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The 1996 athletes from the armed services that competed as members of the U.S. Olympic team in Atlanta were honored today at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. Most of the participants, not surprisingly, were in shooting events, but service members and reservists also competed in sports such as wrestling, team handball and basketball.
Here's a list of the military athletes who competed in the Olympics, and where they finished:
| Sport | Athlete | Service | Final Standing |
| Greco-Roman Wrestling | SPC Rodney Smith | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 9th Place |
| SSG Derrick Waldroup | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 7th Place | |
| Men's Team Handball | 1LT Michael Thornberry | Army/Atlanta Rec.BN | Four losses |
| 1LT David DeGraff | Air Force/ Atlanta MEPS | Four losses | |
| Women's Basketball | 1LT Ruthie Bolton, #6 | Army Reserve | Gold medal |
| Men's Free Rifle 3x40 | CPT Glenn Dubis | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 10th Place |
| CPT Robert Harbison | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 6th Place | |
| Men's Air Rifle | CPT Glenn Dubis | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 41st Place |
| CPT Robert Harbison | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 7th Place | |
| Men's Skeet (shotgun) | SGT James Graves | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | Tied for 15th Place |
| Men's Double Trap (shotgun) | SPC David Alcoriza | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 8th Place |
| Women's Double Trap (shotgun) | SGT Theresa DeWitt | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | 4th Place |
| Men's Trap (shotgun) | SSG Bret Erickson | Army/Ft. Benning, Ga. | Tied for 20th Place |
| Women's 25m Sport Pistol | SPC Libby Callahan | Army Reserve | 23rd Place |
| Men's 10m Air Pistol | SPC Ben Amonette | Army Reserve | 44th Place |
| Men's 50m Free Pistol | SPC Ben Amonette | Army Reserve | 25th Place |
| Men's 50m Free Rifle (prone) | SSG Eric Uptagrafft | Army Reserve | 35th Place |
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