Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

 

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women.

Medal summary

Men's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Donovan Bailey Canada (CAN)	9.84 (WR)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	9.89	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	9.90
200 metres	Michael Johnson United States (USA)	19.32 (WR)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	19.68	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	19.80
400 metres	Michael Johnson United States (USA)	43.49 (OR)	Roger Black Great Britain (GBR)	44.41	Davis Kamoga Uganda (UGA)	44.53
800 metres	Vebjørn Rodal Norway (NOR)	1:42.58 (OR)	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa (RSA)	1:42.74	Fred Onyancha Kenya (KEN)	1:42.79
1.500 metres	Noureddine Morceli Algeria (ALG)	3:35.78	Fermín Cacho Spain (ESP)	3:36.40	Stephen Kipkorir Kenya (KEN)	3:36.72
5.000 metres	Vénuste Niyongabo Burundi (BDI)	13:07.96	Paul Bitok Kenya (KEN)	13:08.16	Khalid Boulami Morocco (MAR)	13:08.37
10.000 metres	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia (ETH)	27:07.34 (OR)	Paul Tergat Kenya (KEN)	27:08.17	Salah Hissou Morocco (MAR)	27:28.59
Marathon	Josia Thugwane South Africa (RSA)	2:12:36	Lee Bong-Ju South Korea (KOR)	2:12:39	Erick Wainaina Kenya (KEN)	2:12:44
110 metre Hurdles	Allen Johnson United States (USA)	12.95 (OR)	Mark Crear United States (USA)	13.09	Florian Schwarthoff Germany (GER)	13.17
400 metre Hurdles	Derrick Adkins United States (USA)	47.54	Samuel Matete Zambia (ZAM)	47.78	Calvin Davis United States (USA)	47.96
3.000 metre steeplechase	Joseph Keter Kenya (KEN)	8:07.12	Moses Kiptanui Kenya (KEN)	8:08.33	Alessandro Lambruschini Italy (ITA)	8:11.28
4×100 metre relay	Canada (CAN) Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	37.69	United States (USA) Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell	38.05	Brazil (BRA) Arnaldo da Silva Robson da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva	38.41
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) LaMont Smith Jason Rouser Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank	2:55.99	Great Britain (GBR) Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black	2:56.60	Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke	2:59.42
20 km Walk	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador (ECU)	1:20:07	Ilya Markov Russia (RUS)	1:20:16	Bernardo Segura Mexico (MEX)	1:20:23
50 km Walk	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)	3:43:30	Mikhail Shchennikov Russia (RUS)	3:43:36	Valentí Massana Spain (ESP)	3:44:19
High Jump	Charles Austin United States (USA)	2.39 m (OR)	Artur Partyka Poland (POL)	2.37 m	Steve Smith Great Britain (GBR)	2.35 m
Long Jump	Carl Lewis United States (USA)	8.50 m	James Beckford Jamaica (JAM)	8.29 m	Joe Greene United States (USA)	8.24 m
Triple Jump	Kenny Harrison United States (USA)	18.09 m (OR)	Jonathan Edwards Great Britain (GBR)	17.88 m	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba (CUB)	17.44 m
Pole Vault	Jean Galfione France (FRA)	5.92 m	Igor Trandenkov Russia (RUS)	5.92 m	Andrei Tivontchik Germany (GER)	5.92 m
Shot Put	Randy Barnes United States (USA)	21.62 m	John Godina United States (USA)	20.79 m	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine (UKR)	20.75 m
Discus Throw	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)	69.40 m	Vladimir Dubrovshchik Belarus (BLR)	66.60 m	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus (BLR)	65.80 m
Javelin throw	Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)	88.16 m	Steve Backley Great Britain (GBR)	87.44 m	Seppo Räty Finland (FIN)	86.98 m
Hammer throw	Balázs Kiss Hungary (HUN)	81.24 m	Lance Deal United States (USA)	81.12 m	Oleksiy Krykun Ukraine (UKR)	80.02 m
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien United States (USA)	8824 pts	Frank Busemann Germany (GER)	8706 pts	Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic (CZE)	8664 pts

