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, Hrihoriy Misyutin, Volodymyr Shamenko, Rustam Sharipov, Oleksandr Svitlychniy, 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.

Volleyball

Women

Preliminary round

Group A

• Saturday 1996-07-20

• Monday 1996-07-22

• Wednesday 1996-07-24

• Friday 1996-07-26

• Sunday 1996-07-28

• Team roster

• Nataliya Bozhenova
• Yuliya Buyeva
• Olexandra Fomina
• Tetyana Ivanyushkyna
• Olga Kolomiyets
• Alla Kravets
• Olena Kryvonossova
• Vita Mateshik
• Regina Mylosserdova
• Olga Pavlova
• Mariya Polyakova
• Olena Sydorenko

• Head coach: Gariy Iegiazarov

Water polo

Men

Preliminary round

Group B

• Saturday July 20, 1996

• Sunday July 21, 1996

• Monday July 22, 1996

• Tuesday July 23, 1996

• Wednesday July 24, 1996

Classification round

• Friday July 26, 1996

• Saturday July 27, 1996

• Sunday July 28, 1996

• Team roster

• Andriy Kovalenko
• Dmytro Andreyev
• Ihor Horbach
• Vadym Kebalo
• Vitaliy Khalchaytsky
• Vyacheslav Kostanda
• Oleksandr Potulnytsky
• Vadym Rozhdestvensky
• Vadym Skuratov
• Anatoliy Solodun
• Dmytro Stratan
• Oleh Vladymyrov
• Oleksiy Yegorov

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

References

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-05. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)