第26届奥运会于1996年7月19日至8月4日在美国亚特兰大举行。

中国派出由495人组成的体育代表团参赛。中国运动员参加了本届奥运会26个大项中22个大项153个小项的比赛，在规模庞大、强手如林、竞争激烈、奖牌分流和困难较多的情况下，中国代表团的金牌总数和奖牌总数均列第四位。伏明霞、李小双、邓亚萍等选手在跳水女子10米楼台、体操男子自由体操、乒乓球女子单打等项目中多次夺冠。

The 26th Olympics was held from 19th of July to 4th of August of 1996 in Atlanta of America.

China sent a sports delegation consisting of 495 athletes. There were 26 big games in the Olympics, 153 events of 22 of which Chinese athletes had participated in. Under the circumstance of a big competitive scale, a lot of strong rivals, fierce competitions, distribution of the medals and quiet a few difficulties, Chinese delegation kept the number of both medals and gold medals in the 4th place. The players, such as Fu Mingxia, Li Xiaoshuang, Deng Yaping, won many times in the women’s diving 10-meter platform, men’s free floor exercises, women’s table tennis singles etc..

037 孙福明（柔道女子72公斤以上级） Sun Fuming Judo, Women's +72kg

038 乐静宜（游泳女子100米自由泳） Le Jingyi Swimming, Women's 100m Free Style

039 唐灵生（举重男子59公斤级） Tang Lingsheng Weightlifting, Men's 59kg

040 占旭刚（举重男子70公斤级） Zhan Xugang Weightlifting, Men's 70kg

041 李小双（体操男子个人全能） Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics, Men's All-round

042 李对红（射击女子25米运动步枪） Li Duihong Shooting, Women's 25m Sports Pistol

043 杨 凌（射击男子10米移动靶） Yang Ling Shooting, Men's 10m Running Game Target

044 伏明霞（跳水女子10米跳台） Fu Mingxia Diving, Women's 10m Platform

045 王军霞（田径女子5000米） Wang Junxia Athletics, Women's 5000m Run

046 熊 倪（跳水男子3米跳板） Xiong Ni Diving, Men's 3m Springboard

047 邓亚平/乔红（乒乓球女子双打） Deng Yaping/Qiao Hong Table Tennis, Women’s Doubles

048 孔令辉/刘国梁（乒乓球男子双打） Kong Linghui/Liu Guoliang Table Tennis, Men’s Doubles

049 伏明霞（跳水女子3米跳板） Fu Mingxia Diving, Women's 3m Springboard

050 葛菲/顾俊（羽毛球女子双打） Ge Fei/Gu Jun Badminton, Women's Doubles

051 邓亚萍（乒乓球女子单打） Deng Yaping Table Tennis, Women's Singles

052 刘国梁（乒乓球男子单打） Liu Guoliang Table Tennis, Men’s Singles