| Type: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Country: | United States |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Dates: | July 20 – August 3, 1996 |
| Competitors: | 388 |
| Nations: | 21 |
| Men Teams: | 16 |
| Men Confederations: | 6 |
| Men Gold: | NGR |
| Men Silver: | ARG |
| Men Bronze: | BRA |
| Women Teams: | 8 |
| Women Confederations: | 4 |
| Women Gold: | USA |
| Women Silver: | CHN |
| Women Bronze: | NOR |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2000 |
The 1996 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and finished on August 3. The women's competition was contested for the first time in Olympic history at these Games.
| Athens, Georgia | Birmingham, Alabama | Miami, Florida | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Stadium | Legion Field | Orange Bowl | ||||
| Capacity: 86,117 | Capacity: 81,700 | Capacity: 74,476 | ||||
| Orlando, Florida | Washington, D.C. | |||||
| Citrus Bowl | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 56,500 | |||||
See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
See also: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.
See also: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads.
FIFA named 16 referees and 16 assistant referees to be shared between the men's and women's tournaments.
| Confederation | Referee | |
|---|---|---|
| Male officials | ||
| AFC | Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia) | |
| Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand) | ||
| CAF | Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) | |
| Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) | ||
| CONCACAF | Benito Archundia (Mexico) | |
| Esfandiar Baharmast (United States) | ||
| CONMEBOL | Antônio Pereira (Brazil) | |
| Roberto Ruscio (Argentina) | ||
| OFC | Eddie Lennie (Australia) | |
| UEFA | Pierluigi Collina (Italy) | |
| Hugh Dallas (Scotland) | ||
| José María García-Aranda (Spain) | ||
| Female officials | ||
| CONCACAF | Sonia Denoncourt (Canada) | |
| CONMEBOL | Cláudia Vasconcelos (Brazil) | |
| UEFA | Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden) | |
| Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway) | ||
| Confederation | Assistant referee | |
|---|---|---|
| Male officials | ||
| AFC | Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea) | |
| Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman) | ||
| CAF | Dramane Dante (Mali) | |
| Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan) | ||
| CONCACAF | Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
| Luis Fernando Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica) | ||
| CONMEBOL | Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia) | |
| Carlos Velázquez (Uruguay) | ||
| OFC | Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) | |
| UEFA | Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) | |
| Heiner Neuenstein (Germany) | ||
| Akif Uğurdur (Turkey) | ||
| Female officials | ||
| CONCACAF | Janice Gettemeyer (United States) | |
| María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico) | ||
| UEFA | Gitte Holm (Denmark) | |
| Nelly Viennot (France) | ||