United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors646 (375 men and 271 women) in 29 sports
Flag bearers Bruce Baumgartner (opening)
Michael R. Matz (closing)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
44
Silver
32
Bronze
25
Total
101
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports.[1]

With a total of 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze medals, the United States returned to the top spot in the medal standings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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Further information: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

* – Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 67 54 121
Badminton 1 2 3
Baseball 20 – 20
Basketball 12 12 24
Boxing 12 – 12
Canoeing 18 7 25
Cycling 16 7 23
Diving 4 4 8
Equestrian 7 7 14
Fencing 9 6 15
Field hockey 16 16 32
Football 15 15 30
Gymnastics 6 13 19
Handball 16 16 32
Judo 7 7 14
Modern pentathlon 1 – 1
Rowing 26 20 46
Sailing 12 4 16
Shooting 16 9 25
Softball – 15 15
Swimming 24 21 45
Synchronized swimming – 10 10
Table tennis 3 3 6
Tennis 3 4 7
Volleyball 17 18 35
Water polo 13 – 13
Weightlifting 10 – 10
Wrestling 20 – 20
Total 375 273 648

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The United States claimed both of the gold medals in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Justin Huish Individual 670 9  Martynov (KAZ)
W 165–157 		 Hardinges (GBR)
W 166–155 		 Hsieh (TPE)
W 169–162 		 Frangilli (ITA)
W 112(+10)–112(+9) 		 Vermeiren (BEL)
W 112–103 		 Petersson (SWE)
W 112–107 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Richard Johnson 664 15  Krumpestar (SLO)
W 158–140 		 Gray (AUS)
W 164–157 		 Jang (KOR)
L 160–162 		Did not advance 11
Rod White 666 24  Badënov (RUS)
W 161–152 		 Vermeiren (BEL)
L 158–159 		Did not advance 24
Justin Huish
Richard Johnson
Rod White 		Team 2000 3 —  India (IND)
W 251–235 		 Ukraine (UKR)
W 251–240 		 Italy (ITA)
W 251–247 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 251–249 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Judi Adams Individual 606 53  Nowicka (POL)
L 152–165 		Did not advance 39
Janet Dykman 646 17  Backman (SWE)
W 156–144 		 Yang (CHN)
W 154–148 		 Wang (CHN)
L 149–156 		Did not advance 16
Lindsay Langston 643 21  Yang (TPE)
W 151–150 		 Nowicka (POL)
L 152(+8)–152(+9) 		Did not advance 22
Judi Adams
Janet Dykman
Lindsay Langston 		Team 1859 10 —  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
L 226–235 		Did not advance 13

