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 |
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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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[edit]
The following American athletes won medals at the games.[2]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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![]() | Arnold Astrada | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F54 |
![]() | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Discus F42-44/46 |
![]() | Shawn Brown | Athletics | Men's Discus F43-44 |
![]() | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 100 m T33 |
![]() | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m T52-53 |
![]() | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's Marathon T52-53 |
![]() | Larry Hughes | Athletics | Men's Discus F56 |
![]() | Ellen Hyman | Athletics | Women's Discus F34-35 |
![]() | David Larson | Athletics | Men's 400 m T32-33 |
![]() | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 200 m T32-33 |
![]() | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 400 m T51 |
![]() | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 800 m T51 |
![]() | Paul Nitz | Athletics | Men's 100 m T51 |
![]() | Joseph Parker | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T34-37 |
![]() | Joseph Parker | Athletics | Men's 800 m T34-36 |
![]() | Freeman Register | Athletics | Men's 200 m T34-35 |
![]() | Marla Runyan | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon P10-12 |
![]() | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 100 m T52 |
![]() | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 200 m T52 |
![]() | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 400 m T52 |
![]() | Tony Volpentest | Athletics | Men's 100 m T43-44 |
![]() | Tony Volpentest | Athletics | Men's 200 m T43-44 |
![]() | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3 |
![]() | Dory Selinger | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC2 |
![]() | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
![]() | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Kur Trot grade II |
![]() | Kim Brownfield | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
![]() | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 |
![]() | Daniel Butler | Swimming | Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke B1 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 200 m Medley B1 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 |
![]() | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly B3 |
![]() | James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 |
![]() | Camille Waddell | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 |
![]() | Jason Wening | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke B2 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley B2 |
![]() | Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
![]() | Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson | Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
![]() | Karen Norris Diane Straub Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley S7-10 |
![]() | Jennifer Johnson | Table tennis | Women's Singles 4 |
![]() | Tahl Leibovitz | Table tennis | Men's Singles 7 |
![]() | United States national wheelchair rugby team David Ceruti Clifton Chunn Charles Crouch David Gould William Renje Joseph Soares Bradley Updegrove | Wheelchair rugby | Mixed competition |
![]() | Vance Parmelly Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles |
![]() | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Javelin F55 |
![]() | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P53-57 |
![]() | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 100 m T53 |
![]() | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 200 m T53 |
![]() | Thomas Bourgeois | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P44 |
![]() | Tico Clawson | Athletics | Men's 200 m MH |
![]() | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's Marathon T50 |
![]() | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 5,000 m T52-53 |
![]() | Marc Fenn | Athletics | Men's Discus F54 |
![]() | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F51 |
![]() | Scot Hollonbeck | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T52-53 |
![]() | Scot Hollonbeck | Athletics | Men's 800 m T53 |
![]() | Denton Johnson | Athletics | Men's Discus F34/37 |
![]() | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
![]() | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51 |
![]() | Marla Runyan | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F12T34-37 |
![]() | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Discus F53-54 |
![]() | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Javelin F53-54 |
![]() | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F53-54 |
![]() | Lincoln Scott | Athletics | Men's 100 m T37 |
![]() | Leann Shannon | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
![]() | Jean Waters | Athletics | Women's 400 m T51 |
![]() | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m T10 |
![]() | Lincoln Scott Jason Tercey Freeman Register Ryan Blankenship | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T34-37 |
![]() | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3 |
![]() | Rex Patrick | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC3 |
![]() | Julia Haft Tiffany Tretschiok | Cycling | Women's 50/60k Tandem open |
![]() | Cara Dunne Scott Evans | Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
![]() | Michael Hopper Kathleen Urschel | Cycling | Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
![]() | Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's Over 95 kg |
![]() | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 |
![]() | Gregory Burns | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle B1 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley SM9 |
