Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

A delegation with a record number of 106 competitors participated in 18 sports. Two medals were conquered this time, one of them being Portugal's third Olympic gold, thanks to Fernanda Ribeiro

Fernanda Ribeiro

Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...

's surprising victory in the women's 10000m over the 5000m Olympic champion Wang Junxia

Wang Junxia

Wang Junxia is a Chinese former long-distance runner.-Career:Wang was coached by Ma Junren until 1995 and by Mao Dezhen from 1995 to her retirement after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics....

. This third Olympic title in the athletics reinforced Portugal's strength in this sport and in particular the long-distance

Long-distance track event

Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...

 endurance

Endurance

Endurance is the ability for a human or animal to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover from, and have immunity to trauma, wounds, or fatigue. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or anaerobic exercise...

 events. A bronze was achieved by the 470 class

470 (dinghy)

The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres . The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to...

 male team, reviving a successful sailing

Sailing

Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...

 tradition in this nation's Olympic delegations.

In Atlanta, Portugal debuted in cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

, women's sailing classes, slalom canoeing

Slalom canoeing

Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...

 and in newly promoted beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

, almost grabbing a bronze medal in the latter, on its first participation. In their second appearance, the tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 male team succumbed yet again on the first round to a bahamese

Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Silver:* Eldece Clark-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Sevatheda Fynes and Pauline Davis-Thompson — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres relay-Athletics:Men's 4x400m Relay...

 team. After 68 years, Portugal sent a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team to the Olympics and, in the end, it repeated Amsterdam

Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics tournament, won by Uruguay against Argentina, would be the precursor to the first FIFA World Cup held in 1930 in Uruguay.-Medalists:-Background:...

's fourth place.

Bronze

• Hugo Rocha
  Hugo Rocha
  Vitor Hugo Simão do Vale Rocha is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, along with his partner Nuno Barreto.-References:...
  
   and Nuno Barreto
  Nuno Barreto
  Nuno Barreto is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, along with his partner Hugo Rocha.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's 470.

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

Men's Individual Competition:

• Nuno Pombo
  Nuno Pombo
  Nuno Pombo is an athlete from Portugal, who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Pombo finished his ranking round with a total of 650 points, which gave him the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Yusuf Ergin in the first round...
  
  
• Ranking round — 650 pts (→ 35th)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1st half!!2nd half!!Total
|-
!Pts
|322||328||650
|}

• Elimination rounds — 148 pts (→ 58th)

• 1/32 finals — Pawel Szymczak (POL
  Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Poland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Robert Korzeniowski — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk* Pawel Nastula — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight...
  
  ) (→ lost by 152-148, did not advance)

Men's events

100m:

• Luís Cunha
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 10.65 (→ 6th, did not advance)

800m:

• António Abrantes
• Round 1 (heat 5) — 1:47.73 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

• António Travassos
• Round 1 (heat 3) — 3:42.01 (→ 10th, did not advance)
• Luís Feiteira
  Luís Feiteira
  Luís Feiteira is a Portuguese long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 4) — 3:38.09 (→ 5th, advanced as 4th fastest loser)
• Semi-final 1 — 3:40.31 (→ 11th, did not advance)
• Luís Jesus
  Luís Jesus
  Luís Filipe Jesus is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He set his personal best in the marathon in 2006 ....
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 3:44.65 (→ 7th, did not advance)

5000m:

• José Ramos
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 14:17.26 (→ 8th)
• Semi-final 1 — 14:24.81 (→ 15th, did not advance)
• Luís Jesus
  Luís Jesus
  Luís Filipe Jesus is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He set his personal best in the marathon in 2006 ....
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 3) — 14:08.87 (→ 11th, advanced as 9th fastest loser)
• Semi-final 2 — did not start

10000m:

• Alfredo Braz
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 28:50.58 (→ 14th, did not advance)
• Carlos Patrício
  Carlos Patrício
  Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Patrício is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 1993 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He represented his native country in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best time in the Half Marathon on September 27, 1998 in...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 29:15.41 (→ 15th, did not advance)
• Paulo Guerra
  Paulo Guerra
  Paulo Alexandre Martins Guerra is a Portuguese runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — did not finish

Marathon:

• António Pinto
  António Pinto
  António Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...
  
   — 2:16:41 (→ 14th)
• Domingos Castro
  Domingos Castro
  Domingos Silva Castro is a former long-distance runner from Portugal, who was one of the leading athletes in the longer events during the late 1980s, early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1987 World Championships...
  
