1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympic Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia, from July 19 to August 4. They marked the centennial of the modern Olympics and were disrupted by a bombing in Centennial Olympic Park.

Centennial Olympic Park bombing: A bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics that killed two people and injured more than 100. The attack in the Olympic park became the Games’ most consequential security crisis.
Olympic Games: An international multisport event held in summer and winter editions under the Olympic movement. Atlanta’s edition was one installment in the modern Olympic Games.
1992 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 25 to August 9, 1992. Barcelona’s public-sector urban transformation offered a different model from Atlanta’s privately financed Games.
Modern Olympic Games: The international sporting festival revived in 1896 and organized by the International Olympic Committee. The Atlanta Games marked a century since the first modern edition in Athens.
Atlanta: The capital and largest city of Georgia, in the southeastern United States. Atlanta hosted the Games and built much of their competition infrastructure.
Olympic cauldron: A ceremonial flame vessel lit during the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games. The 1996 cauldron lighting by Muhammad Ali became one of the Games’ signature moments.
2000 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Sydney, Australia, from September 15 to October 1, 2000. Sydney’s edition followed Atlanta and became another reference point for Olympic hosting.
International Olympic Committee: The organization that leads the Olympic movement and selects host cities for the Olympic Games. The committee awarded Atlanta the Games and oversaw their place in the Olympic calendar.
Centennial Olympic Stadium: A stadium built for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and later converted into Turner Field. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and track-and-field competitions.
Olympic security: The planning and measures used to protect athletes, spectators, and sites at the Olympic Games. The park bombing prompted scrutiny of security preparations and emergency response.

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