Het ITU wereldkampioenschap triatlon 1996 werden gehouden op 24 augustus in de Amerikaanse stad Cleveland. De wedstrijd over de olympische afstand werd georganiseerd door de International Triathlon Union. Het parcours bestond uit 1,5 km zwemmen, 40 km fietsen en 10 km hardlopen.

Rang	Naam	Land	Zwemtijd	Fietstijd	Looptijd	Totaaltijd
1	Simon Lessing	GBR	00:18:24	00:49:40	00:30:36	01:39:50
2	Luc Van Lierde	BEL	00:19:28	00:50:07	00:29:42	01:40:11
3	Leandro Macedo	BRA	00:20:11	00:49:24	00:30:20	01:41:00
4	Greg Bennett	AUS	00:18:54	00:49:07	00:32:00	01:41:02
5	Philippe Fattori	FRA	00:20:03	00:49:26	00:30:32	01:41:06
6	Miles Stewart	AUS	00:19:12	00:50:22	00:30:34	01:41:09
7	Carl Blasco	FRA	00:19:53	00:49:20	00:30:41	01:41:15
8	Ralf Eggert	GER	00:20:01	00:49:31	00:30:48	01:41:18
9	Hamish Carter	NZL	00:18:45	00:49:16	00:32:31	01:41:31
10	Dmitriy Gaag	KAZ	00:20:16	00:49:20	00:30:54	01:41:40
11	Alexandre Manzan	BRA	00:20:10	00:49:24	00:31:03	01:41:45
12	Dennis Looze	NED	00:18:40	00:50:52	00:31:26	01:42:00
13	Andrew MacMartin	CAN	00:19:07	00:50:23	00:31:32	01:42:08
14	Samuel Pierreclaud	FRA	00:19:17	00:50:07	00:31:46	01:42:17
15	Craig Walton	AUS	00:18:22	00:49:42	00:33:19	01:42:22
16	Loch Vollermerhaus	CAN	00:19:35	00:49:28	00:32:15	01:42:47
17	Stephan Vuckovic	GER	00:20:15	00:49:19	00:32:11	01:42:47
18	Uzziel Valderrabano	MEX	00:20:13	00:49:20	00:32:10	01:42:49
19	Ricardo González Dávila	MEX	00:19:43	00:49:46	00:32:13	01:43:04
20	Javier Rosas	MEX	00:19:08	00:49:43	00:32:38	01:43:16
21	Eric van der Linden	NED	00:19:21	00:50:05	00:32:42	01:43:22
22	Stéphane Poulat	FRA	00:19:18	00:50:05	00:33:01	01:43:29
23	Chippy Slater	AUS	00:19:21	00:50:14	00:33:13	01:43:47
24	Abe Rogers	USA	00:19:56	00:48:18	00:34:47	01:43:56
25	Joachim Franzmann	GER	00:19:50	00:49:40	00:33:29	01:44:04
26	Leonardo Casadio Jardim	BRA	00:19:46	00:49:40	00:33:32	01:44:08
27	Emerson Gomes	BRA	00:19:37	00:49:47	00:33:27	01:44:10
28	Jason Harper	AUS	00:19:34	00:49:57	00:33:44	01:44:18
29	Fedor Filipov	RUS	00:19:42	00:49:49	00:33:35	01:44:20
30	Fabrizio Ferraresi	ITA	00:20:49	00:51:21	00:31:07	01:44:27

Rang	Naam	Land	Zwemtijd	Fietstijd	Looptijd	Totaaltijd
1	Jackie Gallagher	AUS	00:21:36	00:54:16	00:33:32	01:50:51
2	Emma Carney	AUS	00:21:51	00:54:04	00:34:39	01:51:43
3	Carol Montgomery	CAN	00:20:22	00:55:21	00:34:52	01:52:06
4	Rina Hill	AUS	00:20:11	00:56:05	00:34:46	01:52:15
5	Karen Smyers	USA	00:21:46	00:54:02	00:35:30	01:52:42
6	Anja Dittmer	GER	00:21:45	00:54:10	00:36:13	01:53:13
