Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 at the Wassaw Sound in Savannah, Georgia.
This edition marked the last time to use the name yachting as the sport name before replacing the word sailing at the next Games. On the contrary, the Laser class, an open single-person lightweight dinghy, was officially included in the program for the first time at the Olympics, substituting the Flying Dutchman class.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Greece |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hong Kong |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Great Britain |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Australia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Argentina |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Israel |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
|
Carlos Mauricio Espinola
|
Gal Fridman
|
| Finn | Mateusz Kuznierewicz
|
Sebastien Godefroid
|
Roy Heiner
|
| 470 | Yevhen Braslevets Ihor Matviyenko
|
John Merricks Ian Walker
|
Nuno Barreto Hugo Rocha
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral | Lai Shan Lee
|
Barbara Kendall
|
Alessandra Sensini
|
| Europe | Kristine Roug
|
Margriet Matthijsse
|
Courtenay Becker-Dey
|
| 470 | Begona Via Dufresne Theresa Zabell
|
Alicia Kinoshita Yumiko Shige
|
Olena Pakholchik Ruslana Taran
|
Mixed[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | Robert Scheidt
|
Ben Ainslie
|
Peer Moberg
|
| Star | Marcelo Bastos Ferreira Torben Schmidt Grael
|
Bobbie Lohse Hans Wallen
|
Colin Beashel David Giles
|
| Tornado | Jose Luis Ballester Fernando Leon
|
Mitchell Booth Andrew Landenberger
|
Lars Schmidt Grael Henrique Pellicano
|
| Soling | Germany Thomas Flach Bernd Jaekel Jochen Schuemann |
Russia Dmitriy Shabanov Georgiy Shayduko Igor Skalin |
United States Jim Barton Jeff Madrigali Kent Massey |
Statistics[]
- There were 458 total athletes from 78 countries.
- Daniel Glomb was the youngest participant with 15 years and 213 days.
- Gyorgy Wossala was the oldest participant with 54 years and 269 days.
- 7 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Brazil won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Hong Kong won its first-ever Olympic gold medal and its only medal of Atlanta 1996.
- Greece won its first gold medal in the sport since Rome 1960 and its first medal since Moscow 1980.
- Argentina, Belgium, and Portugal won their first medal in the sport since Rome 1960.
- Italy won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
- Israel, Japan, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine won their first-ever medal in the sport.