   — 2:18:03 (→ 25th)
• Manuel Matias
  Manuel Matias
  Manuel Fernando Gonilho Matias is a retired long-distance runner from Portugal, who won the 1989 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:12:54 on December 3, 1989. A year earlier he triumphed in the Paris Marathon...
  
   — 2:20:58 (→ 46th)

20 km Walk:

• José Urbano
  José Urbano
  José Cardoso Urbano is a retired male race walker from Portugal. He is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 1:25:32 (→ 31st)

50 km Walk:

• José Magalhães — 4:27:37 (→ 36th)

400m Hurdles:

• Carlos Silva
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 49.09s (→ 3rd, did not advance)

3000m Steeplechase:

• Eduardo Henriques
  Eduardo Henriques
  Eduardo António da Silva Henriques is a Portuguese runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase and cross-country running...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 8:35.58 (→ 8th, did not advance)
• Vitor Almeida
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 8:48.16 (→ 11th, did not advance)

Long Jump:

• Carlos Calado
  Carlos Calado
  Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump....
  
  
• Qualifying round (Group A) — 7,81 (→ 12th, did not advance)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3!!Result
|-
|7,36||7,81||X||7,81
|}

Pole Vault:

• Nuno Fernandes
• Qualifying round (Group A) — 5,60 (→ 10th, did not advance)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!5,20!!5,40!!5,60!!5,70!!Result
|-
|XO||O||XXO||XXX||5,60
|}

Triple Jump:

• Carlos Calado
  Carlos Calado
  Carlos Nuno Tavares Calado is an athlete from Portugal and S.L. Benfica, who specialises in the long jump....
  
  
• Qualifying round (Group A) — 16,65 (→ 10th, did not advance)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3!!Result
|-
|16,43||16,65||X||16,65
|}

Women's events

100m:

• Lucrécia Jardim
  Lucrécia Jardim
  Maria Lucrécia Jardim is a retired Portuguese sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 6) — 11.32 (→ 3rd)
• Round 2 (heat 2) — 11.37 (→ 4th)
• Semi-final 2 — 11.32 (→ 8th, did not advance)

200m:

• Lucrécia Jardim
  Lucrécia Jardim
  Maria Lucrécia Jardim is a retired Portuguese sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 22.95 (→ 3rd)
• Round 2 (heat 3) — 22.98 (→ 5th, did not advance)

800m:

• Eduarda Coelho
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:03.22 (→ 5th, did not advance)

1500m:

• Carla Sacramento
  Carla Sacramento
  Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:13.57 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final 2 — 4:06.70 (→ 5th)
• Final — 4:03.91 (→ 6th)

5000m:

• Ana Dias
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 15:57.35 (→ 11th, did not advance)

10000m:

• Conceição Ferreira
  Conceição Ferreira
  Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 33:40.76 (→ 14th, did not advance)
• Fernanda Ribeiro
  Fernanda Ribeiro
  Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 31:36.32 (→ 3rd)
• Final — 31:01.63 OR
  Olympic record
  Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games...
  
  (→ Gold Medal)

Marathon:

• Manuela Machado
  Manuela Machado
  Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portuguese long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money...
  
   — 2:31:11 (→ 7th)
• Albertina Dias
  Albertina Dias
  Maria Albertina da Costa Dias Pereira is a former Portuguese long-distance runner. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988...
  
   — 2:26:39 (→ 27th)
• Albertina Machado — 2:43:44 → (47th)

10 km Walk:

• Susana Feitor
  Susana Feitor
  Susana Paula de Jesus Feitor, DamIH is a Portuguese racewalker. She was born in Alcobertas, Médio Tejo.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 44:24 (→ 13th)

Discus Throw:

• Teresa Machado
  Teresa Machado
  Teresa Machado is a Portuguese discus thrower and shot putter. Her personal best discus throw is 65.40 metres, achieved in May 1998 in S. Jacinto.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualifying round (Group A) — 62,02 (→ 5th)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3!!Result
|-
|59,14||62,02||||62,02
|}

• Final — 61,38 (→ 10th)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3!!Result
|-
|61,38||60,48||60,02||61,38
|}

Shot Put:

