1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XXVI. Olympic Games
information
Date:	July 26th to August 4th
Competition location:	Atlanta
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Decisions:	Men: 24 / women: 20
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Olympic Games 1996 (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	13	5	5	23
2	Russia	3	6th	1	10
3	Germany	3	1	3	7th
4th	France	3	-	1	4th
5	Ethiopia	2	-	1	3
6th	Canada	2	-	-	2
7th	Kenya	1	4th	3	8th
8th	Jamaica	1	3	2	6th
9	People's Republic of China	1	2	1	4th
10	Nigeria	1	1	2	4th
11	Poland	1	1	-	2
	South Africa	1	1	-	2
13	Ukraine	1	-	3	4th
14th	Czech Republic	1	-	2	3
15th	Finland	1	-	1	2
	Norway	1	-	1	2
17th	Algeria	1	-	-	1
	Bulgaria	1	-	-	1
	Burundi	1	-	-	1
	Ecuador	1	-	-	1
	Portugal	1	-	-	1
	Sweden	1	-	-	1
	Syria	1	-	-	1
	Hungary	1	-	-	1
25th	Great Britain	-	4th	2	6th
26th	Italy	-	2	3	5
27	Belarus	-	2	2	4th
28	Australia	-	2	-	2
	Namibia	-	2	-	2
30th	Cuba	-	1	1	2
31	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
	Greece	-	1	-	1
	Romania	-	1	-	1
	Zambia	-	1	-	1
	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
	South Korea	-	1	-	1
38	Morocco	-	-	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	2	2
40	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1
	Mozambique	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
	Uganda	-	-	1	1

At the XXVI. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta there were 44 athletics competitions, 24 of them for men and 20 for women.

Attendees

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , unlike before in Barcelona, there was no longer a united team from former states of the former Soviet Union at these games . The Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania had already appeared as independent nations at the last Games . Now the other states that had previously been part of the USSR started, each with their own flag and name.

safety

The Olympic village and the competition gate resembled high security areas. Guards, police officers and security guards were present everywhere, and a three-meter-high fence surrounded the Olympic village. In contrast to this, Centennial Park was intended as a meeting place to which everyone should have free access without restrictions. Nobody could have suspected that there would be an attack there on July 27 with a pipe bomb fitted with nails, which resulted in the deaths of two people and more than a hundred people, some of them seriously injured. This balancing act between openness and happiness on the one hand and the necessary safety precautions is a dilemma in which all major events were and still are today.

Stadion

The Centennial Olympic Stadium was rebuilt with the start of construction in 1993 for the Olympic Games in Atlanta with a capacity for 85,000 spectators. However, it was planned from the outset to use the sports facility as a stadium for baseball events after the games and was built accordingly. After the games and the 1996 Paralympics were over , the athletics venues were removed and the stadium was rebuilt for its intended purpose from the beginning.

On the one hand, the career offered excellent conditions for excellent times in the sprints and shorter distances, but on the other hand it had disadvantages for the long distances because it was very tough. This had negative effects on tendons and joints. The 10,000-meter Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie had to forego taking part in the 5000-meter competition because he had sore feet due to the hardness of the track in the 10,000-meter run .

Competitions

There was an extension for women in the competition, and the triple jump was added to the Olympic program . In addition, the distance of the shorter long distance was no longer 3000, but 5000 meters as with the men.

The offer for women thus came closer and closer to that for men. In the area of ​​running, only the 3,000-meter obstacle course was missing , which was to be reserved for men up to and including 2004 . Further additions for the future in the women's disciplines were pending in the area of ​​jumps - in 2000 the pole vault was added - and in the area of ​​throw - also in 2000 the hammer throw was added. In 2004, walking was about to change from the 10 km to the 20 km distance.

doping

There were officially five cases of doping in athletics at these games.

• Dean Capobianco , Australia - 200m (first fourth in his prelim and seventh in his quarterfinal)
• Mary Slaney , USA - 5000m (initially seventh of her heat)
• Natalja Schechodanowa , Russia - 100-meter hurdles (initially seventh)
• Antonella Bevilacqua , Italy - high jump (initially fourth)
• Iwa Prandschewa , Bulgaria - long jump (initially seventh) and triple jump (initially fourth)

The doping penalties originally issued against four Russian and one Lithuanian athletes were subsequently lifted by the CAS .

There was also a doping controversy about the US athlete Sandra Farmer-Patrick . She had been convicted of taking testosterone at the June 1996 US Olympics . Despite the result, she was admitted to the Olympic Games in Atlanta . It was not until eleven months after the doping evidence was given that she was banned for four years. The delay between proof and judgment was due to the inability to act of the World Athletics Federation IAAF . Since the member associations are autonomous, the IAAF cannot intervene accordingly. So Farmer-Patrick's ban did not come into effect until May 1997.

