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| 101 by United States of America (44 Gold, 32 Silver, 25 Bronze)
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Expected to be awarded to Athens (on what would have been the centennial of the modern Olympics, first held in Athens in 1896), in a surprise the Games were awarded instead to Atlanta, primarily due to the involvement of ex-Mayor and former UN Ambassador Andrew Young.
The Unified Team (ex USSR) dissolved and the ex-members of the Soviet Union participated as their own national teams. These games were marred by the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]], where one spectator was killed, 111 were wounded and one other guest died of a heart attack. Security guard [[Richard Jewell]] was first hailed as a hero for finding the bomb and calling the police, then later named as a suspect in planting it, then, after his name was printed in many newspapers as a suspect, exonerated in October, 1996.
The Unified Team (ex USSR) dissolved and the ex-members of the Soviet Union participated as their own national teams.
Jewell filed lawsuits against several of the news outlets, including [[NBC]] television network, which paid him $500,000. Much of the money that Richard didn't pay in legal and income tax fees he used to buy his mother a new house.
These games were marred by the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]], where one spectator was killed, 111 were wounded and one other guest died of a heart attack. Security guard [[Richard Jewell]] was first hailed as a hero for finding the bomb and calling the police, then later named as a suspect in planting it, then, after his name was printed in many newspapers as a suspect, exonerated in October, 1996. Jewell filed lawsuits against several of the news outlets, including [[NBC]] television network, which paid him $500,000. Much of the money that Richard didn't pay in legal and income tax fees he used to buy his mother a new house.
===2000 Sydney===
===2000 Sydney===