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The men's long jump was an athletics event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were 54 competitors from 41 nations, with one athlete not starting. [ 1 ] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Medal designs for the 1996 Olympics. The 1996 Summer Olympic program featured 271 events in 26 sports. Softball, beach volleyball and mountain biking debuted on the Olympic program, together with women's football, lightweight rowing, women's swimming, women's fencing, and a team rhythmic gymnastics event.
The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position with a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall. [2] The "rock bottom" British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to a period of soul searching about the state of British sport.
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 ]