Editing 1996 Summer Paralympics

{{Short description|Multi-parasport event in Atlanta, Georgia, US}}
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{{Infobox Olympic games|1996|Summer|Paralympics|
| image       = 1996 Paralymic games logo.svg
| host_city   = Atlanta, United States
| motto       = ''The Triumph of the Human Spirit''
| nations     = 104
| athletes    = 3,259
| events      = 517 in 20 [[Paralympic sports|sports]]
| opening     = August 16, 1996
| closing     = August 25, 1996
| opened_by   = [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]]
| closed_by  = [[President of the International Paralympic Committee|IPC President]] [[Robert Steadward]]
| cauldron    = [[Mark Wellman]]
| stadium     = [[Centennial Olympic Stadium]]
| summer_prev = [[1992 Summer Paralympics|Barcelona/Madrid 1992]]
| summer_next = [[2000 Summer Paralympics|Sydney 2000]]
| winter_prev = [[1994 Winter Paralympics|Lillehammer 1994]]
| winter_next = [[1998 Winter Paralympics|Nagano 1998]]
}}
{{1996 Summer Paralympics}}

The '''1996 Paralympic Games''' in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first [[Paralympic Games|Paralympics]] to get mass media sponsorship,<ref name=IPCgeninfo>{{cite web |title=Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |year= |url=https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996 |access-date=20 February 2022 }}</ref> and had a budget of [[USD]] $81 million.<ref>{{cite book | title = The Paralympic Games Explained | author = Ian Brittain | page = 83 | publisher = [[Taylor & Francis]] | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-415-47658-4 }}</ref>

It was the first Paralympic Games where [[International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability]] athletes were given full medal status.<ref>{{cite book | title = Adapted physical activity | author1 = Robert Daniel Steadward | author2 = Elizabeth Jane Watkinson | author3 = Garry David Wheeler | page = [https://archive.org/details/adaptedphysicala00stea/page/577 577] | publisher = [[University of Alberta]] | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-88864-375-6 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/adaptedphysicala00stea/page/577 }}</ref>

==Bidding history==

In an interview with the Atlanta-based Reporters and Newspapers website, Andrew Flaming, the CEO of the Organizing Committee (APOC) and a disability rights attorney, expressed gratitude for the efforts of Alana Shepherd. Shepherd founded the world-renowned [[Shepherd Center]], one of the first hospitals dedicated to rehabilitating victims of [[Cervical vertebrae|cervical spine]] accidents. Until March 1992, it was uncertain whether the 1996 Summer Paralympics would be held in Atlanta, as the event was not part of the original plan and did not include the possibility of being hosted two weeks after the Olympic Games closing ceremonies. Despite the lack of coordination between the two organizing committees, the Paralympics began to be promoted and had already developed a visual identity and international presence.

Concerns arose from various areas, including the disorganization of the Olympic Games' Organizing Committee (AOCOG) and financial issues that threatened planning the games. Between 1990 and 1992, the Shepherd family noticed a lack of interest in hosting the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, with neglect from local authorities, Olympic sponsors, and large international corporations headquartered in the city. This affected the financing and promotion of the 1996 Summer Paralympic Games, which could have led to significant ticket and licensed product sales. Fleming recalled an interview with Shepherd, noting that if Atlanta failed to host the Games, [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] was considered "Plan B" by the newly formed [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC). Fleming also mentioned that the low-budget model used in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]] was repeated in Atlanta. In 1984, Los Angeles "forgot" the [[1984 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]], later dubbed "the last-minute games," which were hosted by [[New York City]] and [[Stoke Mandeville]] in Great Britain. Unlike [[Seoul]], which signed late cooperation agreements for the Paralympics, [[Barcelona]] decided to organize both events under the same committee in 1987. This decision increased pressure on American organizers, as it was the first time in history that the two events were held together.

In 1990, when Atlanta won the rights to host the 1996 Summer Olympics, a group led by Fleming and the Shepherd family matriarch worked hard to create and submit a bid for the Paralympics, a project that took a year and a half to complete. Fleming noted that Olympic organizers were skeptical about hosting the Paralympics half a week after the Olympics and did not want to commit to them. Consequently, achieving the planned budget of nearly $80 million was challenging, as the Paralympics lacked funding and media rights sales.

