Turkmenistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
# Turkmenistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Turkmenistan competed in the Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, the nation was part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

## Athletics

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Vladimir Malyavin | Long jump | No Mark | No Mark | did not advance | did not advance |

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Shohrat Kurbanov | Light middleweight | Pettersson (SWE) L 2–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Galina Atayeva | Women's 48 kg | n/a | Tortora (ITA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15T |
| Olesya Nazarenko | Women's 72 kg | n/a | Curto (ESP) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15T |

## Shooting

Turkmenistan has qualified a single shooter.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Igor Pirekeyev | 50 m rifle prone | 595 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Aida Steshenko | Women's singles | Group K Park Hae-jung (KOR) L 0 – 2 Olga Nemes (GER) L 0 – 2 Chen Chiu–Tan (TPE) L 0 – 2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wrestling

### Greco–Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rozy Redzhepov | −90 kg | Švec (CZE) W 3-1 | Fafiński (POL) L 2-12 | Yeghishyan (ARM) L 2-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 12 |