• Teresa Machado
  Teresa Machado
  Teresa Machado is a Portuguese discus thrower and shot putter. Her personal best discus throw is 65.40 metres, achieved in May 1998 in S. Jacinto.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
• Qualifying round (Group A) — 15,91 (→ 12th, did not advance)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=20%|1!!width=20%|2!!width=20%|3!!Result
|-
|15,91||15,62||15,60||15,91
|}

Flatwater

Men's C-1 1000m:

• Silvestre Pereira
  Silvestre Pereira
  Silvestre Pereira is a Portuguese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 4:42.72 (→ 8th)
• Semi-final 2 — 4:31.20 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's C-1 500m:

• Silvestre Pereira
  Silvestre Pereira
  Silvestre Pereira is a Portuguese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.-References:*...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 2:01.58 (→ 7th)
• Semi-final 1 — 1:57.95 (→ 7th, did not advance)

Men's K-1 500m:

• José Garcia
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 1:52.76 (→ 8th)
• Repêchage 2 — 1:56.10 (→ 9th, did not advance)

Men's K-1 1000m:

• José Garcia
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:56.06 (→ 4th)
• Repêchage 2 — 4:05.68 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final 1 — 3:48.86 (→ 8th, did not advance)

Men's K-2 500m:

• Joaquim Queirós and Rui Fernandes
  Rui Fernandes
  Rui Fernandes is a Portuguese sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later in Atlanta, Fernandes was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 1:33.86 (→ 5th)
• Repêchage 2 — 1:37.50 (→ 3rd)
• Semi-final 2 — 1:31.56 (→ 6th)

Men's K-2 1000m:

• Joaquim Queirós and Rui Fernandes
  Rui Fernandes
  Rui Fernandes is a Portuguese sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later in Atlanta, Fernandes was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m...
  
  
• Round 1 (heat 1) — 3:59.39 (→ 9th)
• Repêchage 2 — 3:36.49 (→ 5th)
• Semi-final 2 — 3:22.27 (→ 6th, did not advance)

Slalom

Men's K-1:

• A. Ferreira Fernandes — 158.72 (→ 30th)

  Run 1			|Run 2	|Result
  Time (s)	Pen.	Total	Time (s)	Pen.	Total
  158.72	0.00	158.72	160.00	10.00	170.00	158.72

Women's K-1:

• Florence Ferreira Fernandes — 208.20 (→ 22nd)

  Run 1			|Run 2	|Result
  Time (s)	Pen.	Total	Time (s)	Pen.	Total
  192.19	20.00	212.19	203.20	5.00	208.20	208.20

Cycling

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...

Men's Road Race:

• Cândido Barbosa
  Cândido Barbosa
  Cândido Barbosa was a professional road racing cyclist from 1996 to 2011, year where he decided to end his career as a professional road racing cyclist due to a serious lesion on both of his knees.- Results :...
  
   — 5:01:29 (→ 112th)
• José Azevedo
  José Azevedo
  José Bento Azevedo Carvalho is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist. As of 2010, he is also a team manager with Team RadioShack...
  
   — did not finish
• Nuno Marta — 4:56:49 (→ 78th)
• Orlando Rodrigues — 4:56:45 (→ 39th)
• Pedro Lopes — 4:56:45 (→ 48th)

Women's Road Race:

• Ana Barros — 2:37:06 (→ 23rd)

Equestrian

Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The Equestrian events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, United States, -Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

Individual Jumping:

• António Vozone
• Qualifying round — 13.75 penalty pts (→ 69th)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Rank
|-
!Obstacle!!Time!!Total
|-
|111.50||12||1.75||13.75||69th
|}

• Miguel Leal
• Qualifying round — 12.00 penalty pts (→ 59th)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Time!!colspan=3|Penalties!!rowspan=2|Rank
|-
!Obstacle!!Time!!Total
|-
|102.37||12||0.00||12.00||59th
|}

Fencing

Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Men's Individual Épée:

• Nuno Frazão
• Round A — Vitally Zakharov (BLR
  Belarus at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States...
  
  ) (→ lost by 15-11, did not advance)

Football

Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The association football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia....

Men's Competition:

• Afonso Martins
  Afonso Martins
  Afonso Paulo Martins da Agra , known as Martins, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...
  
  , Litos, Dani, Kenedy
  Daniel Kenedy
  Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos, known as Kenedy , is a retired Guinea-Bissauan/Portuguese footballer. As a midfielder or defender, he played on the left side of the pitch.-Club career:...
  
