Bids for the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Games (a promise that was not carried out eventually, as Athens went on to host the 2004 Summer Olympics). Coca-Cola executives, however, had feared that a successful Atlanta bid would hurt their business. While they produced commemorative pins of the six candidate cities, with the intent of handing out the winning city's pins to IOC delegates, this backfired as others alleged that Coca-Cola had predicted which city had won; indeed sales of the beverage in Greece dropped for the next few years. A year later, an article appeared in the German periodical "Der Spiegel" accusing the Atlanta Committee
Coca-Cola Olympic City second area allowed patrons to ride mountain bikes on simulated competition course, race against Jackie Joyner-Kersee in a dash, perform gymnastics on a balance beam with Mary Lou Retton, and race in a simulated wheelchair race as a Paralympian. The third area included an Olympic themed theater show that took patrons through a 15-minute story about the history of the Olympic Games and the Spirit of the Games. The area also featured actual Olympic artifacts from the Olympic Museum in Lussanne, Switzerland. Other areas of Coca-Cola Olympic City included the Champions Challenge Obstacle Course and an open-air theater that feature