However, it would be naive to assume that the doping problem would have been resolved for the games in Atlanta . The control systems were not fully developed, not very systematic and were handled differently from state to state. On the black market, tons of forbidden funds were easy to find. The opacity of this problem and the lack of legal possibilities ensure very realistic and appropriate mistrust, without a general suspicion against individual athletes can be expressed without evidence.

Sporting successes

As is so often the case at such high points, the level of performance at these Olympic Games was high for the athletes. However, there was no record flood, as has been seen again and again in the past at such events. Two world records were set in two disciplines , as well as a world best in one discipline. The Olympic record was improved sixteen times in a further fourteen disciplines .

By far the most successful nation was once again the USA , with thirteen Olympic athletics victories and 23 medals in total . No other nation - like the former Soviet Union or the GDR - could even come close to keeping up. The athletes from Russia presented three Olympic champions and won a total of ten medals. The athletes from Germany also won three gold medals - seven medals in total - and France - four medals in total. Two other nations were able to book two gold medals each, Ethiopia with three medals in total, and Canada - without further medals. For all other nations there was at most one gold medal in athletics.

For the individual athletes, the following services are particularly worth mentioning.

• The following athletes each won two gold medals at these games:
  • Michael Johnson ( USA ) - 200-meter and 400-meter races . He improved his own world record over 200 meters by more than three tenths of a second and set a new Olympic record over 400 meters . It was the men's first double success over these two distances.
  • Marie-José Perec ( France ) - 200-meter and 400-meter races . Over 400 meters, she improved the Olympic record by four tenths of a second. After the American Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, the French was the second athlete to win these two courses.
  • Svetlana Masterkowa ( Russia ) - 800-meter and 1500-meter races . She was the second runner to win both middle distances at an Olympic Games. Before her, the Russian Tatjana Kasankina had succeeded in 1976 , at the time for the Soviet Union .
  • Gail Devers ( USA ) - 100-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay , she also finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles .
  • Donovan Bailey ( Canada ) - 100-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay . He set a new world record over 100 meters.
• A special achievement was also outstanding:
  • Carl Lewis ( USA ) won the long jump for the fourth time in a row . Only his compatriot Al Oerter had previously won four gold medals in a row at the Olympic Games. He was Olympic champion in discus from 1956 to 1968 . In addition, Carl Lewis drew with this gold medal in the total number of Olympic victories equal to the previous record winner Paavo Nurmi . The Finn had won a total of nine gold medals with his Finnish team from 1920 to 1928 in the medium and long distance as well as team competitions. Carl Lewis came up with this total. He won his Olympic gold medals from 1984 to 1996 in the 100-meter and 200-meter run as well as in the 4 x 100 meter relay and in the long jump.

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donovan Bailey	CAN	09.84 WR
2	Frank Fredericks	NAM	09.89
3	Ato Boldon	TRI	09.90
4th	Dennis Mitchell	United States	09.99
5	Michael Marsh	United States	10.00
6th	Davidson Ezinwa	NGR	10.14
7th	Michael Green	JAM	10.16
DSQ	Linford Christie	GBR

Final: July 27, 1996

Wind: +0.7 m / s

German participant:
Marc Blume GER (10.33 s / 26.)  

Swiss participants:
Stefan Burkart SUI (10.49 s / 52nd)  

200 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	19.32 WR
2	Frank Fredericks	NAM	19.68
3	Ato Boldon	TRI	19.80
4th	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.14
5	Jeff Williams	United States	20.17
6th	Iván García	CUB	20.21
7th	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.27
8th	Michael Marsh	United States	20.48

Final: August 1, 1996

Wind: +0.4 m / s

Austrian participants:

Christoph Pöstinger AUT (20.98 s / 45.)  

Thomas Griesser AUT (21.20 s / 60.)  

Swiss participants:

Alain Reimann SUI (20.99 s / 46.)  

400 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.49 OR
2	Roger Black	GBR	44.41
3	Davis Kamoga	UGA	44.53
4th	Alvin Harrison	United States	44.62
5	Ivan Thomas	GBR	44.70
6th	Roxbert Martin	JAM	44.83
7th	Davian Clarke	JAM	44.99
DNF	Ibrahim Ismail Muftah	QAT

Final: July 29, 1996

Swiss participants:

Mathias Rusterholz SUI (45.72 s / 23.)  

Laurent Clerc SUI (46.42 s / 37.)  

