GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD, THE {1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS}: DAY 4 {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 Bob Costas presides throughout this portion and introduces events and highlights.
Sports commentators Elfi Schlegel, John Tesh, and Tim Daggett cover the men's gymnastics team competition parallel bars event, featuring Mihai Bagiu (USA), who scores a 9.30, Blaine Wilson (USA), who scores a 9.425, John MacReady (USA), who scores a 8.850, and Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus), who scores a 9.687.
Schlegel, Tesh, and Daggett cover the men's gymnastics team competition horizontal bar event, featuring Macready (USA), who scores a 9.537, Kip Simons (USA), who scores a 9.537, Chainey Umphrey (USA), who scores a 9.587, Wilson (USA), who scores a 9.725, Bagiu (USA), who scores a 9.787, John Roethlisberger (USA), who scores a 9.787, Igor Korobchinsky (Ukraine), who scores a 9.612, and Aleksandr Svetlichny (Ukraine), who scores a 9.075.
Schlegel, Tesh, and Daggett cover the men's gymnastics team competition floor event, featuring Aleksei Nemov (Russia), who scores a 9.75.
Schlegel, Tesh, and Daggett cover the men's gymnastics team competition rings event, featuring Li Xiaoshuang (China), who scores a 9.800.
Schlegel, Tesh, and Daggett cover the men's gymnastics team competition pommel horse event, featuring Umphrey (USA), who scores a 9.250, MacReady (USA), who scores a 9.375, Jair Lynch (USA), who scores a 9.587, Wilson (USA), who scores a 9.625, and Bagiu (USA), who scores a 9.00.
Tesh profiles gymnast Li Xiaoshuang (China).
Costas covers the medal ceremony for the women's 100m backstroke swimming event: Beth Botsford (USA) receives the gold medal, Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) receives the silver medal, and Marianne Kriel (Russia) receives the bronze.
Costas covers the medal ceremony for the women's 4x100 freestyle relay swimming event: the USA team, comprised of Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox and Jenny Thompson, receive gold medals.
Costas recaps the day's events and previews upcoming events.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: July 22, 1996 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 01:03:41
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112250
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1996, Summer, Atlanta; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Artistic Gymnastics, team competition men; Artistic Gymnastics, parallel bars men; Artistic Gymnastics, horizontal bar men; Artistic Gymnastics, floor exercises men; Artistic Gymnastics, rings men; Swimming, 100m backstroke women; Artistic Gymnastics, pommel horse men; Swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Elfi Schlegel … Sports Commentator
- John Tesh … Sports Commentator
- Tim Daggett … Sports Commentator
- Li Xiaoshuang … Athlete
- Mihai Bagiu … Athlete
- Blaine Wilson … Athlete
- Chainey Umphrey … Athlete
- John Roethlisberger … Athlete
- Kip Simons … Athlete
- Jair Lynch … Athlete
- John MacReady … Athlete
- Vitaly Scherbo … Athlete
- Alexei Nemov … Athlete
- Igor Korobchinsky … Athlete
- Aleksandr Svetlichny … Athlete
- Beth Botsford … Athlete
- Whitney Hedgepeth … Athlete
- Marianne Kriel … Athlete
- Angel Martino … Athlete
- Amy Van Dyken … Athlete
- Catherine Fox … Athlete
- Jenny Thompson … Athlete