Fleming recalled a market survey revealing that only 2% of city locals were aware of the Paralympic Games, compared to 4% who knew about the Atlanta Youth Games. As time passed, this situation became public in 1991, causing internal tensions within the Olympic organization. To avoid further damage to their image, the Atlanta Olympic Organizing Committee discreetly donated money and assisted the Paralympic Games in certain areas. Following the situation, Alana Shepherd, co-founder of the Shepherd Center, led a campaign to ensure the 1996 Summer Paralympics were held in Atlanta. After the IPC accepted the bid, she launched an aggressive strategy to involve large companies as sponsors and increase the event's visibility.

Press reports from the time described a drastic situation, with the Paralympic Organizing Committee starting its work in a small basement at the Shepherd Center due to a lack of funds to rent commercial space.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 3, 2019 |title=How Buckhead's Shepherd Center saved the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games |url=https://reporternewspapers.net/2019/08/03/how-buckheads-shepherd-center-saved-the-atlanta-1996-paralympic-games/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |publisher=Reporter Newspapers}}</ref><ref name="Atlanta History Center">{{cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |title=The 10th Paralympic Games and Their Place in Disability History |url=https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/the-10th-paralympic-games-and-their-place-in-disability-history/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |publisher=Atlanta History Center}}</ref> After sending final documents and proposals to [[Belgium]] in late 1990 and making informal agreements the following year, the Shepherd Center Committee spent 1.5 years developing their proposal, which was officially presented during the [[1992 Winter Paralympics]] in [[Tignes]], [[France]].<ref name="paralympicheritage.org.uk">{{cite web |date=2019 |title=Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Summer Games |url=https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/atlanta-1996-paralympic-summer-games |access-date=2022-05-23 |publisher=Stoke Mandeville Paralympic Heritage}}</ref>

==A different kind of competition==
Shortly after the IPC announced that Atlanta's civil society proposal to host the Paralympics. Another race against time had started, and this one was seen as the worst, as the bidding committee had to get corporate and large sponsors. During the bidding campaign companies like [[Microsoft]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[CNN]] and [[Home Depot]] were originally committed to buy sponsorship shares, but when the [[United States Olympic Committee]] (USOC) executives learned of these promises, they were concerned about that all things that might impact on the "Atlanta 1996 Olympic Summer Games" brand and they turned an uncooperative factor about the Paralympic Games. The USOC understood that any move by the [[United States Paralympic Committee]] (USPC) could affect the USOC brand and their stakeholders. The [[US Department of Justice]] was sued by the USOC over the Paralympic Games mascot, the phoenix Blaze. Fleming also said the deal was the trap worked perfectly and required them to approach only corporate sponsors who had already signed an Olympics sponsorship agreement. When one Olympic sponsor declined, the Paralympics organizers could only request a competitor with the withdrawing company's permission. As main example, Fleming said that [[McDonald's]] refused to buy a sponsorship quota or act as a partner in a supplier area and the Paralympic catering services, and if any direct competing company wanted to buy it, APOC would have to ask permission for the withdrawing company to sign the contract. It "would not let them solicit [[Chick-fil-A]], even though [[Dan Cathy]], one of its main executives, had a chair at the organizing committee". Upon realizing she and all of the Paralympic Organizing Committee were being ambushed, Alana Shepherd 
abruptly broken unilaterally all previously signed contracts, taking the personal risk on this issue and through a press conference and released a list she dubbed the "Sinful Six", as their name were handwritten by her on a piece of paper. This nicknames was given, because along with McDonald's another five Olympic Sponsors did not signed a contract to the Paralympics and blocked eventual negotiations with their direct competitors. On this list were this names: [[Anheuser-Busch]], [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], [[Bausch and Lomb]], [[John Hancock Financial]] and [[Sara Lee Corporation|Sara Lee]]. "I keep the list in my wallet," Shepherd told a reporter at the time. In recent interviews, Shepherd declines to say much about this situation and the deal. "I'm taking the high road now… I'm not digging it up," she said, but added, "They were the losers. We were the winners." She also attended the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1992 Summer Paralympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, and in a stroke of fate happened to have [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], the then president of the International Olympic Committee, sitting next to her and in an informal talking she said. "You know, it's crazy to have two different committees holding events at the same places," she recalled. "They didn't understand it, they were scared of it," she said of Olympics officials' attitude toward the Paralympics. "It was something they didn't understand would help the city become more accessible."<ref>{{cite web |title=How Buckhead's Shepherd Center saved the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games|publisher= Reporter Newspapers |date=August 3, 2019 |url=https://reporternewspapers.net/2019/08/03/how-buckheads-shepherd-center-saved-the-atlanta-1996-paralympic-games/|access-date=2022-05-16 }}</ref><ref name="Atlanta History Center"/>