7	Nicole Andronicus	AUS	00:21:00	00:54:48	00:36:24	01:53:35
8	Jenny Rose	NZL	00:21:48	00:54:00	00:37:07	01:54:13
9	Sharon Donnelly	CAN	00:20:02	00:54:38	00:38:23	01:54:26
10	Nancy Kemp-Arendt	LUX	00:20:23	00:55:30	00:37:28	01:54:33
11	Magali Di Marco	SUI	00:20:07	00:55:51	00:37:29	01:54:39
12	Suzanne Nielsen	DEN	00:21:55	00:56:50	00:34:56	01:54:57
13	Sarah Harrow	NZL	00:20:57	00:55:09	00:38:12	01:55:28
14	Julie Nievergelt	USA	00:20:42	00:55:19	00:38:23	01:55:35
15	Gail Laurence	USA	00:21:03	00:55:01	00:38:20	01:55:38
16	Evelyn Williamson	NZL	00:21:27	00:54:28	00:38:27	01:55:39
17	Wieke Hoogzaad	NED	00:20:59	00:55:01	00:39:24	01:55:56
18	Barbara Lindquist	USA	00:19:46	00:56:13	00:38:50	01:56:00
19	Natasja Hilgeholt	NZL	00:21:04	00:54:59	00:39:04	01:56:18
20	Natascha Badmann	SUI	00:23:41	00:55:10	00:36:42	01:56:37
21	Kathleen Smet	BEL	00:20:04	00:54:35	00:40:58	01:56:51
22	Maribel Blanco	ESP	00:22:39	00:57:54	00:35:33	01:56:59
23	Ute Mueckel	GER	00:19:33	00:56:15	00:39:58	01:56:59
24	Haruna Hosoya	JPN	00:21:33	00:56:08	00:39:05	01:57:04
25	Brigitte Scheithauer	GER	00:20:56	00:54:55	00:40:03	01:57:17
26	Mieke Suys	BEL	00:21:54	00:56:59	00:38:07	01:58:00
27	Joanne Ritchie	CAN	00:22:39	00:57:47	00:36:43	01:58:21
28	Sylvia Corbett	CAN	00:22:23	00:57:53	00:37:09	01:58:30
29	Siri Lindley	USA	00:22:38	00:57:49	00:37:09	01:58:45
30	Virginia Berasategi	ESP	00:22:21	00:57:49	00:37:17	01:58:45

Rang	Naam	Land	Zwemtijd	Fietstijd	Looptijd	Totaaltijd
1	Sebastien Berlier	FRA	00:20:42	00:54:04	00:31:29	01:49:24
2	Andreas Raelert	GER	00:20:34	00:54:17	00:31:38	01:49:42
3	Trent Chapman	AUS	00:21:04	00:54:00	00:31:49	01:49:55
4	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:20:58	00:53:48	00:31:57	01:49:58
5	Andras Heczey	HUN	00:20:32	00:54:30	00:31:40	01:50:07
6	Hunter Kemper	USA	00:20:56	00:53:58	00:32:22	01:50:26
7	Stefan Hintze	GER	00:20:55	00:54:00	00:32:23	01:50:31
8	Ralph Zeetsen	NED	00:20:43	00:54:00	00:32:59	01:50:58
9	Dirk Bockel	LUX	00:20:55	00:53:43	00:33:17	01:51:14
10	Christopher Balleis	GER	00:20:33	00:54:09	00:33:21	01:51:30
11	Paul O'Brien	AUS	00:20:07	00:55:07	00:33:14	01:51:35
12	Will Smith	NZL	00:20:51	00:54:31	00:33:58	01:52:30
13	Brian Meyer	USA	00:20:10	00:54:51	00:34:25	01:52:46
14	Jose Merchan	ESP	00:20:28	00:54:30	00:34:57	01:53:07
15	Roger Fischlin	SUI	00:21:11	00:53:34	00:35:07	01:53:15
16	Jonas Djurback	SWE	00:20:37	00:58:48	00:30:23	01:53:29
17	Anthony Flochlay	FRA	00:21:05	00:56:33	00:32:34	01:53:37
18	Filip Ospalý	CZE	00:21:00	00:56:05	00:33:22	01:53:45
