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Detailed Information
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Competition Dates
20 Jul to 2 Aug 1996
Venue
Morris Brown College (including finals for men and women)
Capacity: 15,000
Clark Atlanta University
Capacity: 5,000
Events/Disciplines
Two Events | |
Men | Women |
Team | Team |
Number of Athletes
192 men (12 teams of 16), 128 women (8 teams of 16), 320 total
Changes Since Barcelona
Changed: Women’s event format from two pools of four to one pool of eight. Increased the total number of women’s games from 20 to 30
Qualifications
Men: Continental qualifiers and the top five countries from the qualifying tournament determine the participating countries.
USA automatically qualified as host country.
Women: Winner of the 8th World Cup; winner of the 1992 Olympic Games; and the top five countries from the qualifying tournament qualify. USA automatically qualified as host country.
Olympic Debut
Men: 1908
Women: 1980
| More tickets were sold to the competitions of the 1996 Games than to any other Olympic Games or sports event in history. The 8.6 million ticket sales figures topped sales to the Los Angeles and Barcelona Games combined. |