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The
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
were the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in
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. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports. The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since
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in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.


Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", * - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.


Archery

The United States claimed both of the gold medals in the men's archery competitions, with
Justin Huish Justin Grant Huish (born January 9, 1975, in Fountain Valley, California) is an American double Olympic champion in Archery, titles he won at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Known for his unorthodox character sporting wrap-around shades, backwards baseb ...
claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful. ;Men ;Women


Athletics

;Men ;;Track & road events Notes:
* - Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final. ;;Field events ;;Combined events –
Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...
;Women ;;Track & road events ;;Field events ;;Combined events –
Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...


Badminton


Baseball

Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program. ;Summary ;Roster * Kris Benson * R. A. Dickey * Troy Glaus * Chad Green * Seth Greisinger * Travis Lee * Augie Ojeda * Jason Williams * Chad Allen * Kip Harkrider * A. J. Hinch *
Jacque Jones Jacque Dewayne Jones (born April 25, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and Florida Marlins. He also coached for the Washington Nationals. Early life He graduated from San Die ...
* Mark Kotsay *
Matt LeCroy Matthew Hanks LeCroy (born December 13, 1975) is an American former professional baseball catcher, first baseman, and designated hitter and current manager for the Rochester Red Wings. During his time in Major League Baseball (MLB), LeCroy had th ...
* Braden Looper * Brian Loyd * Warren Morris * Jeff Weaver *
Jim Parque James Vo Parque ( ; born February 8, 1975) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Parque played for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . Career Amateur career High school Jim Pa ...
* Billy Koch ;Round robin ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game


Basketball

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Roster :* Mitch Richmond :* David Robinson :* John Stockton :*
Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program '' Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the great ...
:* Gary Payton :* Scottie Pippen :* Karl Malone :* Reggie Miller :* Hakeem Olajuwon :* Charles Barkley :* Penny Hardaway :*
Grant Hill Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who is a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Duke University and is widely consider ...
* Head Coach:
Lenny Wilkens Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as ...
;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Women's tournament

;Roster :*
Dawn Staley Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach, who is currently the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and later was head ...
:* Katy Steding :* Sheryl Swoopes :*
Katrina McClain Katrina McClain (born September 19, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. She played for the University of Georgia, as well as many USA Basketball teams including three Olympic teams. McClain was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall ...
:* Nikki McCray :* Carla McGhee :* Venus Lacy :*
Lisa Leslie Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She is currently the head coach for Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando Magic broadcasts on ...
:* Rebecca Lobo :* Jennifer Azzi :*
Ruthie Bolton Alice Ruth Bolton (born May 25, 1967), known as Ruthie Bolton, is an American former professional women's basketball player. Born in Lucedale, Mississippi, she played at the collegiate, Olympic and professional levels of women's basketball. Bolto ...
:* Teresa Edwards * Head Coach: Tara VanDerveer ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game


Boxing


Canoeing


Slalom

;Men ;Women


Sprint

;Men ;Women Key: QF - Qualified to medal final; SF - Qualified to semifinal; R - Qualified to repechage


Cycling


Road

;Men ;Women


Track

;Points race ;Sprint ;Pursuit ;Time trial


Mountain bike


Diving

;Men ;Women


Equestrian

;Dressage ;Eventing ;Jumping * - Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.


Fencing

Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996. ;Men ;Women


Field hockey

;Summary


Men's tournament

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. ;Roster Head Coach: Jon Clark #
Tom Vano Thomas Vano (born October 26, 1970, in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who finished twelfth with the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the ...
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Steve Danielson Steven Patrick Danielson (born March 15, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii) in 2019 he completed his tenth season as an assistant coach for the Stanford University's field hockey team. In 2018 he and head coach Tara Danielson and assistant coach Patrick ...
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Larry Amar Lawrence Amar (February 24, 1972 – January 21, 2020) was a field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was the captain of the national team that finished twelfth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Amar also earned two ...
# 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 # Steve Wagner (GK) ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;9th-12th place semifinal ;11th place match


Women's tournament

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 and finished fifth. ;Roster Head coach: Pam Hixon # Patty Shea (GK) #
Laurel Martin Laurel Hershey Martin (born June 8, 1969, in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She w ...
# Liz Tchou # Marcia Pankratz # Cindy Werley #
Diane Madl Diane Madl (born August 31, 1967) is an American former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is in her 20th season as Head Field Hockey Coach at Providence College. Life Madl, a native of Mountaintop, Pennsylvani ...
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Kris Fillat Kris Fillat (Buchanan) (born November 7, 1970, in San Diego, California) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1990. She was a member of the team ...
# Kelli James # Tracey Fuchs # Antoinette Lucas #
Katie Kauffman Katie Kauffman Beach (born September 26, 1974, in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a field hockey player and coach. She played for the United States Women's National Team in 180 international games, including the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was induct ...
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Andrea Wieland Andrea Wieland (born July 25, 1969) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US Women's Team that claimed the fifth spot at the 1996 Summer Olympics in her birthplace Atlanta. She attended the Universit ...
(GK) # Leslie Lyness # Barbara Marois # Jill Reeve # Pamela Bustin ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----


Football (soccer)

;Summary


Men's tournament

;Roster Head coach: Bruce Arena ;Preliminary round ---- ----


Women's tournament

;Roster Head coach: Tony DiCicco ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match


Gymnastics


Artistic

;Men ;;Team ;;Individual finals ;Women ;;Team ;;Individual finals * - Strug slightly injured her ankle during her first vault attempt in the final rotation of the team competition, then exacerbated the injury on her second attempt to dramatically clinch the gold for the United States. Due to her injury, she was unable to compete in the individual finals. This necessitated the substitution of Miller in the vault, Dawes in the floor exercise and Moceanu in the all-around.


