| Event: | Light heavyweight boxing |
| Games: | 1996 Summer |
| Venue: | Alexander Memorial Coliseum |
| Dates: | 24 July – 4 August |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Nations: | 31 |
| Gold: | Vassili Jirov |
| Goldnoc: | KAZ |
| Silver: | Seung-Bae Lee |
| Silvernoc: | KOR |
| Bronze: | Antonio Tarver |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Bronze2: | Thomas Ulrich |
| Bronzenoc2: | GER |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2000 |
The Light Heavyweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the third-heaviest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 81 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.[1]