United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: USA
NOC: United States Olympic Committee
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1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Flag Bearer Bruce Baumgartner
Medals Gold
44		 Silver
32		 Bronze
25		 Total
101
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 44 gold and 101 total medals.

[edit] Gold

  • Kim Rhode — Shooting, Women's Double Trap
  • Shelly Stokes, Dani Tyler, Christa Williams, Dot Richardson, Julie Smith, Michele Smith, Dionna Harris, Lori Harrigan, Kim Maher, Sheila Cornell-Douty, Lisa Fernandez, Michele Granger, Leah Amico-O'Brien, Laura Berg, and Gillian Boxx — Softball, Women's Team Competition
  • Tom Dolan — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Margot Thien, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Sudduth, Emily Lesueur, Heather Pease, Jill Savery, Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, and Becky Dyroen-Lancer — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Team Competition
  • Kendall Cross — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)
  • Tom Brands — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
  • Kurt Angle — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)

[edit] Silver

  • Dana Chladek — Canoeing, Women's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
  • Erin Hartwell — Cycling, Men's 1000 m Time Trial
  • Jair Lynch — Gymnastics, Women's Parallel Bars
  • Amy Chow — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
  • Eric Mueller, Tim Young, Jason Gailes, and Brian Jamieson — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
  • Karen Kraft and Missy Schwen — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
  • Teresa Bell and Lindsay Burns — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
  • Josh Lakatos — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Brandon Paulson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg)
  • Dennis Hall — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (57 kg)
  • Matt Ghaffari — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight (> 100 kg)

[edit] Bronze

  • Susan De Mattei — Cycling, Women's Cross-Country Mountainbike
  • Mark Lenzi — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Kerry Millikin — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
  • Guenter Seidel, Robert Dover, Michelle Gibson, and Steffen Peters — Equestrian, Dressage Team
  • Lance Bade — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Jim Barton, Kent Massey and Jeff Madrigali — Sailing, Men's Soling Class
  • Courtenay Becker-Day — Sailing, Women's Europe


[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Janet Dykman - round of 16, 16th place (2-1)
  • Lindsay Langston - round of 32, 22nd place (1-1)
  • Judi Adams - round of 64, 39th place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

  • Dykman, Langston, and Adams - round of 16, 13th place (0-1)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Huish, Johnson, and White - final, gold medal (4-0)

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Derrick Adkins
    1. Heat — 48.46s
    2. Semi Final — 47.76s
    3. Final — 47.54s (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Calvin Davis
    1. Heat — 48.94s
    2. Semi Final — 47.91s
    3. Final — 47.96s (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Bryan Bronson
    1. Heat — 49.06s
    2. Semi Final — 50.32s (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 8824 points (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Steve Fritz
  • Final Result — 8644 points (→ 4th place)
  • Final Result — 8300 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 63.66m
  • Final — 65.42m (→ 4th place)
  • Adam Setliff
  • Qualification — 62.36m
  • Final — 56.30m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 61.82m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Keith Brantly — 2:18.17 (→ 28th place)
  • Robert Kempainen — 2:18.38 (→ 31st place)
  • Bruce Deacon — 2:19.56 (→ 39th place)
  • Mark Coogan — 2:20.27 (→ 41st place)

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6307 points (→ 8th place)
  • Sharon Hanson
  • Final Result — 6292 points (→ 9th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Aretha Hill
  • Qualification — 56.04m (→ did not advance)
  • Lacy Barnes Mileham
  • Qualification — 57.48m (→ did not advance)
  • Suzy Powell
  • Qualification — 56.24m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Sheila Hudson
  1. Qualification — 14.26m
  2. Final — 14.02m (→ 11th place)
  • Cynthea Rhodes
  1. Qualification — 13.95m (→ did not advance)
  • Diana Orrange
  1. Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)

Women's High Jump

  • Tisha Waller
  1. Qualification — 1.93m
  2. Final — 1.93m (→ 10th place)
  • Connie Teaberry
  1. Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
  1. Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Linda Somers — 2:36.58 (→ 31st place)
  • Jenny Spangler — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10km Walk

  • Michelle Rohl — 44:29 (→ 14th place)
  • Debbie Lawrence — 45:32 (→ 20th place)
  • Victoria Herazo — dsq (→ no ranking)

[edit] Baseball

The United States, which had barely missed medalling in the first official Olympic baseball tournament, tried again in 1996. This time, they were successful. In the preliminary round, they defeated six of their seven opponents, losing only to the undefeated Cubans. The Americans were second place in the round, pitting them in a semifinal match against the third-place Japanese team. In a game much more reminiscent of the Japanese victory in the 1992 bronze medal game than the American win in the 1996 preliminary round, the United States was defeated and found itself playing in their second bronze medal game in as many Olympiads. This time, however, they defeated Nicaragua to win their first baseball medal.

