The Centennial Olympic Journey

The Olympic torch relay is one of the most iconic and recognizable events not just in sports history, but in the entire world. Every year the Olympic torch is lit in Olympia, Greece and carried to its destination without being distinguished. This…

The Olympic games by themselves are a big deal. The Olympics draw billions of viewers and billions more dollars of revenue for both the host country and many countries involved. The 1996 Olympics, however, would be so much larger than that since…

Several Olympic games were played throughout Athens Georgia during the 1996 Olympics, some of which took place inside of Stegeman Coliseum. The two images presented illustrate both the visual transformation of the exterior of Stegman, as well as…

The 1996 Summer Olympic games were by no means a small undertaking. In order to host the games, a country needs to be able to accommodate not only the athletes and the games themselves but also the massive influx of people who are coming to watch the…

At 1:25 am on July 27, 1996 during a concert in Centennial Olympic Park, a homemade pipe bomb was detonated, killing two people and causing 111 injuries. One of the attached photos depicts the damage done by the bomb and the aftermath of the…

These images show the Olympic torch being run through iconic areas in Athens. Downtown was packed with people as well as Lumpkin Street as the torch passes many of the University's landmarks.

When Olympic soccer, volleyball, and gymnastics came to Athens, Ga, the mascots of both the University of Georgia and the Olympic mascot Izzy posed for a photograph to show the cooperation between the two organizations.

Sanford Stadium was another Athens Olympic site which held the men and womens soccer tournaments. These items illustrate fans cheering on the United States teams during the tournament, as well as the women’s finals in which the US team took home the…