Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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Australian gold medalist Priya Cooper after presentation ceremony
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 168 events, 87 for men and 81 for women. Because of a tie in the men's 100 m freestyle S4 event, a total of 169 bronze medals were awarded.
The 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta were the first ones where swimming was fully integrated based on functional disability, with classification no longer separated into classes based on the four disability types of vision impaired, cerebral palsy, amputee, and wheelchair sport. Countries no longer had multiple national swimming teams based on disability type but instead had one mixed disability national team.[1]
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 19 | 23 | 14 | 56 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 16 | 13 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 |  Spain (ESP) | 15 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 |  Norway (NOR) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 |  Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 |  Iceland (ISL) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 |  Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 16 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 |  Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 |  Estonia (EST) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 25 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 |  Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (40 nations) | 169 | 167 | 169 | 505 | |
Participating nations[]
Argentina (8)
Australia (30)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (11)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (13)
Chile (1)
China (11)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (14)
Egypt (5)
Estonia (4)
Faroe Islands (1)
Finland (4)
France (16)
Germany (28)
Great Britain (53)
Greece (5)
Hungary (10)
Iceland (8)
Ireland (3)
Israel (7)
Italy (7)
Japan (7)
Kuwait (1)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (19)
New Zealand (7)
Norway (8)
Peru (2)
Poland (8)
Portugal (6)
Russia (10)
Slovakia (5)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (8)
South Korea (2)
Spain (41)
Sweden (17)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (1)
Ukraine (7)
United States (42)
Yugoslavia (1)
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Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
Women's events[]
An unidentified Australian swimmer at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
An unidentified Australian swimmer at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Clair, Jill M. Le (2013-09-13). Disability in the Global Sport Arena: A Sporting Chance. Routledge. ISBN 9781135694241.
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
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