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The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia, marking the centennial of the modern Olympic movement since the 1896 Athens Games. The Games were marred by a bombing at Centennial Olympic Park that killed two people and injured over a hundred others. Considerable criticism was also directed at the heavy commercialization of the Atlanta Games, though the event drew record numbers of participating nations and athletes at the time.

Facts
Founding Year
1996 1
Founding Date
1996-07-19 3
Frequency
Every four years 2
Host History
Atlanta, United States 1
Classification
Scope
Olympic 1
Frequency
Frequency (category)
Every Four Years 2
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Son Min-han, Athletes
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Sun Wen, Athletes
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Tim Lobinger, Athletes
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Zheng Haixia, Athletes
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1. Wikipedia, List of Olympic Games Host Cities
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  • Host cities table, 1996 Summer Olympics row (year)
    1996 Summer Olympics: Atlanta, United States
  • Host cities table, 1996 Summer Olympics row (host)
    1996 Summer Olympics: Atlanta, United States
  • entity record, description/name (scope)
    The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia, marking the centennial of the modern Olympic movement since the 1896 Athens Games. The Games were marred by a bombing at Centennial Olympic Park that killed two people and injured over a hundred others. Considerable criticism was also directed
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2. Wikipedia, Olympic Games
Introduction
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The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years
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3. Wikipedia, 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Infobox, opening
    July 19, 1996
  • Features: Association Football, Sports contested list with event counts
    Football (2)
  • Features: Athletics, Sports contested list with event counts
    Athletics (44)
  • Features: Badminton, Sports contested list with event counts
    Badminton (5)
  • Features: Baseball, Sports contested list with event counts
    Baseball (1)
  • Features: Basketball, Sports contested list with event counts
    Basketball (2)
  • Features: Boxing, Sports contested list with event counts
    Boxing (12)
  • Features: Canoeing, Sports contested list with event counts
    Canoeing Sprint (12) Slalom (4)
  • Features: Cycling, Sports overview
    Softball, beach volleyball and mountain biking debuted on the Olympic program
  • Features: Fencing, Sports contested list with event counts
    Fencing (10)
  • Features: Field Hockey, Sports contested list with event counts
    Field hockey (2)
  • Features: Gymnastics, Sports contested list with event counts
    Gymnastics Artistic (14) Rhythmic (2)
  • Features: Handball, Sports contested list with event counts
    Handball (2)
  • Features: Judo, Sports contested list with event counts
    Judo (14)
  • Features: Rowing, Sports contested list with event counts
    Rowing (14)
  • Features: Softball, Overview
    10,318 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees competed in 26 sports, including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking and softball
  • Features: Swimming, Sports contested list with event counts
    Swimming (32)
  • Features: Table Tennis, Sports contested list with event counts
    Table tennis (4)
  • Features: Tennis, Achievements section
    Carl Lewis won his 4th long jump gold medal at the age of 35. In tennis, Andre Agassi won the gold medal, which would eventually make him the first man and second singles player overall (after his eventual wife, Steffi Graf) to win the career Golden Slam, which consists of an Olympic gold medal and victories in the singles tournaments held at professional tennis' four major events (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open).
  • Features: Volleyball, Sports contested list with event counts
    Volleyball (2)
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    Weightlifting (10)
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    Wrestling Freestyle (10) Greco-Roman (10)
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Dan O'Brien (source article)
Competitors Include: Dan O'Brien, Career, Olympics
Quote, Competitors Include: Dan O'Brien, Career, Olympics
At the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, O'Brien won the gold medal with 8,824 points
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Tim Lobinger (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tim Lobinger, Lead paragraph of the article [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Tim Lobinger, Lead paragraph of the article [competed-in]
In Atlanta in 1996 he placed seventh.
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Ilke Wyludda (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ilke Wyludda, Lead paragraph of the article [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Ilke Wyludda, Lead paragraph of the article [competed-in]
but she became Olympic champion in 1996.
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Wang Tao (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Wang Tao (table tennis), Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
Quote, Competitors Include: Wang Tao (table tennis), Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
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Šárka Kašpárková (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Šárka Kašpárková, Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
Quote, Competitors Include: Šárka Kašpárková, Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
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Kjersti Grini (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Kjersti Grini, Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
Quote, Competitors Include: Kjersti Grini, Results, 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
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Mark Warnecke (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Mark Warnecke, Results table, Games column [competed-in 2]
Quote, Competitors Include: Mark Warnecke, Results table, Games column [competed-in 2]
1996 Summer Olympics
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Stéphane Franke (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Stéphane Franke, Results table, Games [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Stéphane Franke, Results table, Games [competed-in]
1996 Summer Olympics
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Zheng Haixia (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Zheng Haixia, Results, Games [competed-in 3]
Quote, Competitors Include: Zheng Haixia, Results, Games [competed-in 3]
1996 Summer Olympics
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Kristin Bengtsson (Olympedia)
Competitors Include: Kristin Bengtsson, Results, Games column
Quote, Competitors Include: Kristin Bengtsson, Results, Games column
1996 Summer Olympics
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Lee Sang-min (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lee Sang-min (basketball), Article text
Quote, Competitors Include: Lee Sang-min (basketball), Article text
He was part of the team at the 1994 Asian Games, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1998 Asian Games and 2002 Asian Games.
