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The event was won by 21cm by Carl Lewis of the United States, the nation's fourth consecutive and 20th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Lewis himself had won the four straight victories, becoming the third Olympian to win the same event four times in a row (after Al Oerter and Paul Elvstrøm, counting the latter's wins in the Firefly ...
Men's Long jump details: Carl Lewis United States: James Beckford Jamaica: Joe Greene United States: Women's Long jump details: Chioma Ajunwa Nigeria: Fiona May Italy: Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States: Men's Triple jump details: Kenny Harrison United States: Jonathan Edwards Great Britain: Yoelbi Quesada Cuba: Women's Triple jump details ...
High jump details: Charles Austin United States: 2.39 m (OR) Artur Partyka Poland: 2.37 m Steve Smith Great Britain: 2.35 m Pole vault details: Jean Galfione France: 5.92 m Igor Trandenkov Russia: 5.92 m Andrei Tivontchik Germany: 5.92 m Long jump details: Carl Lewis United States: 8.50 m James Beckford Jamaica: 8.29 m Joe Greene United States ...
Frederick Carlton Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper whose career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won the Olympic long jump.
This list includes athletes who have won six or more Olympic medals over their sporting career. It includes top-three placings in the 1896 Olympic Games and 1900 Olympic Games, before medals were actually awarded for those placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included.
Of Team USA's 40 gold medals, 26 were won by women, who won more than half of USA's medals in an Olympics marked by historic gender parity. ... long jump. Gabby Thomas: 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m ...
The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports. [1]With a total of 44 gold, 32 silver, and 25 bronze medals, the United States returned to the top spot in the medal standings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov, pictured here in 2009, won six medals at the 1996 games (two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals), the most of any competing athlete. [36] American gymnast Shannon Miller , pictured here in 2013, won gold in the women's artistic team all-round and balance beam at the 1996 games. [ 37 ]