Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Men's competition
{{Short description|Olympic football tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football tournament at games
| type = Summer Olympics
| year = 1996
| image = Football, Atlanta 1996.png
| image_size = 150
| caption = Football pictogram for the 1996 Summer Olympics
| country = United States
| venues = 5
| cities = 5
| dates = July 20 – August 3, 1996
| competitors = 388
| nations = 21
| men_teams = 16
| men_confederations = 6
| men_gold = NGR
| men_silver = ARG
| men_bronze = BRA
| women_teams = 8
| women_confederations = 4
| women_gold = USA
| women_silver = CHN
| women_bronze = NOR
| prev = 1992
| next = 2000
}}
{{FootballAt1996SummerOlympics}}
The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games.
Venues
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| colspan=2| Athens, Georgia
! colspan=2| Birmingham, Alabama ! rowspan="8" |{{location map+|USA|float=center|width=420|caption=|places= {{Location map~|USA|lat=28.539167|long=-81.402778|label={{nowrap|Orlando}}|position=right}} {{Location map~|USA|lat=33.511389|long=-86.842778|label={{nowrap|Birmingham}}|position=left}} {{Location map~|USA|lat=25.778 |long=-80.22 |label={{nowrap|Miami}}|position=right}} {{Location map~|USA|lat=38.89 |long=-76.972 |label={{nowrap|Washington D.C.}}|position=left}} {{Location map~|USA|lat=33.949722|long=-83.373333|label={{nowrap|Athens}}|position=right}} }} |
|---|
| colspan=2| Sanford Stadium
| colspan=2| Legion Field | colspan=2| Orange Bowl |
| colspan=2| Capacity: 86,117
| colspan=2| Capacity: 81,700 | colspan=2| Capacity: 74,476 |
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| colspan=2| 145x145px | colspan=2| 160x160px |
| colspan=3| Orlando, Florida
! colspan=3| Washington, D.C. |
| colspan=3| Citrus Bowl
| colspan=3| Robert F. Kennedy Stadium |
| colspan=3| Capacity: 65,000
| colspan=3| Capacity: 56,500 |
| colspan=3| 180x180px
| colspan=3| 182x182px |
Medal winners
=Men=
{{Main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
{{See also|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| Men's football
|valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|NGR|1996 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|ARG|1996 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIOCteam|BRA|1996 Summer}} |
=Women=
{{Main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
{{See also|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads}}
Match officials
FIFA named 16 referees and 16 assistant referees to be shared between the men's and women's tournaments.
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| class="wikitable"
|+ Referees |
| Confederation
! Referee |
|---|
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Male officials |
| rowspan="2" | AFC |
| Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand) |
| rowspan="2" | CAF |
| Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) |
| rowspan="2" | CONCACAF |
| Esfandiar Baharmast (United States) |
| rowspan="2" | CONMEBOL |
| Roberto Ruscio (Argentina) |
| OFC |
| rowspan="3" | UEFA |
| Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
| José María García-Aranda (Spain) |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Female officials |
| CONCACAF |
| CONMEBOL |
| rowspan="2" | UEFA
| Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden) |
| Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway) |
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| class="wikitable"
|+ Assistant referees |
| Confederation
! Assistant referee |
|---|
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Male officials |
| rowspan="2" | AFC
| Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea) |
| Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman) |
| rowspan="2" | CAF
| Dramane Dante (Mali) |
| Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan) |
| rowspan="2" | CONCACAF
| Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Luis Fernando Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica) |
| rowspan="2" | CONMEBOL
| Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia) |
| Carlos Velázquez (Uruguay) |
| OFC
| Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) |
| rowspan="3" | UEFA
| Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) |
| Heiner Neuenstein (Germany) |
| Akif Uğurdur (Turkey) |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Female officials |
| rowspan="2" | CONCACAF
| Janice Gettemeyer (United States) |
| María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| rowspan="2" | UEFA
| Gitte Holm (Denmark) |
| Nelly Viennot (France) |
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/atlanta1996/match-center Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Men], FIFA.com
- [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/womens/womensolympic/atlanta1996/match-center Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women], FIFA.com
{{Football at the Summer Olympics}}
{{EventsAt1996SummerOlympics}}