1996 Summer Paralympics
Venue: |
Atlanta , USA |
Opening ceremony: | August 16, 1996 |
Closing ceremony: | August 25, 1996 |
Opened by: | Al Gore (Vice President of the USA ) |
Olympic torch : | Mark Wellman |
Competitions: | 508 competitions in 20 sports |
Countries: | 104 |
Athletes: | 3,259 (790 women, 2,469 men) |
← Barcelona 1992 | |
Sydney 2000 → |
Medal table | |||||
space | country | total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 47 | 46 | 65 | 158 |
2 | Australia | 42 | 37 | 27 | 106 |
3 | Germany | 40 | 58 | 51 | 149 |
4th | Great Britain | 39 | 42 | 41 | 122 |
5 | Spain | 39 | 31 | 36 | 106 |
6th | France | 35 | 29 | 31 | 95 |
7th | Canada | 24 | 22nd | 24 | 70 |
8th | Netherlands | 17th | 11 | 17th | 45 |
9 | People's Republic of China | 16 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
10 | Japan | 14th | 10 | 13 | 37 |
... | |||||
18th | Switzerland | 9 | 6th | 6th | 21st |
... | |||||
25th | Austria | 6th | 6th | 10 | 22nd |
Complete medal table |
The 10th Summer Paralympics took place in Atlanta from August 16 to August 25, 1996 . 508 competitions were held, which were divided into 20 sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded medals in 17 of these 20 sports .
For the first time, mentally handicapped athletes took part alongside athletes with spinal cord impairments, cerebral palsy, amputations and visual impairments.
The games were supported by around 12,000 volunteers. Despite everything, these Paralympics turned out to be an embarrassment for the organizers, because the organizers in Atlanta had the facilities dismantled after the Summer Olympics, so that the Paralympics took place in ruins.
Participating Nations
The following 104 nations took part in the 1996 Paralympics:
sports
Medals were awarded in 17 of the following sports. As a demonstration sport, racquetball, wheelchair rugby and sailing were not included in the rating.
- Boccia
- Archery
- 7-a-side football
- Goalball
- Judo
- Lawn bowling
- athletics
- Powerlifting
- Racquetball (demonstration sport)
- Cycling
- horse riding
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair rugby (demonstration sport)
- Wheelchair tennis
- shoot
- swim
- Sailing (demonstration sport)
- Table tennis
- volleyball
Outstanding athletes
The Australian Louise Sauvage mastered the women's wheelchair runs and got gold in the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 5000 m run.
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b International Paralympic Committee: Paralympics Atlanta 1996 . Retrieved August 28, 2012.