800 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	1: 42.58 OR
2	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1: 42.74
3	Frederick Onyancha	KEN	1: 42.79
4th	Norberto Téllez	CUB	1: 42.85
5	Nico Motchebon	GER	1: 43.91
6th	David Kiptoo	KEN	1: 44.19
7th	Johnny Gray	United States	1: 44.21
8th	Benyounès Lahlou	MAR	1: 45.52

Final: July 31, 1996

Swiss participants:

André Bucher SUI (1: 46.41 min / 11.)  

Another German participant:

Joachim Dehmel GER (1: 47.12 min / 25th)  

1500 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	3: 35.78
2	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3: 36.40
3	Stephen Arusei Kipkorir	KEN	3: 36.72
4th	Laban Rotich	KEN	3: 37.39
5	William Tanui	KEN	3: 37.42
6th	Abdi Bile	SOM	3: 38.03
7th	Marko Koers	NED	3: 38.18
8th	Ali Hakimi	TO DO	3: 38.19

Final: August 3, 1996

Swiss participants:

Peter Philipp SUI (3: 41.60 min / 33.)  

Austrian participants:

Werner Edler-Muhr AUT (3: 45.02 min / 41st)  

Thomas Ebner AUT (3: 48.38 min / 49.)  

German participant:

Michael Gottschalk GER (3: 56.46 min / 53.)  

5000 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Venuste Niyongabo	BDI	13: 07.96
2	Paul Bitok	KEN	13: 08.16
3	Khalid Boulami	MAR	13: 08.37
4th	Dieter Baumann	GER	13: 08.81
5	Tom Nyariki	KEN	13: 12.29
6th	Bob Kennedy	United States	13: 12.35
7th	Enrique Molina	ESP	13: 12.91
8th	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	13: 13.26

Final: August 3, 1996

Another German participant:

Stéphane Franke GER (13: 44.64 min / 14th)  

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 07.34 OR
2	Paul Tergat	KEN	27: 08.17
3	Salah Hissou	MAR	27: 24.67
4th	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27: 33.79
5	Josephat Machuka	KEN	27: 35.08
6th	Paul Koech	KEN	27: 35.19
7th	Khalid Skah	MAR	27: 46.98
8th	Mathias Ntawulikura	RWA	27: 50.73

Final: July 29, 1996

German participant:

Stéphane Franke GER (27: 59.08 min / 9th)  

marathon

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - marathon (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Josiah Thugwane	RSA	2:12:36
2	Lee Bong-ju	COR	2:12:39
3	Erick Wainaina	KEN	2:12:44
4th	Martín Fiz	ESP	2:13:20
5	Richard Nerurkar	GBR	2:13:39
6th	German Silva	MEX	2:14:29
7th	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	2:14:35
8th	Benjamin Paredes	MEX	2:14:55

Date: August 4, 1996

German participants:

Konrad Dobler GER (2:21:12 h / 48th)  

Stephan Freilang GER (not finished)  

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	12.95 OR
2	Mark Crear	United States	13.09
3	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.17
4th	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.19
5	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.20
6th	Eugene Swift	United States	13.23
7th	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	OUT	13.40
8th	Erick Batte	CUB	13.43

Final: July 29, 1996

Other German participants:

Eric Kaiser GER (13.59 s / 14.)  

Claude Edorh GER (13.64 s / 24.)  

Austrian participants:

Mark McKoy AUT (13.64s / 23rd)  

Elmar Lichtenegger AUT (14.03 s / 47.)  

Herwig Röttl AUT (14.08 s / 50.)  

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Derrick Adkins	United States	47.54
2	Samuel Matete	ZAM	47.78
3	Calvin Davis	United States	47.96
4th	Sven Nylander	SWE	47.98
5	Rohan Robinson	OUT	48.30
6th	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	48.41
7th	Everson Teixeira	BRA	48.57
8th	Eronilde de Araújo	BRA	48.78

Final: August 1, 1996

Swiss participants:

Marcel Schelbert SUI (51.20 s / 47.)  

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joseph Keter	KEN	8: 07.12
2	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	8: 08.33
3	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8: 11.28
4th	Matthew Kiprotich Birir	KEN	8: 17.18
5	Mark Croghan	GBR	8: 17.84
6th	Steffen Brand	GER	8: 18.52
7th	Brahim Boulami	MAR	8: 23.13
8th	Jim Svenøy	NOR	8: 23.39

Final: August 2, 1996

Other German participants:

Martin Strege GER (8: 30.31 min / 10.)  

Kim Bauermeister GER (8: 51.83 min / 24.)  

