Uzbekistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Uzbek athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 71 competitors, 63 men and 8 women, took part in 70 events in 12 sports.
Men's 100 metres
Anvar KuchmuradovMen's 110m Hurdles
Yury AristovMen's Triple Jump
Yevgeniy PetinMen's Decathlon
Ramil GaniyevFinal Result — 8318 points (→ 8th place)Oleg VeretelnikovFinal Result — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's Shot Put
Sergey KotMen's Discus Throw
Roman PoltoratskiyQualification — 51.96m (→ did not advance)Men's Hammer Throw
Vitaliy KhozhatelyovQualification — 64.52m (→ did not advance)Men's Javelin Throw
Sergey VoynovVladimir Parfyonov
Women's 100 metres
Lyudmila DmitriadyWomen's 200 metres
Lyudmila DmitriadyWomen's High Jump
Svetlana MunkovaQualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Ulugbek IbragimovFirst Round — Defeated Naramchogt Lamgen (Mongolia), RSC-2Second Round — Lost to Falk Huste (Germany), 4-8Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Mahammatkodir AbdoollayevFirst Round — Lost to Terrance Cauthen (United States), 6-18Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Nariman AtayevFirst Round — Defeated Ashira Evans (Kenya), 15-10Second Round — Defeated Nourbek Kassenov (Kyrgyzstan), 11-7Quarterfinals — Lost to Daniel Santos (Puerto Rico), 15-28Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Karim Tulaganov → Bronze MedalFirst Round — Defeated Oscar Gomez (Argentina), RSC-3 (02:50)Second Round — Defeated Yared Wolde (Ethiopia), 13-9Quarterfinals — Defeated Rival Cadeau (Seychelles), RSC-1 (1:24)Semifinals — Lost to David Reid (United States), 4-12Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Dilshod YarbekovFirst Round — Defeated Brian Johansen (Denmark), RSC-3 (02:47)Second Round — Defeated Ludovik Plachetka (Czech Republic), 4-4Quarterfinals — Lost to Rhoshii Wells (United States), 8-8, judges cardsMen's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Timur IbragimovFirst Round — Defeated Rostyslav Zaulychnyi (Ukraine), 7-3Second Round — Lost to Stipe Drvis (Croatia), 9-10Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Ruslan ChagaevFirst Round — Lost to Luan Krasniqi (Germany), 4-12One male fencer represented Uzbekistan in 1996.
Men's foilRafkat RuziyevMen's 50m Freestyle
Ravil NachaevHeat – 23.93 (→ did not advance, 45th place)Men's 200m Freestyle
Vyacheslav KabanovHeat – 1:53.36 (→ did not advance, 28th place)Men's 100m Butterfly
Ravil NachaevHeat – 56.61 (→ did not advance, 48th place)Men's 200m Butterfly
Dimitri PankovHeat – 2:05.36 (→ did not advance, 38th place)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Oleg PukhnatiyHeat – 2:06.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Ravil Nachaev, Oleg Tsvetkovskiy, Oleg Pukhnatiy, and Vyacheslav KabanovHeat – 3:28.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Vyacheslav Kabanov, Aleksandr Agafonov, Dmitriy Pankov, and Oleg TsvetkovskiyHeat – 7:40.60 (→ did not advance, 12th place)Men's Singles Competition:
Dmitri TomashevichFirst round — Lost to Karol Kučera (Slovakia) 3-6, 6-2, 0-6Oleg OgorodovFirst round — Defeated Sándor Noszály (Hungary) 7-5, 7-6First round — Lost to MaliVai Washington (United States) 3-6, 4-6
