The 1996 German Athletics Championships were held in Cologne on 21–23 June 1996.

Men Event Gold 100 m Marc Blume 10.16 200 m Marc Blume 20.49 400 m Uwe Jahn 45.86 800 m Nico Motchebon 1:45.73 1500 m Dieter Baumann 3:37.36 5000 m Dieter Baumann 13:28.23 110 m hurdles Florian Schwarthoff 13.20 400 m hurdles Steffen Kolb 50.17 3000 m steeplechase Steffen Brand 8:24.09 Triple jump Charles Friedek 17.10 Long jump Dietmar Haaf 7.91 High jump Wolfgang Kreißig 2.24 Pole vault Michael Stolle 5.70 = Shot put Oliver-Sven Buder 20.53 Discus throw Lars Riedel 69.02 Hammer throw Karsten Kobs 78.92 Javelin throw Raymond Hecht 89.34 4 × 100 m relay TV Wattenscheid 01 I H. Blume M. Blume Huke Kurnicki 39.22 4 × 400 m relay LAC Chemnitz I Carlowitz Lieder Jahn Schönlebe 3:05.14

Women Event Gold 100 m Melanie Paschke 11.06 200 m Melanie Paschke 22.64 400 m Grit Breuer 51.18 800 m Linda Kisabaka 2:00.94 1500 m Sylvia Kühnemund 4:09.65 5000 m Petra Wassiluk 15:42.06 100 m hurdles Birgit Wolf 13.11 400 m hurdles Silvia Rieger 54.85 Triple jump Petra Lobinger 13.89 Long jump Claudia Gehrhardt 6.66 High jump Alina Astafei 1.94 Pole vault Christine Adams 4.15 Shot put Astrid Kumbernuss 20.58 Discus throw Ilke Wyludda 67.36 Hammer throw Inga Beyer 60.36 Javelin throw Karen Forkel 66.78 4 × 100 m relay LG Olympia Dortmund I Brodbeck Knoll Seidel Philipp 43.99 4 × 400 m relay Bayer 04 Leverkusen I Broich Kadioglu Feller Kisabaka 3:33.03

• Results source: "Die Deutschen Leichtathletik-Meister seit 1995". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 8 July 2012.