第26届奥林匹克运动会1996年7月19日至8月4日在美国的亚特兰大举行。奥运圣火的传递大多安排平民，在美国本土传递的距离也超过1984年洛杉矶奥运会9656公里的长度。最后点燃圣火坛的是深受美国人民喜爱的拳王阿里。在美国总统克林顿宣布大会开幕后，女子篮球运动员特雷萨·埃德沃兹和跳水裁判员霍比·比林斯利分别代表运动员和裁判员进行了宣誓。
key facts
opening date: 19 july 1996
closing date: 04 august 1996
country of the host city: atlanta (usa)
sports: 26
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atlanta 1996 games of the xxvi olympiad
the 1996 games were given a dramatic start when the cauldron was lit by muhammad ali. on 27 july during a concert held in the centennial olympic park, a terrorist bomb killed one person and injured a further 110 people, but the atlanta games are best remembered for their sporting achievements. a record-setting 79 nations won medals and 53 won gold. carl lewis became only the third person to win the same individual event four times and the fourth person to earn a ninth gold medal. naim suleymanoglu became the first weightlifter to win a third gold medal. michael johnson smashed the 200m world record to complete a 200m and 400m double.
do you know? 你知道么？
a women-only sport was introduced: softball.
本届奥运会新增设了一个女子项目：垒球