Photo Gallery: Moments in Olympics History

The centennial 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, are remembered for, among other things, their extravagance (they cost nearly $1.7 billion to stage) and for the bombing in Centennial Olympic Park that killed one person and injured dozens. Here, Native Americans gather at a memorial in the park for the victims.

Competition at the 1996 games was the broadest ever, with all 197 International Olympic Committee member nations sending athletes, including the former Soviet republics, North Korea, and the Palestinian Authority. American runner Carl Lewis won his ninth gold medal in track and field, and Michael Johnson blistered the field in the 200-meter and 400-meter sprints. Russian gymnast Aleksey Nemov took six medals, the most of any athlete at the 1996 games.