1996 Summer Olympics

E14061

Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

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

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
biddingCity	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 →
currencyOfOfficialBudget	USD →
dateAwarded	1990-09-18 →
defeatedBidCity	Athens, Greece → Belgrade, Yugoslavia → Manchester, United Kingdom → Melbourne, Australia → Toronto, Canada →
followedBy	2000 Summer Olympics →
hasCategory	1996 in sports → Olympic Games in the United States → Sports competitions in Atlanta →
hostCity	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 →
topRankedNationByTotalMedals	United States →
torchLighter	Muhammad Ali →
torchRelayEndLocation	Atlanta, Georgia →
torchRelayStartLocation	Olympia, Greece →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dawn Staley → Vlade Divac →	competedIn
1992 Summer Olympics → basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics ("basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics") →	followedBy
Atlanta → Gainesville, Georgia ("1996 Summer Olympics rowing and canoe/kayak events (at Lake Lanier)") →	hostedEvent
Jennifer Azzi → Rashid Sidek →	participantIn
Jay-Jay Okocha ("1996 Olympic Games football tournament") → Nwankwo Kanu ("1996 Olympic Games football tournament") →	wonTournament
The Celebration of the Century →	appliesToEvent
Centennial Olympic Park →	commemorates
Games of the XXVI Olympiad →	commonName
Shannon Miller →	competedAt
Rebecca Lobo →	competitionClass
Centennial Olympic Park →	createdForEvent
Izzy →	event
Centennial Olympic Park bombing →	eventContext
Shaquille O'Neal →	OlympicGames
Penny Hardaway →	olympicGames
Scottie Pippen →	OlympicGoldMedal
Charles Barkley →	OlympicGoldMedalist
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games →	organizedEvent
Cheah Soon Kit →	participatedIn
2000 Summer Olympics →	precededBy
Muhammad Ali ("1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony") →	torchBearerAt
The Celebration of the Century →	usedFor
Cuba national baseball team →	wonOlympicGoldInBaseball