World and Olympic records set at the 1996 Summer Olympics

A number of world records and Olympic records were set in various events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Records by sport

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics and List of Olympic records in cycling

Event	Name	Nation	Time	Date	Record
Men's flying 200 m time trial	Gary Neiwand	Australia	10"129	24 July	OR
Men's 1 km time trial	Florian Rousseau	France	1'02"712	24 July	OR
Men's individual pursuit	Andrea Collinelli	Italy	4'19"699	24 July	WR, OR
Men's team pursuit	Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov Anton Chantyr	Russia	4'08"785	26 July	OR
	Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau	France	4'06"880	27 July	OR
	Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau	France	4'05"930	27 July	OR
Women's flying 200 m time trial	Michelle Ferris	Australia	11"212	24 July	OR
Women's individual pursuit	Antonella Bellutti	Italy	3'34"130	25 July	OR
	Antonella Bellutti	Italy	3'32"371	25 July	OR

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Men

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Breaststroke	20 July	Heat 6	Frédérik Deburghgraeve	Belgium	1:00.60	WR
100m Butterfly	24 July	Heat 7	Scott Miller	Australia	52.89	OR
100m Butterfly	24 July	Final A	Denis Pankratov	Russia	52.27	WR
200m Individual Medley	25 July	Final A	Attila Czene	Hungary	1:59.91	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	23 July	Final	Jon Olsen (49.94) Josh Davis (49.00) Brad Schumacher (49.02) Gary Hall, Jr. (47.45)	United States	3:15.41	OR
4 × 100 m Medley Relay	26 July	Final	Jeff Rouse (53.95) Jeremy Linn (1:00.32) Mark Henderson (52.39) Gary Hall, Jr. (48.18)	United States	3:34.84	WR

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m Freestyle	20 July	Final A	Le Jingyi	China	54.50	OR
100m Breaststroke	21 July	Heat 6	Penny Heyns	South Africa	1:07.02	WR
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Heat 4	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:26.63	OR
200m Breaststroke	23 July	Final A	Penny Heyns	South Africa	2:25.41	OR
4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	22 July	Final	Angel Martino (55.34) Amy Van Dyken (53.91) Catherine Fox (55.93) Jenny Thompson (54.11)	United States	3:39.29	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Heat 2	Lisa Jacob (2:01.31) Ashley Whitney (2:01.77) Sheila Taormina (2:00.57) Annette Salmeen (2:01.34)	United States	8:04.99	OR
4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	25 July	Final	Trina Jackson (1:59.71) Cristina Teuscher (1:58.86) Sheila Taormina (2:01.29) Jenny Thompson (1:56.83)	United States	7:59.87	OR

Men

Note: Any world record is also an Olympic record

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
100m	27 July	Final	Donovan Bailey	Canada	9.84	WR
200m	29 July	Final	Michael Johnson	United States	19.32	WR
400m	27 July	Final	Michael Johnson	United States	43.49	OR
800m	30 July	Final	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:42.58	OR
10,000m	26 July	Final	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	27:07.34	OR
110m hurdles	28 July	Final	Allen Johnson	United States	12.95	OR
High jump	30 July	Final	Charles Austin	United States	2.39	OR
Pole vault	1 August	Final	Jean Galfione	France	5.92	OR
Triple jump	2 August	Final	Kenny Harrison	United States	18.09	OR
Triple jump	2 August	Final	Kenny Harrison	United States	18.09	OR

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
400m	29 July	Final	Marie-José Pérec	France	48.26	OR
5000m	29 July	Final	Wang Junxia	China	14:59.88	OR
400m hurdles	2 August	Final	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	52.82	OR
10km race walk	27 July	Final	Yelena Nikolayeva	Russia	41:49	OR
Triple jump	30 July	Final	Inessa Kravets	Ukraine	15.33	OR

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