Flashback Fotos: The Atlanta Olympics

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A look back at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

Billy Payne, president of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), holds a press conference in 1990, the year Atlanta won the bid to host the 1996 Olympics. AJC file photo.

Members of the U.S. delegation enters the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on Friday, July 19, 1996. The Olympic Stadium is now Turner Field. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Payne discusses Olympic plans in a 1990 press conference. AJC File photo.

Fireworks erupt over the Olympic Stadium (now Turner Field) during the closing ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics on Aug. 4, 1996. AJC file photo.

Billy Payne celebrates at Hartsfield International Airport after returning from Tokyo and the announcement that Atlanta had won the rights to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in September 1990. AJC File photo.

Stevie Wonder performs during the Opening Ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics. AJC file photo.

Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame at the conclusion of the Opening Ceremony. AJC file photo.

Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame atop the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. AJC file photo.

The long jump competition during the Atlanta Olympic Games.

U.S. basketball team members Scotty Pippin, Shaquille O'Neal and Reggie Miller enter the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. AP Photo.

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Billy Payne, president of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), holds a press conference in 1990, the year Atlanta won the bid to host the 1996 Olympics. AJC file photo.

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