All of these issues were a concern for the IPC since the beginning of the application process and exemple of this concerns were reported during the entity's General Assembly held in November 1995 in Tokyo, Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minutes of the fifth General Assembly|publisher=International Paralympic Committee |year=1995|url=http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/paad/ipc/secretariat/ga-95-minutes.html|access-date=11 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970727095354/http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/paad/ipc/secretariat/ga-95-minutes.html|archive-date=27 July 1997|url-status=live}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Racing against time and all risks, Shepard raised the USD$81 million needed to hold the event. Without the involvement of any public authority, Atlanta successfully held the IX edition of the Summer Paralympic Games. But unlike what had happened four years earlier, not all Olympic Games competition venues were used and the same Barcelona experience could not be delivered. But, contrary to predictions, the event made an impressive profit of millions of dollars, and that amount was used to create [[BlazeSports America]], a [[Norcross, Georgia|Norcross]]-based non-profit organization that runs sports programs for children and veterans with disabilities.

== Atlanta aftermath ==

Flaming and Shepherd believes until today that Samaranch and others must have heard the key message of these struggles. "After Atlanta, the IOC said it would not accept an Olympic bid unless it also made provisions for the Paralympic Games," Fleming said. "The IOC leadership essentially said, 'The Paralympic movement is not going away, especially after Atlanta…'and this was already happening, a few months after the closing of the Atlanta Games, the International Olympic Committee announced that it had changed the rules of the application process and starting from the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] would not accept a bid if the city filed a bid without disclosing its plans for the Paralympic Games. Following this difficult process, when bidding for the Olympic Games between 1991 and 1993, the eventual winner - the Australian city of [[Sydney]] - did not originally guarantee that the city wanted to host the Paralympics. But during the process, they changed their  attitudes and promised that apart the two events had the possibility to be organized by two different parties, they would give the same treatment to all the participants and public who went to go to Australia for the two events. This also encompassed planning, financing, security, logistics, marketing and ticket sales. This joint planning give the opportunity to share all the functions and made until that Games, won the title of "the best ever" until that date.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sydney 2000 Paralympic Summer Games|publisher= Stock Mandeville Paralympic Heritage |date=April 2022 |url=https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/sydney-2000-paralympic-summer-games|access-date=2022-04-27 }}</ref>

The Atlanta 1996 Summer Paralympic Games budget troubles led the IOC to take and study some changes on their management. In the first action held in 1993, IOC and IPC signed a joint protocol of strategic partnership and they undertook to include topics related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the evaluation questionnaires that would be sent to the cities interested in the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Occasionally, another American city [[Salt Lake City]] would be elected to host the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]. In a different way that held in Atlanta, as they assumed the responsibility to host the [[2002 Winter Paralympics]] if they won. While of the 11 cities applying for the 2004 Games, 6 had also chosen the joint management model.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Paralympics |publisher= Stock Mandeville Paralympic Heritage |date=May 2022 |url=https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/salt-lake-city-2002-paralympic-winter-games|access-date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Athens 2004 Summer Paralympics |publisher= Stock Mandeville Paralympic Heritage |date=May 2022 |url=https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/athens-2004-paralympic-summer-games|access-date=2022-05-16}}</ref>

