| Dates: |
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 |
| Last torch bearer: |
Muhammad Ali |
| Bids towns: |
Athènes (GRE), Belgrade (YUG), Manchester (GBR), Melbourne (AUS), Toronto (CAN) |
THE XXVIth SUMMER GAMES 
