<P> The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta , Georgia , on July 27 during the 1996 Summer Olympics . The blast directly killed 1 person and injured 111 others ; another person later died of a heart attack . It was the first of four bombings committed by Eric Rudolph . Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the bomb before detonation and cleared most of the spectators out of the park . Rudolph , a carpenter and handyman , had detonated three pipe bombs inside a U.S. military ALICE Pack . Motivated by what he considered to be the government 's sanctioning of `` abortion on demand '' , Rudolph wanted to force the cancellation of the Olympics . </P>
<P> The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta , Georgia , on July 27 during the 1996 Summer Olympics . The blast directly killed 1 person and injured 111 others ; another person later died of a heart attack . It was the first of four bombings committed by Eric Rudolph . Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the bomb before detonation and cleared most of the spectators out of the park . Rudolph , a carpenter and handyman , had detonated three pipe bombs inside a U.S. military ALICE Pack . Motivated by what he considered to be the government 's sanctioning of `` abortion on demand '' , Rudolph wanted to force the cancellation of the Olympics . </P>
who found a bomb during the summer olympics in 1996
who found a bomb during the summer olympics in 1996
Security guard Richard Jewell
Security guard Richard Jewell