1996 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Donovan Bailey, CAN | 9.84 | WR |
| Frankie Fredericks, NAM | 9.89 | ||
| Ato Boldon, TRI | 9.90 | ||
| 200m | Michael Johnson, USA | 19.32 | WR |
| Frankie Fredericks, NAM | 19.68 | ||
| Ato Boldon, TRI | 19.80 | ||
| 400m | Michael Johnson, USA | 43.49 | OR |
| Roger Black, GBR | 44.41 | ||
| Davis Kamoga, UGA | 44.53 | ||
| 800m | Vebjoern Rodal, NOR | 1:42.58 | OR |
| Hezekiel Sepeng, RSA | 1:42.74 | ||
| Fred Onyancha, KEN | 1:42.79 | ||
| 1500m | Noureddine Morceli, ALG | 3:35.78 | |
| Fermin Cacho, SPA | 3:36.40 | ||
| Stephen Kipkorir, KEN | 3:36.72 | ||
| 5000m | Venuste Niyongabo, BUR | 13:07.96 | |
| Paul Bitok, KEN | 13:08.16 | ||
| Khalid Boulami, MOR | 13:08.37 | ||
| 10,000m | Haile Gebrselassie, ETH | 27:07.34 | OR |
| Paul Tergat, KEN | 27:08.17 | ||
| Salah Hissou, MOR | 27:24.67 | ||
| Marathon | Josia Thugwane, RSA | 2:12:36 | |
| Lee Bong-Ju, S. Kor | 2:12.39 | ||
| Eric Wainaina, KEN | 2:12.44 | ||
| 110m H | Allen Johnson, USA | 12.95 | OR |
| Mark Crear, USA | 13.09 | ||
| Florian Schwarthoff, GER | 13.17 | ||
| 400m H | Derrick Adkins, USA | 47.54 | |
| Samuel Matete, ZAM | 47.78 | ||
| Calvin Davis, USA | 47.96 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Joseph Keter, KEN | 8:07.12 | |
| Moses Kiptanui, KEN | 8:08.33 | ||
| Alessandro Lambruschini, ITA | 8:11.28 | ||
| 20k Walk | Jefferson Perez, ECU | 1:20:07 | |
| Ilja Markow, RUS | 1:20:16 | ||
| Bernardo Segura, MEX | 1:20:23 | ||
| 50k Walk | Robert Korzeniowski, POL | 3:43:30 | |
| Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS | 3:43:46 | ||
| Valentin Massana, SPA | 3:44:19 | ||
| 4x100m | Canada (Donavan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Carlton Chambers) | 37.69 | |
| USA | 38.05 | ||
| Brazil | 38.41 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Anthuan Maybank, Derek Mills, LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Jason Rouser) | 2:55.99 | |
| Great Britain | 2:56.60 | ||
| Jamaica | 2:59.42 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Charles Austin, USA | 7-10 | OR |
| Artur Partyka, POL | 7-91/2 | ||
| Steve Smith, GBR | 7-81/2 | ||
| Pole Vault | Jean Galfione, FRA | 19-51/4 | OR |
| Igor Trandenkow, UKR | 19-51/4 | ||
| Andrei Tiwonchik, GER | 19-51/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Carl Lewis, USA | 27-10 3/4 | |
| James Beckford, JAM | 27-21/2 | ||
| Joe Greene, USA | 27-01/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Kenny Harrison, USA | 59-41/4 | OR |
| Jonathan Edwards, GBR | 58-8 | ||
| Yoelvis Quesada, CUB | 57-23/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Randy Barnes, USA | 70-111/4 | |
| John Godina, USA | 68-21/2 | ||
| Oleksandr Bagach, UKR | 68-1 | ||
| Discus | Lars Riedel, GER | 227-8 | |
