Inside Olympics 12 Days to the Games Home Edition

• Published in: The Atlanta journal-constitution
• Main Author: Mike Fish, Karen Rosen, Mike Tierney
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 03.09.2000
• ISSN: 2473-1609; 2690-8093

Photo [Angelo Taylor] likely has won a spot in the 1,600-meter relay. Photo SUITABLE FOR FRAMING With the Games just around the corner, Kurt Beers, 4, waits to buy tickets at the Olympic ticket office in Sydney. On Saturday, the athletes' village, where most of the 10,200 athletes and coaches will be staying, officially opened. / EUGENE HOSHIKO / Associated Press (this photo ran in Metro edition only) Graphic MEDALS FROM 1996 Countries with the most gold medals. Country.. G...S...B... T USA... 44.. 32.. 26.. 101 RUS... 26.. 21.. 16...63 GER... 20.. 18.. 27...65 CHN... 16.. 22.. 12...50 FRA... 15...7.. 15...37 ITA... 13.. 10.. 12...35 AUS...9...9.. 23...41 CUB...9...8...8...25 UKR...9...2.. 12...23 KOR...7.. 15...5...27 POL...7...5...5...17 HUN...7...4.. 10...21 ESP...5...6...6...17 ROM...4...7...9...20 NED...4...5.. 10...19 GRE...4...4...0... 8 CZE...4...3...4...11 SUI...4...3...0... 7 DEN...4...1...1... 6 TUR...4...1...1... 6 CAN...3.. 11...8...22 BUL...3...7...5...15 JPN...3...6...5...14 KAZ...3...4...4...11 BRA...3...3...9...15 NZL...3...2...1... 6 RSA...3...1...1... 5 IRL...3...0...1... 4 Source: The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics Photo SUITABLE FOR FRAMING The U.S. women's gymnastics team is showered with balloons and confetti during a send-off to Sydney exhibition in San Marcos, Texas, on Saturday. Morgan White, bothered by a sprained left foot, sat out but said she'll be ready by the Games. / ERIC GAY / Associated Press