Women's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gail Devers United States (USA)	10.94	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	10.94	Gwen Torrence United States (USA)	10.96
200 metres	Marie-José Perec France (FRA)	22.12	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)	22.24	Mary Onyali Nigeria (NGR)	22.38
400 metres	Marie-José Perec France (FRA)	48.25 (OR)	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)	48.63	Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria (NGR)	49.10
800 metres	Svetlana Masterkova Russia (RUS)	1:57.73	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba (CUB)	1:58.11	Maria Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)	1:58.71
1500 metres	Svetlana Masterkova Russia (RUS)	4:00.83	Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROM)	4:01.54	Theresia Kiesl Austria (AUT)	4:03.02
5000 metres	Wang Junxia China (CHN)	14:59.88 (OR)	Pauline Konga Kenya (KEN)	15:03.49	Roberta Brunet Italy (ITA)	15:07.52
10000 metres	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal (POR)	31:01.63 (OR)	Wang Junxia China (CHN)	31:02.59	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)	31:06.65
Marathon	Fatuma Roba Ethiopia (ETH)	2:26:05	Valentina Yegorova Russia (RUS)	2:28:05	Yuko Arimori Japan (JPN)	2:28:39
100 metres Hurdles	Ludmila Engquist Sweden (SWE)	12.58	Brigita Bukovec Slovenia (SLO)	12.59	Patricia Girard France (FRA)	12.65
400 metres Hurdles	Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM)	52.82 (OR)	Kim Batten United States (USA)	53.08	Tonja Buford-Bailey United States (USA)	53.22
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Chryste Gaines Gail Devers Inger Miller Gwen Torrence	41.14	Bahamas (BAH) Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Sevatheda Fynes Pauline Davis-Thompson	41.95	Jamaica (JAM) Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nicole Mitchell Merlene Ottey	42.24
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone-Wallace Kim Graham Jearl Miles-Clark	3:20.91	Nigeria (NGR) Olabisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	3:21.04	Germany (GER) Uta Rohländer Linda Kisabaka Anja Rücker Grit Breuer	3:21.14
10 km walk	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS)	41:49 (OR)	Elisabetta Perrone Italy (ITA)	42;12	Wang Yan China (CHN)	42:19
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria (BUL)	2.05 m	Niki Bakoyianni Greece (GRE)	2.03 m	Inha Babakova Ukraine (UKR)	2.01 m
Long Jump	Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria (NGR)	7.12 m	Fiona May Italy (ITA)	7.02 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States (USA)	7.00 m
Triple Jump	Inessa Kravets Ukraine (UKR)	15.33 m (OR)	Inna Lasovskaya Russia (RUS)	14.98 m	Šárka Kašpárková Czech Republic (CZE)	14.98 m
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany (GER)	20.56 m	Sui Xinmei China (CHN)	19.88 m	Irina Khudoroshkina Russia (RUS)	19.35 m
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda Germany (GER)	69.66 m	Natalya Sadova Russia (RUS)	66.48 m	Ellina Zvereva Belarus (BLR)	65.64 m
Javelin throw	Heli Rantanen Finland (FIN)	67.94 m	Louise McPaul Australia (AUS)	65.54 m	Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR)	64.98 m
Heptathlon	Ghada Shouaa Syria (SYR)	6780 pts	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus (BLR)	6563 pts	Denise Lewis Great Britain (GBR)	6489 pts

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	5	5	23
2	Russia (RUS)	3	6	1	10
3	Germany (GER)	3	1	3	7
4	France (FRA)	3	0	1	4
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	0	1	3
6	Canada (CAN)	2	0	0	2
7	Kenya (KEN)	1	4	3	8
8	Jamaica (JAM)	1	3	2	6
9	China (CHN)	1	2	1	4
10	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1	2	4
11	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	0	2
13	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	3	4
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	2	3
15	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
17	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Burundi (BDI)	1	0	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
25	Great Britain (GBR)	0	4	2	6
26	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	2	4
	Italy (ITA)	0	2	2	4
28	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Namibia (NAM)	0	2	0	2
30	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
32	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1