Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, single bronze medal was awarded in each event.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Andre Agassi United States (USA)	Sergi Bruguera Spain (ESP)	Leander Paes India (IND)
Men's doubles	Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde Australia (AUS)	Neil Broad & Tim Henman Great Britain (GBR)	Marc-Kevin Goellner & David Prinosil Germany (GER)
Women's singles	Lindsay Davenport United States (USA)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spain (ESP)	Jana Novotná Czech Republic (CZE)
Women's doubles	Gigi Fernández & Mary Joe Fernández United States (USA)	Jana Novotná & Helena Suková Czech Republic (CZE)	Conchita Martínez & Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spain (ESP)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3
2	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
3	Spain (ESP)	0	2	1	3
4	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
6	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1

Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)
Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Tennis • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Tennis at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928-1964 • 1968 (demonstration) • 1972-1980 • 1984 (demonstration) • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in tennis