| Vladimir Dubrovchik, BLR | 218-6 | ||
| Vassili Kaptyukh, BLR | 215-10 | ||
| Hammer | Balazs Kiss, HUN | 266-6 | |
| Lance Deal, USA | 266-2 | ||
| Oleksiy Krykun, UKR | 262-6 | ||
| Javelin | Jan Zelezny, CZR | 289-3 | |
| Steve Backley, GBR | 286-10 | ||
| Seppo Raty, FIN | 285-4 | ||
| Decathlon | Dan O'Brien, USA | 8824 pts | |
| Frank Busemann, GER | 8706 | ||
| Tomas Dvorak, CZR | 8664 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Gail Devers, USA | 10.94 | |
| Merlene Ottey, JAM | 10.94 | ||
| Gwen Torrence, USA | 10.96 | ||
| 200m | Marie-Jose Perec, FRA | 22.12 | |
| Merlene Ottey, JAM | 22.24 | ||
| Mary Onyali, NGR | 22.38 | ||
| 400m | Marie-Jose Perec, FRA | 48.25 | OR |
| Cathy Freeman, AUS | 48.63 | ||
| Falilat Ogunkoya, NGR | 49.10 | ||
| 800m | Svetlana Masterkova, RUS | 1:57.73 | |
| Ana Quirot, CUB | 1:58.11 | ||
| Maria Mutola, MOZ | 1:58.71 | ||
| 1500m | Svetlana Masterkova, RUS | 4:00.83 | |
| Gabriela Szabo, ROM | 4:01.54 | ||
| Theresia Kiesel, AUT | 4:03.02 | ||
| 5000m | Wang Junxia, CHN | 14:59.88 | |
| Pauline Konga, KEN | 15:03.49 | ||
| Roberta Brunet, ITA | 15:07.52 | ||
| 10,000m | Fernanda Ribeiro, POR | 31:01.63 | OR |
| Wang Junxia, CHN | 31:02.58 | ||
| Gete Wami, ETH | 31:06.65 | ||
| Marathon | Fatuma Roba, ETH | 2:26:05 | |
| Valentina Yegorova, RUS | 2:28:05 | ||
| Yuko Arimori, JPN | 2:28:39 | ||
| 100m H | Ludmila Engquist, SWE | 12.58 | |
| Brigita Bukovec, SLO | 12.59 | ||
| Patricia Girard, FRA | 12.65 | ||
| 400m H | Deon Hemmings, JAM | 52.82 | OR |
| Kim Batten, USA | 53.08 | ||
| Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA | 53.22 | ||
| 10K Walk | Yelena Ninikolayeva, RUS | 41:49 | |
| Elisabeta Perrone, ITA | 42.12 | ||
| Gao Hongmiao, CHN | 42.19 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence) | 41.95 | |
| Bahamas | 42.14 | ||
| Jamaica | 42.24 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson) | 3:20.91 | |
| Nigeria | 3:21.04 | ||
| Germany | 3:21.14 |
| Event | Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova, BUL | 6-83/4 |
| Niki Bakogianni, GRE | 6-8 | |
| Inga Babakova, UKR | 6-7 | |
| Long Jump | Chioma Ajunwa, NGR | 23-41/2 |
| Fiona May, ITA | 23-01/2 | |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA | 22-113/4 | |
| Triple Jump | Inessa Kravets, UKR | 50-31/2 |
| Inna Lisovskaya, RUS | 49-13/4 | |
| Sarka Kasparkova, CZR | 49-13/4 | |
| Shot Put | Astrid Kumbernuss, GER | 67-51/2 |
| Sun Xinmei, CHN | 65-23/4 | |
| Irina Khudorozhkina, RUS | 63-6 | |
| Discus | Ilke Wyludda, GER | 228-6 |
| Natalya Sadova, RUS | 218-1 | |
| Ellina Zvereva, BLR | 215-4 | |
| Javelin | Heli Rantanen, FIN | 222-11 |
| Louise McPaul, AUS | 215-0 | |
| Trine Hattestad, NOR | 213-2 | |
| Heptathlon | Ghada Shouaa, SYR | 6780 pts |
| Natasha Sazonovich, BLR | 6563 | |
| Denise Lewis, GBR | 6489 |
