1996 Summer Olympics medal table

none February 2020 1996 Summer Olympics medals Amy Van Dyken by Gage Skidmore.jpg American swimmer Amy Van Dyken, shown from about the chest while smiling. American swimmer Amy Van Dyken won four gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete. Atlanta, USA 1996 Summer Most total medals USA 1996 Summer 101 Most gold medals USA 1996 Summer 44 Medalling NOCs 79 1992 Olympics medal tables 2000 thumb|right|380px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1996 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #5af represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were an international summer multi-sport event held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996.Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games Host City, Bombing, Athletes, Events, & Summer Olympics https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlanta-1996-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica 2024-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20240818065412/https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlanta-1996-Olympic-Games August 18, 2024 live 19 August 2024 en A total of 10,318 athletes representing 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.Unity in diversity https://olympics.com/ioc/news/unity-in-diversity International Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 January 3, 2024 August 16, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240816034948/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/unity-in-diversity live The games featured 271 events in 26 sports across 37 disciplines, including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking and softball.Violence and commercialism wrack Atlanta Games https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/violence-and-commercialism-wrack-atlanta-games-1.766570 CBC Sports 19 August 2024 May 22, 2008 August 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171356/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/violence-and-commercialism-wrack-atlanta-games-1.766570 live Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games https://usopm.org/atlanta-1996-olympic-games/ United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum 2019-08-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20240519212429/https://usopm.org/atlanta-1996-olympic-games/ May 19, 2024 live Jones Maddie 19 August 2024 Jenkins Keith When did summer events become Olympic sports? https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40369746/when-did-summer-events-become-olympic-sports ESPN 19 August 2024 en 11 August 2024 August 18, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240818005501/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40369746/when-did-summer-events-become-olympic-sports live A total of 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debuts in Atlanta, including 11 former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations.1996–Atlanta https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/14976/3856808/1996-atlanta August 19, 2024 Sky Sports June 20, 2012 79 nations received at least one medal, with 53 of them winning at least one gold medal, both of which were new records.2019 The Olympic Summer Games https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/What-We-Do/Promote-Olympism/TOFCH/Arts-Culture/Hub/Our-Products/History_Summer_OG_EN.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171352/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/What-We-Do/Promote-Olympism/TOFCH/Arts-Culture/Hub/Our-Products/History_Summer_OG_EN.pdf August 19, 2024 19 August 2024 Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage International Olympic Committee 24Frey Jennifer A Curtain Call in Atlanta https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/aug/05/close5.htm March 25, 2022 The Washington Post August 5, 1996 November 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121110205522/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/aug/05/close5.htm live Armenia,Araton Harvey 1996-07-24 Atlanta: Day 5 – Wrestling; Ghaffari Quest for Gold Is Crushed by a Russian https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/sports/atlanta-day-5-wrestling-ghaffari-quest-for-gold-is-crushed-by-a-russian.html subscription live https://archive.today/20181019213430/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/24/sports/atlanta-day-5-wrestling-ghaffari-quest-for-gold-is-crushed-by-a-russian.html October 19, 2018 19 August 2024 The New York Times sec. B, p. 9 Belarus,Ekaterina Karsten (Khodotovich) https://www.noc.by/en/olympic-games/team/chempiony-olimpijskih/karsten-khodotovich-ekaterina-anatolevna-greblya-akademicheskaya/ Belarus Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 February 27, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240227075504/https://www.noc.by/en/olympic-games/team/chempiony-olimpijskih/karsten-khodotovich-ekaterina-anatolevna-greblya-akademicheskaya/ live Burundi,Burundi – Ethnicity, Music, Dance https://www.britannica.com/place/Burundi/Cultural-life Encyclopædia Britannica 2024-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20240420191027/https://www.britannica.com/place/Burundi/Cultural-life April 20, 2024 live 20 August 2024 en Costa Rica,Longman Jere 1996-07-22 Atlanta: Day 3 – Swimming;U.S. Earns First Gold, In the Pool https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/22/sports/atlanta-day-3-swimming-us-earns-first-gold-in-the-pool.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20240819171434/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/22/sports/atlanta-day-3-swimming-us-earns-first-gold-in-the-pool.html 2024-08-19 19 August 2024 The New York Times sec. A, p. 1 Croatia,Clarey Christopher Croatia Wins the Gold in Team Handball https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/0805/oly-han-final.html The New York Times 19 August 2024 August 5, 1996 August 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194353/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/0805/oly-han-final.html live Czech Republic,Czechia's Olympic History https://praguemonitor.com/sport/30/06/2021/czechias-olympic-history/ Prague Monitor 2021-06-30 20 August 2024 April 14, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240414174955/https://praguemonitor.com/sport/30/06/2021/czechias-olympic-history/ live Ecuador,Perez' world victory and best is born out of a living culture https://worldathletics.org/news/news/perez-world-victory-and-best-is-born-out-of-a World Athletics 2003-08-23 19 August 2024 October 27, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201027072037/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/perez-world-victory-and-best-is-born-out-of-a live Hong Kong,Lai