This Day in Georgia History
July 31, 1996
Olympics Day 13
This was the thirteenth day of the 1996 Summer Olympics - and day 12 of Olympic competition. On this day, the U.S. gold medal winner was Kurt Angle in men’s heavyweight freestyle wrestling. In the semi-final rounds of men’s soccer at Sanford Stadium on the University of Georgia campus, Nigeria beat Brazil to advance to the gold medal round against the United States.
