Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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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.
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Medal winners
Men
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) |
3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ethiopia Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kenya (KEN) |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  China (CHN) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 |  Poland (POL) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Africa (RSA) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Finland (FIN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Norway (NOR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Algeria (ALG) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Burundi (BDI) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ecuador Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Syria (SYR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Italy (ITA) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 28 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Namibia (NAM) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 30 |  Cuba (CUB) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 32 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zambia (ZAM) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 40 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mozambique (MOZ) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uganda (UGA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.
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