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Designated facing Athens to celebrate the centenary of the first Olympic's games of Athens, the city of Atlanta tried of all put in work so that these's games, who were marked by a bomb, are the most successful possible.

DatesUS : July 19 - august 4, 1996 N.O.C. participants: 197 Number of sports: 26 Number of contests: 271 Number of athletes: 10318 Men : 6806 Women : 3512 Volonteers : 47466 Media : 15108 Opening : Bill Clinton, US President Oath : Teresa Edwards Oath juges : Hobie Billingsly Oath coach : Number of lights bearer : Last light bearer : Muhammad Ali Bids towns : Athènes (GRE), Belgrade (YUG), Manchester (GBR), Melbourne (AUS), Toronto (CAN)