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Bookmark or Share- How Atlanta Became the Host City for the 1996 Olympic Games ...How Atlanta Became the Host City for the 1996 Olympic Games: Part 2, Winning the IOC Nomination. August 27, 2016 By Jim Weathersby Leave a Comment. With the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) nomination secured, Billy Payne, Andrew Young and the Georgia Amateur Athletic Foundation (GAAF) turned their attention to the international bid.
- 1996 Summer Olympics - WikipediaThe 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
- Atlanta Olympic Games bombing of 1996 - BritannicaOn July 27, 1996, a single homemade pipe bomb left in a knapsack exploded amid a crowd of spectators in Centennial Olympic Park, near the main sites of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The blast caused by the crude device killed one person and injured 112 others.
- The legacy of Atlanta 1996 - Olympic News3 min read |Published on 30 June 2012. Legacy IOC News. © IOC. Today, the city of Atlanta is almost unrecognisable from the one that was announced as the host of the 1996 Olympic Games in 1990, underlining the opportunities that the Games creates to transform a city for the better.
- Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & ResultsRelive the moments that went down in history at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
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