The football 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.
Football at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||
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Event details | |||||||||
Games | 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
Host country | United States | ||||||||
Dates | July 20 – August 3, 1996 | ||||||||
Venues | 5 (in 5 host cities) | ||||||||
Competitors | 388 from 21 nations | ||||||||
Men's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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Women's tournament | |||||||||
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) | ||||||||
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Editions | |||||||||
← 1992 2000 → |
Stadiums
Athens | Birmingham | Miami |
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Sanford Stadium | Legion Field | Orange Bowl |
Capacity: 86,117 | Capacity: 81,700 | Capacity: 74,476 |
Orlando | Washington D.C. |
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Citrus Bowl | RFK Memorial Stadium |
Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 56,500 |
Medal winners
Men
Women
Match officials
FIFA named 16 referees and 16 assistant referees to be shared between the men's and women's tournaments.
Confederation | Assistant referee | |
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Male officials | ||
AFC | Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea) | |
Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman) | ||
CAF | Dramane Dante (Mali) | |
Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan) | ||
CONCACAF | Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
Luis Fernando Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica) | ||
CONMEBOL | Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia) | |
Carlos Velázquez (Uruguay) | ||
OFC | Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) | |
UEFA | Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) | |
Heiner Neuenstein (Germany) | ||
Akif Uğurdur (Turkey) | ||
Female officials | ||
CONCACAF | Janice Gettemeyer (United States) | |
María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico) | ||
UEFA | Gitte Holm (Denmark) | |
Nelly Viennot (France) |
External links
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