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At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics.The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29.
This was the only individual gold for the United States at the 1996 Olympics and only the third-ever individual Olympic gold for U.S. women's gymnastics – the first in a non-boycotted Olympics. ( Mary Lou Retton won all-around gold in 1984 and Julianne McNamara won gold on uneven bars in 1984 ).
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta from 19 July to 4 August 1996. Gymnasts in two disciplines (artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics) participated in the Games. [1] [2]
These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 23 and 25th at the Georgia Dome. [1]
During the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Strug was a correspondent for Yahoo! in artistic gymnastics. In 2008, she appeared in a television commercial for the Zaxby's restaurant chain. Also in 2008, her history-making ordeal at the 1996 Olympic Games was featured in a commercial, narrated by actor Morgan Freeman for the "Go World" campaign. [16]
These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.The compulsory and optional rounds took place on July 21 and 23 at the Georgia Dome.
These are the results of the rhythmic team all-around competition, one of the two events of the rhythmic gymnastics discipline contested at the 1996 Summer Olympics.These games marked the beginning of the olympic career of Almudena Cid from Spain who went to compete in another three more olympic games.
The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta was also the last games to allow awarding of joint medals for identical scores in artistic gymnastics as there were no tie-breaking rules established yet by the International Gymnastics Federation at the time to separate gymnasts who tied with the same scores.