| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 10 km walk | women | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There were 35 nations competing.
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* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:54.29 | Michael Johnson Andrew Valmon Butch Reynolds Quincy Watts |
Stuttgart (GER) | August 22, 1993 |
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| Olympic Record | 2:55.74 | Andrew Valmon Quincy Watts Michael Johnson Steve Lewis |
Barcelona (ESP) | August 8, 1992 |
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | FINAL | LANE |
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| United States (USA) | • Lamont Smith • Alvin Harrison • Derek Mills • Anthuan Maybank |
2:55.99 | 5 | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | • Iwan Thomas • Jamie Baulch • Mark Richardson • Roger Black |
2:56.60 | 6 | |
| Jamaica (JAM) | • Michael McDonald • Roxbert Martin • Gregory Haughton • Davian Clarke |
2:59.42 | 4 | |
| 4. | Senegal (SEN) | • Moustapha Diarra • Aboubakry Dia • Hachim Ndiaye • Ibou Faye |
3:00.64 (NR) |
3 |
| 5. | Japan (JPN) | • Shunji Karube • Koji Ito • Jun Osakada • Shigekazu Omori |
3:00.76 | 7 |
| 6. | Poland (POL) | • Piotr Rysiukiewicz • Tomasz Jędrusik • Piotr Haczek • Robert Maćkowiak |
3:00.96 | 4 |
| 7. | Bahamas (BAH) | • Carl Oliver • Troy McIntosh • Dennis Darling • Timothy Munnings |
3:02.71 | 2 |
| 8. | Kenya (KEN) | • Samson Kitur • Samson Yego • Simon Kemboi • Julius Chepkwony |
DNS | 1 |
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | SEMI | HEATS |
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| — | Italy (ITA) | • Fabrizio Mori • Alessandro Aimar • Andrea Nuti • Ashraf Saber |
3:02.56 | 3:03.60 |
| — | South Africa (RSA) | • Alfred Visagie • Arnaud Malherbe • Hendrik Mokganyetsi • Bobang Phiri |
3:02.96 | 3:03.79 |
| — | Brazil (BRA) | • Sanderlei Parrela • Valdinei da Silva • Everson Teixeira • Eronilde de Araujo |
3:03.46 | 3:02.51 |
| — | Australia (AUS) | • Mark Ladbrook • Michael Joubert • Paul Greene • Cameron MacKenzie |
3:04.55 | 3:03.73 |
| — | Switzerland (SUI) | • Laurent Clerc • Kevin Widmer • Alain Rohr • Mathias Rusterholz |
3:05.36 | 3:03.05 |
| — | Russia (RUS) | • Innokentiy Zharov • Mikhail Vdovin • Ruslan Mashchenko • Dmitriy Kosov |
3:05.63 | 3:04.73 |
| — | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | • Saleh al-Saydan • Mohammed al-Beshi • Hashim al-Sharfa • Hadi Somayli |
3:07.18 | 3:04.67 |
| — | Nigeria (NGR) | • Udeme Ekpeyong • Clement Chukwu • Ayuba Machem • Sunday Bada |
DSQ | 3:02.73 |
| — | Germany (GER) | • Rico Lieder • Andreas Hein • Kai Karsten • Thomas Schönlebe |
DNQ | 3:05.16 |
| — | Ghana (GHA) | • Solomon Amegatcher • Abu Duah • Julius Sedame • Ahmed Ali |
DNQ | 3:05.53 |
| — | Cuba (CUB) | • Omar Meña • Jorge Crusellas • Georkis Vera • Roberto Hernández |
DNQ | 3:05.75 |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | • Eswort Coombs • Thomas Dickson • Eversley Linley • Erasto Sampson |
DNQ | 3:06.52 |
| — | Botswana (BOT) | • Aggripa Matshameko • Keteng Baloseng • Rampa Mosweu • Johnson Kubisa |
DNQ | 3:06.62 |
| — | Mauritius (MRI) | • Gilbert Hashan • Desire Pierre-Louis • Rudy Tirvengadum • Jean Milazar |
DNQ | 3:08.17 |
| — | Qatar (QAT) | • Mubarak Faraj • Ali Doka • Sami al-Abdulla • Hamad al-Dosari |
DNQ | 3:08.25 |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | • N'kosie Barnes • Michael Terry • Mitchell Browne • Howard Lindsay |
DNQ | 3:09.46 |
| — | Saint Lucia (LCA) | • Dominic Johnson • Ivan Jean-Marie • Maxime Charlemagne • Max Seales |
DNQ | 3:10.51 |
| — | Fiji (FIJ) | • Soloveni Nakaunicina • Henry Semiti • Solomone Bole • Isireli Naikelekelevesi |
DNQ | 3:10.67 |
| — | Sierra Leone (SLE) | • Foday Sillah • Haroun Korjie • Frank Turay • Prince Amara |
DNQ | 3:11.65 |
| — | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | • Julius Masvanise • Tawanda Chiwira • Savieri Ngidhi • Ken Harnden |
DNQ | 3:13.35 |
| — | Lesotho (LES) | • Isaac Seatile • Motlatsi Maseela • Makoekoe Mahanetsa • Mpho Morobe |
DNQ | 3:15.67 |
| — | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | • Mario Todman • Steve Augustine • Greg Rhymer • Ralston Varlack |
DNQ | 3:17.30 |
| — | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | • Samuel Bai • Ivan Wakit • Amos Ali • Subul Babo |
DNQ | 3:19.92 |
| — | Maldives (MDV) | • Ahmed Shageef • Mohamed Amir • Naseer Ismail • Hussain Riyaz |
DNQ | 3:24.88 |
| — | Gambia (GAM) | • Dawda Jallow • Momodou Drammeh • Lamin Drammeh • Assan John |
DNQ | DNF |
| — | Grenada (GRN) | • Richard Britton • Rufus Jones • Alleyne Francique • Clint Williams |
DNQ | DSQ |
| — | Guyana (GUY) | • Andrew Harry • Roger Gill • Lancelot Gittens • Richard Jones |
DNQ | DSQ |
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