# Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games.

## Venues

| Athens, Georgia | Athens, Georgia | Birmingham, Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | Miami, Florida | Miami, Florida |
| Sanford Stadium | Sanford Stadium | Legion Field | Legion Field | Orange Bowl | Orange Bowl | OrlandoBirminghamMiamiWashington D.C.Athens |
| Capacity: 86,117 | Capacity: 86,117 | Capacity: 81,700 | Capacity: 81,700 | Capacity: 74,476 | Capacity: 74,476 | OrlandoBirminghamMiamiWashington D.C.Athens |
| Orlando, Florida | Orlando, Florida | Orlando, Florida | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | | OrlandoBirminghamMiamiWashington D.C.Athens |
| Citrus Bowl | Citrus Bowl | Citrus Bowl | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | | OrlandoBirminghamMiamiWashington D.C.Athens |
| Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 56,500 | Capacity: 56,500 | Capacity: 56,500 | | OrlandoBirminghamMiamiWashington D.C.Athens |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | Nigeria (NGR) Emmanuel Babayaro Celestine Babayaro Taribo West Nwankwo Kanu Uche Okechukwu Emmanuel Amuneke Tijani Babangida Wilson Oruma Teslim Fatusi Jay-Jay Okocha Victor Ikpeba Abiodun Obafemi Garba Lawal Daniel Amokachi Sunday Oliseh Kingsley Obiekwu Mobi Oparaku Dosu Joseph | Argentina (ARG) Carlos Bossio Roberto Ayala José Chamot Javier Zanetti Matías Almeyda Roberto Sensini Claudio López Diego Simeone Hernán Crespo Ariel Ortega Hugo Morales Pablo Cavallero Héctor Pineda Pablo Paz Christian Bassedas Gustavo López Marcelo Delgado Marcelo Gallardo | Brazil (BRA) Dida Zé María Aldair Ronaldo Guiaro Flávio Conceição Roberto Carlos Bebeto Amaral Ronaldinho Rivaldo Sávio Danrlei Narciso André Luiz Zé Elias Marcelinho Luizão Juninho |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's football | United States (USA) Briana Scurry Mary Harvey Cindy Parlow Carla Overbeck Tiffany Roberts Brandi Chastain Staci Wilson Shannon MacMillan Mia Hamm Michelle Akers Julie Foudy Carin Gabarra Kristine Lilly Joy Fawcett Tisha Venturini Tiffeny Milbrett Amanda Cromwell Thori Staples Bryan Saskia Webber | China (CHN) Zhong Honglian Wang Liping Fan Yunjie Yu Hongqi Xie Huilin Zhao Lihong Wei Haiying Shui Qingxia Sun Wen Liu Ailing Sun Qingmei Wen Lirong Liu Ying Chen Yufeng Shi Guihong Gao Hong Zhang Yan Niu Lijie | Norway (NOR) Bente Nordby Agnete Carlsen Gro Espeseth Nina Nymark Andersen Merete Myklebust Hege Riise Anne Nymark Andersen Heidi Støre Marianne Pettersen Linda Medalen Brit Sandaune Reidun Seth Tina Svensson Tone Haugen Trine Tangeraas Ann Kristin Aarønes Tone Gunn Frustøl Kjersti Thun Ingrid Sternhoff |

## Match officials

FIFA named 16 referees and 16 assistant referees to be shared between the men's and women's tournaments.
Referees :
| Confederation | Referee |
| Male officials ||
| AFC | Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia) |
| AFC | Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand) |
| CAF | Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) |
| CAF | Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) |
| CONCACAF | Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
| CONCACAF | Esfandiar Baharmast (United States) |
| CONMEBOL | Antônio Pereira (Brazil) |
| CONMEBOL | Roberto Ruscio (Argentina) |
| OFC | Eddie Lennie (Australia) |
| UEFA | Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
| UEFA | Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
| UEFA | José María García-Aranda (Spain) |
| Female officials ||
| CONCACAF | Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) |
| CONMEBOL | Cláudia Vasconcelos (Brazil) |
| UEFA | Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden) |
| UEFA | Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway) |
Assistant referees :
| Confederation | Assistant referee |
| Male officials ||
| AFC | Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea) |
| AFC | Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman) |
| CAF | Dramane Dante (Mali) |
| CAF | Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan) |
| CONCACAF | Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| CONCACAF | Luis Fernando Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica) |
| CONMEBOL | Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Velázquez (Uruguay) |
| OFC | Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) |
| UEFA | Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) |
| UEFA | Heiner Neuenstein (Germany) |
| UEFA | Akif Uğurdur (Turkey) |
| Female officials ||
| CONCACAF | Janice Gettemeyer (United States) |
| CONCACAF | María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| UEFA | Gitte Holm (Denmark) |
| UEFA | Nelly Viennot (France) |