Atlanta 1996 - ’Bringing the World Together’ | Promo (1996)

Copyright (c) 1996 International Olympic Committee The Games of the XXVI Olympiad were known as the Centennial Olympic Games, as 1996 marked the centennial, or the 100th anniversary of the first modern Olympic Games, which took place in Athens in 1896. Held in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996, They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics, under a new IOC practice implemented beginning with the Lillehammer Winter Games in 1994 to hold both the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. More than 10,000 athletes from 197 NOCs competed in 26 sports, including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball, mountain biking, and softball, as well as the new disciplines of lightweight rowing and women’s football. 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debut in Atlanta, including eleven former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations.