Ukraine competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Ukrainian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 231 competitors, 146 men and 85 women, took part in 148 events in 21 sports.
As of 2021, this is Ukraine's best ever result in terms of gold medals and best result in terms of overall medals (the latter feat is shared with their 2000 team.
Medalists
Gold
Inessa Kravets — Athletics, Women's Triple Jump
Wladimir Klitschko — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
Rustam Sharipov — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Kateryna Serebrianska — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
Yevhen Braslavets and Ihor Matviyenko — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition
Timur Taymazov — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg) Vyacheslav Oleynyk — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Silver
Lilia Podkopayeva — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Inna Frolova, Svitlana Maziy, Dina Miftakhutdynova, and Olena Ronzhyna — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
Bronze
Olena Sadovnycha — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
Oleksandr Bahach — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
Oleksandr Krykun — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
Inha Babakova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Oleg Kiryukhin — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Ihor Korobchynskyi, Oleh Kosyak, Hryhoriy Misyutyn, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychnyi, and Yuri Yermakov — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Olena Vitrychenko — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around Olena Pakholchik and Ruslana Taran — Sailing, Women's 470 Team Competition Denys Hotfrid — Weightlifting, Men's 99 kg Andriy Kalashnykov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg) Elbrus Tedeyev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg) Zaza Zazirov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)
Archery
Men
Women
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Badminton
Basketball
Women's tournament
Team roster
The following players represented Ukraine: Ruslana Kyrychenko Viktoriya Burenok Olena Zhyrko Maryna Tkachenko Liudmyla Nazarenko Olena Oberemko Viktoriya Paradiz Viktoriya Leleka Oksana Dovhaliuk Diana Sadovnykova Nataliya Silianova Olha Shliakhova Preliminary round The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Boxing
Men
Canoeing
Sprint
Men
Women
Qualification Legend: 'R = Qualify to repechage; QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
Men
Women
Track
1000m time trial
Individual Pursuit
Points race
Diving
Men
Women
Fencing
Six fencers, four men and two women, represented Ukraine in 1996. Men
Women
Gymnastics
Men
The Ukraine alternates were Boris Zelepoukin, and Vladmir Portnko. Boris Zelepoukin was almost brought in because of Grigory Mistuin not performing up to standards. Team Individual finals
Women
The Women alternates were Oksana Knizhnik and Irina Bulakova. Oksana Knizhnik was brought in after Viktoriya Karpenko was out due to a Wrist Injury. Team Individual finals
Judo
Men
Women
Modern pentathlon
Men
Rhythmic gymnastics
Women
Rowing
Men
Women
Sailing
Men
Women
Open
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Tennis
Women's doubles
Olga Lugina and Natalia Medvedeva were scheduled to play in the women's doubles event but they withdrew. Their opponents in the first round would have been Manon Bollegraf and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy from the Netherlands.