40 athletes (29 men and 11 women) from South Africa competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States and finished 15th on the medal table.
Medallists
Medal Name Sport Event Malcolm Pringle Athletics Men's 800m T37 Leon Labuschagne Athletics Men's discus F53 Steyn Humphries Athletics Men's discus F55 Stephanus Lombaard Athletics Men's javelin F57 Gert van der Merwe Athletics Men's shot put F36 Michael Louwrens Athletics Men's shot put F56 Stephanus Lombaard Athletics Men's shot put F57 Deirdre Buller Lawn bowls Women's singles LB6 Ebert Kleynhans Swimming Men's 50m freestyle B3 Jean-Jacques Terblanche Swimming Men's 200m medley SM8 Malcolm Pringle Athletics Men's 400m T37 Malcolm Pringle Athletics Men's 1500m T34-37 Jacobus Jonker Athletics Men's javelin F36 Steyn Humphries Athletics Men's shot put F56 Willem Niemann Lawn bowls Men's singles LB2 Ronald Philipps Lawn bowls Men's singles LB6 Tadhg Slattery Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB5 Ebert Kleynhans Swimming Men's 100m freestyle B3 Daniel Louw Athletics Men's 200m T45-46 Stephanus Lombaard Athletics Men's discus F57 Jaco Janse van Vuuren Athletics Men's javelin F36 Steyn Humphries Athletics Men's javelin F56 Margaret Harriman Lawn bowls Women's singles LB2 Rosabelle Riese Shooting Women's air pistol SH1 Craig Groenewald Swimming Men's 50m freestyle MH Jean-Jacques Terblanche Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S8 Craig Groenewald Swimming Men's 100m freestyle MH Elizabeth Prinsloo Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S10
See also South Africa at the Paralympics South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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