  , Emílio Peixe
  Emílio Peixe
  Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams, Peixe was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, namely Sporting.-Football...
  
  , Hugo Porfírio
  Hugo Porfírio
  Hugo Cardoso Porfírio is a retired Portuguese footballer who played mostly as a winger.-Football career:Porfírio graduated from Sporting Clube de Portugal's famed youth academy, joining the professionals for the 1992–93 season, alongside midfielder Emílio Peixe...
  
  , José Dominguez
  José Dominguez
  José Manuel Martins Dominguez is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.A diminutive player with above-average technical skills and speed, he surprisingly started playing professional football not in his own country but in England with Birmingham City; he also had...
  
  , Calado, José Vidigal, Andrade
  Luís Andrade
  Luís Filipe Andrade de Oliveira , known as Andrade, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Grupo Sportivo Loures....
  
  , Nuno Afonso
  Nuno Afonso
  Nuno Miguel Figueiredo Afonso is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.-Football career:...
  
  , Nuno Gomes
  Nuno Gomes
  Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro , commonly known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.C. Braga as a striker.He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after F.C...
  
  , Nuno Espírito Santo
  Nuno Espírito Santo
  Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo , simply Nuno, is a retired Santomean-born Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper....
  
  , Paulo Alves
  Paulo Alves
  Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a centre forward, and a current coach.-Football career:Born in Vila Real, Alves moved from local club to F.C...
  
  , Costinha
  Paulo Costinha
  Paulo Rebelo Costinha Castro , known as Costinha, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...
  
  , Beto, Rui Bento
  Rui Bento
  Rui Fernando da Silva Calapez Pereira Bento is a retired Portuguese footballer and a current coach.During his playing days he played mostly as a central defender.-Club career:Bento first represented S.L...
  
   and Rui Jorge — 4th
• Group stage (A) — 5 pts (→ 2nd, 1 scored goal less than Argentina
  Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 10.57 Men's 200 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 20.82...
  
  )

• July 20 | Washington D.C. — Tunisia
  Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Tunisia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Bronze:* Fethi Missaoui — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight-Athletics:Men's 1,500 metres* Ali HakimiMen's Marathon* Tahar Mansouri — 2:18.06...
  
   (→ won by 2-0; goals by: Afonso Agra)
• July 22 | Washington D.C. — Argentina
  Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 10.57 Men's 200 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 20.82...
  
   (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Nuno Ribeiro
  Nuno Ribeiro
  Nuno Jorge Ribeiro Gaspar is a Portuguese professional road bicycle racer, he was the winner of the 2003 , he also placed first in the 2009 edition, however he was later disqualified due to testing positive for CERA in a doping test and was banned for two years.- References :...
  
  )
• July 24 | Washington D.C. — United States
  United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.- Gold:* Justin Huish — Archery, Men's Individual Competition* Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White — Archery, Men's Team Competition...
  
   (→ draw 1-1; goals by: Paulo Alves
  Paulo Alves
  Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a centre forward, and a current coach.-Football career:Born in Vila Real, Alves moved from local club to F.C...
  
  )
  • Quarter-finals
• July 27 | Miami, Florida
  Miami, Florida
  Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
  
   — France
  France at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Jean Galfione — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault* Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 200 metres* Marie-José Pérec — Athletics, Women's 400 metres...
  
   (→ won by 2-1; goals by: Nuno Rocha, José Silva)
  • Semi-finals
• July 30 | Athens, Georgia
  Athens, Georgia
  Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
  
   — Argentina
  Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 10.57 Men's 200 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 20.82...
  
   (→ lost by 2-0)
  • Bronze medal match
• August 2 | Athens, Georgia
  Athens, Georgia
  Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
  
   — Brazil
  Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball* Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael — Sailing, Men's Star class...
  
   (→ lost by 5-0)

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby...

Women's Individual All-Round Competition:

• Diana Teixeira — 72.609 pts (→ 66th)

  Round	Balance Beam	Vault	Uneven Bars	Floor	Total
  Ia	8.812	9.425	9.112	9.187	36.536
  Ib	8.437	9.337	9.437	8.862	36.073
  Total (Rank)	17.249 (81st)	18.762 (55th)	18.549 (66th)	18.049 (86th)	72.609

Judo

Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

Men's Extra Lightweight (–60 kg):

• Pedro Caravana
  Pedro Caravana
  Pedro Filipe Neto da Silva Caravana is a Portuguese judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
  

Pool A

• Round 1 — Ewan Beaton
  Ewan Beaton
  Ewan Beaton is a male judoka from Canada.He claimed the silver medal in the Men's Bantamweight division at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. In the final he was defeated by Brazil's Shigueto Yamasaki...
  