19	Gael Mainard	FRA	00:20:42	00:54:08	00:35:25	01:53:47
20	Christophe Sebatier	FRA	00:21:43	00:55:29	00:33:02	01:53:53
21	Christopher Lee	AUS	00:21:41	00:58:03	00:31:24	01:54:06
22	Andrij Hloesjtsjenko	UKR	00:20:05	00:58:10	00:32:35	01:54:20
23	Paulo Miyashiro	BRA	00:20:14	00:58:30	00:33:01	01:54:28
24	Lee Mounster	AUS	00:21:31	00:55:39	00:34:10	01:54:34
25	Josh Fuller	USA	00:21:44	00:55:28	00:34:12	01:54:42
26	Alex Herbert	GBR	00:21:35	00:56:00	00:34:04	01:54:56
27	John Newsom	NZL	00:20:55	00:56:40	00:34:14	01:55:02
28	Gerzson Nagy	HUN	00:21:53	00:55:19	00:34:39	01:55:27
29	Arturo Garza	MEX	00:22:12	00:57:03	00:33:07	01:55:31
30	Ricardo Costa	POR	00:22:17	00:57:37	00:32:20	01:55:36

Rang	Naam	Land	Zwemtijd	Fietstijd	Looptijd	Totaaltijd
1	Joanne King	AUS	00:24:49	00:59:04	00:34:09	02:01:16
2	Marie Overbye	DEN	00:23:19	00:59:46	00:37:09	02:03:32
3	Erika Molnar	HUN	00:23:13	01:02:27	00:34:46	02:03:44
4	Zsuzsanna Varga	HUN	00:22:20	01:01:20	00:37:56	02:05:14
5	Delphine Pelletier	FRA	00:23:32	01:01:39	00:39:09	02:07:42
6	Belinda Cheney	AUS	00:22:08	01:03:28	00:39:03	02:08:13
7	Susanne Karlson	SWE	00:26:31	00:58:34	00:39:39	02:08:41
8	Nina Fischer	GER	00:23:21	01:03:30	00:39:05	02:09:35
9	Adrianne Ngawati	NZL	00:25:25	01:03:12	00:37:46	02:09:41
10	Petra Harangi	HUN	00:21:54	01:02:08	00:43:07	02:10:30
11	Erin Philp	AUS	00:22:19	01:02:07	00:43:20	02:11:10
12	Nicola Hoyle	AUS	00:23:07	01:02:28	00:42:59	02:12:21
13	Daniela Husarik	SUI	00:24:55	01:04:55	00:40:28	02:13:55
14	Cornelia Bourgadel	FRA	00:24:53	01:04:40	00:41:07	02:14:01
15	Kristine Chambers	CAN	00:25:16	01:04:24	00:40:46	02:14:21
16	Monika Kiss	HUN	00:24:47	01:06:22	00:40:15	02:15:00
17	Ayesha Rollinson	CAN	00:23:39	01:07:16	00:40:40	02:15:03
18	Rebecca Cleveland	AUS	00:25:24	01:04:01	00:42:21	02:15:22
19	Elise Grondi	CAN	00:26:56	01:04:06	00:41:14	02:15:53
20	Mariana Sokolowski	BRA	00:25:19	01:05:56	00:41:21	02:16:06
21	Blaire Kniaziew	CAN	00:24:18	01:08:08	00:40:40	02:16:28
22	Sheila Bruist	NED	00:23:28	01:04:56	00:44:40	02:16:34
23	Mariko Yamazaki	JPN	00:23:15	01:10:37	00:40:22	02:17:53
24	Heather Peal	NZL	00:26:22	01:04:31	00:43:31	02:18:11
25	Irma De La Guardia	MEX	00:25:23	01:06:01	00:43:30	02:18:36
26	Rita Correia	BRA	00:25:21	01:05:49	00:43:55	02:18:46
27	Catherine Smith	CAN	00:24:58	01:06:55	00:43:17	02:18:57
28	Jocelyn Streng	USA	00:28:34	01:07:22	00:39:52	02:19:52
29	Maxlene Holana Batista	BRA	00:26:20	01:04:38	00:45:28	02:20:15
30	Ronagh Okelly	CAN	00:22:16	01:10:26	00:44:42	02:20:52