Ecuador competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, winning its first Olympic medal when Jefferson Pérez won the gold medal in the men's 20 km walk.

This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics, since it first started competing in the Olympics, at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

[1] Men's 10,000 metres Men's Marathon Men's 20 km Walk Women's Marathon Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Men's 50m Freestyle Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 100m Butterfly Men's 200m Butterfly Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Men's Singles Competition