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World and Olympic records set at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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A number of world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Records by sport

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Cycling

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Event Name Nation Time Date Record
Men's flying 200 m time trial Gary Neiwand Australia 10"129 24 July OR
Men's 1 km time trial Florian Rousseau France 1'02"712 24 July OR
Men's individual pursuit Andrea Collinelli Italy 4'19"699 24 July WR, OR
Men's team pursuit Eduard Gritsun
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksey Markov
Anton Chantyr
Russia 4'08"785 26 July OR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France 4'06"880 27 July OR
Christophe Capelle
Philippe Ermenault
Jean-Michel Monin
Francis Moreau
France 4'05"930 27 July OR
Women's flying 200 m time trial Michelle Ferris Australia 11"212 24 July OR
Women's individual pursuit Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'34"130 25 July OR
Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'32"371 25 July OR

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Swimming

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Men

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Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
100m Breaststroke 20 July Heat 6 Frédérik Deburghgraeve  Belgium 1:00.60 WR
100m Butterfly 24 July Heat 7 Scott Miller  Australia 52.89 OR
100m Butterfly 24 July Final A Denis Pankratov  Russia 52.27 WR
200m Individual Medley 25 July Final A Attila Czene  Hungary 1:59.91 OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 23 July Final Jon Olsen (49.94)
Josh Davis (49.00)
Brad Schumacher (49.02)
Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)
 United States 3:15.41 OR
4 × 100 m Medley Relay 26 July Final Jeff Rouse (53.95)
Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)
Mark Henderson (52.39)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)
 United States 3:34.84 WR

Women

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Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
100m Freestyle 20 July Final A Le Jingyi  China 54.50 OR
100m Breaststroke 21 July Heat 6 Penny Heyns  South Africa 1:07.02 WR
200m Breaststroke 23 July Heat 4 Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:26.63 OR
200m Breaststroke 23 July Final A Penny Heyns  South Africa 2:25.41 OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 22 July Final Angel Martino (55.34)
Amy Van Dyken (53.91)
Catherine Fox (55.93)
Jenny Thompson (54.11)
 United States 3:39.29 OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay 25 July Heat 2 Lisa Jacob (2:01.31)
Ashley Whitney (2:01.77)
Sheila Taormina (2:00.57)
Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)
 United States 8:04.99 OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay 25 July Final Trina Jackson (1:59.71)
Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86)
Sheila Taormina (2:01.29)
Jenny Thompson (1:56.83)
 United States 7:59.87 OR

Athletics

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Men

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Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
100m 27 July Final Donovan Bailey  Canada 9.84 WR
200m 29 July Final Michael Johnson  United States 19.32 WR
400m 27 July Final Michael Johnson  United States 43.49 OR
800m 30 July Final Vebjørn Rodal  Norway 1:42.58 OR
10,000m 26 July Final Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 27:07.34 OR
110m hurdles 28 July Final Allen Johnson  United States 12.95 OR
High jump 30 July Final Charles Austin  United States 2.39 OR
Pole vault 1 August Final Jean Galfione  France 5.92 OR
Triple jump 2 August Final Kenny Harrison  United States 18.09 OR
Triple jump 2 August Final Kenny Harrison  United States 18.09 OR

Women

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Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
400m 29 July Final Marie-José Pérec  France 48.26 OR
5000m 29 July Final Wang Junxia  China 14:59.88 OR
400m hurdles 2 August Final Deon Hemmings  Jamaica 52.82 OR
10km race walk 27 July Final Yelena Nikolayeva  Russia 41:49 OR
Triple jump 30 July Final Inessa Kravets  Ukraine 15.33 OR


Sources[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale - Men - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale - Women - Olympic Record" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.