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The 1996 Superbike World Championship was the ninth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 14 April at Misano and finished on 27 October at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.

Troy Corser won the riders' championship with 7 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Misano	14 April	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	John Kocinski	Ducati Corse
2	R1	Donington	28 April	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
3	R1	Hockenheim	12 May	Pierfrancesco Chili	Troy Corser	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda
4	R1	Monza	16 June	Pierfrancesco Chili	Pierfrancesco Chili	Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team Gattolone
5	R1	Brno	30 June	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
6	R1	Laguna Seca	21 July	John Kocinski	Anthony Gobert	John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
	R2				Wataru Yoshikawa	Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
7	R1	Brands Hatch	4 August	Troy Corser	John Kocinski	Pierfrancesco Chili	Team Gattolone	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
8	R1	Sentul	18 August	Colin Edwards	Carl Fogarty	John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
	R2				John Kocinski	John Kocinski	Ducati Corse
9	R1	Sugo	25 August	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Yuichi Takeda	HRC Honda Racing	Report
	R2				Takuma Aoki	Takuma Aoki	HRC Honda Racing
10	R1	Assen	8 September	John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda	Report
	R2				John Kocinski	Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda
11	R1	Albacete	6 October	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
	R2				Troy Corser	Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
12	R1	Phillip Island	27 October	Colin Edwards	Aaron Slight	Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy	Report
	R2				Aaron Slight	Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy

Championship standings

Riders' standings

1996 final riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike SMR GBR GER ITA CZE USA EUR INA JPN NED ESP AUS Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Corser Ducati 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 5 4 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 6 5 4 9 4 2 1 1 3 NC 369 2 Slight Honda 6 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 6 5 3 2 6 3 3 5 9 6 Ret 2 347 3 Kocinski Ducati 1 1 7 6 2 3 Ret Ret 4 6 1 12 3 Ret 1 1 5 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 337 4 Fogarty Honda 7 6 8 7 5 1 1 3 2 3 8 4 5 Ret 2 3 8 4 1 1 5 7 4 6 331 5 Edwards Yamaha 11 7 6 4 3 5 3 5 6 7 4 Ret 4 3 5 4 DNS DNS 2 3 2 3 248 6 Chili Ducati 3 3 4 5 Ret Ret 4 1 8 10 Ret 7 1 2 4 Ret Ret DNS 2 4 Ret Ret 8 9 223 7 Crafar Kawasaki 4 4 2 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 10 9 7 5 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 8 8 4 4 Ret 11 180 8 Gobert Kawasaki 5 DSQ 3 3 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 19 Ret 1 2 4 DNS DNS 1 1 167 9 Yoshikawa Yamaha 9 11 9 12 DNS DNS 9 11 9 8 10 6 7 7 3 8 10 7 6 5 6 7 163 10 Hodgson Ducati 12 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 6 9 11 4 3 9 8 Ret Ret 8 13 14 7 6 8 8 Ret 12 122 11 Hale Ducati 13 8 14 16 Ret 8 7 5 6 10 12 11 10 9 20 22 11 12 10 Ret 9 4 114 12 Reynolds Suzuki 17 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 15 7 5 8 Ret DNS 7 8 9 6 14 12 13 Ret 7 9 11 10 99 13 McCarthy Suzuki Ret 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 14 Ret 10 13 Ret 10 13 10 17 18 14 9 Ret 15 10 15 81 14 Casoli Ducati Ret 13 11 9 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 11 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 70 15 Bontempi Kawasaki 10 10 10 11 12 13 Ret DNS 18 16 13 16 13 9 11 12 22 20 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 63 16 Lindholm Ducati 8 9 Ret 8 8 7 10 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 58 17 Whitham Yamaha Ret 10 7 6 Ret Ret 6 14 37 18 Meklau Ducati Ret DNS 13 11 12 11 12 12 16 10 DNS 17 31 19 Aoki Honda 11 1 30 20 Takeda Honda 1 Ret 25 21 Schmid Kawasaki 16 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 23 22 Haga Yamaha 2 DSQ 20 23 Fujiwara Yamaha 7 5 20 24 Goddard Suzuki 5 8 19 25 Ryo Kawasaki 9 6 17 26 Takeishi Kawasaki 10 7 15 27 Kellenberger Honda 11 10 Ret 17 11 28 Morrison Ducati 14 Ret 11 12 11 29 Chandler Kawasaki Ret 6 10 30 Kitagawa Suzuki 12 10 10 31 Paquay Ducati 15 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 Ret 17 Ret 10 32 Lavilla Yamaha 11 12 9 33 Phillis Kawasaki Ret 14 Ret 15 15 15 15 13 17 16 9 34 Mackenzie Yamaha 16 13 11 Ret 8 35 de Vries Yamaha 12 13 7 36 Emmett Ducati 18 15 12 14 Ret Ret 7 37 Pegram Ducati 12 14 6 38 Craggill Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 11 5 39 Giles Ducati 13 Ret Ret DNS 18 14 Ret 17 5 40 Thomas Honda 14 Ret 15 14 5 41 Boustas Ducati 23 Ret 19 21 22 17 22 17 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 5 42 Mark Yamaha 17 12 4 43 Chambon Ducati 18 16 15 15 14 19 17 Ret 4 44 Connell Ducati 18 13 3 45 Buckmaster Suzuki 13 Ret 3 46 Nukumi Ducati Ret 13 3 47 Moodie Ducati Ret Ret Ret 13 3 48 Martin Suzuki Ret 15 14 Ret 3 49 Jerman Kawasaki 25 Ret 22 19 19 Ret 14 16 19 18 Ret 17 19 15 16 Ret 24 24 19 16 19 19 16 18 3 50 Simpson Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret 2 51 Serizawa Suzuki 15 15 2 52 Smith Kawasaki 15 15 2 53 Di Maso Ducati 20 17 23 15 Ret Ret 1 Pos. Rider Bike SMR GBR GER ITA CZE USA EUR INA JPN NED ESP AUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

1996 final manufacturers' standings
Pos.	Manufacturer	SMR		GBR		GER		ITA		CZE		USA		EUR		INA		JPN		NED		ESP		AUS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Ducati	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	521
2	Honda	6	5	5	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	5	3	5	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	6	4	2	430
3	Kawasaki	4	4	2	3	4	4	9	10	10	9	7	1	2	4	11	11	9	6	8	8	4	4	1	1	308
4	Yamaha	9	7	6	4	3	5	3	5	6	7	8	4	3	5	5	4	2	5	6	7	2	3	2	3	300
5	Suzuki	17	12	13	14	10	9	8	8	5	8	10	13	7	8	9	6	12	10	13	9	7	9	5	8	156
Pos.	Manufacturer	SMR		GBR		GER		ITA		CZE		USA		EUR		INA		JPN		NED		ESP		AUS		Pts

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