)

| || 17.88 m

| || 17.44 m

|Shot put

| || 21.62 m

| || 20.79 m

| || 20.75 m

|Discus throw

| || 69.40 m

| || 66.60 m

| || 65.80 m

|Hammer throw

| || 81.24 m

| || 81.12 m

| || 80.02 m

|Javelin throw

| || 88.16 m

| || 87.44 m

| || 86.98 m

|Decathlon

| || 8824 pts

| || 8706 pts

| || 8664 pts

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

|100 metres

| || 10.94

| || 10.96

|200 metres

| || 22.12

| || 22.24

| || 22.38

|400 metres

| || 48.25 (OR)

| || 48.63

| || 49.10

|800 metres

| || 1:57.73

| || 1:58.11

| || 1:58.71

|1500 metres

| || 4:00.83

| || 4:01.54

| || 4:03.02 (NR)

|5000 metres

| || 14:59.88 (OR)

| || 15:03.49

| || 15:07.52

|10,000 metres

| || 31:01.63 (OR)

| || 31:02.59

| || 31:06.65

|100 metres hurdles

| || 12.58

| || 12.59

| || 12.65

|400 metres hurdles

| || 52.82 (OR)

| || 53.08

| || 53.22

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|4 × 100 metres relay

|valign=top| Chryste Gaines Gail Devers Inger Miller Gwen Torrence Carlette Guidry* ||41.95

|valign=top| Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson* ||42.14

|valign=top| Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey Gillian Russell* Andria Lloyd* ||42.24

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|4 × 400 metres relay

|valign=top| Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone-Wallace Kim Graham Jearl Miles Linetta Wilson* ||3:20.91

|valign=top| Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya ||3:21.04

|valign=top| Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer ||3:21.14

|Marathon

| || 2:26:05

| || 2:28:05

| || 2:28:39

|10 kilometres walk

| || 41:49 (OR)

| || 42:12

| || 42:19

|High jump

| || 2.05 m

| || 2.03 m

| || 2.01 m

|Long jump

| || 7.12 m

| || 7.02 m

| || 7.00 m

|Triple jump

| || 15.33 m (OR)

| || 14.98 m

|Shot put

| || 20.56 m

| || 19.88 m

| || 19.35 m

|Discus throw

| || 69.66 m

| || 66.48 m

| || 65.64 m

|Javelin throw

| || 67.94 m

| || 65.54 m

| || 64.98 m

|Heptathlon

| || 6780 pts

| ||6563 pts

| || 6489 pts

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

Men

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

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! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record

|100 m|| 27 July || rowspan="9" | Final || align="left" | Donovan Bailey || align="left" | || 9.84 || rowspan="2" |

|200 m|| 29 July || rowspan="2" align="left" | Michael Johnson|| rowspan="2" align="left" | || 19.32

|400 m|| 27 July || 43.49 || rowspan="7" | OR

|800 m|| 30 July || align="left" | Vebjørn Rodal || align="left" | || 1:42.58

|10,000 m|| 26 July || align="left" | Haile Gebrselassie || align="left" | || 27:07.34

|110 m hurdles|| 28 July || align="left" | Allen Johnson || rowspan="4" align="left" | || 12.95

|High jump|| 30 July || align="left" | Charles Austin || 2.39

|Pole vault|| 1 August || align="left" | Jean Galfione || 5.92

|Triple jump|| 2 August || align="left" | Kenny Harrison || 18.09

Women

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record !!

|400 m|| 28 July || rowspan="5" | Final || align="left" | Marie-José Pérec || align="left" | || 48.26 || rowspan="5" | OR

|5000 m|| 29 July || align="left" | Wang Junxia || align="left" | || 14:59.88

|400 m hurdles|| 2 August || align="left" | Deon Hemmings || align="left" | || 52.82

|10 km race walk|| 27 July || align="left" | Yelena Nikolayeva || align="left" | || 41:49

|Triple jump|| 30 July || align="left" | Inessa Kravets || align="left" | || 15.33

Medal table

Participating nations

A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

Official Report
GBR Athletics
Athletics Australia