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Canada	Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey in the preliminary also: Carlton Chambers	37.69
2	United States	Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell in the heats also: Tim Montgomery	38.05
3	Brazil	Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva	38.41
4th	Ukraine	Kostjantyn Rurak Serhij Ossowytsch Oleh Kramarenko Wladyslaw Dolohodin	38.55
5	Sweden	Peter Karlsson Torbjörn Martensson Lars Hedner Patrik Strenius	38.67
6th	Cuba	Andrés Simón Joel Lamela Joel Isasi Luis Alberto Pérez in the preliminary also: Iván García	39.39
DNF	France	Hermann Lomba Regis Groisard Pascal Theophile Needy Guims
DSQ	Ghana	Aziz Zakari Christian Nsiah Albert Agyemang Emmanuel Tuffour

Final: August 3, 1996

The Ghanaian team was disqualified immediately before the start of the final run because one of their runners - Christian Nsiah - had taken part in the first round but not in the semi-finals. The underlying rule was repealed in 2007.

 Germany (semifinals not finished)

 Austria (39.80 s / 18th in the lead)

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	LaMont Smith Alvin Harrison Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank in the preliminary also: Jason Rouser	2: 55.99
2	Great Britain	Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black in the heats also: Mark Hylton Du'aine Ladejo	2: 56.60
3	Jamaica	Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Gregory Haughton Davian Clarke in the heats also: Garth Robinson Dennis Blake	2: 59.42
4th	Senegal	Moustapha Diarra Aboubakry Dia Hachim Ndiaye Ibou Faye	3: 00.64
5	Japan	Shunji Karube Koji Ito Jun Osakada Shigekazu Omori in the preliminary also: Kenji Tabata	3: 00.76
6th	Poland	Piotr Rysiukiewicz Tomasz Jedrusik Piotr Haczek Robert Maćkowiak in the preliminary also: Paweł Januszewski	3: 00.96
7th	Bahamas	Carl Oliver Troy McIntosh Dennis Darling Timothy Munnings in the heats as well: Theron Cooper	3: 02.71
DNS	Kenya	Samson Kitur Samson Yego Simon Kemboi Julius Chepkwony in the preliminary also: Kennedy Ochieng

Final: August 3, 1996

 Switzerland (3: 05.36 min / 13.)

 Germany (3: 05.16 min in advance / 17.)

20 km walking

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:20:07
2	Ilya Markov	RUS	1:20:16
3	Bernardo Segura	MEX	1:20:23
4th	Nicholas A'Hern	OUT	1:20:31
5	Rishat Schafikow	RUS	1:20:41
6th	Aigars Fadejevs	LAT	1:20:47
7th	Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	1:21:09
8th	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	1:21:13

Date: July 26, 1996

German participants:

Nischan Daimer GER (1:23:23 h / 15th)  

Robert Ihly GER (1:23:47 h / 17th)  

Andreas Erm GER (1:25:08 h / 24.)  

50 km of walking

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert Korzeniowski	POLE	3:43:30
2	Mikhail Shchennikov	RUS	3:43:46
3	Valentí Massana	ESP	3:44:19
4th	Arturo Di Mezza	ITA	3:44:52
5	Viktor Ginko	BLR	3:45:27
6th	Ignacio Zamudio	MEX	3:46:07
7th	Valentin Kononen	FIN	3:47:40
8th	Sergei Korepanov	KAZ	3:48:42

Date: August 2, 1996

German participants:

Axel Noack GER (3:51:55 h / 12th)  

Thomas Wallstab GER (3:54:48 h / 15th)  

Ronald Weigel GER (not finished)  

Swiss participants:

Pascal Charrière SUI (4:10:20 h / 31st)  

high jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Charles Austin	United States	2.39 OR
2	Artur Partyka	POLE	2.37
3	Steve Smith	GBR	2.35
4th	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.32
5	Steinar Hoen	NOR	2.32
6th	Lambros papakostas	GRE	2.32
7th	Tim Forsyth	OUT	2.32
8th	Lee Jin-taek	COR	2.29

Final: July 29, 1996

German participant:

Wolfgang Kreissig GER (2.29 m / 9th)  

Pole vault

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jean Galfione	FRA	5.92 ORe
2	Igor Trandenkov	RUS	5.92 OR
3	Andrei Tivontchik	GER	5.92 ORe
4th	Igor Potapovich	KAZ	5.86
5	Pyotr Bochkarev	RUS	5.86
6th	Dsmitry Markau	BLR	5.86
7th	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.80
8th	Lawrence Johnson	United States	5.70

Final: August 2, 1996

Another German participant:

Michael Stolle GER (5.70 m / 9th)  

Long jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carl Lewis	United States	8.50
2	James Beckford	JAM	8.29
3	Joe Greene	United States	8.24
4th	Emmanuel Bangué	FRA	8.19
5	Mike Powell	United States	8.17
6th	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.11
7th	Aljaksandr Hlawazki	BLR	8.07
8th	Mattias Sunneborn	SWE	8.06

Final: July 29, 1996

German participants:

Georg Ackermann GER (7.86 m / 21st)  

Hans-Peter Lott GER (no valid attempt in the preliminary fight)  

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kenny Harrison	United States	18.09 OR
2	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.88
3	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	17.44
4th	Mike Conley Sr.	United States	17.40
5	Poor Martirosjan	POOR	16.97
6th	Brian Wellman	BER	16.95
7th	Galin Georgiev	BUL	16.92
8th	Robert Howard	United States	16.90

Final: July 27, 1996

German participant:

Charles Friedek GER (16.71 m / 14th)  

Shot put

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Randy Barnes	United States	21.62
2	John Godina	United States	20.79
3	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	20.75
4th	Paolo Dal Soglio	ITA	20.74
5	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	20.51
6th	Roman Wirastyuk	UKR	20.45
7th	Cottrell J. Hunter	United States	20.39
8th	Dragan Peric	YUG	20.07

Final: July 26, 1996

Other German participants:

Dirk Urban GER (19.39 m / 13th)  

Michael Mertens GER (19.07 m / 16.)  

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lars Riedel	GER	69.40 OR
2	Uladsimir Dubrouschtschyk	BLR	66.60
3	Wassil Kapzjuch	BLR	65.80
4th	Anthony Washington	United States	65.42
5	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	65.30
6th	Jürgen Schult	GER	64.62
7th	Vitaly Sydorov	UKR	63.78
8th	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	62.78

Final: July 31, 1996

Another German participant:

Michael Möllenbeck GER (55.18 m / 35th)  

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - hammer throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Baláz's Kiss	HUN	81.24
2	Lance deal	United States	81.12
3	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	80.02
4th	Andrij Skwaruk	UKR	79.92
5	Heinz Weis	GER	79.78
6th	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	78.72
7th	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	78.20
8th	Sjarhej Alaj	BLR	77.38

Final: July 28, 1996

Other German participants:

Claus Dethloff GER (74.60 m / 14th)  

Karsten Kobs GER (74.20 m / 18th)  

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jan Železný	CZE	88.16
2	Steve Backley	GBR	87.44
3	Seppo Räty	FIN	86.98
4th	Raymond Hecht	GER	86.88
5	Boris Henry	GER	85.68
6th	Sergei Makarov	RUS	85.30
7th	Kimmo Kinnunen	FIN	84.02
8th	Tom Pukstys	United States	83.58

Final: August 3, 1996

Another German participant:

Peter Blank GER (81.82 m / 9th)  

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Dan O'Brien	United States	8824
2	Frank Busemann	GER	8706
3	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	8664
4th	Steve Fritz	United States	8644
5	Eduard Hämäläinen	BLR	8613
6th	Erki Nool	EST	8543
7th	Robert Změlík	CZE	8422
8th	Ramil Ganyev	UZB	8318

Date: July 31/1. August 1996

Other German participants:

Frank Müller GER (8253 points / 14th)  

Dirk-Achim Pajonk GER (8045 points / 20th)  

Swiss participants:

Philipp Huber SUI (7743 points / 28th)  

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	10.94
2	Merlene Ottey	JAM	10.94
3	Gwen Torrence	United States	10.96
4th	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.00
5	Marina Trandenkowa	RUS	11.06
6th	Natalia Pomoschtschnikowa-Voronowa	RUS	11.10
7th	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.13
8th	Shanna Pinusevych	UKR	11.14

Final: July 27, 1996

Wind: −0.7 m / s

German participants:

Melanie Paschke GER (11.14 s / 10.)  

Andrea Philipp GER (11.38 s / 17.)  

Silke Lichtenhagen GER (11.53 s / 25th)  

Swiss participant:

Mireille Donders SUI (11.67 s / 39.)  

200 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Perec	FRA	22.12
2	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.24
3	Mary Onyali	NGR	22.38
4th	Inger Miller	United States	22.41
5	Galina Malschugina	RUS	22.45
6th	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	22.54
7th	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	22.60
8th	Carlette Guidry	United States	22.61

Final: August 1, 1996

Wind: +0.3 m / s

German participant:

Melanie Paschke GER (22.81 s / 12.)  