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jon Drummond 100 m 10.08 2 Q 10.17 3 Q 10.16 6 Did not advance
Michael Marsh 10.14 1 Q 10.04 1 Q 10.08 3 Q 10.00 5
Dennis Mitchell 10.24 1 Q 10.09 1 Q 10.00 2 Q 9.99 4
Michael Johnson 200 m 20.55 1 Q 20.37 1 Q 20.27 1 Q 19.32 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Michael Marsh 20.27 1 Q 20.39 1 Q 20.26 3 Q 20.48 8
Jeff Williams 20.37 1 Q 20.47 2 Q 20.39 3 Q 20.17 5
Alvin Harrison 400 m 44.69 1 Q 44.79 1 Q 45.04 4 Q 44.62 4
Michael Johnson 45.80 2 Q 44.62 1 Q 44.59 1 Q 43.49 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Butch Reynolds 45.42 1 Q 45.21 3 Q DNF Did not advance
Johnny Gray 800 m 1:45.87 1 Q — 1:44.00 2 Q 1:44.21 7
José Parrilla 1:49.99 6 Did not advance
Brandon Rock 1:48.47 4 Did not advance
Brian Hyde 1500 m 3:48.20 9 — Did not advance
Paul McMullen 3:39.94 2 Q 3:37.81 9 Did not advance
Jason Pyrah 3:39.91 9 Did not advance
Matt Giusto 5000 m 14:30.76 9 — Did not advance
Bob Kennedy 13:54.57 4 Q 13:27.90 4 Q 13:12.25 6
Jim Spivey 13:54.01 9 q 14:27.72 13 Did not advance
Brad Barquist 10,000 m 29:11.20 16 — Did not advance
Dan Middleman 29:50.72 17 Did not advance
Todd Williams DNF Did not advance
Mark Crear 110 m hurdles 13.44 1 Q 13.14 1 Q 13.22 3 Q 13.09 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Allen Johnson 13.66 1 Q 13.27 1 Q 13.10 1 Q 12.95 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Eugene Swift 13.36 1 Q 13.37 1 Q 13.21 2 Q 13.23 6
Derrick Adkins 400 m hurdles 48.46 1 Q — 47.76 1 Q 47.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bryan Bronson 49.06 1 Q 50.32 8 Did not advance
Calvin Davis 48.94 1 Q 47.91 1 Q 47.96 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mark Croghan 3000 m steeplechase 8:27.91 3 Q — 8:21.01 6 q 8:17.84 5
Marc Davis 8:31.25 5 Q 8:26.76 1 Q 9:51.96 12
Robert Gary 8:49.68 11 Did not advance
Jon Drummond
Tim Harden
Michael Marsh
Dennis Mitchell
Tim Montgomery* 		4 × 100 m relay 38.58 1 Q — 37.96 1 Q 38.05 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alvin Harrison
Anthuan Maybank
Derek Mills
Jason Rouser*
LaMont Smith 		4 × 400 m relay 3:00.59 1 Q — 2:57.86 1 Q 2:55.99 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Keith Brantly Marathon — 2:18:17 28
Mark Coogan 2:20:27 41
Bob Kempainen 2:18:38 31
Curt Clausen 20 km walk — 1:31:30 50
Andrzej Chylinski 50 km walk — 4:03:13 26
Allen James 4:01:18 24
Herman Nelson DSQ

