Several cities competed to host the 1996 Olympic Games: Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne, Toronto and Atlanta. Athens, of course, was the favorite - the 100th anniversary of the first Olympics was planned and they wanted to hold it in Greece. But members of the Atlanta bid committee were able to convince the IOC of the city's excellent and highest readiness for Summer Games. As a result, on September 18, 1990, at the 96th session of the IOC capital Summer Olympics 1996 Atlanta was announced.
Mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
They decided to generate it on a computer. As a result, the creature came out strange: barefoot without a nose or mouth. The designers tried to give Izzy a more attractive look: a large mouth, a low tail olympic rings, funny boots and white gloves. Then we added sparkling star eyes. The creature's name Izzy is short for Whatisit? (“What is this?”). He is considered one of the worst Olympic mascots.
Opening of the 1996 Olympics
The ceremony took place on July 19, 1996 Olympic Stadium in Atlanta. The broadcast was carried out by 170 television companies, and about 3.5 billion viewers watched it. The main themes of the performance were the history of Atlanta and the American South, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Olympic movement. 
10,700 athletes from 197 participating countries took part in the parade. Russian Flag The ceremony was carried out by wrestler Alexander Karelin, who later won his third Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.
After a speech by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Games Organizing Committee President Billy Payne, US President Bill Clinton declared the 1996 Olympics open. Was raised olympic flag and the Fire was lit, the torch was brought by swimmer Janet Evans and boxer Evander Holyfield, and lit former boxer Mohammed Ali.
The culmination was the song “The Power of Dreams” performed by famous singer Celine Dion, followed by colorful fireworks.
Russia at the 1996 Olympics
The Russian team competed as a separate country for the first time at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Based on the results medal standings 1996 Olympics The Russian team took second place after the US team. The Russians received 63 medals: 26 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze.
Most of the winners were among swimmers, wrestlers, fencers and track and field athletes. Swimmer Alexander Popov was able to win 4 medals: 2 gold and 2 silver, and became a four-time Olympic champion.
Criticism of the organization of the 1996 Olympics
Athletes, journalists and officials were very dissatisfied with the organization of the Games. Lots of problems from outside traffic, numerous failures in the operation of information systems, unpreparedness of volunteers, too much commercialization of the Olympics in Atlanta.
But the most serious incident was the explosion in Olympic Park On the night of July 27, during which 2 people died during mass celebrations, 111 people were injured of varying severity. After many assurances from the organizers of increased security measures, the summer Olympic Games 1996 decided to continue.
The criminal was detained only a year later after several more terrorist attacks and was given four life sentences with no right to parole.
Closing of the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the ceremony, Juan Antonio Samaranch, IOC President, first and last time did not say the phrase “These Games were the best in history.”
The closing ceremony took place at the Olympic Stadium on August 4 and was attended by more than 85 thousand people. Many American musicians took part in it. At the ceremony, the last awards of the Summer Olympics were presented to the winners in the men's marathon.
The final parade showed Olympic unity - all athletes marched together without division by country.
In his speech, Juan Antonio Samaranch called for remembering the victims of the Atlanta park explosion and the Israeli athletes who died in Munich 1972.
The Olympic flag was lowered and the banner was presented to the mayor of Sydney, the capital of the next Games. It all ended with a magnificent fireworks display.
Doping scandal at the 1996 Games
On July 28, IOC representatives announced that the tests Russian athletes: swimmer Andrei Korneev, cyclist Rita Razmaite and wrestler Zafar Guliyev tested positive for the banned drug bromantane.
Then bromantane was found: in swimmer Nina Zhivanevskaya on July 30, in runner Marina Trandenkova on August 1. All caught athletes were disqualified and their medals were taken away. But after arbitration court in Lausanne, when they found out that the drug was banned during the Games, but was not blacklisted, the athletes’ results were restored and the medals were returned.