   (CAN
  Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.The best performance by a Canadian athlete was the gold medal won by Donovan Bailey in the men's 100 metres race. He ran a world record in the final, clocking 9.84 seconds...
  
  ) (→ won by waza-ari)
• Round 2 — Nigel Donohue
  Nigel Donohue
  Nigel Donohue is a British judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   (GBR
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.-Medallists:...
  
  ) (→ lost by ippon)

Men's Half Lightweight (–65 kg):

• Michel Almeida
  Michel Almeida
  Michel de Sousa Fernandes Alcobia de Almeida is a Portuguese judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
  

Pool A

• Round 1 — Jose Perez
  José Pérez
  José Pérez is a former Venezuelan boxer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Mongalia's eventual bronze medalist Nergüin Enkhbat.-References:*...
  
   (PUR
  Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Bronze:* Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's Welterweight-Archery:In the fifth time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one woman...
  
  ) (→ won by ippon)
• Round 2 — Francesco Giorgi (ITA
  Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Italy competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Antonio Rossi — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles* Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 metres Kayak Pairs...
  
  ) (→ won by koka)
• Round 3 — Taro Tan (CAN
  Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.The best performance by a Canadian athlete was the gold medal won by Donovan Bailey in the men's 100 metres race. He ran a world record in the final, clocking 9.84 seconds...
  
  ) (→ won by yuko)
• 1/4 finals — Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz
  Udo Quellmalz is a German judoka, who's nicknamed Quelle.He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996....
  
   (GER
  Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Lars Riedel — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw* Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put* Ilke Wyludda — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw...
  
  ) (→ lost by ippon)

Repêchage A

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Bye
• Round 3 — Israel Hernández Plana (CUB
  Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight...
  
  ) (→ lost by ippon, did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (–71 kg):

• Guilherme Bentes
  Guilherme Bentes
  -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
  

Pool A

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Loris Mularoni (SMR
  San Marino at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  San Marino competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Archery:In its second Olympic archery competition, San Marino was represented by one man. He lost his first match.Men's Individual Competition:...
  
  ) (→ won by ippon)
• Round 3 — Vladimeri Dgebuadze
  Vladimeri Dgebuadze
  Vladimeri Dgebuadze is a Georgian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   (GEO
  Georgia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Georgia competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States...
  
  ) (→ lost by yusei-gachi, did not advance)

Men's Half Heavyweight (–95 kg):

• Pedro Soares
  Pedro Soares
  Pedro Nuno de Almeida Soares is a Portuguese judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
  
  

Pool A

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Detlef Knorrek (GER
  Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Germany competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Lars Riedel — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw* Astrid Kumbernuss — Athletics, Women's Shot Put* Ilke Wyludda — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw...
  
  ) (→ won by ippon)
• Round 3 — A. Sanchez Armentero (CUB
  Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight...
  
  ) (→ won by ippon)
• 1/4 finals — Pawel Nastula
  Pawel Nastula
  Paweł Marian Nastula is a Polish judoka and mixed martial artist. He was the 1995 and 1997 Judo World Champion, and 1996 gold medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, winning those titles in the U95kg weight category.-Judo career:Paweł started training Judo at the age of 10 at AZS...
  
   (POL
  Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Poland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Robert Korzeniowski — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk* Pawel Nastula — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight...
  
  ) (→ lost by ippon)

Repêchage A

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Bye
• Round 3 — Antal Kovács
  Antal Kovács
  Antal Kovács is a Hungarian judoka.He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of The Year in 1993 for winning a gold medal at that year's World Judo Championships.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   (HUN
  Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Balázs Kiss — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw* István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight...
  
  ) (→ lost by shido, did not advance)

Women's Lightweight (–56 kg):

• Filipa Cavalleri

Pool B

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Ai-Chun Huang (TPE
  Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China...
  