Five years later, and after the large and unprecedented success of the [[1998 Winter Paralympics]] and the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in 2001, after a change at the [[Olympic Charter]], the International Paralympic Committee became an effective collaborator of the International Olympic Committee, and its president became a compulsory member of the IOC. With that, a cooperation agreement was signed informally called "One city, two events" and from then on, the same city and the same Organizing Committee would be responsible for the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games of the same year, and this concept started to be used during the process that led [[Beijing]] to win the process to host the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Beijing 2008 Summer Paralympics |publisher= Stock Mandeville Paralympic Heritage |date=May 2022 |url=https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/beijing-2008-paralympic-summer-games|access-date=2022-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/10-olympic-games-bankrupted-host-countries9.htm|title=10 Olympic Games That Nearly Bankrupted Their Host Countries|date=2014-01-19|access-date=2022-05-16}}</ref>

== Incidents during the Games ==
In addition to the organizational and funding issues between the two committees, other difficulties arose when Paralympic athletes arrived at the [[Olympic Village]]. The first delegations to register expressed dissatisfaction with the condition of the accommodations, the availability of food, and especially the logistics between the village and the venues due to distance and accessibility challenges. These problems were not the first reported during the "transition period" from August 5 to 15.

Several media outlets covering the games highlighted accusations that the Olympic Games Organizing Committee was negligent regarding village services, raising concerns about numerous contractual failures between the two parties. This agreement included infrastructure issues, such as site maintenance and cleaning, until APOC could assume operational control. When athletes accessed their accommodations, they discovered missing furniture, and several electronic devices and sockets had been ripped out, turning the residential areas into a disarray. The criticism was so widespread that ACOG publicly denied the situation, claiming that some delegations had arrived two days earlier than planned.

Logistics and accessibility were significant issues, as competitions took place in 17 venues across [[Metro Atlanta]], with only three near the village and six exclusive venues for the Paralympics located within [[Georgia University System]] institutions that had served as training facilities during the Olympic Games. The original contract only included some shared competition venues.

Another embarrassing situation arose from how APOC managed athletes with intellectual disabilities, who were included in the Summer Paralympics for the first time. The decision to include them was made late, in 1995, and they were not mentioned in official publicity materials or during the opening ceremony and their early competitions. Despite repeated complaints from Bernard Athos, then president of the International Association of Sports for People with Intellectual Disabilities (INAS-FMH), APOC initially ignored these concerns. The issue gained attention when journalists covering the games reported it, prompting APOC to announce through a press release that the oversight had been unintentional.<ref name="paralympicheritage.org.uk" />

== Look of the Games ==
The visual concept for this edition was called "The Ascending Flame" and was based at the logo called "StarFire" released in 1992 and was developed by the local design office Copeland Design who had created all the visual concepts for the city's bid for the Olympic Games. The office took advantage of its already being public knowledge that the two events would be held separately. A totally different corporate identity was created. It was from common sense that this would be the biggest edition of the Paralympic Games so far in everything,<ref>{{cite web|title=Designing '96|publisher=Atlanta History Center|date=July 14, 2020|url=https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/designing-96/|access-date=2022-05-06}}</ref> and that echoed in the logo which is similar to the logo of the Olympic Games bid. The chosen graphic should be connected with the constant expansion and recent recognition of the Paralympic Movement around the world. And also had to be remembered with the fact that the Paralympics "was ceasing to be a second class event and now they are enter into a mainstream visibility". The highest feature at the concept of "The Ascending Flame" is a special feature of the city as one of main logistics hubs in the world due their strategic location between the south and southeast of the United States. This prominence was enhanced when the [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport]] has become one of the main airports in the world and led to the city's first period of rapid development. Another recurring idea was that this issue could serve as the "light of inspiration" for the issue of basic rights for people with disabilities around the world in a parallel with what [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] did with the [[civil rights movement]]. Another association could be held with the city's nickname of "The Phoenix City" because the resilience of its population made it several times completely destroyed to be reborn by the effort and bravery of its population in a parallel with the life story of each participating athlete and the last connection would be in a direct relation with the Paralympic flame, that this time was born from a spark of the eternal flame that burns at [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site|King Center]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Designing '96|publisher=Atlanta History Center|date=July 14, 2020|url=https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/blog/designing-96/|access-date=2022-05-06}}</ref>