Notes:
* – Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Joe Greene Long jump 8.28 2 Q 8.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Carl Lewis 8.29 1 Q 8.50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mike Powell 8.20 4 Q 8.17 5
Mike Conley Triple jump 17.20 2 Q 17.40 4
Kenny Harrison 17.58 1 Q 18.09 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Robert Howard 16.92 7 q 16.90 8
Charles Austin High jump 2.28 =1 Q 2.39 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ed Broxterman 2.15 31 Did not advance
Cameron Wright 2.20 26 Did not advance
Jeff Hartwig Pole vault 5.70 5 Q 5.60 11
Scott Huffman 5.60 =12 q 5.60 13
Lawrence Johnson 5.70 11 Q 5.70 8
Randy Barnes Shot put 20.42 4 Q 21.62 1st place, gold medalist(s)
John Godina 20.54 2 Q 20.79 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
C. J. Hunter 19.95 6 Q 20.39 7
John Godina Discus throw 61.82 14 Did not advance
Adam Setliff 62.36 10 q 56.30 12
Anthony Washington 63.66 3 Q 65.42 4
Tom Pukstys Javelin throw 84.70 4 Q 83.58 8
Todd Riech 78.02 17 Did not advance
Dave Stephens 79.78 14 Did not advance
Lance Deal Hammer throw 78.59 1 Q 81.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kevin McMahon 73.46 24 Did not advance
Ken Popejoy 72.46 29 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Points Rank
Steve Fritz Result 10.90 7.77 15.31 2.04 50.13 13.97 49.84 5.10 65.70 4:38.26 8644 4
Points 883 1002 809 840 809 978 867 941 824 691
Chris Huffins Result 10.47 7.49 15.57 2.04 48.83 14.10 48.72 4.70 60.62 5:14.36 8300 10
Points 982 932 825 840 869 962 844 819 747 480
Dan O'Brien Result 10.50 7.57 15.66 2.07 46.82 13.87 48.78 5.00 66.90 4:45.89 8824 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 975 952 830 868 967 991 845 910 842 644
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gail Devers 100 m 10.92 1 Q 10.94 1 Q 11.00 1 Q 10.94 1st place, gold medalist(s)
D'Andre Hill 11.11 2 Q 11.21 3 Q 11.20 6 Did not advance
Gwen Torrence 11.11 1 Q 11.11 1 Q 10.997 2 Q 10.96 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Carlette Guidry 200 m 22.37 1 Q 22.51 1 Q 22.56 4 Q 22.61 8
Inger Miller 22.74 2 Q 22.57 3 Q 22.33 4 Q 22.41 4
Dannette Young 22.65 1 Q 22.53 1 Q 22.49 5 Did not advance
Kim Graham 400 m 51.70 1 Q 50.96 3 Q 51.13 5 Did not advance
Maicel Malone 51.28 1 Q 51.16 1 Q 51.16 6 Did not advance
Jearl Miles 51.96 1 Q 50.84 2 Q 50.21 4 Q 49.55 5
Joetta Clark 800 m 2:00.38 3 — Did not advance
Suzy Favor-Hamilton 2:00.47 4 Did not advance
Meredith Rainey 1:59.96 4 q 1:59.36 7 Did not advance
Juli Henner 1500 m 4:27.14 10 — Did not advance
Vicki Huber 4:18.82 9 Did not advance
Regina Jacobs 4:04.41 3 Q 4:06.13 2 Q 4:07.21 10
Lynn Jennings 5000 m 15:19.66 3 Q — 15:17.50 9
Amy Rudolph 15:21.90 3 Q 15:19.77 10
Mary Decker DSQ DSQ
Olga Appell 10,000 m 34:12.54 17 — Did not advance
Kate Fonshell 32:48.05 9 Did not advance
Joan Nesbit 32:33.48 13 Did not advance
Gail Devers 100 m hurdles 12.73 1 Q 12.83 1 Q 12.62 3 Q 12.66 4
Cheryl Dickey 12.92 2 Q 12.92 5 Did not advance
Lynda Goode 12.97 3 Q 12.78 4 Q 12.77 3 Q 13.11 7
Kim Batten 400 m hurdles 54.92 1 Q — 53.65 1 Q 53.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tonja Buford-Bailey 55.23 1 Q 53.38 2 Q 53.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sandra Farmer-Patrick DSQ DSQ
Gail Devers
Chryste Gaines
Carlette Guidry*
Inger Miller
Gwen Torrence 		4 × 100 m relay 42.49 1 Q — 41.95 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Graham
Maicel Malone
Jearl Miles
Rochelle Stevens
Linetta Wilson* 		4 × 400 m relay 3:22.71 1 Q — 3:20.91 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anne Marie Lauck Marathon — 2:31:30 10
Linda Somers 2:36:58 31
Jenny Spangler DNF
Victoria Herazo 10 km walk — DSQ
Debbi Lawrence 45:32 20
Michelle Rohl 44:29 14
Field events
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Long jump 6.70 =6 Q 7.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marieke Veltman 6.49 16 Did not advance
Shana Williams NM Did not advance
Sheila Hudson Triple jump 14.26 9 Q 14.02 10
Diana Orrange NM Did not advance
Cynthea Rhodes 13.95 16 Did not advance
Amy Acuff High jump 1.85 =24 Did not advance
Connie Teaberry 1.90 18 Did not advance
Tisha Waller 1.93 =1 q 1.93 =9
Valeyta Althouse Shot put 18.16 16 Did not advance
Ramona Pagel 18.55 12 q 18.48 9
Connie Price-Smith 19.08 5 Q 19.22 5
Lacy Barnes-Mileham Discus throw 57.48 30 Did not advance
Aretha Hill 56.04 34 Did not advance
Suzy Powell 56.24 33 Did not advance
Nicole Carroll Javelin throw 54.74 26 Did not advance
Erica Wheeler 53.34 30 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Points Rank
Kelly Blair Result 13.62 1.80 12.29 24.49 6.32 50.32 2:16.87 6307 8
Points 1033 978 680 934 949 866 867
Sharon Hanson Result 13.34 1.77 13.45 24.42 5.96 46.98 2:11.67 6292 9
Points 1074 941 757 941 837 802 940
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Result 13.24 WD DNF
Points 1089

