In total, seven athletes including six men and one woman represented American Samoa in five different sports including athletics, boxing, sailing, weightlifting and wrestling.
The men's shot put took place on 26 July 1996. Leiato contested qualifying group A. His first attempt was 12.28m but his second attempt was unsuccessful. He bettered his score to 13.02m on his third attempt. He did not advance to the final and finished 34th overall.[3]
Qualifying for the women's shot put took place on 31 July 1996. Misipeka contested qualifying group B. Her first attempt was 13.4m and she improved this to 13.72m on her second attempt. Her final attempt was her best at 13.74m. She did not advance to the final and finished 25th overall.[4]
The 10 races in the star competition took place from 22–29 July 1996. Lowrance and Tavui achieved their best result in race eight finishing 12th. Overall, they finished with a net 177 points and placed 24th.[6]
In total, one American Samoan athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Eric Brown in the –91kg category.[2]
The −91 kg took place on 27 July 1996. Brown lifted 150 kg (snatch)[7] and 180 kg (clean and jerk)[8] for a combined score of 330 kg which placed him 22nd in the overall rankings.[9]
The first round of the freestyle −90 kg took place on 1 August 1996. Purcell lost his match to Ričardas Pauliukonis of Lithuania by grand superiority. In the second classification round, Purcell was eliminated from the tournament after losing by fall to Kaloyan Baev of Bulgaria.[10]
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