Swiss participant:

Mireille Donders SUI (23.52 s / 35.)  

400 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Perec	FRA	48.25 OR
2	Cathy Freeman	OUT	48.63
3	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	49.10
4th	Pauline Davis	BAH	49.28
5	Jearl Miles	United States	49.55
6th	Fatima Yusuf	NGR	49.77
7th	Sandie Richards	JAM	50.45
8th	Grit Breuer	GER	50.71

Final: July 29, 1996

Swiss participant:

Corinne Simasotchi SUI (53.69 s / 40th)  

800 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	1: 57.73
2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	CUB	1: 58.11
3	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 58.71
4th	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1: 58.81
5	Jelena Afanassjewa	RUS	1: 59.57
6th	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	FRA	1: 59.61
7th	Natallja Duchnowa	BLR	2: 00.32
8th	Toni Hodgkinson	NZL	2: 00.54

Final: July 29, 1996

German participant:

Linda Kisabaka GER (1: 59.23 min / 11.)  

1500 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1,500 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	4: 00.83
2	Gabriela Szabo	ROU	4: 01.54
3	Theresia Kiesl	AUT	4: 03.02
4th	Leah Pells	CAN	4: 03.56
5	Margaret Crowley	OUT	4: 03.79
6th	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 03.91
7th	Lyudmila Borisova	RUS	4: 05.90
8th	Małgorzata Rydz	POLE	4: 05.92

Final: August 3, 1996

German participants:

Carmen Wüstenhagen GER (4: 11.47 min / 15.)  

Sylvia Kühnemund GER (4: 16.85 min / 21.)  

5000 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wang Junxia	CHN	14: 59.88 OR
2	Pauline Konga	KEN	15: 03.49
3	Roberta Brunet	ITA	15: 07.52
4th	Michiko Shimizu	JPN	15: 09.05
5	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	15: 13.11
6th	Elena Romanova	RUS	15: 14.09
7th	Elena Fidatov	ROU	15: 16.71
8th	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	15: 17.33

Final: July 28, 1996

Swiss participant:

Anita Weyermann SUI (15: 44.40 min / 14.)  

German participants:

Claudia Lokar GER (15: 28.35 min in advance / 16.)  

Petra Wassiluk GER (15: 37.73 min in the lead / 19th)  

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	31: 01.63 OR
2	Wang Junxia	CHN	31: 02.58
3	Gete Wami	ETH	31: 06.65
4th	Derartu Tulu	ETH	31: 10.46
5	Masako Chiba	JPN	31: 20.62
6th	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	31: 23.22
7th	Yuko Kawakami	JPN	31: 23.23
8th	Iulia Negură	ROU	31: 26.46

Final: August 2, 1996

German participant:

Kathrin Weßel GER (33: 31.67 min / 28th)  

Swiss participants:

Daria Nauer SUI (33: 56.95 min / 30.)  

Ursula Jeitziner SUI ( dropped out in advance)  

marathon

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Marathon (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Fatuma Roba	ETH	2:26:05
2	Valentina Egorova	RUS	2:28:05
3	Yūko Arimori	JPN	2:28:39
4th	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	GER	2:28:45
5	Rocío Ríos	ESP	2:30:50
6th	Lidia Șimon	ROU	2:31:04
7th	Maria Manuela Machado	POR	2:31:11
8th	Sonja Krolik	GER	2:31:16

Date: July 28, 1996

Swiss participants:

Franziska Rochat-Moser SUI (2:34:48 h / 18th)  

Nelly Glauser SUI (2:37:19 h / 34th)  

Other German participant:

Uta Pippig GER (not finished)  

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	12.58
2	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	12.59
3	Patricia Girard	FRA	12.65
4th	Gail Devers	United States	12.66
5	Dione Rose	JAM	12.74
6th	Michelle Freeman	JAM	12.76
7th	Lynda Tolbert-Goode	United States	13.11
DOP	Natalia Shekhodanova	RUS

Final: July 31, 1996

Natalja Shekhodanova, who originally took seventh place in 12.80 s, was disqualified for doping.

Swiss participant:

Julie Baumann SUI (12.90 s in the semifinals / 12.)  

German participants:

Kristin Patzwahl GER (13.05s in the semifinals / 14th)  

Birgit Wolf GER (13.08 s in the intermediate run / 25th)  

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Deon Hemmings	JAM	52.82 OR
2	Kim Batten	United States	53.08
3	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	53.22
4th	Debbie-Ann Parris	JAM	53.97
5	Heike Meissner	GER	54.03
6th	Rosey Edeh	CAN	54.39
7th	Ionela Târlea	ROU	54.40
8th	Silvia Rieger	GER	54.57

Final: July 31, 1996

Swiss participants:

Michèle Schenk SUI (55.96 s / 14.)  

