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1996 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Field	Value
Name	1996 United States Olympic trials
Colour	#A9F5A9
Host city	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dates	June 14–June 23
Stadium	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	40 (men: 20; women: 20)
Previous	1995 USA Championships
1992 trials
Next	1997 USA Championships
2000 trials

1992 trials 2000 trials The 1996 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held at Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the same venue as would be used for the 1996 Summer Olympics. This was effectively the new stadium's test run. The stadium was converted into what is now used for baseball as Turner Field. Organised by USA Track and Field, the ten-day competition lasted from June 14 until June 23 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The men's Marathon trials were held February 17 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The results of the event determined qualification for the American Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, held in the same stadium. Provided they had achieved the Olympic "A" standard, the top three athletes gained a place on the Olympic team. In the event that a leading athlete did not hold an "A" standard, or an athlete withdrew, the next highest finishing athlete with an "A" standard was selected instead. The trials for the men's marathon were held February 7 in Birmingham, Alabama, the women's marathon were held April 23 in St Louis and the trials for the men's 50 km race walk were held February 15 in Chula Vista, California.

Medal summary

Key: .

Men

Men track events

20 km race walk	Curt Clausen	1:29:50.00	Tim Seaman	1:30:27.00	Gary Morgan	1:31:00.00

Men field events

Decathlon	Dan O'Brien	8726 (10.32/7.46/15.64/2.08/46.81/14.04/49.38/5.20/65.22/5:12.01)	Steve Fritz	8636 (10.74/7.62/16.25/2.05/49.36/13.80/50.24/4.90/63.74/4:46.20)	Chris Huffins	8546 (10.22/7.91/16.44/2.02/48.05/14.09/48.62/4.80/63.64/5:27.42)

Notes

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Women

Women track events

10 km race walk	Debbi Lawrence	46:05	Michelle Rohl	46:37	Victoria Herazo	48:12

Women field events

Heptathlon	Kelly Blair-LaBounty	6406 (13.47/1.78/12.34/24.24/6.48/48.10/2:12.23)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	6403 (13.03/1.78/15.41/24.27/6.71/36.36/2:20.80)	Sharon Hanson	6352 (13.07/1.73/14.23/24.10/5.71/48.76/2:09.68)

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References

;Results

Full Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-10-23.

References

(February 2019). "Olympic Qualifying Standards 1996". Gbrathletics.com.
"Events - 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon". USATF.
(2004-04-03). "Events - 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon". USATF.
http://www.usatf.org/events/2004/OlympicTrials-RW/athleteInfo/USOlympicTeamTrials-Mens50kmRW_fullBooklet.pdf {{Dead link. (February 2022)

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