United States at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

United States at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 47	Silver 46	Bronze 65	Total 158
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Australian and American athletes at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.

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]

[edit] Medalists

The following American athletes won medals at the games.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 ! Gold	Astrada, ArnoldArnold Astrada	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F54
1 ! Gold	Barrett, JenniferJennifer Barrett	Athletics	Women's Discus F42-44/46
1 ! Gold	Brown, ShawnShawn Brown	Athletics	Men's Discus F43-44
1 ! Gold	Davis, RossRoss Davis	Athletics	Men's 100 m T33
1 ! Gold	Driscoll, JeanJean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m T52-53
1 ! Gold	Driscoll, JeanJean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's Marathon T52-53
1 ! Gold	Hughes, LarryLarry Hughes	Athletics	Men's Discus F56
1 ! Gold	Hyman, EllenEllen Hyman	Athletics	Women's Discus F34-35
1 ! Gold	Larson, DavidDavid Larson	Athletics	Men's 400 m T32-33
1 ! Gold	Mastandrea, LindaLinda Mastandrea	Athletics	Women's 200 m T32-33
1 ! Gold	Meredith, ShawnShawn Meredith	Athletics	Men's 400 m T51
1 ! Gold	Meredith, ShawnShawn Meredith	Athletics	Men's 800 m T51
1 ! Gold	Nitz, PaulPaul Nitz	Athletics	Men's 100 m T51
1 ! Gold	Parker, JosephJoseph Parker	Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T34-37
1 ! Gold	Parker, JosephJoseph Parker	Athletics	Men's 800 m T34-36
1 ! Gold	Register, FreemanFreeman Register	Athletics	Men's 200 m T34-35
1 ! Gold	Runyan, MarlaMarla Runyan	Athletics	Women's Pentathlon P10-12
1 ! Gold	Shannon, LeannLeann Shannon	Athletics	Women's 100 m T52
1 ! Gold	Shannon, LeannLeann Shannon	Athletics	Women's 200 m T52
1 ! Gold	Shannon, LeannLeann Shannon	Athletics	Women's 400 m T52
1 ! Gold	Volpentest, TonyTony Volpentest	Athletics	Men's 100 m T43-44
1 ! Gold	Volpentest, TonyTony Volpentest	Athletics	Men's 200 m T43-44
1 ! Gold	Nicholson, DanielDaniel Nicholson	Cycling	Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3
1 ! Gold	Selinger, DoryDory Selinger	Cycling	Mixed Omnium LC2
1 ! Gold	Sweigart, VickiVicki Sweigart	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage grade II
1 ! Gold	Sweigart, VickiVicki Sweigart	Equestrian	Mixed Kur Trot grade II
1 ! Gold	Brownfield, KimKim Brownfield	Powerlifting	Men's Over 100 kg
1 ! Gold	Alicea, LuisLuis Alicea	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S9
1 ! Gold	Butler, DanielDaniel Butler	Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly S5
1 ! Gold	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke B1
1 ! Gold	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley B1
1 ! Gold	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly S9
1 ! Gold	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9
1 ! Gold	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S9
1 ! Gold	Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly B3
1 ! Gold	Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	Swimming	Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2
1 ! Gold	Waddell, CamilleCamille Waddell	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
1 ! Gold	Wening, JasonJason Wening	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S8
1 ! Gold	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke B2
1 ! Gold	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley B2
1 ! Gold	Burns, GregoryGregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson James Thompson	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6
1 ! Gold	Burns, GregoryGregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6
1 ! Gold	Norris, KarenKaren Norris Diane Straub Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Medley S7-10
1 ! Gold	Johnson, JenniferJennifer Johnson	Table tennis	Women's Singles 4
1 ! Gold	Leibovitz, TahlTahl Leibovitz	Table tennis	Men's Singles 7
1 ! 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
1 ! Gold	Parmelly, VanceVance Parmelly Stephen Welch	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Doubles
2 ! Silver	Balk, RobertRobert Balk	Athletics	Men's Javelin F55
2 ! Silver	Balk, RobertRobert Balk	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P53-57
2 ! Silver	Becerra, CheriCheri Becerra	Athletics	Women's 100 m T53
2 ! Silver	Becerra, CheriCheri Becerra	Athletics	Women's 200 m T53
2 ! Silver	Bourgeois, ThomasThomas Bourgeois	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P44
2 ! Silver	Clawson, TicoTico Clawson	Athletics	Men's 200 m MH
2 ! Silver	Dodson, BartBart Dodson	Athletics	Men's Marathon T50
