FOOTBALL AT THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS

Final results for the 'Football' competition at the '1996 Summer Olympics' held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia.

Contents

Football medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

Men's competition

Qualification

Match officials

Squads

Medal winners

Tournament details

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal game

Gold Medal game

Women's competition

Qualification

Match officials

Medal winners

Preliminary Round

Group E

Group F

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

Bronze Medal game

Gold Medal game

FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Topscorers men's tournament

Topscorers Women's tournament

References

Football medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics

'Event:'	'Gold:'	'Silver:'	'Bronze:'
Men's football	Nigeria	Argentina	Brazil
Women's football	USA	China	Norway

Men's competition

Qualification

The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:

★ 'Africa (CAF)'

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★ 'Asia (AFC)'

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★ 'Europe (UEFA)'

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★ 'North and Central America (CONCACAF)'

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★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)'

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★ 'Oceania (OFC)'

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★ 'Hosting nation'

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Match officials

;Africa

★ Lucien Bouchardeau

★ Gamal Al-Ghandour


;Asia

★ Omer Al Mehannah

★ Pirom Un-Prasert


;North and Central America

★ Benito Archundia

★ Esfandiar Baharmast


;South America

★ Antônio Pereira

★ Roberto Ruscio
;Europe

★ Pierluigi Collina

★ Hugh Dallas

★ José Garcia Aranda


;Oceania

★ Edward Lennie

Squads

Medal winners

'Gold Medal' –

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Daniel Amokachi

Emmanuel Amunike

Tijani Babangida

Celestine Babayaro

Emmanuel Babayaro

Teslim Fatusi

Victor Ikpeba

Dosu Joseph

Nwankwo Kanu

Garba Lawal

Abiodun Obafemi

Kingsley Obiekwu

Uche Okechukwu

Jay-Jay Okocha

Sunday Oliseh

Mobi Oparaku

Wilson Oruma

Taribo West

Coach: Jo Bonfrere
'Silver Medal' –

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Matias Almeyda

Roberto Ayala

Christian Bassedas

Carlos Bossio

Pablo Cavallero

José Chamot

Hernán Crespo

Marcelo Delgado

Marcelo Gallardo

Claudio López

Gustavo López

Hugo Morales

Ariel Ortega

Pablo Paz

Hector Pineda

Roberto Sensini

Diego Simeone

Javier Zanetti

Coach: Daniel Passarella
'Bronze Medal' –

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Dida

Zé María

Aldair

Ronaldo

Flávio Conceição

Roberto Carlos

Bebeto

Amaral

Juninho

Rivaldo

Sávio

Danrlei

Narciso

André Luiz

Zé Elias

Marcelinho Paulista

Luizão

Ronaldo Guiaro

Coach: Mario Zagallo

Tournament details

First round

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	1	2	0	5	3	'5'
	3	1	2	0	4	2	'5'
	3	1	1	1	4	4	'4'
	3	0	1	2	1	5	'1'

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Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	2	'7'
	3	2	1	0	5	3	'7'
	3	1	0	2	4	6	'3'
	3	0	0	3	2	5	'0'

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Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	1	2	0	2	1	'5'
	3	1	1	1	4	4	'4'
	3	1	1	1	2	2	'4'
	3	1	0	2	4	5	'3'

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Group D

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	0	1	4	2	'6'
	3	2	0	1	3	1	'6'
	3	2	0	1	4	4	'6'
	3	0	0	3	3	7	'0'

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal game

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Gold Medal game

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Women's competition

Qualification

The following eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:

★ 'Asia (AFC)'

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★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)'

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★ 'Europe (UEFA)'

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★ 'Hosting nation'

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Match officials

;North and Central America

★ Sonia Denoncourt


;South America

★ Claudia Vasconcelos
;Europe

★ Ingrid Jonsson

★ Bente Skogvang

Medal winners

'Gold Medal' –

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Mary Harvey
Cindy Parlow

Carla Overbeck

Tiffany Roberts

Brandi Chastain

Staci Wilson

Shannon MacMillan

Mia Hamm

Michelle Akers-Stahl

Julie Foudy

Carin Gabarra

Kristine Lilly

Joy Fawcett

Tisha Venturini

Tiffeny Milbrett

Briana Scurry

Coach: Tony Di Cicco
'Silver Medal' –

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Zhong Honglian

Wang Liping

Fan Yunjie

Yu Hongqi

Xie Huilin

Zhaz Lihong

Wei Haiying

Shui Qingxia

Sun Wen

Liu Ailing

Sun Qingmei

Wen Lirong

Liu Ying

Chen Yufeng

Shi Guihong

Gao Hong

Coach: Ma Yuanan
'Bronze Medal' –

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Bente Nordby

Agnete Carlsen

Gro Espeseth

Nina Nymark Andersen

Merete Myklebust

Hege Riise

Anne Nymark Andersen

Heidi Støre

Marianne Pettersen

Linda Medalen

Brit Sandaune

Kjersti Thun

Tina Svensson

Tone Haugen

Trine Tangeraas

Ann Kristin Aarønes

Tone Gunn Frustøl

Reidun Seth

Ingrid Sternhoff

Coach: Even Pellerud

Preliminary Round

Group E

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	1	0	7	1	'7'
	3	2	1	0	5	1	'7'
	3	1	0	2	4	5	'3'
	3	0	0	3	2	11	'0'

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Group F

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	2	1	0	9	4	'7'
	3	1	2	0	5	3	'5'
	3	1	1	1	6	6	'4'
	3	0	0	3	2	9	'0'

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal game

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Gold Medal game

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FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

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Men's tournament

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Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

★ Brazil 16 goals

★ Argentina 13 goals

★ Nigeria 11 goals

★ France 7 goals

Women's tournament

★ Norway 12 goals

★ China PR 11 goals

★ United States 9 goals

★ Brazil 7 goals

Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

★ France - Spain 7 points

★ Brazil - Nigeria 6 points

Women's tournament

★ China PR - Norway - United States 7 points

★ Brazil 5 points

Topscorers men's tournament

;Six goals

★ Hernán Crespo

★ Bebeto


;Five goals

★ Ronaldo


;Four goals

★ Marco Branca


;Three goals

★ Nwankwo Kanu

★ Flavio Conceição

★ Florian Maurice

Topscorers Women's tournament

;Four goals

★ Ann Kristin Aarones

★ Linda Medalen

★ Pretinha


;Three goals

★ Shannon MacMillan

★ Sun Qingmei

References

★ FIFA Match Reports

★ RSSSF Archive

★ FIFA Women's Tournament Match Reports

★ RSSSF Archive