The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Its athletes finished first in the gold and overall medal count.
Medalists
The following American athletes won medals at the games.
Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's Shot Put F54 Athletics Women's Discus F42-44/46 Athletics Men's Discus F43-44 Athletics Men's 100 m T33 Athletics Women's 10,000 m T52-53 Athletics Women's Marathon T52-53 Athletics Men's Discus F56 Athletics Women's Discus F34-35 Athletics Men's 400 m T32-33 Athletics Women's 200 m T32-33 Athletics Men's 400 m T51 Athletics Men's 800 m T51 Athletics Men's 100 m T51 Athletics Men's 5,000 m T34-37 Athletics Men's 800 m T34-36 Athletics Men's 200 m T34-35 Athletics Women's Pentathlon P10-12 Athletics Women's 100 m T52 Athletics Women's 200 m T52 Athletics Women's 400 m T52 Athletics Men's 100 m T43-44 Athletics Men's 200 m T43-44 Cycling Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3 Cycling Mixed Omnium LC2 Equestrian Mixed Dressage grade II Equestrian Mixed Kur Trot grade II Powerlifting Men's Over 100 kg Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 Swimming Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke B1 Swimming Men's 200 m Medley B1 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly B3 Swimming Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke B2 Swimming Women's 200 m Medley B2 Daniel ButlerMartin ParkerAaron PaulsonJames Thompson Swimming Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 Daniel ButlerMartin ParkerAaron Paulson Swimming Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 Diane StraubJoyce LuncherAllison Pittman Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Medley S7-10 Table tennis Women's Singles 4 Table tennis Men's Singles 7 United States national wheelchair rugby teamDavid CerutiClifton ChunnCharles CrouchDavid GouldWilliam RenjeJoseph SoaresBradley Updegrove Wheelchair rugby Mixed competition Stephen Welch Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles Athletics Men's Javelin F55 Athletics Men's Pentathlon P53-57 Athletics Women's 100 m T53 Athletics Women's 200 m T53 Athletics Men's Pentathlon P44 Athletics Men's 200 m MH Athletics Men's Marathon T50 Athletics Women's 5,000 m T52-53 Athletics Men's Discus F54 Athletics Men's Shot Put F51 Athletics Men's 1,500 m T52-53 Athletics Men's 800 m T53 Athletics Men's Discus F34/37 Athletics Women's 100 m T32-33 Athletics Men's 200 m T51 Athletics Women's Shot Put F12T34-37 Athletics Women's Discus F53-54 Athletics Women's Javelin F53-54 Athletics Women's Shot Put F53-54 Athletics Men's 100 m T37 Athletics Women's 800 m T52 Athletics Women's 400 m T51 Athletics Men's 10,000 m T10 Jason TerceyFreeman RegisterRyan Blankenship Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T34-37 Cycling Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3 Cycling Mixed Omnium LC3 Tiffany Tretschiok Cycling Women's 50/60k Tandem open Scott Evans Cycling Mixed Kilo Tandem open Kathleen Urschel Cycling Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open Judo Men's Over 95 kg Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1 Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle B1 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 Swimming Women's 200 m Medley SM9 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle S7 Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle B2 Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 Jill NelsonCamille WaddellSusan Moucha Swimming Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 Elizabeth ScottKatie EdgarTrischa Zorn Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Medley B1-3 Allison PittmanKaren NorrisBrenda Levy Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10 Table tennis Men's Singles 8 Nancy Olson Wheelchair tennis Women's Doubles Wheelchair tennis Men's Singles Athletics Women's Shot Put F42-44/46 Athletics Women's 400 m T53 Athletics Women's 800 m T53 Athletics Men's Pentathlon P44 Athletics Men's 5,000 m T51 Athletics Men's Marathon T51 Athletics Men's 400 m T32-33 Athletics Men's Pentathlon P53-57 Athletics Men's Shot Put F53 Athletics Men's Discus F52 Athletics Men's 800 m T50 Athletics Women's 1,500 m T52-53 Athletics Men's Long Jump MH Athletics Men's Discus F51 Athletics Men's Javelin F51 Athletics Men's Shot Put F43-44 Athletics Men's 100 m T33 Athletics Men's 200 m T12 Athletics Men's Club Throw F50 Athletics Women's 100 m T32-33 Athletics Men's 100 m T52 Athletics Men's 200 m T51 Athletics Men's 100 m T35 Athletics Men's Javelin F10 Athletics Men's 100 m T42 Athletics Women's Marathon T52-53 Athletics Women's 800 m T52 Athletics Men's 1,500 m T10 Athletics Men's 5,000 m T10 Andre AsburyMarvin CampbellArthur Lewis Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T10-12 Thomas BourgeoisDennis OehlerDouglas Collier Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46 Kelvin HogansWinford HaynesCraig Mallinckrodt Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T10-12 Boccia Mixed Individual C1 Cycling Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2 Cycling Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4 Cycling Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 Tiffany Tretschiok Cycling Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open Michael Rosenberg Cycling Mixed Kilo Tandem open Scott Evans Cycling Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open Equestrian Mixed Dressage grade II United States women's national goalball teamJennifer ArmbrusterMaureen EspositoMargaret OstrowskiSheryl GordonPatti Egensteiner-AsburyIrene Davis-Sparks Goalball Women's competition Judo Men's Up To 65 kg Judo Men's Up To 95 kg Judo Men's Up To 71 kg Powerlifting Men's Over 100 kg Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 Swimming Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 Swimming Men's 100 m Butterfly B2 Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle B1 Swimming Men's 50 m Backstroke S4 Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke B3 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3 Swimming Women's 200 m Medley B3 Swimming Men's 200 m Freestyle S4 Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke B2 Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 Sandra HanebrinkAimee BruderStephanie Brooks Swimming Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 Dawn DuffyMandy SommerTrischa Zorn Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle B1-3 Jacqueline di LorenzoTerese Terranova Table tennis Women's Teams 3-5 Mitchell Seidenfeld Table tennis Men's Teams 6-8 United States men's national wheelchair basketball team Wheelchair basketball Men's competition United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Wheelchair basketball Women's competition
See also
1996 Summer Paralympics United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
External links International Paralympic Committee Official Website United States Paralympic Committee Official Website