2 ! Silver	Driscoll, JeanJean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 5,000 m T52-53
2 ! Silver	Fenn, MarcMarc Fenn	Athletics	Men's Discus F54
2 ! Silver	Heir, DouglasDouglas Heir	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F51
2 ! Silver	Hollonbeck, ScotScot Hollonbeck	Athletics	Men's 1,500 m T52-53
2 ! Silver	Hollonbeck, ScotScot Hollonbeck	Athletics	Men's 800 m T53
2 ! Silver	Johnson, DentonDenton Johnson	Athletics	Men's Discus F34/37
2 ! Silver	Mastandrea, LindaLinda Mastandrea	Athletics	Women's 100 m T32-33
2 ! Silver	Meredith, ShawnShawn Meredith	Athletics	Men's 200 m T51
2 ! Silver	Runyan, MarlaMarla Runyan	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F12T34-37
2 ! Silver	Schwanger, LauraLaura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Discus F53-54
2 ! Silver	Schwanger, LauraLaura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Javelin F53-54
2 ! Silver	Schwanger, LauraLaura Schwanger	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F53-54
2 ! Silver	Scott, LincolnLincoln Scott	Athletics	Men's 100 m T37
2 ! Silver	Shannon, LeannLeann Shannon	Athletics	Women's 800 m T52
2 ! Silver	Waters, JeanJean Waters	Athletics	Women's 400 m T51
2 ! Silver	Willis, HenryHenry Willis	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m T10
2 ! Silver	Scott, LincolnLincoln Scott Jason Tercey Freeman Register Ryan Blankenship	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m Relay T34-37
2 ! Silver	Nicholson, DanielDaniel Nicholson	Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3
2 ! Silver	Patrick, RexRex Patrick	Cycling	Mixed Omnium LC3
2 ! Silver	Haft, JuliaJulia Haft Tiffany Tretschiok	Cycling	Women's 50/60k Tandem open
2 ! Silver	Dunne, CaraCara Dunne Scott Evans	Cycling	Mixed Kilo Tandem open
2 ! Silver	Hopper, MichaelMichael Hopper Kathleen Urschel	Cycling	Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open
2 ! Silver	Szott, KevinKevin Szott	Judo	Men's Over 95 kg
2 ! Silver	Alicea, LuisLuis Alicea	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S9
2 ! Silver	Burns, GregoryGregory Burns	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S6
2 ! Silver	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1
2 ! Silver	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle B1
2 ! Silver	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9
2 ! Silver	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM9
2 ! Silver	Norris, KarenKaren Norris	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S10
2 ! Silver	Wolfe, JulieJulie Wolfe	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S7
2 ! Silver	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle B2
2 ! Silver	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle B2
2 ! Silver	Brooks, StephanieStephanie Brooks Jill Nelson Camille Waddell Susan Moucha	Swimming	Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6
2 ! Silver	Sommer, MandyMandy Sommer Elizabeth Scott Katie Edgar Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Medley B1-3
2 ! Silver	Luncher, JoyceJoyce Luncher Allison Pittman Karen Norris Brenda Levy	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Freestyle S7-10
2 ! Silver	Seidenfeld, MitchellMitchell Seidenfeld	Table tennis	Men's Singles 8
2 ! Silver	Lewellen, HopeHope Lewellen Nancy Olson	Wheelchair tennis	Women's Doubles
2 ! Silver	Welch, StephenStephen Welch	Wheelchair tennis	Men's Singles
3 ! Bronze	Barrett, JenniferJennifer Barrett	Athletics	Women's Shot Put F42-44/46
3 ! Bronze	Becerra, CheriCheri Becerra	Athletics	Women's 400 m T53
3 ! Bronze	Becerra, CheriCheri Becerra	Athletics	Women's 800 m T53
3 ! Bronze	Collier, DouglasDouglas Collier	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P44
3 ! Bronze	Cottini, PatrickPatrick Cottini	Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T51
3 ! Bronze	Cottini, PatrickPatrick Cottini	Athletics	Men's Marathon T51
3 ! Bronze	Davis, RossRoss Davis	Athletics	Men's 400 m T32-33
3 ! Bronze	Deets, JerryJerry Deets	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P53-57
3 ! Bronze	Deets, JerryJerry Deets	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F53
3 ! Bronze	Diaz de Leon, GabrielGabriel Diaz de Leon	Athletics	Men's Discus F52
3 ! Bronze	Dodson, BartBart Dodson	Athletics	Men's 800 m T50
3 ! Bronze	Driscoll, JeanJean Driscoll	Athletics	Women's 1,500 m T52-53
3 ! Bronze	Gadson, WardellWardell Gadson	Athletics	Men's Long Jump MH
3 ! Bronze	Heir, DouglasDouglas Heir	Athletics	Men's Discus F51
3 ! Bronze	Heir, DouglasDouglas Heir	Athletics	Men's Javelin F51
3 ! Bronze	Ison, AsaAsa Ison	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F43-44
3 ! Bronze	Larson, DavidDavid Larson	Athletics	Men's 100 m T33
3 ! Bronze	Lewis, ArthurArthur Lewis	Athletics	Men's 200 m T12
