Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

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Silver medalist Paul Lake in the LC1 omnium event

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.

Medal table[]

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	5	5	0	10
2	France (FRA)	5	1	3	9
3	Italy (ITA)	3	2	1	6
4	Canada (CAN)	3	1	3	7
5	United States (USA)	2	5	6	13
6	Spain (ESP)	1	1	3	5
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
8	Austria (AUT)	1	0	2	3
8	Japan (JPN)	1	0	2	3
10	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
11	Germany (GER)	0	3	1	4
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
16	Norway (NOR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 nations)		23	23	23	69

Participating nations[]

Afghanistan (2)
Australia (14)
Austria (7)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (5)
Brazil (1)
Burkina Faso (2)
Canada (7)
Czech Republic (3)
France (17)
Germany (13)
Great Britain (8)
Italy (12)
Japan (2)
Netherlands (7)
Norway (4)
Pakistan (1)
Singapore (2)
Slovakia (2)
South Korea (3)
Spain (26)
Switzerland (6)
United States (35)

Medal summary[]

Road cycling[]

Australian vision impaired cyclist Teresa Poole and her pilot Sandra Smith on the medal dais after winning gold in the tandem class on the track at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed 1500 m time trial tricycle CP2	Belgium	Germany	Japan
Mixed 5000 m time trial bicycle CP3	Gary Longhi Canada	United States	Japan
Mixed 5000 m time trial bicycle CP4	Christopher Scott Australia	Peter Homann Australia	United States
Mixed 5000 m time trial tricycle CP2	Japan	Belgium	United States
Mixed 20k bicycle CP3	United States	South Korea	Gary Longhi Canada
Mixed 20k bicycle CP4	Peter Homann Australia	Christopher Scott Australia	United States
Mixed 45/55k bicycle LC3	France	Switzerland	Austria
Women's 50/60k tandem open	Canada (CAN) Julie Cournoyer	United States (USA)	Spain (ESP) Maria Chaves
Mixed 55/65k bicycle LC2	France	Czech Republic	Canada
Mixed 60/70k tandem open	Canada (CAN) Julie Cournoyer	Spain (ESP) Francisco José Lara Belen Perez	Spain (ESP) Elena Padrones
Mixed 65/75k bicycle LC1	David Mercier France	Germany	Norway
Men's 100/120k tandem open	France (FRA)	Italy (ITA)	Germany (GER) Frank Hoefle

Track cycling[]

Australian tandem cyclists Terri Poole (right, vision impaired) and Sandra Smith (left, pilot for Terri) show off the gold medals they won in the 1km time trial and the 3km pursuit at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 200 m sprint tandem open	Italy (ITA)	Slovakia (SVK) Miroslav Jambor	France (FRA)
Mixed 200 m sprint tandem open	Australia (AUS) Kerry Golding Kieran Modra	Italy (ITA)	United States (USA) Cara Dunne
Men's time trial tandem open	France (FRA)	France (FRA)	Italy (ITA)
Women's time trial tandem open	Australia (AUS) Sandra Smith Teresa Poole	Germany (GER) Ursula Egner	Canada (CAN) Julie Cournoyer
Mixed time trial tandem open	Italy (ITA) Claudio Costa	United States (USA) Cara Dunne	United States (USA)
Men's individual pursuit tandem open	Netherlands (NED)	Australia (AUS) Eddy Hollands Paul Clohessy	France (FRA)
Women's individual pursuit tandem open	Australia (AUS) Sandra Smith Teresa Poole	Canada (CAN) Julie Cournoyer	United States (USA)
Mixed individual pursuit tandem open	Italy (ITA) Claudio Costa	United States (USA) Michael Hopper	Spain (ESP) Belén Perez Francisco José Lara
Mixed omnium LC1	Austria	Matthew Gray Australia	Norway
Mixed omnium LC2	United States	Paul Lake Australia	France
Mixed omnium LC3	Miguel Perez Spain	United States	Austria

References[]

^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

[1] "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".

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