| Noc: | CPV |
| Nocname: | Comité Olímpico Caboverdeano |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Location: | Atlanta |
| Competitors: | 4 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Flagbearer: | Manuel Jesús Rodrígues[1] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1996 |
Cape Verde competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alfayaya Embalo | 100 metres | align=center colspan=2 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Henry Andrade | 110 metres hurdles | align=center colspan=2 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| António Zeferino | Marathon | align=center colspan=6 | N/A | 2:34:13 | 94 | ||||