Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Event	Gold	Time/Score	Silver	Time/Score	Bronze	Time/Score
100 m	Donovan Bailey, Canada	9.84 sec (WR)	File:Namibia flag large.png Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	9.89 sec	File:Trinidad and tobago flag large.png Ato Boldon, Trinidad and Tobago	9.90 sec
200 m	Michael Johnson, USA	19.32 sec (WR)	File:Namibia flag large.png Frankie Fredericks, Namibia	19.68 sec	File:Trinidad and tobago flag large.png Ato Boldon, Trinidad and Tobago	19.80 sec
400 m	Michael Johnson, USA	43.49 sec (OR)	Roger Black, Great Britain	44.41 sec	File:Uganda flag large.png Davis Kamoga, Uganda	44.53 sec
800 m	Vebjørn Rodal, Norway	1:42.58 min (OR)	File:South africa flag large.png Hezekiel Sepeng, South Africa	1:42.74 min	File:Kenya flag large.png Fred Onyancha, Kenya	1:42.79 min
1500 m	File:Algeria flag large.png Noureddine Morceli, Algeria	3:35.78 min	Fermin Cacho-Ruiz, Spain	3:36.40 min	File:Kenya flag large.png Stephen Kipkorir, Kenya	3:36.72 min
5,000 m	File:Burundi flag large.png Venuste Niyongabo, Burundi	13:07.96 min	File:Kenya flag large.png Paul Bitok, Kenya	13:08.16 min	File:Morocco flag large.png Khalid Boulami, Morocco	13:08.37 min
10,000 m	File:Ethiopia flag large.png Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia	27:07.34 min (OR)	File:Kenya flag large.png Paul Tergat, Kenya	27:08.17 min	File:Morocco flag large.png Salah Hissou, Morocco	27:28.59 min
Marathon	File:South africa flag large.png Josia Thugwane, South Africa	2:12:36 hours	File:South korea flag large.png Lee Bong-Ju, South Korea	2:12:39 hours	File:Kenya flag large.png Eric Wainaina, Kenya	2:12:44 hours
110 m Hurdles	Allen Johnson, USA	12.95 sec (OR)	Mark Crear, USA	13.09 sec	Florian Schwarthoff, Germany	13.17 sec
400 m Hurdles	Derrick Adkins, USA	47.54 sec	File:Zambia flag large.png Samuel Matete, Zambia	47.78 sec	Calvin Davis, USA	47.96 sec
3,000 m Steeplechase	File:Kenya flag large.png Joseph Keter, Kenya	8:07.12 min	File:Kenya flag large.png Moses Kiptanui, Kenya	8:08.33 min	Alessandro Lambruschini, Italy	8:11.28 min
4 x 100 m Relay	CANADA Robert Esmie Glenroy Gilbert Bruny Surin Donovan Bailey	37.69 sec	USA Jon Drummond Tim Harden Michael Marsh Dennis Mitchell	38.05 sec	BRAZIL Arnaldo Da Silva Robson Da Silva Edson Ribeiro Andre Da Silva	38.41 sec
4 x 400 m	USA Alvin Harrison Lamont Smith Derek Mills Anthuan Maybank	2:55.99 min	GBR Iwan Thomas Jamie Baulch Mark Richardson Roger Black	2:56.60 min	JAMAICA Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke	2:59.42 min
20 km Walk	File:Ecuador flag large.png Jefferson Perez, Ecuador	1:20:07 hours	Ilya Markov, Russia	1:20:16 hours	Bernardo Segura, Mexico	1:20:23 hours
50 km Walk	Robert Korzeniowski, Poland	3:43:30 hours	Mikhail Shchennikov, Russia	3:43:36 hours	Valentin Massana, Spain	3:44:19 hours
High Jump	Charles Austin, USA	2.39 m (OR)	Artur Partyka, Poland	2.37 m	Steve Smith, Great Britain	2.35 m
Pole Vault	Jean Galfione, France	5.92 m	Igor Trandenkov, Russia	5.92 m	Andrei Tivontchik, Germany	5.92
Long Jump	Carl Lewis, USA	8.50 m	James Beckford, Jamaica	8.29 m	Joe Greene, USA	8.24 m
Triple Jump	Kenny Harrison, USA	18.09 m	Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain	17.88 m	File:Cuba flag large.png Yoelbi Quesada, Cuba	17.44 m
Shot Put	Randy Barnes, USA	21.62 m	John Godina, USA	20.79 m	File:Ukraine flag large.png Oleksandr Bagach, Ukraine	20.75 m
Discus	Lars Riedel, Germany	69.40 m	Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Belarus	66.60 m	Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus	65.80 m
Hammer	Balazs Kiss, Hungary	81.24 m	Lance Deal, USA	81.12 m	File:Ukraine flag large.png Oleksiy Krykun, Ukraine	80.02 m
Javelin	File:Czech flag.png Jan Železný, Czech Republic	88.16 m	Steve Backley, Great Britain	87.44 m	File:Finland flag large.png Seppo Räty, Finland	86.98 m
Decathlon	Dan O'Brien, USA	8824 pts	Frank Busemann, Germany	8706 pts	File:Czech flag.png Tomáš Dvořák, Czech Republic	8664 pts

