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 |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals | United States (44) |
| Most total medals | United States (101) |
| Medalling NOCs | 79 |
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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 July 19 to August 4, 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]
Among individual participants, Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won the most medals at the Games with six total (two gold, one silver, and three bronze).[8] Meanwhile American swimmer Amy Van Dyken had the most gold medals with four.[9]
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 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.[14][15] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[16]
- 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 (June 23, 1996). "Vaults, Leaps and Dashes". The New York Times. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ a b "Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games". United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum. August 24, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ a b Frey, Jennifer (August 5, 1996). "A Curtain Call in Atlanta". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ Rabun, Mike (August 4, 1996). "Largest Olympics Come to an End". United Press International. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ Brennan, Christine (August 5, 1996). "U.S. Women Look Good in Gold". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ Stephens, Ken (August 5, 1996). "Americans Stand Tall with Overall Medal Haul". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. C-4.
- ^ Reidy, Chris (August 5, 1996). "Notebook". Hartford Courant. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "Trivia Answer". The News-Press. August 2, 1996. p. 2B.
- ^ Petruska, Dave (December 25, 1996). "Golden Moments". Tucson Citizen. p. 1C.
- ^ Adams, Emily (July 22, 2021). "'Magnificent Seven' Olympics Star Shannon Miller Motivating Others After Surviving Ovarian Cancer". USA Today. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ Ad, J.A. (August 4, 1996). "Agassi Just Does It: Routs Bruguera". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ Forde, Tina Fisher (July 28, 1996). "It Might Soon Be Appropriate to Call Him 'Sir Steven Redgrave'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (July 24, 2012). "London 2012: How Team GB's Fortunes Turned Around After Disaster in Atlanta". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (August 11, 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (August 18, 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (August 10, 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
External links
[edit]- "Atlanta 1996". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/1996_1". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
