Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....

consisted of 210 events, 155 for men and 55 for women.

Medal table

1 22 24 32 78
2 21 15 13 49
3 19 12 12 43
4 12 14 16 42
5 10 24 18 52
6 10 16 13 39
7 9 3 6 18
8 8 7 2 17
9 8 3 0 11
10 7 6 9 22

Men's events

100 m T10
100 m T11
100 m T12
100 m T32
100 m T33
100 m T34
100 m T35
100 m T36
100 m T37
100 m T42
100 m T43–44
100 m T45–46
100 m T51
100 m T52
100 m T53
200 m MH
200 m T10
200 m T11
200 m T12
200 m T34–35
200 m T36
200 m T37
200 m T42
200 m T43–44
200 m T45–46
200 m T51
200 m T52
200 m T53
400 m T10
400 m T11
400 m T12
400 m T32–33
400 m T34–35
400 m T36
400 m T37
400 m T42–46
400 m T50
400 m T51
400 m T52
400 m T53
800 m T10
800 m T11
800 m T34–36
800 m T37
800 m T44–46
800 m T50
800 m T51
800 m T52
800 m T53
1500 m T10
1500 m T11
1500 m T12
1500 m T34–37
1500 m T44–46
1500 m T50
1500 m T51
1500 m T52–53
5000 m T10
5000 m T11
5000 m T12
5000 m T34–37
5000 m T44–46
5000 m T51
5000 m T52–53
10000 m T10
10000 m T11
10000 m T12
10000 m T52–53
Marathon T10
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics - Men's marathon T10
The Men's marathon T10 was a marathon event in athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, for totally blind athletes. Defending champion Carlo Durante of Italy took part, as did 1992 silver medallist Tofiri Kibuuka of Norway, and 1988 gold medallist Joerund Gaasemyr or Norway, holder of the...

Marathon T11
Marathon T12
Marathon T42–46
Marathon T50
Marathon T51
Marathon T52–53
4×100 m relay T10–12
Juan Antonio Prieto 
Jorge Núñez 
Enrique Sánchez–Guijo 
Julio Requena

Gerd Franzka 
Joerg Trippen–Hilgers 
Ingo Geffers 
Holger Geffers
Holger Geffers
Holger Geffers is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprints events.Holger competed in three Paralympics winning 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. Her first games were in 1992 in Barcelona where she competed in the 100m and 400m...


Winford Haynes 
Andre Asbury 
Marvin Campbell 
Arthur Lewis
Arthur Lewis (athlete)
Arthur Alexander Lewis III, born June 5, 1972 in Hollywood, California, is a Paralympian athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T12 and T13 100m, 200m, long jump, triple jume, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay.- References :...

4×100 m relay T34–37
Shing Chung Chan 
Kwok Pang Chao 
Yiu Cheung Cheung 
Wa Wai So

Lincoln Scott 
Jason Tercey 
Freeman Register 
Ryan Blankenship

Stephen Payton
Stephen Payton
Stephen Payton is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.Stephen has competed in four paralymipcs, his first and most succseful was in 1996 where he had a clean sweep of the T37 sprint events, winning gold in 100m,200m and 400m as well as winning a...

 
Mark Newton 
Richard Collins 
Gordon Robertson
4×100 m relay T42–46
Tim Matthews
Tim Matthews
Tim Matthews is a British actor who began his career in Fuente Ovejuna at the National Theatre in London and after several other stage jobs found his first television appearance in a supporting role in the premiere episode of Five Children and It in 1991.From 2001 till 2007 he played the role of...

 
Bradley Thomas 
Neil Fuller
Neil Fuller
Neil Fuller OAM is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia...

 
David Evans
David Evans (athlete)
David Evans is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Men's 800 m T44-46 event and two gold medals in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46 event and the Men's 1,500 m T44-46 event.-References:...


Sven Reiger 
Andreas Kramer 
Manfred Hartl 
Klaus Felser

Matthew Bulow 
Thomas Bourgeois
Thomas Bourgeois
Thomas Bourgeois is a Paralympic athlete from America competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain in the men's Pentathlon - PS4 event...

 
Dennis Oehler 
Douglas Collier
Douglas Collier
Douglas Collier is a Paralympic athlete from United States competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events.He competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States...

4×100 m relay T52–53
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men's 4×100 m relay T52–53
The Men's 4×100m relay T52–53 was one of the events held in Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. It was a relay race for wheelchair sprinters. Each participating team consisted in four athletes....

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4×400 m relay T10–12
Juan Antonio Prieto 
Sergio Sánchez
Sergio Sánchez
Sergio Sánchez is a Spanish long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.He finished sixteenth at the 1999 World Youth Championships and eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, both in the 3000 metres...

 
Enrique Sánchez–Guijo 
José Antonio Sánchez

Thomas Validis 
Holger Geffers
Holger Geffers
Holger Geffers is a paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category T12 sprints events.Holger competed in three Paralympics winning 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. Her first games were in 1992 in Barcelona where she competed in the 100m and 400m...

