At the
1996 Summer
Olympics in Atlanta
, 44 events
in athletics were
contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total
number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.
Medal winners
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |100
metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gail Devers]]|USA|1996 Summer}} ||
10.94 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM|1996 Summer}} ||
10.94 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gwen Torrence]]|USA|1996 Summer}} ||
10.96 |- |200 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 200
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marie-José Perec]]|FRA|1996 Summer}}
|| 22.12 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM|1996 Summer}} ||
22.24 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Mary Onyali]]|NGR|1996 Summer}} || 22.38
|- |400 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 400
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Marie-José Perec]]|FRA|1996 Summer}}
|| 48.25
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Cathy Freeman]]|AUS|1996
Summer}} || 48.63 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Falilat Ogunkoya]]|NGR|1996
Summer}} || 49.10 |- |800 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 800
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS|1996
Summer}} || 1:57.73 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ana Fidelia
Quirot]]|CUB|1996 Summer}} || 1:58.11 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Maria de
Lurdes Mutola]]|MOZ|1996 Summer}} || 1:58.71 |- |1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 1500
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Svetlana Masterkova]]|RUS|1996
Summer}} || 4:00.83 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROU|1996
Summer}} || 4:01.54 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Theresia Kiesl]]|AUT|1996
Summer}} || 4:03.02 |- |5000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 5000
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wang Junxia]]|CHN|1996 Summer}} ||
14:59.88
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Pauline Konga]]|KEN|1996
Summer}} || 15:03.49 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Roberta Brunet]]|ITA|1996
Summer}} || 15:07.52 |- |10000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 10000
metres}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fernanda Ribeiro]]|POR|1996 Summer}}
|| 31:01.63
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wang Junxia]]|CHN|1996
Summer}} || 31:02.59 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Gete Wami]]|ETH|1996
Summer}} || 31:06.65 |- |Marathon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's
Marathon}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fatuma Roba]]|ETH|1996 Summer}} ||
2:26:05 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Valentina Yegorova]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}
|| 2:28:05 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yuko Arimori]]|JPN|1996 Summer}} ||
2:28:39 |- |100 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 100
metre hurdles}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ludmila Engquist]]|SWE|1996
Summer}} || 12.58 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Brigita Bukovec]]|SLO|1996
Summer}} || 12.59 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Patricia Girard]]|FRA|1996
Summer}} || 12.65 |- |400 metres hurdles
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 400
metre hurdles}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Deon Hemmings]]|JAM|1996
Summer}} || 52.82
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Kim Batten]]|USA|1996
Summer}} || 53.08 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Tonja
Buford-Bailey]]|USA|1996 Summer}} || 53.22 |- |4×100 metre
relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x
100 metre relay}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}
[[Chryste Gaines]]
[[Gail Devers]]
[[Inger Miller]]
[[Gwen Torrence]]
[[Carlette Guidry]]* ||41.95 |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|BAH|1996
Summer}}
[[Eldece Clarke]]
[[Chandra Sturrup]]
[[Savatheda Fynes]]
[[Pauline Davis-Thompson]]
[[Debbie Ferguson]]* ||42.14 |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|JAM|1996
Summer}}
[[Michelle Freeman]]
[[Juliet Cuthbert]]
[[Nicole Mitchell]]
[[Merlene Ottey]]
[[Gillian Russell]]*
[[Andrea Lloyd (athlete)|Andrea Lloyd]]* ||42.24 |- |4×400 metre
relay
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x
400 metre relay}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}
[[Rochelle Stevens]]
[[Maicel Malone-Wallace]]
[[Kim Graham]]
[[Jearl Miles Clark|Jearl Miles]]
[[Linetta Wilson]]* ||3:20.91 |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|NGR|1996
Summer}}
[[Olabisi Afolabi]]
[[Fatima Yusuf]]
[[Charity Opara]]
[[Falilat Ogunkoya]] ||3:21.04 |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|GER|1996
Summer}}
[[Uta Rohländer]]
[[Linda Kisabaka]]
[[Anja Rücker]]
[[Grit Breuer]] ||3:21.14 |- |10 km walk
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 km
walk}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Yelena Nikolayeva]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}
|| 41:49
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Elisabetta
Perrone]]|ITA|1996 Summer}} || 42;12 |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Wang Yan
(athlete)|Wang Yan]]|CHN|1996 Summer}} || 42:19 |- |High jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's high
jump}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stefka Kostadinova]]|BUL|1996 Summer}}
|| 2.05 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Niki Bakoyianni]]|GRE|1996
Summer}} || 2.03 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Inha
Babakova]]|UKR|1996 Summer}} || 2.01 m |- |Long jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's long
jump}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Chioma Ajunwa]]|NGR|1996 Summer}} ||
7.12 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Fiona May]]|ITA|1996 Summer}} ||
7.02 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Jackie Joyner-Kersee]]|USA|1996
Summer}} || 7.00 m |- |Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's
triple jump}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Inessa Kravets]]|UKR|1996
Summer}} || 15.33 m
(OR) |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Inna Lasovskaya]]|RUS|1996
Summer}} || 14.98 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Šárka
Kašpárková]]|CZE|1996 Summer}} || 14.98 m |- |Shot put
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's shot
put}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Astrid Kumbernuss]]|GER|1996 Summer}} ||
20.56 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Sui Xinmei]]|CHN|1996 Summer}} ||
19.88 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Irina Khudoroshkina]]|RUS|1996
Summer}} || 19.35 m |- |Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's
discus throw}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ilke Wyludda]]|GER|1996
Summer}} || 69.66 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Natalya
Sadova]]|RUS|1996 Summer}} || 66.48 m
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ellina Zvereva]]|BLR|1996 Summer}} ||
65.64 m |- |Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's
javelin throw}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Heli Rantanen]]|FIN|1996
Summer}} || 67.94 m |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Louise Currey|Louise
McPaul]]|AUS|1996 Summer}} || 65.54 m
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR|1996 Summer}} ||
64.98 m |- |Heptathlon
{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's
heptathlon}} |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ghada Shouaa]]|SYR|1996 Summer}}
|| 6780 pts |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Natallia Sazanovich]]|BLR|1996
Summer}} ||6563 pts |{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Denise Lewis]]|GBR|1996
Summer}} || 6489 pts |} * Athletes who participated in the heats
only and received medals.
Medal table
| 1 |
|
13 |
5 |
5 |
23 |
| 2 |
|
3 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
| 3 |
|
3 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
| 4 |
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| 5 |
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| 6 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 7 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
| 8 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| 9 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| 10 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| 11 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 13 |
|
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| 14 |
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 15 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 17 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 25 |
|
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| 26 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| 28 |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 30 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 32 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 38 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 40 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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