GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD, THE {1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS}: DAY 1 {PART 3 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 provide coverage of the Opening Ceremony and the parade of flags as athletes enter into the stadium, featuring flag bearers including runner Brian Wellman (Bermuda), archer Jubzhang Jubzhang (Bhutan), runner Policarpio Calizaya (Bolivia), runner Islam Dzugum (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Brunei coach Mohd Samid Abdul-Aziz, volleyball player Dimo Tonev (Bulgaria), runner Michael Conjungo (Central African Republic), runner Kaltouma Nadjina (Chad), cyclist Marlon Perez (Colombia), runner Leontine Tsiba (Congo), runner Ben Daoud Faissoil (Comoros), and weightlifter Sam Pera (Cook Islands).

Sports commentator Hannah Storm interviews Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (USA) from men's basketball about his experience thus far in the Opening Ceremony.

Costas and Enberg provide coverage of the parade of flags at the Opening Ceremony, featuring flag bearers including judo athlete Henry Nunez (Costa Rica), runner Jean-Oliver Zirignon (Ivory Coast), water polo player Perica Bukic (Croatia), fencer Rolando Tucker (Cuba), runner Javier Sotomayor (Cuba), boxer Felix Savon (Cuba), runner Ana Quirot (Cuba), swimmer Felipe Delgado (Ecuador), team handball player Hossam Ghareeb (Egypt), judo athlete Juan Carlos Vargas (El Salvador), rower Juri Jaanson (Estonia), runner Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia), runner Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia), runner Jone Delai (Fiji), flatwater canoe rower Mikko Kolehmainen (Finland), runner Marie-Jose Perec (France), rower Steven Redgrave (Great Britain), runner Jason Charter (Grenada), swimmer Patrick Sagisi (Guam), shooter Attila Solti (Guatemala), runner Joseph Loua (Guinea), boxer John Douglas (Guyana), judo athlete Adler Volmar (Haiti), and boxer Darwin Angeles (Honduras).

Sports commentator Jim Gray covers a delay which is preventing the athletes entering the stadium.

Sports commentator Hannah Storm interviews men's basketball player Charles Barkley (USA) on the difference between the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona.

Costas and Enberg provide further coverage of the Opening Ceremony, featuring flag bearers including runner Jon Arnar Magnusson (Iceland), field hockey player Pargat Singh (India), boxer Hendrick Simangonsong (Indonesia), badminton player Susi Susanti (Indonesia), shooter Lida Fariman (Iran), weightlifter Raed Ahmed (Iraq), boxer Francis Barrett (Ireland), and fencer Lydia Hatuel-Czuckerman (Israel).

Sports commentator Jim Gray interviews runner Carl Lewis (USA) on what it means to compete in front of your own country.

Costas and Enberg provide further coverage featuring flag bearers including fencer Giovanna Trillini (Italy), runner Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica), judo athelete Ryoko Tamura (Japan), runner Kip Keino (Kenya), volleyball player Choi Chun-Shik (South Korea), runner Jassie Mathunya (Lesotho), runner Kouty Mawenh (Liberia), judo athlete Birgit Blum (Liechtenstein), swimmer Raimundas Mazuolis (Lithuania), and men's basketball coach Don Nelson (Lithuania).

Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Jason Alexander and Scottie Pippen for Rold Gold.

Details

NETWORK: NBC
DATE: July 19, 1996 10:00 PM
RUNNING TIME: 01:03:43
COLOR/B&W: Color
CATALOG ID: 112234
GENRE: Sports
SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1996, Summer, Atlanta; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Opening Ceremony
SERIES RUN: N/A
COMMERCIALS:
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CREDITS

Greg Gumbel … Anchor Sports Commentator
Bob Costas … Sports Commentator
Hannah Storm … Sports Commentator
Dick Enberg … Sports Commentator
Jim Gray … Sports Commentator
Brian Wellman … Athlete
Policarpio Calizaya … Athlete
Islam Dzugum … Athlete
Dimo Tonev … Athlete
Michael Conjungo … Athlete
Marlon Perez … Athlete
Ben Daoud Faissoil … Athlete
Sam Pera … Athlete
Anfernee Hardaway … Athlete
Henry Nunez … Athlete
Koultma Nadjina … Athlete
Leontine Tsiba … Athlete
Jean-Oliver Zirignon … Athlete
Perica Bukic … Athlete
Rolando Tucker … Athlete
Javier Sotomayor … Athlete
Felix Savon … Athlete
Ana Quirot … Athlete
Felipe Delgado … Athlete
Hossam Ghareeb … Athlete
Juan Carlos Vargas … Athlete
Juri Jaanson … Athlete
Derartu Tulu … Athlete
Haile Gebrselassie … Athlete
Jone Delai … Athlete
Mikko Kolehmainen … Athlete
Marie-Jose Perec … Athlete
Steven Redgrave … Athlete
Jason Charter … Athlete
Patrick Sagisi … Athlete
Attila Solti … Athlete
Joseph Loua … Athlete
John Douglas … Athlete
Adler Volmar … Athlete
Darwin Angeles … Athlete
Charles Barkley … Athlete
Jon Arnar Magnusson … Athlete
Pargat Singh … Athlete
Hendrick Simangonsong … Athlete
Susi Susanti … Athlete
Lida Fariman … Athlete
Raed Ahmed … Athlete
Francis Barrett … Athlete
Lydia Hatuel-Czuckerman … Athlete
Carl Lewis … Athlete
Giovanna Trillini … Athlete
Juliet Cuthbert … Athlete
Ryoko Tamura … Athlete
Kip Keino … Athlete
Choi Chun-Shik … Athlete
Jassie Mathunya … Athlete
Kouty Mawenh … Athlete
Birgit Blum … Athlete
Raimundas Mazuolis … Athlete
Jubzhang Jubzhang … Athlete
Donn Nelson … Cameo
Mohd Samid Abdul-Aziz … Cameo
Bill Clinton … Cameo
Hillary Clinton … Cameo
Scottie Pippen … Talent, Rold Gold Commercial
Jason Alexander … Talent, Rold Gold Commercial