Georgia Dome: Centennial Olympic Games, 1996

Georgia Dome: Centennial Olympic Games, 1996

Georgia Dome: Centennial Olympic Games, 1996 The Georgia Dome hosted gymnastics, men’s and women’s basketball, and team handball. A curtain draped across the 50 yard line split the Dome in half to accommodate gymnastics and basketball, two of the highest attended events during the Games 1996 was the year of the men’s basketball “Dream Team 2” and the women’s gymnastics “Magnificent Seven” Men’s Basketball o GOLD: Team USA [Penny Hardaway, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Cary Payton, Grant Hill, Hakeem Olajuwon, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Mitch Richmond, Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal] Women’s Basketball o GOLD: Team USA [Teresa Edwards, Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Katrina McClain, Dawn Staley, Jennifer Azzi, Carla McGhee, Katy Steding, Rebecca Lobo, Venus Lacey, Nikki McCray] Men’s Gymnastics o Team All-Around GOLD: Russia o Individual All-Around GOLD: China o Floor exercise GOLD: Greece o Horizontal bar GOLD:, Germany o Parallel bars GOLD: Ukraine o Pommel horse GOLD: Switzerland o Vault GOLD:, Russia Women’s Gymnastics o Team All-Around GOLD: Team USA [ Amanda Border, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug] o Individual All- Around GOLD: Ukraine o Balance Beam GOLD: Team USA [Shannon Miller] o Floor exercise GOLD: Ukraine o Uneven bars GOLD: Russia o Vault GOLD: Romania Handball o Women’s GOLD: Denmark o Men’s GOLD: Croatia The 1996 Summer Olympic Games had an approximately $5 billion economic impact on the State of Georgia. .

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