Men's Team Competition:

  • United States - bronze medal (7-2)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Albert Guardado
    1. First Round — Defeated Modiradilo Healer (Botswana), 11-9
    2. Second Round — Defeated Anicet Rasoanaivo (Madagascar), 9-4
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 14-19

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Zahir Raheem
    1. First Round — Defeated Jong-Gil Hoe (North Korea), 19-4
    2. Second Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Bakhtiyar Tileganov (Kazakhstan), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Artur Gevorgyan (Armenia), 16-3
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Lorenzo Aragon (Cuba), 12-11
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Serafim Todorov (Bulgaria), 9-10

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Terrance Cauthen → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Mahamatkodir Abdullaev (Uzbekistan), 18-6
    2. Second Round — Defeated Tumentsetsec Ultumen (Mongolia), 10-9
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Veongviact Phongsit (Thailand), 14-10
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), 12-15

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • David Diaz
    1. First Round — Defeated Jacobo Garcia (US Virgin Islands), referee stopped contest in third round
    2. Second Round — Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany), 6-14

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Rhoshii Wells → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Sefid Dashti Mollal (Iran), 24-7
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ricardo Rodríguez (Brazil), 16-2
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan), 8-8 (judges cards)
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Ariel Hernández (Cuba), 8-17

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Antonio Tarver → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Dmitri Vybornov (Russia), 5-2
    2. Second Round — Defeated David Kowah (Sierra Leone), referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Enrique Flores (Puerto Rico), referee stopped contest in third round
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Vassili Jirov (Kazakhstan), 9-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Nate Jones → Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Fola Okesola (Great Britain), referee stopped contest in third round
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Jiang Tao (China), 21-4
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada), 10-16

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Competition

The US men's field hockey team competed for the sixth time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the squad coached by Jon Clark once again finished twelfth and last. The team was formed by the following players, including three (Van Randwijck, Wentges and Wassenaar) originally from Holland: Tom Vano, Steve Danielson, Larry Amar, Marq Mellor, Scott Williams, Steve Jennings, Steven van Randwijck, Mark Wentges, John O'Neill, Eelco Wassenaar, Nick Butcher, Ahmed Elmaghraby, Phil Sykes, Otto Steffers, Ben Maruquin, and Steve Wagner.

[edit] Women's Competition

The US women's field hockey team competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the team coached by Pam Hixon finished fifth. The squad was formed by the following players: Patty Shea (gk), Laurel Martin, Liz Tchou, Marcia Pankratz, Cindy Werley, Diane Madl, Kris Fillat, Kelli James, Tracey Fuchs, Antoinette Lucas, Katie Kauffman, Andrea Wieland (gk), Leslie Lyness, Barbara Marois, Jill Reeve en Pamela Bustin.

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Michael Gostigian - 5305 pts, 16th place

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men's Competition

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Gary Hall Jr.
    1. Heat – 23.36
    2. Final – 22.26 (→ Silver Medal)
  • David Fox
    1. Heat – 22.64
    2. Final – 22.68 (→ 6th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Gary Hall Jr.
    1. Heat – 48.90
    2. Final – 48.81 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Jon Olsen
    1. Heat – 50.17
    2. B-Final – 49.80 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Josh Davis
    1. Heat – 1:48.63
    2. Final – 1:48.54 (→ 7th place)
  • John Piersma
    1. Heat – 1:50.59
    2. B-Final – 1:49.90 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • John Piersma
    1. Heat – 3:53.58
    2. B-Final – 3:50.69 (→ 9th place)
  • Tom Dolan
    1. Heat – 3:53.91
    2. B-Final – scratched

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Peter Wright
    1. Heat – 15:25.43 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Jeff Rouse
    1. Heat – 54.20
    2. Final – 54.10 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Tripp Schwenk
    1. Heat – 1:59.58
    2. Final – 1:58.99 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Jeremy Linn
    1. Heat – 1:01.53
    2. Final – 1:00.77 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Kurt Grote
    1. Heat – 1:02.01
    2. Final – 1:01.69 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Eric Wunderlich
    1. Heat – 2:15.18
    2. Final – 2:15.69 (→ 7th place)
  • Kurt Grote
    1. Heat – 2:14.63
    2. Final – 2:16.05 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Mark Henderson
    1. Heat – 53.58
    2. B-Final – 53.23 (→ 10th place)
  • John Hargis
    1. Heat – 54.06
    2. B-Final – 54.29 (→ 16th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Tom Malchow
    1. Heat – 1:58.69
    2. B-Final – 1:57.44 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Ray Carey
    1. Heat – 2:01.10 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Greg Burgess
    1. Heat – 2:01.93
    2. Final – 2:02.56 (→ 6th place)
  • Tom Dolan
    1. Heat – 2:01.99
    2. Final – 2:03.89 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Tom Dolan
    1. Heat – 4:17.66
    2. Final – 4:14.90 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Eric Namesnik
    1. Heat – 4:16.21
    2. Final – 4:15.25 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Women's Competition

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Amy Van Dyken
    1. Preliminary Heat – 25.12
    2. Final – 24.87 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Angel Martino
    1. Preliminary Heat – 25.47
    2. Final – 25.31 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Angel Martino
    1. Heat – 55.44
    2. Final – 54.93 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Trina Jackson
    1. Heat – 2:00.29
    2. Final – 1:59.57 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Janet Evans
    1. Heat – 8:38.08
    2. Final – 8:38.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Beth Botsford
    1. Heat – 1:02.00
    2. Final – 1:01.19 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Beth Botsford
    1. Heat – 2:14.16
    2. B-Final – 2:13.48 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Amanda Beard
    1. Heat – 1:09.04
    2. Final – 1:08.09 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Amanda Beard
    1. Heat – 2:28.10
    2. Final – 2:25.75 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Jilen Siroky
    1. Heat – 2:31.57
    2. B-Final – 2:33.43 (→ 15th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Amy Van Dyken
    1. Heat – 1:00.04
    2. Final – 59.13 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Angel Martino
    1. Heat – 59.31
    2. Final – 59.23 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Trina Jackson
    1. Heat – 2:12.69
    2. Final – 2:11.96 (→ 8th place)
  • Annette Salmeen
    1. Heat – 2:14.69
    2. B-Final – 2:13.64 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Allison Wagner
    1. Heat – 4:44.06
    2. Final – 4:42.03 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Whitney Metzler
    1. Heat – 4:44.74
    2. B-Final – 4:46.20 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay


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