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EXHIBIT 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of The Coca-Cola Company (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003 (the "Report"), I, Douglas N. Daft, Chairman, Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and I, Gary P. Fayard, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


    /s/  DOUGLAS N. DAFT      
   
    Douglas N. Daft
    Chairman, Board of Directors, and
Chief Executive Officer
    February 27, 2004

 

 

 
    /s/  GARY P. FAYARD      
   
    Gary P. Fayard
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
    February 27, 2004



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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002