A number of world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Records by sport Cycling
EventNameNationTimeDateRecord Men's flying 200 m time trial Gary Neiwand Australia 10"129 24 July OR Men's 1 km time trial Florian Rousseau France 1'02"712 24 July ORMen's individual pursuit Andrea Collinelli Italy 4'19"699 24 July WR, ORMen's team pursuit Eduard GritsunNikolay KuznetsovAleksey MarkovAnton Chantyr Russia 4'08"785 26 July OR Christophe CapellePhilippe ErmenaultJean-Michel MoninFrancis Moreau France 4'06"880 27 July OR Christophe CapellePhilippe ErmenaultJean-Michel MoninFrancis Moreau France 4'05"930 27 July OR Women's flying 200 m time trial Michelle Ferris Australia 11"212 24 July ORWomen's individual pursuit Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'34"130 25 July OR Antonella Bellutti Italy 3'32"371 25 July OR OR = Olympic record, WR = World record
Swimming Men Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 100m Breaststroke 20 July Heat 6 Frédérik Deburghgraeve 1:00.60 100m Butterfly 24 July Heat 7 Scott Miller 52.89 100m Butterfly 24 July Final A Denis Pankratov 52.27 200m Individual Medley 25 July Final A Attila Czene 1:59.91 Freestyle Relay 23 July Final Jon Olsen (49.94)Josh Davis (49.00)Brad Schumacher (49.02)Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45) 3:15.41 Medley Relay 26 July Final Jeff Rouse (53.95)Jeremy Linn (1:00.32)Mark Henderson (52.39)Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18) 3:34.84
Women Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 100m Freestyle 20 July Final A Le Jingyi 54.50 100m Breaststroke 21 July Heat 6 Penny Heyns 1:07.02 200m Breaststroke 23 July Heat 4 Penny Heyns 2:26.63 200m Breaststroke 23 July Final A Penny Heyns 2:25.41 Freestyle Relay 22 July Final Angel Martino (55.34)Amy Van Dyken (53.91)Catherine Fox (55.93)Jenny Thompson (54.11) 3:39.29 Freestyle Relay 25 July Heat 2 Lisa Jacob (2:01.31)Ashley Whitney (2:01.77)Sheila Taormina (2:00.57)Annette Salmeen (2:01.34) 8:04.99 Freestyle Relay 25 July Final Trina Jackson (1:59.71)Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86)Sheila Taormina (2:01.29)Jenny Thompson (1:56.83) 7:59.87
Athletics Men Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record
Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 100m 27 July Final Donovan Bailey 9.84 200m 29 July Final Michael Johnson 19.32 400m 27 July Final Michael Johnson 43.49 OR800m 30 July Final Vebjørn Rodal 1:42.58 OR10,000m 26 July Final Haile Gebrselassie 27:07.34 OR110m hurdles 28 July Final Allen Johnson 12.95 ORHigh jump 30 July Final Charles Austin 2.39 ORPole vault 1 August Final Jean Galfione 5.92 ORTriple jump 2 August Final Kenny Harrison 18.09 ORTriple jump 2 August Final Kenny Harrison 18.09 OR
Women
Event Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 400m 29 July Final Marie-José Pérec 48.26 OR5000m 29 July Final Wang Junxia 14:59.88 OR400m hurdles 2 August Final Deon Hemmings 52.82 OR10km race walk 27 July Final Yelena Nikolayeva 41:49 ORTriple jump 30 July Final Inessa Kravets 15.33 OR
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