 | |
| Venue | Cairns, Australia |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 18–19 September 1996 |
| Events | 9 |
The 1996 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was the 7th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. The events included were cross-country and downhill.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country [1] |  |  |  |
| Under 23 cross-country | |  |  |
| Junior cross-country |  | | |
| Downhill [2] | |  |  |
| Junior downhill [3] | | | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-country [4] |  | | |
| Junior cross-country |  | | |
| Downhill [5] | | | |
| Junior downhill [6] | | | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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