GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD, THE {1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS}: DAY 8 {PART 5 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 various events and highlights.
Sports commentator Bud Collins covers a segment reviewing men's and women's tennis results.
Sports commentators Dan Hicks and Cynthia Potter cover the final round of the woman's 10m platform diving preliminaries: Fu Mingxia (China) leads with 329.25 points, followed by Becky Ruehl (USA) with 323.91 points, and Irina Vyguzova (Kazakhstan) with 319.11 points.
Sports commentator Mary Ann Grabavoy interviews divers Ruehl and Mary Ellen Clark (USA).
Sports commentator Al Trautwig covers a humorous segment on race walking while reviewing the history of the sport.
Costas provides coverage of the medal ceremony for men's swimming 4x100 relay: Team USA, comprised of Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Linn, Mark Henderson and Gary Hall, receives gold medals.
Sports commentators Dan Hicks, Rowdy Gaines, and Summer Sanders introduce a segment on the USA men's and woman's Olympic swimming teams.
Costas interviews the four-time gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken (USA).
Notable commercials and/or promos include the following: Patrick Ewing for AT&T World Net; Michelle Achers and Emmitt Smith for Reebok; Whoopi Goldberg for MCI.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: July 26, 1996 11:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:47:36
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 112272
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1996, Summer, Atlanta; Olympics; Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Diving, 10m platform women; Swimming, 4x100m freestyle relay men; Tennis, singles men; Tennis, singles women
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - AT&T WorldNet
- TV - Commercials - MCI telephone services
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Reebok apparel
CREDITS
- Bob Costas … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Bud Collins … Sports Commentator
- Dan Hicks … Sports Commentator
- Cynthia Potter … Sports Commentator
- Mary Ann Grabavoy … Sports Commentator
- Al Trautwig … Sports Commentator
- Rowdy Gaines … Sports Commentator
- Summer Sanders … Sports Commentator
- Jeff Rouse … Athlete
- Jeremy Linn … Athlete
- Gary Hall Jr. … Athlete
- Mark Henderson … Athlete
- Fu Mingxia … Athlete
- Becky Ruehl … Athlete
- Irina Vyguzova … Athlete
- Mary Ellen Clark … Athlete
- Amy Van Dyken … Athlete
- Emmitt Smith … Talent, Reebok Commercial
- Michelle Achers … Talent, Reebok Commercial
- Whoopi Goldberg … Talent, MCI Commercial
- Patrick Ewing … Talent, AT&T World Net Commercial