GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD, THE {1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS}: DAY 1 {PART 2 OF 5} (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1996 Summer Games of the XXVI Olympiad from Atlanta. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Greg Gumbel presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Bob Costas and Dick Enberg cover the Opening Ceremony for the 1996 Olympic Games. President of the Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch makes the opening speech to the Games and President Bill Clinton help lead the spectators in the American national anthem, performed by singer Gladys Knight.
Gumbel provides coverage as runner Mel Pender (USA), gold medalist in the 1968 Olympic Summer Games in Mexico City, carries the Olympic torch into the stadium.
Journalist Katie Couric interviews Bruce Baumgartner (USA), gold medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, about carrying the USA flag during the opening ceremonies.
Costas and Enberg cover the athletes of all the nations walking into the stadium.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: July 19, 1996 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:03:26
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112233
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1996, Summer, Atlanta; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Wrestling, Freestyle, 60 - 66kg men; Swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay men; Opening Ceremony
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Greg Gumbel … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Bob Costas … Sports Commentator
- Dick Enberg … Sports Commentator
- Katie Couric … Sports Commentator
- Bruce Baumgartner … Athlete
- Mel Pender … Athlete
- Bill Clinton … Cameo
- Juan Antonio Samaranch … Cameo
- Gladys Knight … Performer