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kevin Han Men's singles  Knowles (GBR)
L 15–2, 10–15, 7–15 		Did not advance
Erika von Heiland Women's singles  Jeng (TPE)
L 2–11, 6–11 		Did not advance
Linda French
Erika von Heiland 		Women's doubles —  Stuer-Lauridsen
Thomsen (DEN)
L 4–15, 1–15 		Did not advance

Baseball

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Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.[3][4]

Summary
Team Event Round robin Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  Nicaragua
W 4–1 		 South Korea
W 7–2 		 Italy
W 15–3 (F/7) 		 Japan
W 15–5 (F/7) 		 Australia
W 15–5 (F/7) 		 Cuba
L 8–10 		 Netherlands
W 17–1 (F/7) 		2 Q  Japan
L 2–11 		Bronze medal game
 Nicaragua
W 10–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roster
Round robin
Team W L Tiebreaker
 Cuba 7 0 -
 United States 6 1 -
 Japan 4 3 1-0
 Nicaragua 4 3 0-1
 Netherlands 2 5 2-0
 Italy 2 5 1-1
 Australia 2 5 0-2
 South Korea 1 6 -
Semifinal
August 1, 1996 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 1 11 15 0
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 1
Bronze medal game
August 2, 1996 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 10 12 1
 Nicaragua 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
United States men Men's tournament  Argentina
W 96–68 		 Angola
W 87–54 		 Lithuania
W 104–82 		 China
W 133–70 		 Croatia
W 102–71 		1 Q  Brazil
W 98–75 		 Australia
W 101–73 		 Yugoslavia
W 95–69 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
United States women Women's tournament  Cuba
W 101–84 		 Ukraine
W 98–65 		 Zaire
W 107–47 		 Australia
W 96–79 		 South Korea
W 105–64 		1 Q  Japan
W 108–93 		 Australia
W 93–71 		 Brazil
W 111–87 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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Roster

Main article: 1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team

The following players represented the United States:[5]

Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 522 345 +177 10 Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 5 3 2 427 354 +73 8[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 422 386 +36 8[a]
4  China 5 2 3 360 502 −142 7[b]
5  Argentina 5 2 3 351 396 −45 7[b] 9th place playoff
6  Angola 5 0 5 280 379 −99 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
United States  96–68  Argentina
Scoring by half: 46–44, 50–24
Pts: Robinson 18
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Hill, Hardaway 5		 Pts: Espil 27
Rebs: Nicola 4
Asts: Milanesio 7
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Angola  54–87  United States
Scoring by half: 31–44, 23–43
Pts: Carvalho 16
Rebs: Dias 5
Asts: Avô 5		 Pts: Malone 12
Rebs: Barkley 9
Asts: Barkley 7
Atlanta
Referees: Michael Butler (AUS), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Lithuania  82–104  United States
Scoring by half: 42–50, 40–54
Pts: Einikis 21
Rebs: Karnišovas, Einikis 7
Asts: Pačėsas 5		 Pts: Barkley 16
Rebs: Barkley 5
Asts: Stockton, Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
United States  133–70  China
Scoring by half: 65–28, 68–42
Pts: Pippen 24
Rebs: O'Neal 10
Asts: Hardaway 10		 Pts: Liu 18
Rebs: Bateer 6
Asts: Li 5
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Croatia  71–102  United States
Scoring by half: 38–57, 33–45
Pts: Tabak 19
Rebs: Tabak 7
Asts: Kukoč 10		 Pts: Richmond 16
Rebs: Barkley 12
Asts: Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Quarterfinal

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
22:00
United States  98–75  Brazil
Scoring by half: 52–36, 46–39
Pts: Hardaway 14
Rebs: O'Neal 11
Asts: Payton 7		 Pts: Schmidt 26
Rebs: Janjao 10
Asts: Minuci 5
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Semifinal

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
22:00
United States  101–73  Australia
Scoring by half: 51–41, 50–32
Pts: Barkley 24
Rebs: Barkley 11
Asts: Pippen 5		 Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 11
Asts: Heal 5
Atlanta
Referees: Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