  ) (→ lost by yusei-gachi)

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Individual Competition:

• Manuel Barroso — 5246 pts (→ 19th)

  Event	Fencing			Swimming		Shooting		Cross-country		Riding		Total
  	Vict.	Def.	Pen.	Time	Pen.	Hits	Pen.	Time	Pen.	Time	Pen.
  	11	20	0	3:23.35	0	171	0	12:45.69	0	75.07	30
  Pts (Rank)	670 (28th)			1248 (19th)		988 (24th)		1270 (7th)		1070 (5th)		5246 (19th)

Rowing

Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Taking place at Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States, the 1996 Summer Olympics saw the debut of lightweight rowing events. The three included replaced the remaining coxed events for men and the Women's Coxless Four...

Men's Lightweight Coxless Four:

• Henrique Baixinho, João Fernandes, Manuel Fernandes (stern) and Samuel Aguiar (bow)
• Round 1 (heat 2) — 7:37.13 (→ 6th)
• Repêchage 3 — 6:15.82 (→ 5th)
• Final C — 6:27.07 (→ 3rd, 15th overall)

Men's events

Finn:

• Vasco Batista — 129 pts (→ 22nd)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	|Total	|Net
  Place	16th	23rd	23rd	22nd	26th	7th	22nd	14th	16th	9th
  Pts	16	23	23	22	26	7	22	14	16	9	178	129

Mistral:

• João Rodrigues
  João Rodrigues (sailor)
  João Filipe Gaspar Rodrigues, better known as João Rodrigues, is a Portuguese windsurfer from Funchal, Madeira. He started sailing at nine years-old and racing competitively at the age of eleven....
  
   — 42 pts (→ 7th)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	|Total	|Net
  Place	14th	8th	9th	5th	2nd	4th	6th	12th	8th
  Pts	14	8	9	5	2	4	6	12	8	68	42

470:

• Hugo Rocha
  Hugo Rocha
  Vitor Hugo Simão do Vale Rocha is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, along with his partner Nuno Barreto.-References:...
  
   (skipper) and Nuno Barreto
  Nuno Barreto
  Nuno Barreto is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, along with his partner Hugo Rocha.-References:...
  
   — 62 pts (→ Bronze Medal)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	|Total	|Net
  Place	5th	10th	17th	7th	4th	8th	9th	5th	2nd	12th	15th
  Pts	5	10	17	7	4	8	9	5	2	12	15	94	62

Women's events

Europe:

• Joana Pratas — 209 pts (→ 25th)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	|Total	|Net
  Place	25th	24th	23rd	27th	25th	23rd	16th	24th	24th	25th	26th
  Pts	25	24	23	27	25	23	16	24	24	25	26	262	209

Mistral:

• Catarina Fagundes
  Catarina Fagundes
  Catarina Fagundes is a Portuguese sailor. She competed in the Mistral Windsurf Class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and achieved the 21st position...
  
   — 133 pts (→ 21st)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	|Total	|Net
  Place	False start	16th	19th	21st	15th	23rd	23rd	19th	20th
  Pts	28	16	19	21	15	23	23	19	20	184	133

Open events

Laser:

• Vasco Serpa — 74 pts (→ 7th)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	|Total	|Net
  Place	8th	3rd	10th	False start	3rd	9th	11th	11th	12th	16th	7th
  Pts	8	3	10	57	3	9	11	11	12	16	7	147	74

Star:

• Diogo Cayolla and Raul Costa — 129 pts(→ 21st)

  Race	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	|Total	|Net
  Place	19th	15th	16th	15th	18th	14th	20th	18th	21st	14th
  Pts	19	15	16	15	18	14	20	18	21	14	170	129

Shooting

Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

Men's Trap:

• João Rebelo
• Preliminary round — 120 hits (→ 13th, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!Total
|-
!Hits
|25||23||22||25||25||120
|}

• Manuel Vieira
• Preliminary round — 122 hits (→ 5th, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!Total
|-
!Hits
|24||23||25||25||25||122
|}

Women's 10m Air Rifle:

• Carla Ribeiro
• Preliminary round — 375hits (→ 48th, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!Total
|-
!Hits
|95||93||91||96||375
|}

• Sara Antunes
• Preliminary round — 377 hits (→ 47th, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Round!!1!!2!!3!!4!!Total
|-
!Hits
|91||94||93||99||377
|}

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions:

• Carla Ribeiro
• Preliminary round — 568 hits (→ 32nd, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Position!!Prone!!Knee!!Standing!!Total
|-
!Hits
|197||180||191||568
|}

• Sara Antunes
• Preliminary round — 571 hits (→ 29th, did not advance)

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Position!!Prone!!Knee!!Standing!!Total
|-
!Hits
|195||185||191||571
|}

Men's events

50m Freestyle:

• Paulo Trindade
• Heats (heat 5) — 23.73 (→ 5th, did not advance – 41st overall)

1500m Freestyle:

• Pedro Ferreira
• Heats (heat 2) — 16:34.55 (→ 7th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

• Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno "Tino" Laurentino is a former backstroke swimmer from Portugal, who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.Laurentino was born in Lisbon, Portugal...
  