Shan Lee https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lai-shan-lee International Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 January 13, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220113235354/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lai-shan-lee live Kazakhstan,Nakispekova Aiman Kazakh Athletes Saw Triumphs and Trials Through Olympic History https://astanatimes.com/2024/07/kazakh-athletes-saw-triumphs-and-trials-through-olympic-history/ The Astana Times 19 August 2024 July 13, 2024 August 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194357/https://astanatimes.com/2024/07/kazakh-athletes-saw-triumphs-and-trials-through-olympic-history/ live Nigeria,Alaka Jide History of Nigeria at the Olympic Games since 1952 https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/474685-history-of-nigeria-at-the-olympic-games-since-1952.html Premium Times 19 August 2024 July 20, 2021 July 23, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240723144804/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/474685-history-of-nigeria-at-the-olympic-games-since-1952.html live Slovakia,Slovaks nab gold and bronze in Summer Games debut https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20015564/slovaks-nab-gold-and-bronze-in-summer-games-debut.html The Slovak Spectator 1996-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20211019063707/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20015564/slovaks-nab-gold-and-bronze-in-summer-games-debut.html October 19, 2021 live Lodge Phil en August 19, 2024 Syria,Ghada Shouaa https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ghada-shouaa International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20221209052503/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/ghada-shouaa December 9, 2022 live 19 August 2024 Thailand,Hincks Joseph 1 March 2013 Years After His Heyday, Thailand's Favorite Son Returns to Home Ring https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/sports/muay-thai-fighter-somluck-kamsing-returns-to-home-ring.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230311194743/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/sports/muay-thai-fighter-somluck-kamsing-returns-to-home-ring.html March 11, 2023 19 August 2024 The New York Times and Ukraine won their nations' first Summer Olympic gold medals.The history of the NOC of Ukraine https://noc-ukr.org/en/about/history/ National Olympic Committee of Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20240519143414/https://noc-ukr.org/en/about/history/ May 19, 2024 live 20 August 2024 They were also the first Summer Olympic medals of any kind for Armenia,July 24, 1996 Paulson Finds There Is a Silver Lining https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-24-ss-27566-story.html subscription August 20, 2024 Los Angeles Times Belarus,Medals won by Belarusian athletes https://www.noc.by/en/olympic-games/belarus/new-history/ Belarus Olympic Committee 20 August 2024 August 21, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240821121228/https://www.noc.by/en/olympic-games/belarus/new-history/ live Burundi, Czech Republic, Ecuador,Perez the Pinnacle of 100 Years of Ecuadorian Athletics https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/ecuadorian-athletics-federation-centenary World Athletics 2023-08-15 Minshull Phil August 20, 2024 July 18, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230718220109/https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/ecuadorian-athletics-federation-centenary live Hong Kong,Medallists https://www.hkolympic.org/medallists/ Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China 20 August 2024 March 5, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240305120146/https://www.hkolympic.org/medallists/ live Kazakhstan,Bizhanova Diana Kazakhstan: record of Olympic success https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-record-of-olympic-success-92cd0d/ Kazinform 20 August 2024 en 26 July 2024 August 21, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240821121152/https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-record-of-olympic-success-92cd0d/ live Slovakia, and Ukraine. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan,XXVI Summer Olympic Games https://www.olympic.az/game/xxvi-summer-olympic-games National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan 20 August 2024 en August 20, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240820192736/https://www.olympic.az/game-categories live Georgia,Georgia http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GEO/ Sports Reference 20 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094259/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GEO/ October 4, 2011 dead Moldova,Nicolae Juravschi https://olympics.com/en/athletes/nicolae-juravschi International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240729173756/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/nicolae-juravschi July 29, 2024 live 20 August 2024 Mozambique,Mozambique (MOZ) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MOZ Olympedia 20 August 2024 October 26, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231026232951/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/MOZ live Tonga,Paea Wolfgram https://olympics.com/en/athletes/paea-wolfgram International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240815051455/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/paea-wolfgram August 15, 2024 live 20 August 2024 and Uzbekistan won their first Summer Olympic medals.Tashkent Grand Prix 2016, Uzbekistan – Day One https://www.ijf.org/news/show/tashkent-grand-prix-2016-uzbekistan-day-one International Judo Federation 2016-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20230331183844/https://www.ijf.org/news/show/tashkent-grand-prix-2016-uzbekistan-day-one March 31, 2023 live Pickering Mark August 20, 2024 Athletes from the host nation of the United States won the most gold medals, with 44, and the most medals overall, with 101. 