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

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

96 competitors, 72 men and 24 women, took part in 99 events in 14 sports.

Only one, Vadim Chikarev, won a match in the individual round.

Chikarev had competed on the Unified Team in Barcelona.