Athletics at The 1996 Summer Olympics - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

A total of 190 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.

  • Afghanistan (2)
  • Albania (2)
  • Algeria (8)
  • American Samoa (2)
  • Andorra (1)
  • Angola (2)
  • Antigua and Barbuda (8)
  • Argentina (8)
  • Armenia (2)
  • Aruba (1)
  • Australia (60)
  • Austria (11)
  • Azerbaijan (4)
  • Bahamas (20)
  • Bahrain (1)
  • Bangladesh (2)
  • Barbados (4)
  • Belarus (34)
  • Belgium (12)
  • Belize (4)
  • Benin (5)
  • Bermuda (3)
  • Bolivia (3)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
  • Botswana (6)
  • Brazil (40)
  • British Virgin Islands (6)
  • Bulgaria (17)
  • Burkina Faso (4)
  • Burundi (7)
  • Cambodia (2)
  • Cameroon (8)
  • Canada (39)
  • Cape Verde (3)
  • Cayman Islands (1)
  • Central African Republic (5)
  • Chad (4)
  • Chile (4)
  • China (31)
  • Chinese Taipei (7)
  • Colombia (13)
  • Comoros (4)
  • Congo (2)
  • Cook Islands (1)
  • Costa Rica (2)
  • Côte d'Ivoire (5)
  • Croatia (3)
  • Cuba (46)
  • Cyprus (8)
  • Czech Republic (23)
  • Denmark (7)
  • DR Congo (2)
  • Djibouti (3)
  • Dominica (5)
  • Dominican Republic (3)
  • Ecuador (4)
  • El Salvador (2)
  • Equatorial Guinea (5)
  • Estonia (12)
  • Ethiopia (16)
  • Fiji (7)
  • Finland (26)
  • France (49)
  • Gabon (4)
  • Gambia (9)
  • Georgia (2)
  • Germany (85)
  • Ghana (15)
  • Great Britain (77)
  • Greece (25)
  • Grenada (5)
  • Guam (2)
  • Guatemala (6)
  • Guinea (4)
  • Guinea-Bissau (2)
  • Guyana (6)
  • Haiti (3)
  • Honduras (1)
  • Hong Kong (1)
  • Hungary (22)
  • Iceland (3)
  • India (6)
  • Indonesia (1)
  • Iran (1)
  • Iraq (1)
  • Ireland (24)
  • Israel (4)
  • Italy (50)
  • Jamaica (38)
  • Japan (32)
  • Jordan (2)
  • Kazakhstan (18)
  • Kenya (43)
  • Kuwait (1)
  • Kyrgyzstan (6)
  • Laos (5)
  • Latvia (16)
  • Lesotho (9)
  • Liberia (5)
  • Libya (4)
  • Liechtenstein (1)
  • Lithuania (14)
  • Luxembourg (1)
  • Madagascar (6)
  • Malaysia (3)
  • Malawi (2)
  • Maldives (5)
  • Mali (3)
  • Malta (2)
  • Mauritania (4)
  • Mauritius (12)
  • Mexico (15)
  • Moldova (7)
  • Mongolia (2)
  • Morocco (17)
  • Mozambique (1)
  • Myanmar (2)
  • Namibia (3)
  • Nepal (2)
  • Netherlands (10)
  • Netherlands Antilles (1)
  • New Zealand (18)
  • Nicaragua (2)
  • Niger (3)
  • Nigeria (32)
  • North Korea (4)
  • Norway (13)
  • Oman (1)
  • Pakistan (2)
  • Palestine (1)
  • Panama (1)
  • Papua New Guinea (6)
  • Paraguay (2)
  • Peru (5)
  • Philippines (2)
  • Poland (23)
  • Portugal (30)
  • Puerto Rico (5)
  • Qatar (9)
  • Romania (25)
  • Russia (85)
  • Rwanda (4)
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis (10)
  • Saint Lucia (5)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8)
  • Samoa (2)
  • San Marino (1)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
  • Saudi Arabia (9)
  • Senegal (7)
  • Serbia and Montenegro (8)
  • Seychelles (2)
  • Sierra Leone (12)
  • Singapore (2)
  • Slovakia (14)
  • Slovenia (10)
  • Solomon Islands (3)
  • Somalia (4)
  • South Africa (22)
  • South Korea (17)
  • Spain (56)
  • Sri Lanka (6)
  • Sudan (3)
  • Suriname (2)
  • Swaziland (4)
  • Sweden (17)
  • Switzerland (23)
  • Syria (1)
  • Tanzania (5)
  • Tajikistan (1)
  • Thailand (8)
  • Togo (5)
  • Tonga (2)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (6)
  • Tunisia (6)
  • Turkey (3)
  • Turkmenistan (1)
  • Uganda (4)
  • Ukraine (43)
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
  • United States (121)
  • Uruguay (2)
  • Uzbekistan (12)
  • Vanuatu (4)
  • Venezuela (4)
  • Vietnam (2)
  • Virgin Islands (7)
  • Yemen (3)
  • Zambia (4)
  • Zimbabwe (6)


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