Women's Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Event	Gold	Time/Score	Silver	Time/Score	Bronze	Time/Score
100 m	Gail Devers, USA	10.94 sec	Merlene Ottey-Page, Jamaica	10.94 sec	Gwen Torrence, USA	10.96 sec
200 m	Marie-Josè Perec, France	22.12 sec	Merlene Ottey-Page, Jamaica	22.24 sec	File:Nigeria flag large.png Mary Onyali, Nigeria	22.38 sec
400 m	Marie-Josè Perec, France	48.25 sec (OR)	Cathy Freeman, Australia	48.63 sec	File:Nigeria flag large.png Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigeria	49.10 sec
800 m	Svetlana Masterkova, Russia	1:57.73 min	File:Cuba flag large.png Ana Quirot, Cuba	1:58.11 min	File:Mozambique flag large.png Maria Mutola, Mozambique	1:58.71 min
1500 m	Svetlana Masterkova, Russia	4:00.83 min	File:Romania flag large.png Gabriela Szabo, Romania	4:01.54 min	Theresia Kiesl, Austria	4:03.02 min
5,000 m	File:China flag large.png Junxia Wang, China	14:59.88 min (OR)	File:Kenya flag large.png Pauline Konga, Kenya	15:03.49 min	Roberta Brunet, Italy	15:07.52 min
10,000 m	File:Portugal flag large.png Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal	31:01.63 min (OR)	File:China flag large.png Junxia Wang, China	31:02.59 min	File:Ethiopia flag large.png Gete Wami, Ethiopia	31:06.65 min
Marathon	File:Ethiopia flag large.png Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia	2:26:05 hours	Valentina Yegorova, Russia	2:28:05 hours	Yuko Arimori, Japan	2:28:39
100 m Hurdles	Ludmila Engquist, Sweden	12.58 sec	File:Slovenia flag large.png Brigita Bukovec, Slovenia	12.59 sec	Patricia Girard, France	12.65 sec
400 m Hurdles	Deon Hemmings, Jamaica	52.82 sec (OR)	Kim Batten, USA	53.o8 sec	Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA	53.22 sec
4 x 100 m	USA Chryste Gaines Gail Devers Inger Miller Gwen Torrence	41.95 sec	BAHAMAS Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Sevatheda Fynes Pauline Davis	42.14 sec	JAMAICA Michele Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey-Page	42.24 sec
4 x 400 m	USA Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone Kim Graham Jearl Miles	3:20.91 min	File:Nigeria flag large.png NIGERIA Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya	3:21.04 min	GERMANY Uta Rohlander Linda Kisabaka Anja Rucker Grit Breuer	3:21.14 min
10 km Walk	Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia	41:49 min (OR)	Elisabetta Perrone, Italy	42;12 min	File:China flag large.png Yan Wang, China	42:19 min
High Jump	Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria	2.05 m	File:Greece flag large.png Niki Bakogianni, Greece	2.03 m	File:Ukraine flag large.png Inga Babakova, Ukraine	2.01 m
Long Jump	File:Nigeria flag large.png Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria	7.12 m	Fiona May, Italy	7.02 m	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7.00 m
Triple Jump	File:Ukraine flag large.png Inessa Kravets, Ukraine	15.33 m	Inna Lasovskaya, Russia	14.98 m	File:Czech flag.png Šárka Kašpárková, Czech Republic	14.98 m
Shot Put	Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany	20.56 m	File:China flag large.png Sui Xinmei, China	19.88 m	Irina Khudorozhkina, Russia	19.35 m
Discus	Ilke Wyludda, Germany	69.66 m	Natalya Sadova, Russia	66.48 m	Ellina Zvereva, Belarus	65.64 m
Javelin	File:Finland flag large.png Heli Rantanen, Finland	67.94 m	Louise Currey, Australia	65.54 m	Trine Hattestad, Norway	64.98 m
Heptathlon	File:Syria flag large.png Ghada Shouaa, Syria	6780 pts	Natalya Sazanovich, Belarus	6563 pts	Denise Lewis, Great Britain	6489 pts

See also

• Olympic Games
• Summer Olympic Games
• 1996 Summer Olympics