| Event: | Women's cross-country |
| Games: | 1996 Summer |
| Venue: | Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers |
| Date: | 30 July |
| Competitors: | 29 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Win Value: | 1:50:51 |
| Gold: | Paola Pezzo |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Alison Sydor |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Susan DeMattei |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Next: | 2000 |
These are the official results of the Women's Mountainbike Race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 27 participants, with two non-finishers, in this inaugural Olympic event, over 31.8 kilometres, held on July 30, 1996. The mountain biking events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, Georgia, located 30 miles (50 km) east of Atlanta.[1]
| RANK | CYCLIST | NOC | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paola Pezzo | 1:50.51 | |||
| Alison Sydor | 1:51.58 | |||
| Susan DeMattei | 1:52.36 | |||
| 4. | Gunn-Rita Dahle | 1:53.50 | ||
| 5. | Elsbeth Vink | 1:54.38 | ||
| 6. | Annabella Stropparo | 1:55.56 | ||
| 7. | Regina Marunde | 1:57.21 | ||
| 8. | Kathy Lynch | 1:57.40 | ||
| 9. | Eva Orvošová | 1:57.56 | ||
| 10. | Juli Furtado | 1:58.32 | ||
| 11. | Laurence Leboucher | 1:59.00 | ||
| 12. | Daniela Gassmann | 1:59.11 | ||
| 13. | Lesley Tomlinson | 2:01.04 | ||
| 14. | Alla Yepifanova | 2:01.35 | ||
| 15. | Mary Grigson | 2:02.38 | ||
| 16. | Silvia Fürst | 2:03.04 | ||
| 17. | Erica Green | 2:03.06 | ||
| 18. | Kateřina Neumannová | 2:04.03 | ||
| 19. | Kateřina Hanušová | 2:04.05 | ||
| 20. | Laura Blanco | 2:04.20 | ||
| 21. | Lenka Ilavská | 2:04.43 | ||
| 22. | Deb Murrell | 2:04.44 | ||
| 23. | Kanako Tanikawa | 2:05.44 | ||
| 24. | Sandra Temporelli | 2:06.57 | ||
| 25. | Gao Hongying | 2:09.08 | ||
| 26. | Silvia Rovira | 2:09.17 | ||
| 27. | Nadezhda Pashkova | 2:16.36 | ||
| — | Caroline Alexander | DNF | ||
| — | Sandra Ambrosio | DNF |