Gold medal game

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
22:00
FR Yugoslavia  69–95  United States
Scoring by half: 38–43, 31–52
Pts: Paspalj 19
Rebs: Bodiroga, Đorđević 5
Asts: Đorđević 6		 Pts: Robinson 28
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Stockton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor León (ESP), José Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

Women's tournament

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Further information: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster
The following players represented the United States:[5]

Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 507 339 +168 10 Quarterfinals
2  Ukraine 5 3 2 354 358 −4 8[a]
3  Australia 5 3 2 369 319 +50 8[a]
4  Cuba 5 2 3 365 377 −12 7[b]
5  South Korea 5 2 3 347 389 −42 7[b]
6  Zaire 5 0 5 287 447 −160 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
United States  101–84  Cuba
Pts: Leslie 24
Rebs: Leslie 7
Asts: Edwards 9		 Pts: Martínez 21
Rebs: Víctores 8
Asts: Lagnó 6
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Ukraine  65–98  United States
Pts: Nazarenko 14
Rebs: Shliakhova 5
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Bolton 21
Rebs: Leslie 9
Asts: Swoopes 7
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
United States  107–47  Zaire
Pts: Azzi 18
Rebs: McCray 8
Asts: Edwards 5		 Pts: Ngalula 17
Rebs: Tshijuka, Lobela 5
Asts: Mabika 3
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Australia  79–96  United States
Pts: Timms 26
Rebs: Sporn 7
Asts: Maher 3		 Pts: McClain 24
Rebs: McClain 11
Asts: Edwards 15
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
South Korea  64–105  United States
Pts: Jung S-m 17
Rebs: Jung S-m 6
Asts: Chun J-w 7		 Pts: McCray 16
Rebs: McCray 9
Asts: Swoopes 4

Quarterfinal

31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
15:00
United States  108–93  Japan
Scoring by half: 59–44, 49–49
Pts: Leslie 35
Rebs: McClain 16
Asts: Edwards 12		 Pts: Ichijo, Hagiwara 22
Rebs: Kato 8
Asts: Murakami 10

Semifinal

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
17:00
Australia  71–93  United States
Scoring by half: 32–47, 39–46
Pts: Timms 27
Rebs: Maher 6
Asts: Timms 4		 Pts: Leslie 22
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 8

Gold medal game

4 August 1996 (1996-08-04)
18:35
Brazil  87–111  United States
Scoring by half: 46–57, 41–54
Pts: Arcain 24
Rebs: Alessandra 9
Asts: Paula 10		 Pts: Leslie 29
Rebs: Leslie 6
Asts: Edwards 10

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Rank
Albert Guardado Light flyweight  Modiradilo (BOT)
W 11–9 		 Rasoanaivo (MAD)
W 9–4 		 Kiryukhin (UKR)
L 14–19 		Did not advance
Eric Morel Flyweight  Romero (CUB)
L 12–24 		Did not advance
Zahir Raheem Bantamweight  Hoe (PRK)
W 19–4 		 Mesa (CUB)
L RSC 		Did not advance
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Featherweight  Tileganov (KAZ)
W RSC 		 Gevorgyan (ARM)
W 16–3 		 Aragon (CUB)
W 12–11 		 Todorov (BUL)
L 9–10 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Terrance Cauthen Lightweight  Abdoollayev (UZB)
W 18–6 		 Uitumen (MGL)
W 10–9 		 Wisngwiset (THA)
W 14–10 		 Tontchev (BUL)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David Díaz Light welterweight  Garcia (ISV)
W RSC 		 Urkal (GER)
L 6–14 		Did not advance
Fernando Vargas Welterweight  Meskhadze (GEO)
W 10–4 		 Simion (ROU)
L 7–8 		Did not advance
David Reid Light middleweight  Lee (KOR)
W 20–4 		 Polakovič (CZE)
W 12–5 		 Marmouri (TUN)
W 13–8 		 Tulaganov (UZB)
W 12–4 		 Duvergel (CUB)
W KO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rhoshii Wells Middleweight  Mollal (IRI)
W 24–7 		 Rodríguez (BRA)
W 16–2 		 Yarvekob (UZB)
W 8–8 TB 		 Hernández (CUB)
L 8–17 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Antonio Tarver Light heavyweight  Vybornov (RUS)
W 5–2 		 Kowah (SLE)
W RSC 		 Flores (PUR)
W RSC 		 Jirov (KAZ)
L 9–15 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nate Jones Heavyweight Bye  Okesola (GBR)
W RSC 		 Jiang (CHN)
W 21–4 		 Defiagbon (CAN)
L 10–16 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lawrence Clay-Bey Super heavyweight Bye  Klitschko (UKR)
L 8–10 		Did not advance

