Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 21 to 28 July 1996.
This edition marked the debut of the men's and women's mountain biking, men's and women's individual road time trial, and the women's point race in track cycling.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  Italy |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Russia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Spain |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Germany |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Canada |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  United States |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Australia |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Japan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Road[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race | Pascal Richard
|
Rolf Sorensen
|
Maximilian Scjandri
|
| Women's road race | Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
|
Imelda Chiappa
|
Clara Hughes
|
| Men's time trial | Miguel Indurain
|
Abraham Olano
|
Chris Boardman
|
| Women's time trial | Zulfiya Zabirova
|
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
|
Clara Hughes
|
Track[]
Men[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Time trial | Florian Rousseau
|
Erin Hartwell
|
Takanobu Jumonji
|
| Individual pursuit | Andrea Collinelli
|
Philippe Ermenault
|
Bradley McGee
|
| Points race | Silvio Martinello
|
Brian Walton
|
Stuart O'Grady
|
| Sprint | Jens Fiedler
|
Marty Nothstein
|
Curt Harnett
|
| Team pursuit | France Christophe Capelle Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau |
Russia Anton Chantyr Eduard Gritsun Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksey Markov |
Australia Brett Aitkin Bradley McGee Stuart O'Grady Timothy O'Shannessey Dean Woods |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual pursuit | Antonella Bellutti
|
Marion Clignet
|
Judith Arndt
|
| Points race | Nathalie Lancien
|
Ingrid Haringa
|
Lucy Tyler-Sharman
|
| Sprint | Felicia Ballanger
|
Michelle Ferris
|
Ingrid Haringa
|
Mountain bike[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross-country | Bart Brentjens
|
Thomas Frischknecht
|
Miguel Martinez
|
| Women's cross-country | Paola Pezzo
|
Alison Sydor
|
Susan DeMattei
|
Statistics[]
- There were 477 total athletes from 68 countries.
- Aleksey Markov was the youngest participant with 17 years and 58 days.
- Kent Bostick was the oldest participant with 43 years and 29 days.
- 3 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France won 9 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Russia won its first-ever medal in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.