  
• Heats (heat 4) — 57.59 (→ 7th, did not advance – 31st overall)

200m Backstroke:

• Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno "Tino" Laurentino is a former backstroke swimmer from Portugal, who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.Laurentino was born in Lisbon, Portugal...
  
  
• Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.95 (→ 7th, did not advance – 29th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

• José Couto
  José Couto
  José Couto is a breaststroke swimmer from Portugal, who represented his home country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Heats (heat 2) — 2:17.28 (→ 2nd, did not advance – 18th overall)

200m Butterfly:

• Diogo Madeira
• Heats (heat 3) — 2:01.58 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 25th overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

• José Couto
  José Couto
  José Couto is a breaststroke swimmer from Portugal, who represented his home country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Miguel Cabrita, Miguel Machado and Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno Laurentino
  Nuno "Tino" Laurentino is a former backstroke swimmer from Portugal, who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.Laurentino was born in Lisbon, Portugal...
  
  
• Heats (heat 4) — disqualified

Women's events

200m Freestyle:

• Ana Alegria
• Heats (heat 3) — 2:05.16 (→ 4th, did not advance – 29th overall)

400m Freestyle:

• Ana Alegria
• Heats (heat 2) — 4:27.19 (→ 8th, did not advance)

100m Backstroke:

• Maria Santos
  Maria Santos (swimmer)
  Maria Carlos Martins dos Santos is a retired female backstroke and medley swimmer from Portugal, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heats (heat 5) — 1:04.84 (→ 8th, did not advance – 22nd overall)

200m Backstroke:

• Petra Chaves
• Heats (heat 2) — 2:20.49 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Breaststroke:

• Joana Soutinho
• Heats (heat 2) — 1:13.73 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 34th overall)

100m Butterfly:

• Ana Francisco
• Heats (heat 2) — 1:02.98 (→ 1st, did not advance – 26th overall)

200m Butterfly:

• Ana Francisco
• Heats (heat 3) — 2:17.61 (→ 7th, did not advance)

200m Individual Medley:

• Petra Chaves
• Heats (heat 2) — 2:22.03 (→ 3rd, did not advance – 33rd overall)

4×100m Medley Relay:

• Ana Alegria, Ana Francisco, Joana Soutinho and Maria Santos
  Maria Santos (swimmer)
  Maria Carlos Martins dos Santos is a retired female backstroke and medley swimmer from Portugal, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
  
  
• Heats (heat 3) — 4:21.61 (→ 7th, did not advance – 21st overall)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Doubles Competition:

• Bernardo Mota
  Bernardo Mota
  Bernardo Gonçalves Pereira Mota is a former tennis player from Portugal, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Croatia's Goran Ivanišević...
  
   and Emanuel Couto
  Emanuel Couto
  Emanuel Couto , is a former professional tennis player from Portugal. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
  
  
• Round 1 — Mark Knowles
  Mark Knowles
  Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...
  
   and Roger Smith (BAH
  Bahamas at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Silver:* Eldece Clark-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Sevatheda Fynes and Pauline Davis-Thompson — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metres relay-Athletics:Men's 4x400m Relay...
  
  ) (→ lost by 7-6, 7-6 – did not advance)

Beach

Men's Competition:

• João Brenha
  João Brenha
  João Carlos Brenha Alves Pereira is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He ended up in fourth place in Sydney , alongside Miguel Maia, after having lost the bronze medal match against the German couple...
  
   and Miguel Maia
  Miguel Maia
  Luis Miguel Barbosa Maia is a beach volleyball player from Portugal, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
  
   — 4th
• Round 1 — Michel Everaert and Sander Mulder (NED
  Netherlands at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  - Gold:*Bart Brentjens — Cycling, Men's Cross-Country Mountainbike*Peter Blangé, Bas van de Goor, Mike van de Goor, Rob Grabert, Henk-Jan Held, Guido Görtzen, Misha Latuhihin, Olof van der Meulen, Jan Posthuma, Brecht Rodenburg, Richard Schuil, and Ron Zwerver — Volleyball, Men's Team...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-8)
• Round 2 — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith
  Sinjin Smith
  Christopher St. John Smith is a professional Beach Volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos....
  