According to a survey carried out by the [[Atlanta History Center]], there are few recorded materials about the development of this project. However, Copeland Design was also responsible for creating the visual identity. In these documents, the so-called concept of "The Ascendent Flame" is explained and associated with the Games slogan that was "The Triumph of the Human Spirit" along the mascot that was the phoenix Blaze.<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games Standards Manual|publisher=Atlanta History Center|date=July 14, 2021|url=https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/app/uploads/2020/11/Paralympic_GraphicStandardManual_Optmized.pdf|access-date=2022-05-06}}</ref>

==Paralympic Torch relay==

See also:[[1996 Summer Paralympics torch relay]]

The '''1996 Summer Paralympics torch relay''', also referred to as the '''[[NationsBank]] Paralympic Torch Relay''' to reflect the event's lead sponsor, was held between August 5 and August 15, leading up to the [[1996 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], United States. It was the first Paralympic torch relay held in the United States, beginning at the [[King Center for Nonviolent Social Change|King Center]] in Atlanta, then being run from [[Washington, D.C.]] to the [[Centennial Olympic Stadium]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/144182312/ "Paralympic torch begins trek"], [[Associated Press]], via ''[[Macon Telegraph]]'', August 6, 1996, page 2B</ref>

== Mascot==
{{main|Blaze (Paralympic mascot)}}
The [[mascot]] for the 1996 Summer Paralympics was a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] named Blaze. Blaze was created by Atlanta artist Trevor Stone Irvin.<ref name="l557">{{cite web | title= ATLANTA 1996 PARALYMPIC MASCOT | website=International Paralympic Committee | url=https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/mascot | access-date=2024-10-12}}</ref>

== Sports ==
[[File:Tracey Cross and other medallists 50m free.jpg|thumb|[[Eila Nilsson]] of Sweden celebrating her 50&nbsp;m freestyle B1 gold with [[Janice Burton]] of Great Britain and [[Tracey Cross]] of Australia.]]

The games consisted of 517 finals spread over 20 sports, including three [[demonstration sport]]s.<ref name=IPCgeninfo />

* [[Archery at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Archery]]
* [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]
* [[Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Boccia]]
* [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Cycling]]
* [[Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Equestrian]]
* [[7-a-side football at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Football 7-a-side]]
* [[Goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Goalball]]
* [[Judo at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Judo]]
* [[Lawn bowls at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Lawn bowls]]
* [[Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]]
* ''[[Racquetball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Racquetball]]''
* ''[[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Sailing]]'' (demonstration sport, but medals awarded)
* [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
* [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Swimming]]
* [[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Table tennis]]
* [[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Volleyball]]
* [[Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball]]
* [[Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair fencing]]
* ''[[Wheelchair rugby at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair rugby]]'' (demonstration sport, but medals awarded)
* [[Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair tennis]]
[[File:24 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Open Ceremony Crowd.jpg|thumb|left|A group of Australian supporters at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games]]
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== Venues ==
In total 17 venues were used at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and five new venues were used at the Games in Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tickets |publisher=[[Atlanta Paralympics Organizing Committee]] |year=1996 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/tickets.htm |access-date = 16 October 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19970206221243/http://www.paralympic.org/tickets.htm| archive-date= February 6, 1997 }}</ref>

=== Olympic Ring ===
* [[Centennial Olympic Stadium]] – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics
* [[Alexander Memorial Coliseum]] – standing volleyball
* [[Georgia Tech Aquatic Center]] – swimming

=== [[Metro Atlanta]] ===
* [[Atlanta Metro College|Henderson Arena]] – judo and wheelchair rugby
* [[Panther Stadium]] – lawn bowls and 7-side-football
* [[Emory University|Woodruff P.E. Center]] – boccia
* [[GSU Sports Arena]] – goalball
* [[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Marriott Marquis]] – powerlifting
* [[Mercer University|Sheffield Building]] – wheelchair fencing
* [[Forbes Arena]]  – wheelchair basketball
* [[Omni Coliseum]]  – wheelchair basketball (finals)
* [[Clayton State College|Clayton State Arena]] – sitting volleyball
* [[Wolf Creek Shooting Complex]] – shooting
* [[Stone Mountain Park]] – archery, wheelchair tennis and cycling

=== [[Duluth]] ===
* [[Gwinnett Center]] – table tennis

=== Another Venues ===
* [[Lake Lanier]] – yachting
* [[Georgia International Horse Park]] – equestrian

