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1996 Summer Olympics

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Olympic Men's and Women's Football Goals Atlanta 1996

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1996 Olympics Women’s Gymnastics Team Final - Complete

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Men's 400m Final Atlanta Olympics 29-07-1996

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Kerri Strug's Unforgettable Determination to Win Gymnastics Olympic Gold | Strangest Moments

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25 years since Atlanta's opening ceremony for the Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, commonly known as Atlanta 1996, and also referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, were an international multi-sport event that was held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. These Games, which were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens—the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics, under a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years.