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

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Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Adam Clawson C-1 2:52.53 16 4:25.74 27 2:52.53 19
David Hearn 2:44.07 10 2:42.51 6 2:42.51 9
Wayne Dickert
Horace Holden 		C-2 3:44.69 12 3:00.90 10 3:00.90 11
Eric Giddens K-1 3:21.15 33 2:31.65 14 2:31.65 20
Scott Shipley 2:28.31 8 2:29.34 9 2:28.31 12
Richard Weiss 2:29.45 10 2:25.78 4 2:25.78 6
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dana Chladek K-1 7:11.80 29 2:49.49 1 2:49.49 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cathy Hearn 2:53.03 3 3:49.93 20 2:53.03 7

Sprint

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Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jim Terrell C-1 500 m 1:57.259 7 SF — 1:54.086 4 Did not advance
Joseph Harper C-1 1000 m 4:45.467 9 SF — 4:39.949 7 Did not advance
Mike Herbert K-1 500 m 1:44.763 6 R 1:43.384 2 SF 1:42.335 8 Did not advance
Michael Harbold K-1 1000 m 3:58.760 6 R 4:05.225 2 SF 3:44.663 7 Did not advance
Stein Jorgensen
John Mooney 		K-2 500 m 1:33.642 3 SF Bye 1:32.353 6 Did not advance
John Mooney
Peter Newton 		K-2 1000 m 3:46.852 4 R 3:34.424 1 SF 3:19.834 5 Did not advance
Curt Bader
Philippe Boccara
Mark Hamilton
Cliff Meidl 		K-4 1000 m 3:23.352 8 SF — 3:06.855 6 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Traci Phillips K-1 500 m 2:02.847 8 R 2:00.371 5 SF 1:55.339 9 Did not advance
DeAnne Hemmens
Lia Rousset 		K-2 500 m 1:47.914 5 R 1:52.669 2 SF 1:49.645 8 Did not advance
Alexandra Harbold
DeAnne Hemmens
Lia Rousset
Druella Van Hengel 		K-4 500 m 1:43.311 6 SF — 1:40.045 4 Did not advance

Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Frankie Andreu Road race 4:55:10 4
Lance Armstrong 4:55:29 14
Steve Hegg 4:56:51 93
George Hincapie 4:56:49 76
Greg Randolph 4:56:59 74
Lance Armstrong Time trial 1:06:28 6
Steve Hegg 1:08:29 16
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Linda Brenneman Road race 2:40:27 36
Alison Dunlap 2:41:21 37
Jeanne Golay 2:37:06 29
Linda Brenneman Time trial 38:52 11
Jeanne Golay 39:36 16

Track

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Points race
Athlete Event Points Rank
Brian McDonough Men's points race 5 19
Jeanne Golay Women's points race 0 17
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification First round Repechage 1 Second round Repechage 2 Round of 16 Repechage 3 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Time
Speed 		Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
William Clay Men's sprint 10.543
68.29 km/