==Calendar==
In the following calendar for the 1996 Summer Paralympics, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/results/results.htm|title=Results of the 1996 Paralympic Games |website=Atlanta 1996 Summer Paralympics Official Website|access-date=20 December 2021|archive-date=13 November 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961113113230/http://www.paralympic.org/results/results.htm}}</ref>

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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Sitting volleyball]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Swimming]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Table Tennis]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Wheelchair fencing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair fencing]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Wheelchair rugby at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair rugby]]
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|style="text-align:left;" |[[Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair tennis]]
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!'''Total'''||0||2||42||57||59|| 55 || 43 || 82 || 57 || 64 ||44 ||517
|}

== Medal count ==
{{Main|1996 Summer Paralympics medal table}}
[[File:1996 Paralympic medals.jpg|thumb|The medals of the 1996 Summer Paralympics]]
A total of 1574 medals were awarded during the Atlanta games: 517 gold, 516 silver, and 541 bronze. The host country, the United States, topped the medal count with more gold medals, more bronze medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. Germany took the most silver medals, with 58.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medal Standings – Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1996PG&sport=all |access-date = July 12, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605181942/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1996PG&sport=all| archive-date= June 5, 2011 }}</ref>

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by the top ten nations (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.

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 | gold_USA = 47 | silver_USA = 46 | bronze_USA = 66 | host_USA = yes  | name_USA = {{FlagIPCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_AUS = 42 | silver_AUS = 37 | bronze_AUS = 27 | name_AUS = {{FlagIPCteam|AUS|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_GER = 40 | silver_GER = 58 | bronze_GER = 51 | name_GER = {{FlagIPCteam|GER|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_GBR = 40 | silver_GBR = 42 | bronze_GBR = 41 | name_GBR = {{FlagIPCteam|GBR|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_ESP = 39 | silver_ESP = 31 | bronze_ESP = 36 | name_ESP = {{FlagIPCteam|ESP|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_FRA = 35 | silver_FRA = 29 | bronze_FRA = 31 | name_FRA = {{FlagIPCteam|FRA|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_CAN = 24 | silver_CAN = 23 | bronze_CAN = 24 | name_CAN = {{FlagIPCteam|CAN|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_NED = 17 | silver_NED = 11 | bronze_NED = 17 | name_NED = {{FlagIPCteam|NED|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_CHN = 16 | silver_CHN = 13 | bronze_CHN = 10 | name_CHN = {{FlagIPCteam|CHN|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_JPN = 14 | silver_JPN = 10 | bronze_JPN = 13 | name_JPN = {{FlagIPCteam|JPN|1996 Summer}}
}}

== Participating delegations ==
A total of 104 National Paralympic Committees were represented at the 1996 Games, and the combined total of athletes was about 3,260.Countries who made their first appearances in the Atlanta Games were : [[Afghanistan at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Afghanistan]], [[Angola at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Angola]], [[Armenia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Azerbaijan]], [[Bermuda at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Bermuda]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Macedonia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia]], [[Honduras at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Honduras]], [[Kyrgyzstan at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Kyrgyzstan]], [[Libya at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Libya]], [[Mauritius at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Mauritius]], [[Moldova at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Moldova]], [[Qatar at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Saudi Arabia]], [[Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Sierra Leone]], [[Ukraine at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Ukraine]] and [[Zambia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Zambia]].

