1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta

The 1996 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.^¹ These were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics.^¹ It also marked the 100th anniversary of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games.^¹ These were also the first Summer Olympics to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympics since the Winter Olympics commenced in 1924, as part of a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years.^¹ The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking country, preceding the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^¹ These were also the last Summer Olympics to be held in North America until 2028, when Los Angeles will host the games for the third time.^¹