Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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Wheelchair basketball – Men
at the X Paralympic Games
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Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
VenueForbes Arena and Omni Coliseum
Dates1996
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA)
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Wheelchair basketball at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
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The men's tournament was won by the team representing  Australia.[1]

Preliminary round[]

Group A
Rank Team Pld W L PF:PA Pts   ESP AUS GBR CAN MEX ARG
1  Spain 5 4 1 315:269 9 x 69:56 54:47 53:62 76:60 63:44
2  Australia 5 4 1 306:250 9 56:69 x 63:55 52:42 65:47 70:37
3  Great Britain 5 3 2 303:250 8 47:54 55:63 x 56:51 52:46 93:36
4  Canada 5 3 2 279:229 8 62:53 42:52 51:56 x 52:44 72:24
5  Mexico 5 1 4 244:287 6 60:76 47:65 46:52 44:52 x 47:42
6  Argentina 5 0 5 183:345 5 44:63 37:70 36:93 24:72 42:47 x
Group B
Rank Team Pld W L PF:PA Pts   USA FRA NED JPN SWE IRQ
1  United States 4 4 0 297:166 8 x 72:43 53:42 80:32 92:49 DNS
2  France 4 3 1 207:211 7 43:72 x 46:41 61:47 57:51 DNS
3  Netherlands 4 2 2 213:185 6 42:53 41:46 x 72:42 58:44 DNS
4  Japan 4 1 3 173:260 5 32:80 47:61 42:72 x 52:47 DNS
5  Sweden 4 0 4 191:259 4 49:92 51:57 44:58 47:52 x DNS
6  Iraq 0 0 0 0:0 0 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS x
  Qualified for quarterfinals
  Eliminated
  Did not start

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Medal round[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
 Spain 61
 Japan 48
 Spain 44
 Great Britain 50
 France 50
 Great Britain 53
 Great Britain 63
 Australia 78
 United States 61
 Canada 49
 United States 57 Third place
 Australia 63
 Australia 46  Spain 60
 Netherlands 44  United States 66

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Classification 5-8[]

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Japan 50
 
 
 
  61
 
  68
 
 
 
 Canada 69
 
 Canada 52
 
 
 Netherlands 44
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Japan 49
 
 
 Netherlands 73

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Classification 9-12[]

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  DNS
 
  49
 
 
 
  64
 
  52
 
 
  45
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  DNS
 
 
 

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Ranking[]

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4.  Spain
5.  Canada
6.  
7.  Netherlands
8.  Japan
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References[]

  1. ^ "Wheelchair basketball: Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
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