Summer Olympic Games the strict quarantine laws of Australia, the equestrian events were held in Stockholm. At the 1960 Rome Games a young light-heavyweight boxer named Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, arrived on the scene. Ali would later throw his gold medal away in disgust after being refused service in a whites-only restaurant in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky. He was awarded a new medal 36 years later at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Other performers of note in 1960 included Wilma Rudolph, a gold medallist in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4 × 100 meters relay events. The
Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics Spain at the 1996 Summer Olympics Spain competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 289 competitors, 194 men and 95 women, took part in 157 events in 22 sports. After their gold medal men's team performance four years earlier, Spain qualified only one archer for the 1996 Olympics. He lost his first match. Men's individual competition: Men's 5,000 metres Men's 400m hurdles Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase Men's long jump Men's discus throw Men's decathlon Men's marathon Men's 50 km walk Men's competition <br> Women's 10.000 metres Women's 400m hurdles Women's heptathlon Women's marathon Women's 10 km walk