United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.

Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.


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* – Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery
The United States claimed both of the gold medals in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful.


 * Men


 * Women

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Notes:
 * Men
 * Track & road events
 * – Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Heptathlon

Baseball
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.


 * Summary


 * Roster
 * Kris Benson
 * R. A. Dickey
 * Troy Glaus
 * Chad Green
 * Seth Greisinger
 * Travis Lee
 * Augie Ojeda
 * Jason Williams
 * Chad Allen
 * Kip Harkrider
 * A. J. Hinch
 * Jacque Jones
 * Mark Kotsay
 * Matt LeCroy
 * Braden Looper
 * Brian Loyd
 * Warren Morris
 * Jeff Weaver
 * Jim Parque
 * Billy Koch


 * Round robin


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Basketball

 * Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Women's tournament
Roster


 * Head coach: Tara VanDerveer

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Slalom

 * Men


 * Women

Sprint

 * Men


 * Women

Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Track

 * Points race


 * Sprint


 * Pursuit


 * Time trial

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian

 * Dressage


 * Eventing

* – Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.
 * Jumping

Fencing
Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996.


 * Men


 * Women

Field hockey

 * Summary

Men's tournament
The US men's field hockey team competed for the sixth time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the squad coached by Jon Clark once again finished twelfth and last.

Roster'

Preliminary round

9th-12th place semifinal

11th place match

Women's tournament
The US women's field hockey team competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the team coached by Pam Hixon and finished fifth.

Roster Head coach: Pam Hixon


 * 1) Patty Shea (GK)
 * 2) Laurel Martin
 * 3) Liz Tchou
 * 4) Marcia Pankratz
 * 5) Cindy Werley
 * 6) Diane Madl
 * 7) Kris Fillat
 * 8) Kelli James
 * 9) Tracey Fuchs
 * 10) Antoinette Lucas
 * 11) Katie Kauffman
 * 12) Andrea Wieland (GK)
 * 13) Leslie Lyness
 * 14) Barbara Marois
 * 15) Jill Reeve
 * 16) Pamela Bustin

Preliminary round

Football (soccer)

 * Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Women's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Artistic

 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women
 * Team

* – Strug slightly injured her ankle during her first vault attempt in the final rotation of the team competition, then exacerbated the injury on her second attempt to dramatically clinch the gold for the United States. Due to her injury, she was unable to compete in the individual finals. She was replaced by highest non-qualifiers in the vault (Miller), in the floor exercise (Dawes) and in the all-around (Moceanu). Strug had the highest score in the floor and would have been favored to win the gold.
 * Individual finals

Rhythmic

 * Individual


 * Group

Handball
Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Ninth place game

Women's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Seventh place game

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women


 * Open
 * Fleet racing


 * Mixed racing

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Softball

 * Summary


 * Roster
 * Lisa Fernandez
 * Leah O'Brien-Amico
 * Laura Berg
 * Lori Harrigan
 * Dorothy Richardson
 * Christa Williams
 * Michele Smith
 * Gillian Boxx
 * Sheila Cornell
 * Michele Granger
 * Dionna Harris
 * Kim Maher
 * Julie Smith
 * Shelly Stokes
 * Dani Tyler


 * Head coach: Ralph Raymond
 * Preliminary round robin
 * Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
 * Defeated Netherlands (9:0)
 * Defeated Japan (6:1)
 * Defeated Chinese Taipei (10:0)
 * Defeated Canada (4:2)
 * Lost to Australia (1:2)
 * Defeated PR China (3:2)


 * Semifinals
 * Defeated PR China (1:0)


 * Final
 * Defeated PR China (3:1)

Swimming
Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
 * Men

Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
 * Women

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Indoor

 * Summary

Men's tournament
Roster

Preliminary round

Women
Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

5th – 8th semifinal

7th place match

Water polo
Summary

Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

5th-8th classification

7th place match