Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, winning its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk. This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, since it first started competing in the Olympics, at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres
 * Silvio Guerra

Men's Marathon
 * Rolando Vera &mdash; 2:17.40 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 20 km Walk
 * Jefferson Pérez &mdash; 1:20.07 (→ [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal)

Women's Marathon
 * Martha Tenorio &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
 * Luis Hernández
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Kabil Lahsen (Morocco), 9-18

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
 * Thompson García
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), abandoned

Cycling

 * Paulo Caicedo
 * Pedro Rodríguez
 * Héctor Chiles

Sailing

 * Gastón Vedani

Shooting

 * Margarita de Falconí

Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
 * Felipe Delgado
 * Heat – 23.26 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Felipe Delgado
 * Heat – 51.38 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
 * Roberto Delgado
 * Heat – 56.29 (→ did not advance, 44th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
 * Andrés Vasconcellos
 * Heat – 2:05.98 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
 * Julio Santos, Felipe Delgado, Roberto Delgado, and Javier Santos
 * Heat – 3:27.77 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
 * Roberto Delgado, Julio Santos, Javier Santos, and Andrés Vasconcellos
 * Heat – 7:54.37 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
 * Luis Morejón
 * First round &mdash; Defeated Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay) 6-7 7-5 6-1
 * Second round &mdash; Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 5-7 2-6
 * Nicolás Lapentti
 * First round &mdash; Lost to Andrei Olhovskiy (Russia) 1-6 6-3 6-8
 * Pablo Campana