1996 Atlanta Olympics, A Spectator's Home Video

The following is video footage I took at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Though there was criticism at the time about how the games had been run, I thought the entire experience was fantastic, that Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park was grand, and, all told, it was one of the great sporting events I've had the pleasure of attending.

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WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 1996
0:00 – Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park
0:18 – Centennial Olympic Park Sound Tower, site of July 27th bombing (2 killed, 111 injured)
0:40 – Souvenir shops
0:50 – Centennial Olympic Park fountain
1:04 – Phone bank, five blocks away, where bomber Eric Rudolph made a call to 911
1:31 – Massive crowd at Centennial Park
2:08 – Georgia Dome, Women’s Basketball, Italy vs Ukraine, Brazil vs Cuba
3;26 – Centennial Olympic Park security
3:48 – Centennial Olympic Stadium, Frank Busemann (Germany) wins the 110 hurdles, the sixth event of the Men’s Decathlon
4:37 – Women's High Jump qualifying round
6:23 – Connie Teaberry (USA), women’s high jumper
7:35 – Men's 1500m Wheelchair
9:28 – Dan O'Brien (USA) throwing discus, the 7th event of the Men’s Decathlon
10:25 – Jackie Koyner-Kersee (USA) competes in the Women’s Long Jump
10:52 – Jackie Koyner-Kersee (USA) interviewed by Chris Collinsworth
11:45 – Centennial Olympic Park fountain

THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 1996
12:32 – Morris Brown College Stadium, Women's Field Hockey, Netherlands defeats Great Britain on penalty shots 4-3 in the bronze medal game
17:10 – Women's Field Hockey, Australia defeats South Korea 3-1 in the gold medal game
19:18 – Women’s Field Hockey medal ceremony

FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 1996
21:34 – Georgia Dome, Croatia defeats China 99-85 in a Men’s Basketball game
22:50 – Centennial Olympic Park
24:03 – Peachtree Street, souvenir tents
24:26 – Fulton County Stadium
24:50 – Olympic flame
25:15 – Fulton County Stadium, Cuba defeats Japan 13-9 in the Men’s Baseball gold medal game
26:20 – Atlanta skyline at night
26:32 – Centennial Olympic Park at night

SATURDAY AUGUST 3, 1996
28:09 – Centennial Olympic Stadium, Men's Javelin
28:42 – Women's High Jump final round
29:30 – Women's 4 x 100m Relay Finals, USA wins the gold medal (Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence), Bahamas wins silver, Jamaica wins bronze
31:15 – Tisha Waller (USA), high jumper
31:42 – Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final, Canada wins the gold medal, USA wins silver, Brazil wins bronze
32:45 – Tisha Waller (USA), high jumper
33:36 – Women's 4 x 100m Relay medal ceremony
38:18 – Women's 1500m Finals, Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) wins the gold medal, Gabriela Szabo (Romania) wins silver, Theresia Kiesl (Austria) wins bronze
39:50 – Men's 4 x 100m Relay medal ceremony
42:20 – Women's High Jump Finals, Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)
43:45 – Men's 4 x 400m Relay Finals, USA wins the gold medal (LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank), Great Britain wins silver, Jamaica wins bronze

SUNDAY AUGUST 4, 1996
43:55 – Lake Lanier, GA, Women's K-2 500m Final, Sweden wins the gold medal, Germany wins silver, Australia wins bronze
45:42 – Lisa Fernandez, USA Softball, showing her gold medal to fans
45:55 – Georgia Dome, Men's Handball Final, Croatia defeats Sweden 27-26
57:15 – Men’s Handball medal ceremony
1:01:41 – Centennial Olympic Park, meeting athletes from other countries