   (USA
  United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.- Gold:* Justin Huish — Archery, Men's Individual Competition* Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White — Archery, Men's Team Competition...
  
  ) (→ lost by 15-7)
• 17th place round — Javier Yuste Muniz and Miguel Angel Martin Prieto (ESP
  Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Spain competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Miguel Indurain — Cycling, men's individual road time trial...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-8)
• 13th place round — Eduardo Esteban Martinez and Martin Alejo Conde (ARG
  Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 10.57 Men's 200 metres*Carlos Gatz* Heat — 20.82...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-5)
• 9th place round — Emanuel Rego
  Emanuel Rego
  Emanuel Fernando Sheffer Rego is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He won the gold medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, partnering Ricardo Santos...
  
   and José Marco de Melo Ferreira (BRA
  Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Brazil competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva — Volleyball, Women's Beach Volleyball* Marcelo Ferreira and Torben Grael — Sailing, Men's Star class...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-12)
• 7th place round — Björn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim
  Jan Kvalheim
  Jan Kvalheim is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....
  
   (NOR
  Norway at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Norway was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.- Gold:* Vebjørn Rodal — Athletics, Men's 800 m* Knut Holmann — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000 m Kayak Singles...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-3)
• 5th place round — Carl Henkel and Sinjin Smith
  Sinjin Smith
  Christopher St. John Smith is a professional Beach Volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos....
  
   (USA
  United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.- Gold:* Justin Huish — Archery, Men's Individual Competition* Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White — Archery, Men's Team Competition...
  
  ) (→ won by 15-13)
• Semi-finals — Mike Dodd
  Mike Dodd
  Michael Dodd is a well-known retired professional beach volleyball player from the United States who attended San Diego State University. With his partner Mike Whitmarsh he won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics...
  
   and Mike Whitmarsh
  Mike Whitmarsh
  Michael John "Mike" Whitmarsh was an American volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's inaugural beach volleyball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mike Dodd. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from Monte Vista High School in nearby Spring Valley, and...
  
   (USA
  United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.- Gold:* Justin Huish — Archery, Men's Individual Competition* Justin Huish, Richard Johnson, and Rod White — Archery, Men's Team Competition...
  
  ) (→ lost by 15-13)
• Bronze medal match — John Child and Mark Heese
  Mark Heese
  Mark Heese is a Canadian beach volleyball player.Heese began playing beach volleyball at age 19 at the Balmy Beach Club in Toronto, and is a graduate of McMaster University. Partnered with John Child, Heese is a three time Olympian - bronze medal in Atlanta , 5th in Sydney and 5th in Athens...
  
   (CAN
  Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Canada competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.The best performance by a Canadian athlete was the gold medal won by Donovan Bailey in the men's 100 metres race. He ran a world record in the final, clocking 9.84 seconds...
  
  ) (→ lost by 12-5, 12-8)

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's Bantamweight (–59 kg):

• Nuno Alves

Group B — 237,5 kg (→ 14th)

Event	|Attempt	|Result
	1	2	3
Snatch			|102,5
Clean & Jerk			|135,0
Total				237,5

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (–57 kg):

• David Maia
• Round 1 — Luis Sarmiento Hernández (CUB
  Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Gold:* Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight * Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight...
  
  ) (→ lost by 5-0)
• Round 2 — Armando Fernández (MEX
  Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Mexico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Bronze:* Bernardo Segura — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk-Archery:In its fifth Olympic archery competition, Mexico entered three competitors...
  
  ) (→ lost by 7-3, did not advance)

Officials

• Vítor Fonseca da Mota (chief of mission)
• Avelino Corbal Simões Azevedo (beach volleyball)
• Nelo Vingada
  Nelo Vingada
  Eduardo Manuel Martinho Vingada, known as Nelo Vingada is a Portuguese football manager who currently manages Chinese Super League team Dalian Shide F.C.-Coaching career:...
  
   (football coach)
• Agostinho Oliveira (football coach)