Switzerland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 114 competitors, 71 men and 43 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Men's 1,500 metres

• Peter Philipp

• Qualification — 3:41.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr, and Mathias Rusterholz

• Heat — 3:03.05
• Semi Final — 3:05.36 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Marcel Schelbert

• Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Philipp Huber

• Final Result — 7743 points (→ 28th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Pascal Charrière — 4:10:20 (→ 31st place)

Women's 400 metres

• Corinne Simasotchi

• Heat — 53.69 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Daria Nauer

• Qualification — 33:56.95 (→ did not advance)

• Ursula Jeitziner

• Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Michele Schenk

• Qualification — 55.70
• Semifinals — 55.96 (→ did not advance)

• Martina Stoop

• Qualification — 56.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Sieglinde Cadusch

• Qualification — 1.85m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Patricia Nadler

• Final Result — 5803 points (→ 23rd place)

Women's Marathon

• Franziska Rochat-Moser — 2:34.48 (→ 18th place)
• Nelly Glauser — 2:37.19 (→ 34th place)

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Switzerland in 1996.

Men's épée

• Nic Bürgin
• Olivier Jacquet

Women's épée

• Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
• Michèle Wolf
• Sandra Kenel

Women's team épée

• Gianna Hablützel-Bürki, Michèle Wolf, Sandra Kenel

Men's Competition

• Philipp Wäffler → 29th place (4774 pts)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Dominique Diezi
  1. Heat — 26.57 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Sandrine Paquier
  1. Heat — 58.38 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Chantal Strasser
  1. Heat — 4:24.49 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, Lara Preacco, and Sandrine Paquier
  1. Heat — 3:53.30 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Sandrine Paquier, Dominique Diezi, Nicole Zahnd, and Chantal Strasser
  1. Heat — 8:21.55 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's Singles Competition

• Marc Rosset
  1. First round — Defeated Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 6-2 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Frederik Fetterlein (Denmark) 7-6 7-5
  3. Third round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 0-6 2-4 retired

Women's Singles Competition

• Martina Hingis
  1. First round — Defeated Joelle Schad (Dominican Republic) 6-0 6-1
  2. Second round — Lost to Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 4-6 4-6
• Patty Schnyder
  1. First round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 1-6 2-6