3 ! Bronze	Little, AaronAaron Little	Athletics	Men's Club Throw F50
3 ! Bronze	O'Neil, SheilaSheila O'Neil	Athletics	Women's 100 m T32-33
3 ! Bronze	Parry, MatthewMatthew Parry	Athletics	Men's 100 m T52
3 ! Bronze	Ramage, BradleyBradley Ramage	Athletics	Men's 200 m T51
3 ! Bronze	Register, FreemanFreeman Register	Athletics	Men's 100 m T35
3 ! Bronze	Ruffalo, RichardRichard Ruffalo	Athletics	Men's Javelin F10
3 ! Bronze	Schaffhauser, ToddTodd Schaffhauser	Athletics	Men's 100 m T42
3 ! Bronze	Sodoma, DeannaDeanna Sodoma	Athletics	Women's Marathon T52-53
3 ! Bronze	Walters, AnnAnn Walters	Athletics	Women's 800 m T52
3 ! Bronze	Willis, HenryHenry Willis	Athletics	Men's 1,500 m T10
3 ! Bronze	Willis, HenryHenry Willis	Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T10
3 ! Bronze	Haynes, WinfordWinford Haynes Andre Asbury Marvin Campbell Arthur Lewis	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m Relay T10-12
3 ! Bronze	Bulow, MatthewMatthew Bulow Thomas Bourgeois Dennis Oehler Douglas Collier	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46
3 ! Bronze	Munro, EdwardEdward Munro Kelvin Hogans Winford Haynes Craig Mallinckrodt	Athletics	Men's 4x400 m Relay T10-12
3 ! Bronze	Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson	Boccia	Mixed Individual C1
3 ! Bronze	Huntley, CoreyCorey Huntley	Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2
3 ! Bronze	Schultz, LawrenceLawrence Schultz	Cycling	Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4
3 ! Bronze	Schultz, LawrenceLawrence Schultz	Cycling	Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4
3 ! Bronze	Haft, JuilaJuila Haft Tiffany Tretschiok	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open
3 ! Bronze	Fernandes, PamalaPamala Fernandes Michael Rosenberg	Cycling	Mixed Kilo Tandem open
3 ! Bronze	Dunne, CaraCara Dunne Scott Evans	Cycling	Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open
3 ! Bronze	McDevitt, LaurenLauren McDevitt	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage grade II
3 ! 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
3 ! Bronze	Lopez, MarlonMarlon Lopez	Judo	Men's Up To 65 kg
3 ! Bronze	Mastro, JamesJames Mastro	Judo	Men's Up To 95 kg
3 ! Bronze	Moore, StephanStephan Moore	Judo	Men's Up To 71 kg
3 ! Bronze	Cooper, PernellPernell Cooper	Powerlifting	Men's Over 100 kg
3 ! Bronze	Alicea, LuisLuis Alicea	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S9
3 ! Bronze	Bruder, AimeeAimee Bruder	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S4
3 ! Bronze	Bruder, AimeeAimee Bruder	Swimming	Women's 200 m Freestyle S4
3 ! Bronze	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly B2
3 ! Bronze	Kelly, DanielDaniel Kelly	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle B1
3 ! Bronze	Laufenberg, CraigCraig Laufenberg	Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke S4
3 ! Bronze	Levy, BrendaBrenda Levy	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S8
3 ! Bronze	Paulson, AaronAaron Paulson	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
3 ! Bronze	Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke B3
3 ! Bronze	Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3
3 ! Bronze	Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley B3
3 ! Bronze	Thompson, JamesJames Thompson	Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle S4
3 ! Bronze	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke B2
3 ! Bronze	Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle B2
3 ! Bronze	Waddell, CamilleCamille Waddell Sandra Hanebrink Aimee Bruder Stephanie Brooks	Swimming	Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6
3 ! Bronze	Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott Dawn Duffy Mandy Sommer Trischa Zorn	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Freestyle B1-3
3 ! Bronze	Johnson, JenniferJennifer Johnson Jacqueline di Lorenzo Terese Terranova	Table tennis	Women's Teams 3-5
3 ! Bronze	Leibovitz, TahlTahl Leibovitz Mitchell Seidenfeld	Table tennis	Men's Teams 6-8
3 ! Bronze	United States men's national wheelchair basketball team Reginald Colton   James Miller Chuck Gill   Mike Schlappi Trooper Johnson   Mark Shepherd Melvin Sean Juette   Craig Shewmake Timothy Kazee   Randy Snow Roberto Knight   Darryl Waller	Wheelchair basketball	Men's competition
3 ! Bronze	United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Jamie Danskin   Kimberly Martin Pamela Fontaine   Ruth Nunez Susan Hagel   Margaret Stran Sharon Herbst   Jana Stump Ronda Jarvis   Tiana Tozer Josie Johnson   Renee Tyree-Gross	Wheelchair basketball	Women's competition

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• International Paralympic Committee Official Website
• United States Paralympic Committee Official Website