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Son Min-han (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Son Min-han, Article text
Quote, Competitors Include: Son Min-han, Article text
pitching in the 1994 Asian Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Hyun Joo-yup (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national team [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Hyun Joo-yup, Lead, national team [competed-in]
one Summer Olympics Games (1996)
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Klaus Balkenhol (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Klaus Balkenhol, Lead [competed-in 2]
Quote, Competitors Include: Klaus Balkenhol, Lead [competed-in 2]
He also received a gold medal with the German team in 1996.
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Wikipedia, Amy Van Dyken
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Amy Van Dyken, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Amy Van Dyken, lead paragraph, competed-in
She won six Olympic gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Wikipedia, Michael Johnson
Wikimedia FoundationCompetitors Include: Michael Johnson, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Michael Johnson, lead paragraph, competed-in
Johnson is the only male athlete to win both the 200 meters and 400 meters events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Wikipedia: Svetlana Khorkina
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Svetlana Khorkina, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Svetlana Khorkina, lead paragraph, competed-in
She competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Wikipedia, Kerri Strug
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Kerri Strug, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Kerri Strug, lead paragraph, competed-in
She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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David O'Connor (equestrian), Wikipedia
Competitors Include: David O'Connor, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: David O'Connor, lead paragraph, competed-in
He competed in two Olympic Games, winning a team silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics and an individual gold and team bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Natascha Keller, Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Natascha Keller, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Natascha Keller, lead paragraph, competed-in
She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Wikipedia: Denis Pankratov
Competitors Include: Denis Pankratov, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Denis Pankratov, lead paragraph, competed-in
Denis Pankratov (Russian: Денис Панкратов; born 4 July 1974) is a retired Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States in a unique style.
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Ivans Klementjevs - Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Ivans Klementjevs, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Ivans Klementjevs, lead paragraph, competed-in
He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Gal Fridman - Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Gal Fridman, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Gal Fridman, lead paragraph, competed-in
Fridman won a bronze medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.
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István Kovács (boxer) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: István Kovács (boxer), lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: István Kovács (boxer), lead paragraph, competed-in
He is a Secretary General of the AIBA. As an amateur, he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight.
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Georgi Kandelaki (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Georgi Kandelaki, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Georgi Kandelaki, lead paragraph, competed-in
He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships he became the first Georgian to win a World Championship, and from 2002 to 2003 held the World Boxing Union heavyweight title.
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Frank Busemann (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Frank Busemann, lead paragraph, competed-in
Quote, Competitors Include: Frank Busemann, lead paragraph, competed-in
After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most popular sportsmen.
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Wikipedia, Sun Wen
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Sun Wen, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Sun Wen, Lead or career section
Sun led China to a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Athens, Georgia.
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Wikipedia, Tony Estanguet
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Tony Estanguet, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Tony Estanguet, Lead or career section
His older brother Patrice won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Wikipedia, Wladimir Klitschko
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Wladimir Klitschko, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Wladimir Klitschko, Lead or career section
He defeated Lezin later that year on points (4-1) in the semi-finals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
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Karl Malone, Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Karl Malone, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Karl Malone, Lead or career section
Malone returned from a gold medal winning-effort at the 1996 Summer Olympics leading the Jazz to two consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
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Lilia Podkopayeva - Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Lilia Podkopayeva, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Lilia Podkopayeva, Lead or career section
In July, Podkopayeva competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Aly Raisman (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Aly Raisman, Lead or career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Aly Raisman, Lead or career section
She attributes her initial love for the sport to the "Magnificent Seven", the gold medal-winning U.S. women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, whose performances she watched on VHS.
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Wikipedia, Michal Martikan
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Michal Martikan, Article text (competition)
Quote, Competitors Include: Michal Martikan, Article text (competition)
Three months later, at age 17, Martikán was in sixth place after the first run of the canoe slalom singles event at the 1996 Olympics.
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Wikipedia, Alexander Popov
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Alexander Popov, Article text (competition)
Quote, Competitors Include: Alexander Popov, Article text (competition)
Popov won the men's 50 m and 100 m freestyle in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, and repeated his victories in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming the first man to do so since Johnny Weissmuller.
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Michael Green (field hockey), Wikipedia
Competitors Include: Michael Green, Article text (competition)
Quote, Competitors Include: Michael Green, Article text (competition)
1996-1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place)
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Jefferson Pérez (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jefferson Pérez, Article text (competition)
Quote, Competitors Include: Jefferson Pérez, Article text (competition)
Pérez won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, becoming the youngest ever Olympic race walk champion.
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Astrid Kumbernuss (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Astrid Kumbernuss, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Astrid Kumbernuss, Lead paragraph [competed-in]
the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
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