1996 Summer Olympics

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The 1996 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Atlanta, Georgia, marking the centennial of the modern Olympic Games.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games
multi-sport event
biddingCity Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
bombingDate 1996-07-27
bombingLocation Centennial Olympic Park
closingCeremonyVenue Centennial Olympic Stadium
closingDate 1996-08-04
commemorates 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currencyOfOfficialBudget US dollar
surface form: USD
dateAwarded 1990-09-18
defeatedBidCity Athens
surface form: Athens, Greece

Belgrade
surface form: Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Manchester, United Kingdom
Melbourne
surface form: Melbourne, Australia

Toronto
surface form: Toronto, Canada
followedBy 2000 Summer Olympics
hasCategory 1996 in sports
Olympic Games in the United States
Sports competitions in Atlanta
hostCity Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
introducedEvent lightweight rowing events
mountain biking events
women's football tournament
introducedSport beach volleyball
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames 95th IOC Session
isCentennialOf 1896 Summer Olympics
mainStadium Centennial Olympic Stadium
mascot Izzy
motto The Celebration of the Century
notableEvent Centennial Olympic Park bombing
numberOfAthletes 10318
numberOfEvents 271
numberOfParticipatingNations 197
numberOfSports 26
numberOfSportsVenues 29
officialName Games of the XXVI Olympiad
OlympiadNumber 26
openingCeremonyVenue Centennial Olympic Stadium
openingDate 1996-07-19
organisingCommittee Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
precededBy 1992 Summer Olympics
secondRankedNationByGoldMedals Russia
thirdRankedNationByGoldMedals Germany
timePeriod 1996
topRankedNationByGoldMedals United States of America
surface form: United States
topRankedNationByTotalMedals United States of America
surface form: United States
torchLighter Muhammad Ali
torchRelayEndLocation Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece

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Atlanta hostedEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
Shannon Miller competedAt 1996 Summer Olympics
Centennial Olympic Park createdForEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
Centennial Olympic Park commemorates 1996 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics followedBy 1996 Summer Olympics
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics followedBy 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shaquille O'Neal OlympicGames 1996 Summer Olympics
Rebecca Lobo competitionClass 1996 Summer Olympics
Scottie Pippen OlympicGoldMedal 1996 Summer Olympics
Cheah Soon Kit participatedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics precededBy 1996 Summer Olympics
Dawn Staley competedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Gainesville, Georgia hostedEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1996 Summer Olympics rowing and canoe/kayak events (at Lake Lanier)
Rashid Sidek participantIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Jennifer Azzi participantIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Muhammad Ali torchBearerAt 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Jay-Jay Okocha wonTournament 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1996 Olympic Games football tournament
Charles Barkley OlympicGoldMedalist 1996 Summer Olympics
Nwankwo Kanu wonTournament 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1996 Olympic Games football tournament
Games of the XXVI Olympiad commonName 1996 Summer Olympics
Izzy event 1996 Summer Olympics
Centennial Olympic Park bombing eventContext 1996 Summer Olympics
The Celebration of the Century usedFor 1996 Summer Olympics
The Celebration of the Century appliesToEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
Penny Hardaway olympicGames 1996 Summer Olympics
Vlade Divac competedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Mia Hamm OlympicGoldMedalist 1996 Summer Olympics
Fountain of Rings openedFor 1996 Summer Olympics
Fountain of Rings dedicatedTo 1996 Summer Olympics
Michelle Akers participantIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Martina Navratilova olympicGames 1996 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: Atlanta 1996
Sir Steve Redgrave competedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
Sir Steve Redgrave wonOlympicGoldIn 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Steve Redgrave
Malone participantIn 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Karl Malone
Hakeem Olajuwon OlympicGoldMedalist 1996 Summer Olympics
Tim Henman OlympicAppearances 1996 Summer Olympics
Rebecca Rose Lobo participatedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Rebecca Lobo
Games of the XXVII Olympiad precededBy 1996 Summer Olympics
Cathy Freeman competedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Michael Johnson OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 1996 Summer Olympics
Gail Devers OlympicGames 1996 Summer Olympics
Béla Károlyi coachedAtEvent 1996 Summer Olympics
Pinsent OlympicGoldMedal 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Matthew Pinsent
Azzi participantIn 1996 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Jennifer Azzi
Karl Malone OlympicGoldMedalist 1996 Summer Olympics