Games of the XXVIth OlympiadJuly 19 - August 4, 1996
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, USA (Artistic)
University of Georgia Coliseum, Athens, USA (Rhythmic)"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
-- the Olympic creed, Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Scores
of every
American
gymnast
at the
Olympics!
- Men's Team Compulsories
- Women's Team Compulsories
- Men's Team Optionals: USA men record their best world finish in the last ten years [includes individual qualifiers]
- Women's Team Optionals: USA women win their first ever gold medal [includes individual qualifiers]
- Men's All-Around Finals: USA places two men among the top ten
- Women's All-Around Finals: As with the previous night, USA places two women among the top ten
- Day One of Event Finals: Amy Chow brings home a silver on bars
- Day Two of Event Finals: Miller, Lynch, and Dawes win individual medals
- Beginning of Rhythmic: Preliminary competitions
- Finals and Prelims both at Rhythmic: Group Final and conclusion of Individual Preliminaries
- Rhythmic Semi-Finals: Ten gymnasts qualify to finals
- Rhythmic Finals: Serebryanskaya brings Ukraine a second all-around title
Useful information
- Olympic Participation Table, by country -- flag, three-letter abbreviation, and participation numbers by discipline for each country competing in gymnastics
- Changes in gymnastics competition
- Qualifying to the Olympics
- Schedule -- includes rotation order for podium training and competition
- Olympic Links! -- tour the explosion of Olympic gymnastics on the web
Frequently Asked Questions
Support future Olympians
Touch lives and turn dreams to glory by donating to The National Gymnastics Foundation.Answers to questions such as "What happened to Kim Zmeskal?" You can also submit your own question on this page.
Olympian Fan Mail!
Club addresses of all Olympians are listed here, plus a link to IBM's page for sending email to any athlete at the Games! Also, an agent listing for the artistic Olympians.
Through the Years
Read highlights and anecdotes from each Olympic competition, focusing on the pioneering achievements of American gymnasts through the years.
Olympic issue of USA Gymnastics magazine!
By joining USA Gymnastics, you will receive a free subscription to our official magazine! And, you can even sign up for General Membership right online. You will receive several additional benefits too, such as discounts on merchandise and free gifts.
If you sign up by September 1, 1996, your subscription will begin with our souvenir Olympic issue!
Please note that the displayed cover is for the July/August issue, featuring Nationals and Olympic Trials.
- Go USA!, editorial by Kathy Scanlan, president of USA Gymnastics
- Enter a contest to win a poster of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.
- Event: 1996 Individual Event World Championships
- Event: 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics
- Results: 1995 World Championships
- Results: 1992 Olympic Games
- American international medalists in World and Olympic competition
- Online National Gymnastics Federations
- Information about gymnastics history, judging, and each apparatus
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