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Host nation: USA United States of America
Opening date: 19 July 1996
Closing date: 4 August 1996
Olympic flame lit by Muhammad Ali
Olympic oath taken by Teresa Edwards
Other candidate cities: Athens (GRE); Belgrade (YUG); Manchester (GBR); Melbourne (AUS); Toronto (CAN)
Number of athletes: 10446
Number of non-participating athletes: 115
Index of athletes
Athletes by sport
Athletes by nation
Medallists
Medallists by sport
Medallists by nation
Results
Records
Medal Table
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||
| USA | United States of America | 44 | 32 | 25 |
| RUS | Russian Federation | 26 | 20 | 16 |
| GER | Germany | 20 | 18 | 26 |
| CHN | People's Republic of China | 16 | 22 | 12 |
| FRA | France | 15 | 7 | 15 |
| ITA | Italy | 13 | 10 | 12 |
| AUS | Australia | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| CUB | Cuba | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| UKR | Ukraine | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| KOR | Korea | 7 | 15 | 5 |
| POL | Poland | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| HUN | Hungary | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| ESP | Spain | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| ROU | Romania | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| NED | Netherlands | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| GRE | Greece | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| CZE | Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| SUI | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| DEN | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| TUR | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| CAN | Canada | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| BUL | Bulgaria | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| JPN | Japan | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| KAZ | Kazakhstan | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| BRA | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| NZL | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| RSA | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| IRL | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| SWE | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| NOR | Norway | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| BEL | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NGR | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| PRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| ALG | Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| ETH | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| GBR | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| BLR | Belarus | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| KEN | Kenya | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| JAM | Jamaica | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| FIN | Finland | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| INA | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SCG | Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| IRI | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SVK | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ARM | Armenia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CRO | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| POR | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| THA | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BDI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CRC | Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ECU | Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| HKG | Hong-Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SYR | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| NAM | Namibia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SLO | Slovenia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AUT | Austria | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MAS | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MDA | Republic of Moldova | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| UZB | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AZE | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BAH | Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LAT | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PHI | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TGA | Tonga | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TPE | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ZAM | Zambia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GEO | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MAR | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| IND | India | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ISR | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LTU | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MEX | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MGL | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MOZ | Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PUR | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TUN | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UGA | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 |