Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.-Men:...

• Vladislav Chernobay

• Boris Kaveshnikov

• Nazirdin Akilbekov — 2:23:59 (→ 63rd place)
• Ian Harvey
  Ian Harvey
  Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...
  
   — 2:12:45 (→ 4th place)

• Yevgeny Shorokhov

• Maksim Smetanin

• Irina Bogachova
  Irina Bogachova
  Irina Bogachova is a former long-distance runner from Kyrgyzstan, who competed in the women's marathon at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004...
  
   — 2:35.44 (→ 21st place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

• Sergey Kopenkin
• First Round — Defeated Cristian Giantomassi (Italy), 12-11
• Second Round — Lost to Leonard Doroftei
  Leonard Doroftei
  Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...
  
   (Romania), 1-10

• Nourbek Kassenov
• First Round — Defeated Shane Heaps (Tonga), 11-2
• Second Round — Lost to Nariman Atayev
  Nariman Atayev
  Nariman Atayev is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Daniel Santos.-References:*...
  
   (Uzbekistan), 7-11

• Andrei Kumyaavka
• First Round — Lost to Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   (Cuba), 3-9

Canoeing

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...

• Andrey Mitkovets
  Andrey Mitkovets
  Andrey Mitkovets is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.-Reference:*...
  
  
• Yury Ulyachenko

• Andrey Mitkovets
  Andrey Mitkovets
  Andrey Mitkovets is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.-Reference:*...
  
   and Yury Ulyachenko

Track Competition

• Yevgeny Vakker
• Final — 1 point (→ 16th place)

Judo

Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

• Vadim Sergeyev

• Nataliya Kuligina

Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

• Igor Feldman – 4547 points (→ 30th place)

Shooting

Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

• Yury Melentyev

• Yury Melentyev

• Yury Lomov

• Yury Lomov

• Yury Lomov

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

• Sergey Ashikhmin
• Heat — 51.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Andrey Kvasov
• Heat — 4:00.69 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Konstantin Andriuchine
• Heat — 2:01.59 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev
• Heat — 3:30.62 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev
• Heat — 8:00.00 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Konstantin Priahin, Evgeni Petrachov, Konstantin Andriuchine, and Sergey Ashikhmin
• Heat — 3:56.24 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Viktoria Polejaeva, Olga Titova, Olga Korotaeva, and Olga Bogatyreva
• Heat — 8:45.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

• Raatbek Sanatbayev
  Raatbek Sanatbayev
  Raatbek Sanatbayev was a Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
  
  

• Vladimir Torgovkin

• Konstantin Aleksandrov

• Aleksandr Kovalevsky