United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Atlanta
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 46 Silver 46 Bronze 65 Total 157
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Australian and American athletes at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.

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.^[1]

Medalists[]

The following American athletes won medals at the games.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold		Athletics	Men's Shot Put F54
Gold	Jennifer Barrett	Athletics	Women's Discus F42-44/46
Gold		Athletics	Men's Discus F43-44
Gold	Ross Davis	Athletics	Men's 100 m T33
Gold	Jean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m T52-53
Gold	Jean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's Marathon T52-53
Gold		Athletics	Men's Discus F56
Gold		Athletics	Women's Discus F34-35
Gold	David Larson	Athletics	Men's 400 m T32-33
Gold		Athletics	Women's 200 m T32-33
Gold		Athletics	Men's 400 m T51
Gold		Athletics	Men's 800 m T51
Gold	Paul Nitz	Athletics	Men's 100 m T51
Gold	Joseph Parker	Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T34-37
Gold	Joseph Parker	Athletics	Men's 800 m T34-36
Gold	Freeman Register	Athletics	Men's 200 m T34-35
Gold	Marla Runyan	Athletics	Women's Pentathlon P10-12
Gold		Athletics	Women's 100 m T52
Gold		Athletics	Women's 200 m T52
Gold		Athletics	Women's 400 m T52
Gold	Tony Volpentest	Athletics	Men's 100 m T43-44
Gold	Tony Volpentest	Athletics	Men's 200 m T43-44
Gold		Cycling	Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3
Gold		Cycling	Mixed Omnium LC2
Gold		Equestrian	Mixed Dressage grade II
Gold		Equestrian	Mixed Kur Trot grade II
Gold	Kim Brownfield	Powerlifting	Men's Over 100 kg
Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S9
Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly S5
Gold		Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke B1
Gold		Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley B1
Gold	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly S9
Gold	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9
Gold	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S9
Gold	Elizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly B3
Gold		Swimming	Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2
Gold	Camille Waddell	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Gold	Jason Wening	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S8
Gold	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke B2
Gold	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley B2
Gold	Gregory Burns	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6
Gold	Gregory Burns	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6
Gold	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Medley S7-10
Gold	Jennifer Johnson	Table tennis	Women's Singles 4
Gold	Tahl Leibovitz	Table tennis	Men's Singles 7
Gold	United States national wheelchair rugby team Joseph Soares	Wheelchair rugby	Mixed competition
Gold	Vance Parmelly Stephen Welch	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Doubles
Silver		Athletics	Men's Javelin F55
Silver		Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P53-57
Silver	Cheri Becerra-Madsen	Athletics	Women's 100 m T53
Silver	Cheri Becerra-Madsen	Athletics	Women's 200 m T53
Silver	Thomas Bourgeois	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P44
Silver		Athletics	Men's 200 m MH
Silver	Bart Dodson	Athletics	Men's Marathon T50
Silver	Jean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 5,000 m T52-53
Silver		Athletics	Men's Discus F54
Silver		Athletics	Men's Shot Put F51
Silver	Scot Hollonbeck	Athletics	Men's 1,500 m T52-53
Silver	Scot Hollonbeck	Athletics	Men's 800 m T53
Silver		Athletics	Men's Discus F34/37
Silver		Athletics	Women's 100 m T32-33
Silver		Athletics	Men's 200 m T51
Silver	Marla Runyan	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F12T34-37
Silver	Laura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Discus F53-54
Silver	Laura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Javelin F53-54
Silver	Laura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F53-54
Silver	Lincoln Scott	Athletics	Men's 100 m T37
Silver		Athletics	Women's 800 m T52
Silver		Athletics	Women's 400 m T51
Silver		Athletics	Men's 10,000 m T10
Silver	Lincoln Scott Freeman Register	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T34-37
Silver		Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3
Silver		Cycling	Mixed Omnium LC3
Silver		Cycling	Women's 50/60k Tandem open
Silver	Cara Dunne	Cycling	Mixed Kilo Tandem open
Silver	Michael Hopper	Cycling	Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open
Silver	Kevin Szott	Judo	Men's Over 95 kg
Silver		Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S9
Silver	Gregory Burns	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S6
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle B1
Silver	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9
Silver	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM9
Silver		Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S10