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! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|National Paralympic Committees]]
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* {{flagIPC|AFG|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|ALG|1996 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIPC|ANG|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|ARG|1996 Summer|56}}
* {{flagIPC|ARM|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|AUS|1996 Summer|166}}
* {{flagIPC|AUT|1996 Summer|49}}
* {{flagIPC|AZE|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|BRN|1996 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIPC|BLR|1996 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIPC|BEL|1996 Summer|38}}
* {{flagIPC|BER|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|BIH|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|BRA|1996 Summer|60}}
* {{flagIPC|BUL|1996 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIPC|BUR|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|CAN|1996 Summer|133}}
* {{flagIPC|CHI|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|CHN|1996 Summer|37}}
* {{flagIPC|COL|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|CRO|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|CUB|1996 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIPC|CYP|1996 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIPC|CZE|1996 Summer|43}}
* {{flagIPC|DEN|1996 Summer|45}}
* {{flagIPC|DOM|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|ECU|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|EGY|1996 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIPC|EST|1996 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIPC|FRO|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|FIJ|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|FIN|1996 Summer|65}}
* {{flagIPC|MKD|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|FRA|1996 Summer|148}}
* {{flagIPC|GER|1996 Summer|231}}
* {{flagIPC|GBR|1996 Summer|248}}
* {{flagIPC|GRE|1996 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIPC|HON|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|HKG|1996 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIPC|HUN|1996 Summer|42}}
* {{flagIPC|ISL|1996 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIPC|IND|1996 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIPC|INA|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|IRI|1996 Summer|30}}
* {{flagIPC|IRQ|1996 Summer|12}}
* {{flagIPC|IRL|1996 Summer|63}}
* {{flagIPC|ISR|1996 Summer|40}}
* {{flagIPC|ITA|1996 Summer|79}}
* {{flagIPC|JAM|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|JPN|1996 Summer|81}}
* {{flagIPC|JOR|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|KAZ|1996 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIPC|KEN|1996 Summer|17}}
* {{flagIPC|KOR|1996 Summer|65}}
* {{flagIPC|KUW|1996 Summer|17}}
* {{flagIPC|KGZ|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|LAT|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|LBA|1996 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIPC|LTU|1996 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIPC|LUX|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|MAC|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|MAS|1996 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIPC|MRI|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|MEX|1996 Summer|38}}
* {{flagIPC|MDA|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|MAR|1996 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIPC|NED|1996 Summer|108}}
* {{flagIPC|NZL|1996 Summer|30}}
* {{flagIPC|NGR|1996 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIPC|NOR|1996 Summer|42}}
* {{flagIPC|OMA|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|PAK|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|PAN|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|PER|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|POL|1996 Summer|61}}
* {{flagIPC|POR|1996 Summer|35}}
* {{flagIPC|PUR|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|QAT|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|ROU|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|RUS|1996 Summer|70}}
* {{flagIPC|KSA|1996 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIPC|SLE|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|SIN|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|SVK|1996 Summer|28}}
* {{flagIPC|SLO|1996 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIPC|RSA|1996 Summer|40}}
* {{flagIPC|ESP|1996 Summer|196}}
* {{flagIPC|SRI|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|SWE|1996 Summer|111}}
* {{flagIPC|SUI|1996 Summer|45}}
* {{flagIPC|SYR|1996 Summer|2}}
* [[File:Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag (1994-2004).svg|24px]] [[Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|Chinese Taipei]] (14)
* {{flagIPC|THA|1996 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIPC|TUN|1996 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIPC|UGA|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|UKR|1996 Summer|30}}
* {{flagIPC|UAE|1996 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIPC|USA|1996 Summer|315}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIPC|URU|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|VEN|1996 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIPC|YUG|1996 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIPC|ZAM|1996 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIPC|ZIM|1996 Summer|2}}
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|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Priya Cooper and minor medallists 200 IM.jpg
File:Wheelchair tennis Atlanta Paralympics (14).jpg| Wheelchair tennis
File:Welcome home parade Adelaide Atlanta Paralympics (21).jpg
File:Welcome home parade Adelaide Atlanta Paralympics (14).jpg| Welcome home parade
File:Swimming Atlanta Paralympics (12).jpg
File:Wheelchair tennis Atlanta Paralympics (1).jpg
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Portal|Sports}}
* [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[BlazeSports America]], the legacy organization of the 1996 Paralympic Games

== References ==
{{Archival records|title=Olympic/Paralympic Planning Office Records}}
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.paralympic.org/ International Paralympic Committee]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507154716/http://www.paralympic.org/ |date=May 7, 2009 |title=Official site }}
* {{cite web |title=Collection: Olympic/Paralympic Photograph Collection {{!}} Georgia Tech Archives Finding Aids |url=https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/resources/201 |website=finding-aids.library.gatech.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520133114/https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/resources/201 |archive-date=20 May 2024}}

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| before = [[1992 Summer Paralympics|Barcelona–Madrid]]
| after = [[2000 Summer Paralympics|Sydney]]
| years = ''X Paralympic Summer Games'' (1996)
}}
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