Martina Stoop SUI (56.32 s / 21.)  

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Gail Devers Inger Miller Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence in the preliminary also: Carlette Guidry	41.95
2	Bahamas	Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Savatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson in the heats as well: Debbie Ferguson	42.14
3	Jamaica	Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nicole Mitchell Merlene Ottey in the preliminary also: Gillian Russell Andria Lloyd	42.24
4th	Russia	Ekaterina Leschtschowa Galina Maltschugina Natalja Pomoschtschnikowa-Voronowa Irina Priwalowa	42.27
5	Nigeria	Chioma Ajunwa Mary Tombiri-Shirey Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.56
6th	France	Sandra Citte Odiah Sidibé Patricia Girard Marie-José Perec in the preliminary also: Delphine Combe	42.76
7th	Australia	Sharon Cripps Kylie Hanigan Lauren Hewitt Jodi Lambert	43.70
8th	Great Britain	Angie Thorp Marcia Richardson Simmone Jacobs Katharine Merry	43.93

Final: August 3, 1996

 Germany (preliminary run not finished)

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone Kim Graham , Jearl Miles in the preliminary also: Linetta Wilson	3: 20.91
2	Nigeria	Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	3: 21.04
3	Germany	Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	3: 21.14
4th	Jamaica	Merlene Frazer Sandie Richards Juliet Campbell Deon Hemmings in the preliminary also: Tracey Ann Barnes Inez Turner	3: 21.69
5	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Gonscharenko Yekaterina Kulikova Olga Kotlyarova	3: 22.22
6th	Cuba	Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty Surella Morales Ana Fidelia Quirot	3: 25.85
7th	Czech Republic	Nadezda Kostovalová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová Hana Benesová	3: 26.99
8th	France	Francine Landre Viviane Dorsile Evelyne Elien Elsa de Vassoigne	3: 28.46

Final: August 3, 1996

10 km walking

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10 km walk (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elena Nikolaeva	RUS	41:49 WBL / OR
2	Elisabetta Perrone	ITA	42:12
3	Wang Yan	CHN	42:19
4th	Gu Yan	CHN	42:34
5	Rossella Giordano	ITA	42:34
6th	Olga Kardopolzewa	BLR	43:02
7th	Katarzyna Radtke	POLE	43:05
8th	Valyanzina Zybulskaya	BLR	43:21

Date: July 29, 1996

German participants:

Kathrin Boyde GER (44:50 min / 15.)  

Beate Gummelt GER (disqualified)  

high jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stefka Kostadinova	BUL	2.05 OR
2	Niki Bakogianni	GRE	2.03
3	Inha Babakowa	UKR	2.01
4th	Elena Gulyayeva	RUS	1.99
5	Alina Astafei	GER	1.96
5	Tatiana Motkova	RUS	1.96
5	Nelė Žilinskienė	LTU	1.96
8th	Hanne Haugland	NOR	1.96

Final: August 3, 1996

The fourth-placed Italian Antonella Bevilacqua was disqualified for doping after the banned substance ephedrine had been detected in her.

Swiss participant:

Sieglinde Cadusch SUI (1.85 m / 19.)  

Long jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	7.12
2	Fiona May	ITA	7.02
3	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	7.00
4th	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.97
5	Olena Schechowzowa	UKR	6.97
6th	Agata Karczmarek	POLE	6.90
7th	Nicole Boegman	OUT	6.73
8th	Do Vaszi	HUN	6.60

Final: August 2, 1996

The Bulgarian Iwa Prandschewa (6.82 m), who initially placed seventh , was subsequently disqualified for doping.

Austrian participant:

Ljudmila Ninova AUT (eliminated without a valid attempt in the preliminary fight)  

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Inessa Krawez	UKR	15.33 OR
2	Inna Lasovskaya	RUS	14.98
3	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.98
4th	Ashia Hansen	GBR	14.49
5	Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.44
6th	Ren Ruiping	CHN	14.30
7th	Rodica Mateescu	ROU	14.21
8th	Jeļena Blaževiča	LAT	14.12

Final: July 31, 1996

The Bulgarian Iwa Prandschewa (14.92 m), who originally placed fourth , was subsequently disqualified for doping.

German participant:

Petra Lobinger GER (eliminated without a valid attempt in the preliminary fight)  

Shot put

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot put (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	20.56
2	Sui Xinmei	CHN	19.88
3	Irina Khudoroschkina	RUS	19.35
4th	Wita Pavlysch	UKR	19.30
5	Connie Price-Smith	United States	19.22
6th	Stephanie Storp	GER	19.06
7th	Kathrin Neimke	GER	18.92
8th	Irina Korschanenko	RUS	18.68

Final: August 2, 1996

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ilke Wyludda	GER	69.66
2	Natalia Sadova	RUS	66.48
3	Elina Swerava	BLR	65.64
4th	Franka Dietzsch	GER	65.48
5	Xiao Yanling	CHN	64.72
6th	Olga Chernyavskaya	RUS	64.70
7th	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.28
8th	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	OUT	62.48

Final: July 29, 1996

Other German participant:

Anja Gündler GER (61.16 m / 11th)  

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin throw (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Heli Rantanen	FIN	67.94
2	Louise McPaul	OUT	65.54
3	Trine Hattestad	NOR	64.98
4th	Isel López	CUB	64.68
5	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	64.48
6th	Karen Forkel	GER	64.18
7th	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	61.52
8th	Li Lei	CHN	60.74

Final: July 27, 1996

Other German participants:

Steffi Nerius GER (60.20 m / 9th)  

Silke Renk GER (59.70 m / 13th)  

Heptathlon

→ Main article : 1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Heptathlon (women)

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Ghada Shouaa	SYR	6780
2	Natallia Sasanovich	BLR	6563
3	Denise Lewis	GBR	6489
4th	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	6484
5	Eunice Barber	SLE	6342
6th	Rita Ináncsi	HUN	6336
7th	Sabine Braun	GER	6317
8th	Kelly Blair	United States	6307

Date: 27./28. July 1996

Other German participants:

Mona Steigauf GER (6246 points / 11th)  

Peggy Beer GER (6234 points / 13th)  

Swiss participant:

Patricia Nadler SUI (5803 points / 23rd)  

Liechtenstein participant:

Manuela Marxer LIE ( dropped out after the 4th competition)  

literature

• Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 4– 25 (General information on the Atlanta Games), p. 26–55 (Athletics reports), p. 178f (Athletics medalists)

Web links

• Official report, part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta , athletics results: pp. 67–108, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on February 22, 2018
• Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics from Sports-Reference.com database , accessed February 22, 2018
• Olympic Games. Atlanta 1996 , IOC Official Site , accessed February 22, 2018
• Atlanta 1996: The "Coca-Cola Games" on rio.sportschau.de, accessed on February 22, 2018
• Atlanta 1996 from olympia-lexikon.de, accessed on February 22, 2018
• The Man in the Golden Shoes on spox.com, July 12, 2012, accessed February 22, 2018
• Athletics. Tränen, Trost und Salsa , Der Spiegel, August 6, 1996, H. 32/1996, accessed on February 22, 2018
• Watch TV. Ran an die Hausfrau , Der Spiegel July 29, 1996, H. 31/1996, accessed on February 22, 2018
• National pride “Go for Gold, we love you” , Der Spiegel July 29, 1996, H. 31/1996, accessed on February 22, 2018
• Money makes you happy , Der Spiegel July 22, 1996, H. 30/1996, accessed on February 22, 2018
• Athletes from Somalia undesirable , Der Spiegel June 5, 1995, H. 21/1995, accessed on February 22, 2018
• THE MYTH SOLD , Der Spiegel August 30, 1993, H. 35/1993, accessed on February 22, 2018
• “Powerless against virgins” , Der Spiegel August 5, 1996, H. 32/1996, accessed on February 22, 2018
• Deadline. July 27, 1996 - Bomb attack at the Olympic Games on wdr.de, accessed on February 22, 2018

Video

• The Complete Atlanta 1996 Olympic Film, Olympic History , released October 22, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed February 22, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Athletics results: pp. 67–108, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on February 22, 2018 
2. ↑ Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 8
3. ↑ Former Centennial Olympic Stadium Bought on aroundtherings.com, accessed on February 22, 2018
4. ↑ Announcement in the CoolRunning portal ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 25, 2018 
5. ^ Article in Spiegel from April 26, 1999 , accessed on March 7, 2018
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Olympia: The doping cases at the Summer Games , RP Online, accessed on February 23, 2018
7. ↑ ^{a b} OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Two Athletes Face Doping Bans , New York Times (English), accessed on February 23, 2018
8. ↑ Ralf Junkes: The history of doping in sport and the fight against doping using the example of the sport of athletics . Diplomica, 2002, ISBN 3-8324-4802-0 , p. 55 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed March 18, 2018]).
9. ^ Doping. "A stupid situation" , Der Spiegel July 8, 1996, H. 28/1996, accessed on February 23, 2018