Australia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Australia sent 417 athletes, 250 men and 167 women, to the Atlanta Games. An Australian segment was featured in the closing ceremony, as Australia was to host the next edition of the Summer Olympics in Sydney four years later. Medalists Gold Wendy Schaeffer, Phillip Dutton, Andrew Hoy, and Gillian Rolton — equestrian, three-day event team competition Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Renita Farrell, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Clover Maitland, Karen Marsden, Jenn Morris, Nova Peris-Kneebone, Jackie Pereira, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Danni Roche, Kate Starre, and Liane Tooth — field hockey, women's tournament James Tomkins, Drew Ginn, Nicholas Green, and Mike McKay — rowing, men's coxless fours Kate Slatter and Megan Still — rowing, women's coxless pairs Michael Diamond — shooting, men's trap shooting Russell Mark — shooting, men's double trap Kieren Perkins — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle Susie O'Neill — swimming, women's 200m butterfly Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde — tennis, men's doubles Silver Cathy Freeman — athletics, women's 400 metres Louise McPaul — athletics, women's javelin throw Michelle Ferris — cycling, women's sprint Rob Scott and David Weightman — rowing, men's coxless pairs Daniel Kowalski — swimming, men's 1500m freestyle Scott Miller — swimming, men's 100m butterfly Petria Thomas — swimming, women's 200m butterfly Nicole Stevenson, Susie O'Neill, Samantha Riley, Sarah Ryan, Helen Denman (heats), and Angela Kennedy (heats) — wwimming, women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Mitch Booth and Andrew Landenberger — sailing, men's Tornado Bronze Michele Timms, Allison Tranquilli, Jenny Whittle, Fiona Robinson, Shelley Sandie, Rachael Sporn, Michelle Chandler, Trisha Fallon, Robyn Maher, Carla Boyd, Michelle Brogan, and Sandy Brondello — basketball, women's tournament Clint Robinson — canoeing, men's K1 1000m kayak singles Danny Collins and Andrew Trim — canoeing, men's 500m kayak pairs Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood — canoeing, women's K2 500m kayak pairs Bradley McGee — cycling, men's 4000m individual pursuit Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Tim O'Shannessey, and Dean Woods — cycling, men's 4000m team pursuit Stuart O'Grady — cycling, men's points race Lucy Tyler-Sharman — cycling, women's points race Stuart Carruthers, Baeden Choppy, Stephen Davies, Damon Diletti, Lachlan Dreher, Lachlan Elmer, Brendan Garard, Paul Gaudoin, Mark Hager, Paul Lewis, Grant Smith, Matthew Smith, Daniel Sproule, Jay Stacy, Michael York and Ken Wark — field hockey, men's tournament Ronald Snook, Duncan Free, Bo Hanson, and Janusz Hooker — rowing, men's