h

12 Q  Himonetos (GRE)
L 		 Arroyo (BOL)
W 11.191 		 Hill (AUS)
L 		 Chiappa (ITA)
 Vassilopoulus (GRE)
L 		Did not advance
Marty Nothstein 10.176
70.75 km/h 		3 Q  Hyun (KOR)
W 11.415 		Bye  Hrbacek (SVK)
W 10.899 		Bye  Chiappa (ITA)
W 11.047 		Bye  Hill (AUS)
W 10.950, W 10.650 		 Harnett (CAN)
W 10.731, W 10.905 		 Fiedler (GER)
L, L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Connie Paraskevin-Young Women's sprint 11.545
62.36 km/h 		7 Q —  Neumann (GER)
L 		 Salumäe (EST)
 Wynd (NZL)
L 2 		Did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualifying Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Kent Bostick Men's individual pursuit 4:33.751 9 Did not advance
Dirk Copeland
Mariano Friedick
Adam Laurent
Michael McCarthy 		Men's team pursuit 4:11.950 6 Q  Australia (AUS)
L 4:12.470 		Did not advance
Rebecca Twigg Women's individual pursuit 3:39.849 4 Q  Arndt (GER)
L 3:41.611 		Did not advance
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Erin Hartwell Men's 1000 m time trial 1:02.940 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Mountain bike

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Athlete Event Time Rank
David Juarez Men's cross-country 2:35:15 19
Don Myrah 2:35:50 20
Susan DeMattei Women's cross-country 1:52:36 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Juli Furtado 1:58:32 10

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Scott Donie 3 m springboard 414.03 4 Q 223.86 4 637.89 4 Q 443.07 4 666.93 4
Mark Lenzi 372.03 9 Q 229.74 2 601.77 7 Q 456.76 3 686.49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Patrick Jeffrey 10 m platform 406.74 5 Q 174.42 9 581.16 6 Q 385.80 9 560.22 9
David Pichler 394.59 6 Q 175.53 8 570.12 8 Q 431.58 6 607.11 6
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Jenny Keim 3 m springboard 270.48 9 Q 211.17 8 481.65 7 Q 275.46 7 486.63 9
Melisa Moses 279.75 6 Q 211.95 6 491.70 6 Q 296.04 3 507.99 4
Mary Ellen Clark 10 m platform 253.89 12 Q 174.87 3 428.76 9 Q 298.08 3 472.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Becky Ruehl 323.91 2 Q 163.38 8 487.29 3 Q 291.81 4 455.19 4

Equestrian

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Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Test Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Robert Dover Metallic Individual 65.96 23 Q 58.79 25 124.75 25 Did not advance
Michelle Gibson Peron 75.20 3 Q 74.28 3 149.48 3 Q 73.35 8 222.83 5
Steffen Peters Udon 67.80 13 Q 67.63 18 135.43 15 Did not advance
Guenter Seidel Graf George 69.36 11 Q 71.81 10 141.17 10 Q 73.85 7 215.02 8
Robert Dover
Michelle Gibson
Steffen Peters
Guenter Seidel 		See above Team 5309 3 — 5309 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Show jumping
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank
Mara Depuy Hopper Individual 40.2 4 44.80 12 85.00 12 0 =1 85.00 6
Kerry Milukin Out and About 47.6 9 19.60 3 67.20 3 1.5 =8 73.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
David O'Connor Custom Made 37.6 2 30.80 8 68.40 5 1.75 13 80.15 5
Bruce Davidson
Jill Henneberg
David O'Connor
Karen O'Connor 		Heyday
Nirvana
Giltedge
Biko 		Team 123.00 1 121.60 4 244.60 2 16.50 4 261.10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualifying Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank Penalties Rank
Leslie Burr Howard Extreme Individual 0 =1 14 56 14 37 0 =1 14 14 Q 8 =11
Anne Kursinski Eros 0 =1 0 =1 0 =1 8 =30 8 6 Q 16 =20
Peter Leone Legato 12 =59 4 =11 16 =38 0 =1 16 =16 Q DNS
Michael Matz Rhum 4 =14 4 =11 8 =9 4 =14 12 9* Did not advance
Leslie Burr Howard
Anne Kursinski
Peter Leone
Michael Matz 		See above Team — 8 3 — 4 =2 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) —

* – Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996.

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cliff Bayer Individual foil  Bryzhalov (UKR)
L 11–15 		Did not advance 34
Nick Bravin  Krzesiński (POL)
L 14–15 		Did not advance 39
Peter Devine  Wang (CHN)
L 12–15 		Did not advance 37
Cliff Bayer
Nick Bravin
Peter Devine 		Team foil