Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around
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The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 24th at the Georgia Dome.[1] There were 111 competitors from 31 nations.[2] Each nation could enter a team of 7 gymnasts (up from 6 in previous Games) or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Li Xiaoshuang of China, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal of any color since 1984. Two nations making their debut as independent nations after the dissolution of the Soviet Union took silver (Alexei Nemov of Russia) and bronze (Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus). Scherbo had won the event as a member of the Unified Team in 1992; he was the 11th man to earn multiple all-around medals.
Men's artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Dome | |||||||||
Dates | 20–24 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 111 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning score | 58.423 | |||||||||
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