GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD, THE {1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS}: DAY 10 {PART 6 OF 6} (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 Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators John Tesh, Tim Daggett and Elfi Schlegel cover the women's gymnastics uneven bars event finals: Svetlana Khorkina (Russia) wins the gold medal with a score of 9.850, and Amy Chow (USA) and Bi Wenjiing (China) both win silver medals with mutual scores of 9.837.
Tesh, Daggett and Schlegel cover the men's gymnastics rings event finals: Yuri Chechi (Italy) wins the gold medal with a score of 9.887, and Dan Burinca (Romania) and Szilveszter Csollany (Hungary) both win silver medals with scores of 9.812.
Sports commentators Bud Collins and Mary Carillo recap men's singles and doubles tennis matches: MaliVai Washington (USA) defeats Kenneth Carlsen (Denmark) 6-7/6-0/6-2, and Andre Agassi and Washington (USA) are defeated by Wayne and Ellis Ferreira (South Africa), 7-5/6-7/6-0.
Costas provides coverage of the men's soccer quarterfinals: Nigeria beats Mexico 2-0 and Brazil beats Nigeria 4-2.
Costas provides coverage of men's water polo: Italy defeats Hungry in overtime 4-2 in the highest scoring game in Olympic history, and Spain defeats Croatia 7-5 for the gold medal.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: July 28, 1996 12:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:36:17
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112284
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1996, Summer, Atlanta; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Artistic Gymnastics, uneven bars women; Artistic Gymnastics, rings men; Tennis, singles men; Water Polo, water polo men; Tennis, doubles men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- John Tesh … Sports Commentator
- Tim Daggett … Sports Commentator
- Elfi Schlegel … Sports Commentator
- Bud Collins … Sports Commentator
- Mary Carillo … Sports Commentator
- Svetlana Khorkina … Athlete
- Amy Chow … Athlete
- Bi Wenjiing … Athlete
- Yuri Chechi … Athlete
- Dan Burinca … Athlete
- Szilveszter Csollany … Athlete
- MaliVai Washington … Athlete
- Kenneth Carlsen … Athlete
- Andre Agassi … Athlete
- Wayne Ferreira … Athlete
- Ellis Ferreira … Athlete