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1996 Summer Olympics medal table

1996 Summer Olympics medals
Amy Van Dyken won the most gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics with four
LocationAtlanta,  United States
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (44)
Most total medals United States (101)
Medalling NOCs79
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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from July 19 to August 4, 1996.[1] A total of 10,318 athletes representing 197 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[2] The games featured 271 events in 26 sports across 37 disciplines, including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking and softball.[3][4][5] 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.

Overall, 79 nations received at least one medal, with 53 of them won at least one gold medal, both of which were new records.[6][7] Armenia,[8] Belarus,[9] Burundi,[10] Costa Rica,[11] Croatia,[12] Czech Republic, Ecuador,[13] Hong Kong,[14] Kazakhstan,[15] Nigeria,[16] Russia, Slovakia,[17] Syria,[18] Thailand,[19] and Ukraine won their first gold medals ever.[20]

Athletes from the host nation of the United States won the most gold medals, with 44, and the most medals overall, with 101.[21] 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.[4][22] Among individual participants, Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov won the most medals at the Games with six total (two gold, one silver, and three bronze), while American swimmer Amy Van Dyken had the most gold medals with four.[23]

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  22. ^ Brennan, Christine (August 5, 1996). "U.S. Women Look Good in Gold". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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