Zambia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Samuel Matete	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	1 August

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Men

Track and road events

Athletes	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charles Mulinga	10000 metres	29:14.99	32	—				Did not advance
Samuel Matete	400 metres hurdles	48.21	1 Q	—		48.28	5	47.78
Godfrey Siamusiye	3000 metres steeplechase	8:30.56	8 Q	—		8:37.41	21	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Boniface Mukuka	Flyweight	Zbir (MAR) W 11-4	Pakeyev (RUS) L 13-4	Did not advance
Joseph Chongo	Bantamweight	Tseyen-Oidovyn (MGL) L 13-7	Did not advance
Denis Zimba	Lightweight	Ostroshapkin (BLR) W RSC	Tonchev (BUL) L 17-9	Did not advance
Davis Mwale	Light welterweight	Kevi (PNG) W 16-3	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 11-3	Did not advance

• Zambia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database