![]() | Karen Norris | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 |
![]() | Julie Wolfe | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle S7 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle B2 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 |
![]() | Stephanie Brooks Jill Nelson Camille Waddell Susan Moucha | Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
![]() | Mandy Sommer Elizabeth Scott Katie Edgar Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley B1-3 |
![]() | Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman Karen Norris Brenda Levy | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10 |
![]() | Mitchell Seidenfeld | Table tennis | Men's Singles 8 |
![]() | Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson | Wheelchair tennis | Women's Doubles |
![]() | Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Singles |
![]() | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F42-44/46 |
![]() | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 400 m T53 |
![]() | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 800 m T53 |
![]() | Douglas Collier | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P44 |
![]() | Patrick Cottini | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T51 |
![]() | Patrick Cottini | Athletics | Men's Marathon T51 |
![]() | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 400 m T32-33 |
![]() | Jerry Deets | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P53-57 |
![]() | Jerry Deets | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F53 |
![]() | Gabriel Diaz de Leon | Athletics | Men's Discus F52 |
![]() | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's 800 m T50 |
![]() | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 1,500 m T52-53 |
![]() | Wardell Gadson | Athletics | Men's Long Jump MH |
![]() | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Discus F51 |
![]() | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Javelin F51 |
![]() | Asa Ison | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F43-44 |
![]() | David Larson | Athletics | Men's 100 m T33 |
![]() | Arthur Lewis | Athletics | Men's 200 m T12 |
![]() | Aaron Little | Athletics | Men's Club Throw F50 |
![]() | Sheila O'Neil | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
![]() | Matthew Parry | Athletics | Men's 100 m T52 |
![]() | Bradley Ramage | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51 |
![]() | Freeman Register | Athletics | Men's 100 m T35 |
![]() | Richard Ruffalo | Athletics | Men's Javelin F10 |
![]() | Todd Schaffhauser | Athletics | Men's 100 m T42 |
![]() | Deanna Sodoma | Athletics | Women's Marathon T52-53 |
![]() | Ann Walters | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
![]() | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T10 |
![]() | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T10 |
![]() | Winford Haynes Andre Asbury Marvin Campbell Arthur Lewis | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T10-12 |
![]() | Matthew Bulow Thomas Bourgeois Dennis Oehler Douglas Collier | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46 |
![]() | Edward Munro Kelvin Hogans Winford Haynes Craig Mallinckrodt | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T10-12 |
![]() | Steven Thompson | Boccia | Mixed Individual C1 |
![]() | Corey Huntley | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2 |
![]() | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4 |
![]() | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 |
![]() | Juila Haft Tiffany Tretschiok | Cycling | Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
![]() | Pamala Fernandes Michael Rosenberg | Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
![]() | Cara Dunne Scott Evans | Cycling | Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open |
![]() | Lauren McDevitt | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Marlon Lopez | Judo | Men's Up To 65 kg |
![]() | James Mastro | Judo | Men's Up To 95 kg |
![]() | Stephan Moore | Judo | Men's Up To 71 kg |
![]() | Pernell Cooper | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
![]() | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 |
![]() | Aimee Bruder | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 |
![]() | Aimee Bruder | Swimming | Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Butterfly B2 |
![]() | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle B1 |
![]() | Craig Laufenberg | Swimming | Men's 50 m Backstroke S4 |
![]() | Brenda Levy | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 |
![]() | Aaron Paulson | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 |
![]() | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke B3 |
![]() | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3 |
![]() | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley B3 |
![]() | James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 200 m Freestyle S4 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke B2 |
![]() | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 |
![]() | Camille Waddell Sandra Hanebrink Aimee Bruder Stephanie Brooks | Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
![]() | Elizabeth Scott Dawn Duffy Mandy Sommer Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle B1-3 |
![]() | Jennifer Johnson Jacqueline di Lorenzo Terese Terranova | Table tennis | Women's Teams 3-5 |
![]() | Tahl Leibovitz Mitchell Seidenfeld | Table tennis | Men's Teams 6-8 |
![]() | United States men's national wheelchair basketball team | Wheelchair basketball | Men's competition |
![]() | United States women's national wheelchair basketball team | Wheelchair basketball | Women's competition |
See also[edit]
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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