Belarus competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Previously, Belarusian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

157 competitors, 91 men and 66 women, took part in 115 events in 19 sports.

[1] In its debut Olympic archery competition, Belarus was represented by two women.

Their combined record was 4–2 as Olga Yakusheva made it to the quarterfinals before being defeated.