Silver	Julie Wolfe	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S7
Silver	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle B2
Silver	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle B2
Silver	Camille Waddell	Swimming	Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6
Silver	Elizabeth Scott Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Medley B1-3
Silver	Joyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10
Silver	Mitchell Seidenfeld	Table tennis	Men's Singles 8
Silver	Hope Lewellen	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Doubles
Silver	Stephen Welch	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles
Bronze	Jennifer Barrett	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F42-44/46
Bronze	Cheri Becerra-Madsen	Athletics	Women's 400 m T53
Bronze	Cheri Becerra-Madsen	Athletics	Women's 800 m T53
Bronze	Douglas Collier	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P44
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T51
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Marathon T51
Bronze	Ross Davis	Athletics	Men's 400 m T32-33
Bronze	Jerry Deets	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P53-57
Bronze	Jerry Deets	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F53
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Discus F52
Bronze	Bart Dodson	Athletics	Men's 800 m T50
Bronze	Jean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 1,500 m T52-53
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Long Jump MH
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Discus F51
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Javelin F51
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Shot Put F43-44
Bronze	David Larson	Athletics	Men's 100 m T33
Bronze	Arthur Lewis	Athletics	Men's 200 m T12
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Club Throw F50
Bronze		Athletics	Women's 100 m T32-33
Bronze	Matthew Parry	Athletics	Men's 100 m T52
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 200 m T51
Bronze	Freeman Register	Athletics	Men's 100 m T35
Bronze		Athletics	Men's Javelin F10
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 100 m T42
Bronze		Athletics	Women's Marathon T52-53
Bronze		Athletics	Women's 800 m T52
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 1,500 m T10
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T10
Bronze	Marvin Campbell Arthur Lewis	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T10-12
Bronze	Thomas Bourgeois Dennis Oehler Douglas Collier	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T10-12
Bronze		Boccia	Mixed Individual C1
Bronze		Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2
Bronze		Cycling	Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4
Bronze		Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4
Bronze		Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open
Bronze		Cycling	Mixed Kilo Tandem open
Bronze	Cara Dunne	Cycling	Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open
Bronze		Equestrian	Mixed Dressage grade II
Bronze	United States women's national goalball team Jennifer Armbruster	Goalball	Women's competition
Bronze	Marlon Lopez	Judo	Men's Up To 65 kg
Bronze		Judo	Men's Up To 95 kg
Bronze		Judo	Men's Up To 71 kg
Bronze	Pernell Cooper	Powerlifting	Men's Over 100 kg
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S9
Bronze	Aimee Bruder	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S4
Bronze	Aimee Bruder	Swimming	Women's 200 m Freestyle S4
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly B2
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle B1
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke S4
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S8
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Bronze	Elizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke B3
Bronze	Elizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3
Bronze	Elizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley B3
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle S4
Bronze	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke B2
Bronze	Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle B2
Bronze	Camille Waddell Aimee Bruder	Swimming	Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6
Bronze	Elizabeth Scott Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle B1-3
Bronze	Jennifer Johnson Terese Terranova	Table tennis	Women's Teams 3-5
Bronze	Tahl Leibovitz Mitchell Seidenfeld	Table tennis	Men's Teams 6-8
Bronze	United States men's national wheelchair basketball team Trooper Johnson James Miller Randy Snow	Wheelchair basketball	Men's competition
Bronze	United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Pamela Fontaine Jana Stump	Wheelchair basketball	Women's competition

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.

• 1996 Summer Paralympics
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References[]

External links[]

• International Paralympic Committee Official Website
• United States Paralympic Committee Official Website