 
Gerd Franzka 
Ingo Geffers

Edward Munro 
Kelvin Hogans 
Winford Haynes 
Craig Mallinckrodt
4×400 m relay T52–53
Claude Issorat
Claude Issorat
Claude Issorat is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.Claude is one of the most successful French track and field paralympians with 13 medals, 7 gold, across 4 games. He has medalled in events ranging from 100m up to marathon.-External links:*...

 
Philippe Couprie
Philippe Couprie
Philippe Couprie is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Phillippe has competed in four Paralympics, winning six medals. His first games were in Seoul in 1988 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 400m and 5000m as well as winning bronze...

 
Charles Tolle
Charles Tolle
Charles Tolle is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.Charles has competed in 3 Paralympics, winning 3 medals in two games. He first competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 200m and 400m, and won a gold medal as part of...

 
Mustapha Badid
Mustapha Badid
Mustapha Badid is a paralympic athlete from France competing mainly in category T53 wheelchair racing events.Mustapha competed in four Paralympics, winning eight medals six of which were gold. His first experience in the Paralympics was in 1984 when he competed in the 100m, 400m and shot putt and...


Franz Nietlispach
Franz Nietlispach
Franz Nietlispach is a Swiss wheelchair athlete, handcyclist, and politician.He has competed in every Summer Paralympic Games from 1976 to 2008, winning a total of fourteen gold, six silver, and two bronze medals. All of these medals were for athletics, except for one bronze earned in handcycling...

 
Heinz Frei
Heinz Frei
Heinz Frei is a Swiss wheelchair athlete. Frei has had a long career of racing, winning the London Marathon wheelchair race three times, and earning 5 medals at the 2003 European games at the age of 45...

 
Guido Muller 
Daniel Bogli

Jeffrey Adams
Jeff Adams
Jeff Adams is a Canadian Paralympian and a six-time world champion in wheelchair sports. He has competed at six consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a total of three gold, four silver, and six bronze medals...

 
Carl Marquis
Carl Marquis
Carl Marquis is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T54 wheelchair racing events.Carl competed in the 100m, 800m and 1500m in the 1996 Summer Paralympics but it wasn't till he teamed him with his fellow Canadians in the T52-53 4x400m relay that he won a medal, a bronze...

 
Marc Quessy
Marc Quessy
Marc Quessy is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 wheelchair racing events.Marc has competed in three Paralympics. His first in 1988 was arguably his quietest and most successful, competing in only two events, the 100m and marathon, he won two medals, a silver and...

 
Colin Mathieson
Colin Mathieson (athlete)
Colin Mathieson is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.Colin competed in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m in the 1996 Summer Paralympics but it wasn't till he teamed him with his fellow Canadians in the T52-53 4x400m relay that he won a medal, a bronze...

High jump F10–11
High jump F42–44
Long jump F10
Long jump F11
Long jump F12
Long jump F34–37
Long jump F42
Long jump F44
Long jump F45–46
Long jump MH
Triple jump F10
Triple jump F11
Triple jump F12
Triple jump F45–46
Club throw F50
Discus F10
Discus F11
Discus F12
Discus F32–33
Discus F34/37
Discus F35
Discus F36
Discus F41
Discus F42
Discus F43–44
Discus F46
Discus F51
Discus F52
Discus F53
Discus F54
Discus F55
Discus F56
Discus F57
Javelin F10
Javelin F11
Javelin F12
Javelin F34/37
Javelin F35
Javelin F36
Javelin F41
Javelin F42
Javelin F43–44
Javelin F46
Javelin F51
Javelin F52
Javelin F53
Javelin F54
Javelin F55
Javelin F56
Javelin F57
Shot put F10
Shot put F11
Shot put F12
Shot put F32–33
Shot put F34/37
Shot put F35
Shot put F36
Shot put F41
Shot put F42
Shot put F43–44
Shot put F46
Shot put F51
Shot put F52
Shot put F53
Shot put F54
Shot put F55
Shot put F56
Shot put F57
Pentathlon P10
Pentathlon P11
Pentathlon P12
Pentathlon P42
Pentathlon P44
Pentathlon P53–57

Women's events

100 m T10
100 m T11
100 m T32–33
100 m T34–35
100 m T36–37
100 m T42–46
100 m T52
100 m T53
200 m MH
200 m T10
200 m T11
200 m T32–33
200 m T34–37
200 m T42–46
200 m T51
200 m T52
200 m T53
400 m T10
400 m T11
400 m T51
400 m T52
400 m T53
800 m T10–11
800 m T51
800 m T52
800 m T53
1500 m T10–11
1500 m T52–53
3000 m T10–11
5000 m T52–53
10000 m T52–53
Marathon T52–53
Long jump F10–11
Long jump F34–37
Long jump F42–46
Long jump MH
Discus F10–11
Discus F12
Discus F34–35
Discus F41
Discus F42–44/46
Discus F53–54
Discus F55–57
Javelin F10–11
Javelin F42–44/46
Javelin F53–54
Javelin F55–57
Shot put F10–11
Shot put F12
Shot put F32–33
Shot put F41
Shot put F42–44/46
Shot put F53–54
Shot put F55–57
Pentathlon P10–12
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