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]
United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | USA |
NPC | United States Paralympic Committee |
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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Medalists
editThe following American athletes won medals at the games.[2]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Arnold Astrada | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F54 |
Gold | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Discus F42-44/46 |
Gold | Shawn Brown | 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 | Larry Hughes | Athletics | Men's Discus F56 |
Gold | Ellen Hyman | Athletics | Women's Discus F34-35 |
Gold | David Larson | Athletics | Men's 400 m T32-33 |
Gold | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 200 m T32-33 |
Gold | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 400 m T51 |
Gold | Shawn Meredith | 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 | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 100 m T52 |
Gold | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 200 m T52 |
Gold | LeAnn Shannon | 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 | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3 |
Gold | Dory Selinger | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC2 |
Gold | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
Gold | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Kur Trot grade II |
Gold | Kim Brownfield | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
Gold | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 |
Gold | Daniel Butler | Swimming | Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 |
Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke B1 |
Gold | Daniel Kelly | 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 | James Thompson | 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 Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson James Thompson |
Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
Gold | Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson |
Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
Gold | Karen Norris Diane Straub Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman |
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 David Ceruti Clifton Chunn Charles Crouch David Gould William Renje Joseph Soares Bradley Updegrove |
Wheelchair rugby | Mixed competition |
Gold | Vance Parmelly Stephen Welch |
Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles |
Silver | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Javelin F55 |
Silver | Robert Balk | 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 | Tico Clawson | 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 | Marc Fenn | Athletics | Men's Discus F54 |
Silver | Douglas Heir | 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 | Denton Johnson | Athletics | Men's Discus F34/37 |
Silver | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
Silver | Shawn Meredith | 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 | Leann Shannon | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
Silver | Jean Waters | Athletics | Women's 400 m T51 |
Silver | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m T10 |
Silver | Lincoln Scott Jason Tercey Freeman Register Ryan Blankenship |
Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T34-37 |
Silver | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3 |
Silver | Rex Patrick | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC3 |
Silver | Julia Haft Tiffany Tretschiok |
Cycling | Women's 50/60k Tandem open |
Silver | Cara Dunne Scott Evans |
Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
Silver | Michael Hopper Kathleen Urschel |
Cycling | Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
Silver | Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's Over 95 kg |
Silver | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 |
Silver | Gregory Burns | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 |
Silver | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1 |
Silver | Daniel Kelly | 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 | Karen Norris | 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 | Stephanie Brooks Jill Nelson Camille Waddell Susan Moucha |
Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
Silver | Mandy Sommer Elizabeth Scott Katie Edgar Trischa Zorn |
Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley B1-3 |
Silver | Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman Karen Norris Brenda Levy |
Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10 |
Silver | Mitchell Seidenfeld | Table tennis | Men's Singles 8 |
Silver | Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson |
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 | Patrick Cottini | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T51 |
Bronze | Patrick Cottini | 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 | Gabriel Diaz de Leon | 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 | Wardell Gadson | Athletics | Men's Long Jump MH |
Bronze | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Discus F51 |
Bronze | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Javelin F51 |
Bronze | Asa Ison | 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 | Aaron Little | Athletics | Men's Club Throw F50 |
Bronze | Sheila O'Neil | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
Bronze | Matthew Parry | Athletics | Men's 100 m T52 |
Bronze | Bradley Ramage | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51 |
Bronze | Freeman Register | Athletics | Men's 100 m T35 |
Bronze | Richard Ruffalo | Athletics | Men's Javelin F10 |
Bronze | Todd Schaffhauser | Athletics | Men's 100 m T42 |
Bronze | Deanna Sodoma | Athletics | Women's Marathon T52-53 |
Bronze | Ann Walters | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
Bronze | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T10 |
Bronze | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T10 |
Bronze | Winford Haynes Andre Asbury Marvin Campbell Arthur Lewis |
Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T10-12 |
Bronze | Matthew Bulow Thomas Bourgeois Dennis Oehler Douglas Collier |
Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46 |
Bronze | Edward Munro Kelvin Hogans Winford Haynes Craig Mallinckrodt |
Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T10-12 |
Bronze | Steven Thompson | Boccia | Mixed Individual C1 |
Bronze | Corey Huntley | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2 |
Bronze | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4 |
Bronze | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 |
Bronze | Juila Haft Tiffany Tretschiok |
Cycling | Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
Bronze | Pamala Fernandes Michael Rosenberg |
Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
Bronze | Cara Dunne Scott Evans |
Cycling | Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open |
Bronze | Lauren McDevitt | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
Bronze | United States women's national goalball team Jennifer Armbruster Maureen Esposito Margaret Ostrowski Sheryl Gordon Patti Egensteiner-Asbury Irene Davis-Sparks |
Goalball | Women's competition |
Bronze | Marlon Lopez | Judo | Men's Up To 65 kg |
Bronze | James Mastro | Judo | Men's Up To 95 kg |
Bronze | Stephan Moore | Judo | Men's Up To 71 kg |
Bronze | Pernell Cooper | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
Bronze | Luis Alicea | 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 | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Butterfly B2 |
Bronze | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle B1 |
Bronze | Craig Laufenberg | Swimming | Men's 50 m Backstroke S4 |
Bronze | Brenda Levy | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 |
Bronze | Aaron Paulson | 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 | James Thompson | 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 Sandra Hanebrink Aimee Bruder Stephanie Brooks |
Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
Bronze | Elizabeth Scott Dawn Duffy Mandy Sommer Trischa Zorn |
Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle B1-3 |
Bronze | Jennifer Johnson Jacqueline di Lorenzo 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 |
Wheelchair basketball | Men's competition |
Bronze | United States women's national wheelchair basketball team |
Wheelchair basketball | Women's competition |
See also
editWikimedia Commons has media related to United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.
References
edit- ^ "Medal Standings Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1996. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ United States at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics on paralympic.org