Rhythmic

;Individual ;Group


Handball

;Summary


Judo

;Men ;Women


Modern pentathlon


Rowing

;Men ;Women Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage


Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open ;;Fleet racing ;;Mixed racing


Shooting

;Men ;Women


Softball

;Summary ;Roster :* Lisa Fernandez :* Leah O'Brien-Amico :* Laura Berg :*
Lori Harrigan Lori Harrigan-Mack (born September 5, 1970) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed hitting, left-handed softball pitcher originally from Anaheim, California. She was a three-time Olympic Champion as a member of the Team USA ...
:* Dorothy Richardson :*
Christa Williams Christa Williams (born: Christa Bojarzin 5 February 1926 – 28 or 29 July 2012) was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Williams was chosen to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the s ...
:* Michele Smith :*
Gillian Boxx Gillian Dewey Boxx (born September 1, 1973) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, Gold Medal winning 1996 Olympian, right-handed softball catcher, originally from Torrance, California. She won an Olympic gold medal as a cat ...
:* Sheila Cornell :*
Michele Granger Michele Marie Granger (born January 15, 1970) is an American, former collegiate four-time NCAA Division I First Team All-American and 1996 gold medal-winning Olympian softball pitcher. She played college softball for four seasons, over five ye ...
:* Dionna Harris :*
Kim Maher Kim Ly Maher (born September 5, 1971 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is an Vietnamese-American, former collegiate All-American, Olympic champion, right-handed softball player and current Head Coach originally from Fresno, California. She competed ...
:* Julie Smith :* Shelly Stokes :* Dani Tyler * Head Coach: Ralph Raymond * Preliminary Round Robin :*Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0) :*Defeated Netherlands (9:0) :*Defeated Japan (6:1) :*Defeated Chinese Taipei (10:0) :*Defeated Canada (4:2) :*Lost to Australia (1:2) :*Defeated PR China (3:2) * Semifinals :*Defeated PR China (1:0) * Final :*Defeated PR China (3:1)


Swimming

;Men Key: * - Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal) ;Women Key: * - Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal)


Synchronized swimming


Table tennis


Tennis

;Men ;Women


Volleyball


Beach


Indoor

;Summary


Men

;Roster :* Lloy Ball :* Bob Ctvrtlik :*
Scott Fortune Scott Thomas Fortune (born January 23, 1966) is an American former volleyball player. He was an All-American at Stanford University and a three-time Olympian for the United States national team. He helped the United States win the gold medal at ...
:*
John Hyden John Hyden (born October 7, 1972, in Tustin, California) is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national vol ...
:*
Bryan Ivie Bryan Eric Ivie (born May 5, 1969 in Torrance, California) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ...
:* Michael Lambert :*
Dan Landry Daniel "Dan" Joseph Landry (born January 15, 1970) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olymp ...
:* Jeff Nygaard :* Tom Sorensen :* Jeff Stork :*
Ethan Watts Ethan Mahoney Watts (born May 4, 1972) is an American former volleyball player. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Watts competed at the 1993 World University Ga ...
:* Brett Winslow * Head Coach: Fred Sturm ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ----


Women

;Roster :*
Tara Cross-Battle Tara Cross-Battle (born September 16, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is a retired volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She played NCAA wo ...
:* Lori Endicott :* Caren Kemner :* Kristin Klein :* Beverly Oden :* Elaina Oden :* Danielle Scott :*
Tammy Webb Tammy Leibl (aka Tammy Webb; Tammy June Webb-Liley; and Tammy Liley, born March 5/6, 1965, in Long Beach, California) is a retired United States, American female indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player. She played college volleyball at Ari ...
:* Paula Weishoff :* Tonya Williams :* Elaine Youngs :*
Yoko Zetterlund Yoko Karin Zetterlund (born March 24, 1969, in San Francisco, California) is a former United States national volleyball player and two-time Olympian. She was a setter. Zetterlund graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, and went on to ...
* Head Coach:
Terry Liskevych Taras "Terry" Liskevych ( ); born October 14, 1948, in Munich, Germany) served as the United States women's national volleyball team head coach from 1985 to 1996. During his tenure Liskevych posted over 300 international victories. The highlights ...
;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th - 8th semifinal ;7th place match


Water polo

;Summary ;Roster :*
Gavin Arroyo Gavin Arroyo (born May 10, 1972, in Orange, California) is a former water polo defender from the United States, who competed in two Summer Olympics ( 1996 and 2000) for his native country. He was part of the United States national team that won t ...
:* Troy Barnhart :* Christopher Duplanty :* Michael Scott Evans :* Everist Kirk :* Daniel Hackett :* Chris Humbert :* Kyle Kopp :* Jeremy Laster :*
Rick McNair Rick McNair (1942–2007), was a Canadian basketball player and coach. He was the former Director of Theatre Calgary and the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the founder of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, he died in Winnipe ...
:*
Chris Oeding Chris Oeding (born September 10, 1971) is an American water polo player. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2 ...
:* Alexis Rousseau :* Wolf Wigo * Head Coach:
Richard Corso Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
;Preliminary round ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5th-8th classification ;7th place match


Weightlifting


Wrestling

;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman


See also

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Notes

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References

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