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British rower Steve Redgrave, pictured here in 2011, won the men's coxless pair rowing competition, which was his fourth consecutive victory in the event and Great Britain's only gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. [39] [40] American sprinter Michael Johnson, pictured here in 1995, won two gold medals in the men's 200 metres and 400 metres events ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 August 2024. U.S. Olympic team (1996) 1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team Head coach Lenny Wilkens 1996 Summer Olympics Scoring leader Charles Barkley 12.4 Rebounding leader Charles Barkley 6.6 Assists leader Gary Payton 4.5 ← 1992 2000 → The men's national basketball team of the ...
The women's basketball bronze and gold medal competition for the 2024 Paris Olympics are set. Belgium will face Australia for the bronze on Saturday, while the United States, with a historic ...
Amy Van Dyken won four gold medals in the Olympic swimming pool, the first American woman to win four titles in a single Olympiad. Penny Heyns, swimmer of South Africa, won the gold medals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events. Michelle Smith of Ireland won three gold medals and a bronze in swimming. She remains her nation's ...
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]
A 73-69 win over Germany set up a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game against Team USA. Olympic men's basketball bracket Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Aug. 6
Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's 50 metre freestyle details: Alexander Popov Russia Gary Hall Jr. United States Fernando Scherer Brazil Men's 100 metre freestyle details ...