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.U.S. Women Look Good in Gold https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/08/05/us-women-look-good-in-gold/11131586-6ad4-4220-aa9f-2e1a10a1a5ca/ 1996-08-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20170828222130/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1996/08/05/us-women-look-good-in-gold/11131586-6ad4-4220-aa9f-2e1a10a1a5ca/ 2017-08-28 live Brennan Christine February 29, 2020 The Washington Post Among individual participants, American swimmer Amy Van Dyken won the most gold medals with four, while Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won the most medals overall with six (two gold, one silver, and three bronze).1996 Atlanta Summer Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ Sports Reference 19 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20200114073100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ January 14, 2020 dead Medal table thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Head shot of Alexei Nemov smiling|Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov, pictured here in 2009, won six medals at the 1996 games (two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals), the most of any competing athlete. thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Shannon Miller in 2013, standing with her hands on her hips. She's shown from about the thighs up in a red shirt, smiling, while wearing two Olympic gold medals and holding her two silver and three bronze medals in her right hand.|American gymnast Shannon Miller, pictured here in 2013, won gold in the women's artistic team all-round and balance beam at the 1996 games.Adams Emily 'Magnificent Seven' Olympics Star Shannon Miller Motivating Others After Surviving Ovarian Cancer https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/22/olympian-shannon-miller-motivates-surviving-cancer/7935591002/ March 2, 2023 USA Today July 22, 2021 March 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010859/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/22/olympian-shannon-miller-motivates-surviving-cancer/7935591002/ live In addition, she won five medals in gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Shannon Miller Biography, Gymnastics, Olympics, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shannon-Miller Encyclopædia Britannica 2024-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20240706031744/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shannon-Miller 2024-07-06 live Laskey Elizabeth 26 August 2024 en upright=1.3|thumb|alt=Steve Regrave in a black suit sitting in a wicker chair in 2012.|British rower Steve Redgrave, pictured here in 2011, won the men's coxless pair rowing competition, which was his fourth consecutive victory in the event and Great Britain's only gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.Forde Tina Fisher July 28, 1996 It Might Soon Be Appropriate to Call Him 'Sir Steven Redgrave' https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-28-ss-29031-story.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20240818085805/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-28-ss-29031-story.html August 18, 2024 March 7, 2021 Los Angeles TimesGibson Owen London 2012: How Team GB's Fortunes Turned Around After Disaster in Atlanta https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/24/london-2012-team-gb-atlanta February 26, 2024 The Guardian July 24, 2012 October 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181022021424/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/24/london-2012-team-gb-atlanta live thumb|upright=1.3|alt=Head shot of American sprinter Michael Jackson.|American sprinter Michael Johnson, pictured here in 1995, won two gold medals in the men's 200 metres and 400 metres events.World Record in 200 Follows 400 Title; O'Brien Wins Decathlon https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/track/aug/01/track2.htm 1996-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20000929002929/http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/daily/track/aug/01/track2.htm September 29, 2000 live The Washington Post Brennan Christine August 19, 2024 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.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ August 11, 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us Events in boxing resulted in bronze medals being awarded to each of the competitors who lost their semi-final matches, as opposed to them taking part in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 Events in judo used a repechage system which also resulted in two bronze medals being awarded.Repechage in wrestling and other sports explained – the second chance https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules International Olympic Committee 21 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240802015913/https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-repechage-rules 2 August 2024 live Nag Utathya 2 August 2024 In the men's rings and women's uneven bars events, there were ties for second place which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medals being issued in each event.Atlanta 1996 rings men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men International Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 August 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194359/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/rings-men live Atlanta 1996 uneven bars Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women International Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 August 19, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240819194451/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/uneven-bars-women live In the women's artistic individual all-around, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie.Atlanta 1996 individual all-round women Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-women International Olympic Committee 19 August 2024 August 16, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240816202856/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/individual-all-round-women live Additionally, in the men's horizontal bars, three bronze medals were awarded due to a tie.Atlanta 1996 horizontal bar men Results – Olympic gymnastics-artistic https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/horizontal-bar-men International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20250123152222/https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/results/gymnastics-artistic/horizontal-bar-men 2025-01-23 live 19 August 2024 1996 Summer Olympics medal tableAtlanta 1996 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/medals International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240806011320/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996/medals August 6, 2024 live 19 August 2024 USA 10 Remaining NOCs flagIOC 1996 Summer NOC National Olympic Committee 44 32 25 yes 26 21 16 20 18 27 16 22 12 15 7 15 13 10 12 9 9 23 9 8 8 9 2 12 7 15 5 7 5 5 7 4 10 5 6 6 4 7 9 4 5 10 4 4 0 4 3 4 4 3 0 4 1 1 4 1 1 3 11 8 3 7 5 3 6 5 3 4 4 3 3 9 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 8 6 1 6 8 1 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 See also Olympic Games All-time Olympic Games medal table List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners 1996 Summer Paralympics medal table References 30em Medal table Category:Summer Olympics medal tables