1996 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXVI Olympiad, in Atlanta, USA
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Summary
1996 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 10,526 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #9 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1992 Summer Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 2000 Summer Olympics[6]
- Part of the series: Summer Olympic Games[7]
- Location: Centennial Olympic Stadium[8], Atlanta[9]
- Commons category: 1996 Summer Olympics[10]
- Edition number: 26[11]
- Archives at: Georgia Institute of Technology Archives & Special Collections[12]
- Has part(s): badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics[13], boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics[14], tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics[15], baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics[16], diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics[17], judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics[18], shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics[19], gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics[20], water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics[21], swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics[22], rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics[23], field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics[24], softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics[25], weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics[26]
- Officially opened by: Bill Clinton[27]
- Oath made by: Teresa Edwards[28], Hobie Billingsley[29]
- Torch lit by: Muhammad Ali[30]
- Start time: July 20, 1996[31]
- End time: August 5, 1996[32]
- Point in time: 1996[33]
- Sport: Olympic sport[34]
- Participant: Olga Šplíchalová[35], Li Aiyue[36], Leng Chunhui[37], Nauru at the 1996 Summer Olympics[38], Homare Sawa[39], Formiga[40]
- Mascot: Izzy[41]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/atlanta-1996[42]
- Topic's main category: Category:1996 Summer Olympics[43]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/[44]
- Number of participants: 197[45], 10,318[46]
- Official name: Spiller vun der XXVI. Olympiad[47]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[48]
Why It Matters
1996 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]