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Medal standings at the Rio Olympics (Summer Olympic Games in Brazil, Olympic Games 2016)| № | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | USA | 46 | 37 | 38 | 121 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 27 | 23 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | China | 26 | 18 | 26 | 70 |
| 4 | Russia | 19 | 18 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Germany | 17 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
| 6 | Japan | 12 | 8 | 21 | 41 |
| 7 | France | 10 | 18 | 14 | 42 |
| 8 | South Korea | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 | Italy | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 10 | Australia | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 12 | Hungary | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | Brazil | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 14 | Spain | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 | Kenya | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Jamaica | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 17 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 18 | Cuba | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 | New Zealand | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 20 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 23 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | Denmark | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| 29 | Sweden | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 30 | South Africa | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 32 | Serbia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 33 | Poland | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 34 | North Korea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 35 | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 35 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 37 | Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Georgia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 40 | Belarus | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 41 | Türkiye | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 42 | Armenia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 45 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 46 | Indonesia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 47 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 48 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 51 | Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 | NOA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 51 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 54 | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 61 | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 62 | Algeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Ireland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 65 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 67 | India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 67 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 69 | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 | Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 74 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 75 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 75 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 78 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | DR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | UAE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. China - Switzerland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Canada - Norway | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. South Korea - Finland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. USA - Russia | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. USA - Canada | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. South Korea - China | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Finland - Switzerland | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Russia - Norway | qualification |
| 02:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Russia - Finland | qualification |
| 02:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. South Korea - Norway | qualification |
| 02:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. China - Canada | qualification |
| 02:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. USA - Switzerland | qualification |
| 07:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Canada - Finland | qualification |
| 07:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. USA - South Korea | qualification |
| 07:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Norway | qualification |
| 07:35 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. China - Russia | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. China - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Norway - Finland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Canada - Switzerland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. South Korea - Russia | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Switzerland - South Korea | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Russia - Canada | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Finland - China | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Mixed couples. Preliminary round. Norway - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Canada - Italy | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. South Korea - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Switzerland - UK | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Denmark - Sweden | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Denmark - Sweden | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Switzerland - China | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Japan - USA | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Russia - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Norway - Japan | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Italy | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Canada - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. South Korea - Sweden | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Canada - South Korea | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. UK - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Denmark - Japan | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. China - Russia | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Norway - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. USA - Italy | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Denmark - Switzerland | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. UK - Japan | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. South Korea - Japan | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. China - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Canada - Sweden | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. USA - Switzerland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Italy - Denmark | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Sweden - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Norway - South Korea | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Sweden - Russia | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Denmark - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. South Korea - Switzerland | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Denmark - USA | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Sweden - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Japan - Switzerland | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Canada - South Korea | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Sweden | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Denmark - UK | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Japan - China | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Russia - USA | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Canada - Sweden | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. South Korea - UK | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Norway | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Japan - Italy | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Russia - Japan | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. South Korea - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. USA - Canada | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. China - Denmark | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Norway - Denmark | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. USA - Japan | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Canada - Switzerland | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. China - South Korea | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. UK - Sweden | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. USA - Norway | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Denmark - South Korea | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Italy - UK | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Sweden - Japan | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. USA - Denmark | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Russia - Switzerland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Sweden - South Korea | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Japan - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. USA - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Italy - South Korea | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Sweden - Switzerland | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. UK - Denmark | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Japan - Sweden | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Denmark - Russia | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. China - USA | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. UK - Switzerland | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. UK - Norway | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Italy - Sweden | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Japan - Canada | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. South Korea - Switzerland | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Canada - China | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. USA - South Korea | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. UK - Japan | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Norway - Italy | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Japan - Denmark | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Switzerland - USA | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. South Korea - Russia | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Sweden - China | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Canada - UK | qualification |
| 03:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Denmark | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. South Korea - Japan | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Denmark - Canada | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. UK - USA | qualification |
| 08:05 | Curling. Men. Preliminary round. Sweden - Norway | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. South Korea - Denmark | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Sweden - USA | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Russia - Canada | qualification |
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Preliminary round. Switzerland - Japan | qualification |
| 14:00 | Skating. Women. Team race. Semi-finals | semi-final |
| 14:22 | Skating. Men. Team race. Semi-finals | semi-final |
| 14:54 | Skating. Women. Team race. Consolation finals | consolation playoffs |
| 15:13 | Skating. Men. Team race. Consolation finals | consolation playoffs |
| 15:52 | Skating. Women. Team race. Small final | for 3rd place |
| 15:58 | Skating. Women. Team race. Final | final |
| 16:11 | Skating. Men. Team race. Small final | for 3rd place |
| 16:17 | Skating. Men. Team race. Final | final |
| 05:00 | Snowboard. Men. Big air | final |
| 06:00 | Snowboard. Women. Parallel giant slalom. 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals |
| 06:15 | Snowboard. Men. Parallel giant slalom. 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals |
| 06:30 | Snowboard. Women. Parallel giant slalom. Quarterfinals | 1/4 finals |
| 06:38 | Snowboard. Men. Parallel giant slalom. Quarterfinals | 1/4 finals |
| 06:48 | Snowboard. Women. Parallel giant slalom. Semi-finals | semi-final |
| 06:52 | Snowboard. Men. Parallel giant slalom. Semi-finals | semi-final |
| 08:28 | Snowboard. Women. Parallel giant slalom. Small final | for 3rd place |
| 08:30 | Snowboard. Women. Parallel giant slalom. Final | final |
| 08:34 | Snowboard. Men. Parallel giant slalom. Small final | for 3rd place |
| 08:37 | Snowboard. Men. Parallel giant slalom. Final | final |
| 09:35 | Curling. Men. Final. Sweden - USA | final | |||
| 14:05 | Curling. Women. Small final. Japan - UK | 32 | 5 | 10 | |
| 12 | Russia | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | China | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
