Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 168 events, 87 for men and 81 for women. Because of a tie in the men's 100 m freestyle S4 event, a total of 169 bronze medals were awarded.
| Swimming at the X Paralympic Games | |
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center |
| Dates | 16 to 26 August,1996 |
The 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta were the first ones where swimming was fully integrated based on functional disability, with classification no longer separated into classes based on the four disability types of vision impaired, cerebral palsy, amputee, and wheelchair sport. Countries no longer had multiple national swimming teams based on disability type but instead had one mixed disability national team.[1]
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 19 | 23 | 14 | 56 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 16 | 13 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 |  Spain (ESP) | 15 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) | 11 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 |  Canada (CAN) | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 |  Norway (NOR) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 |  Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 12 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 |  Iceland (ISL) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 |  Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 |  Poland (POL) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 16 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 |  Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 |  South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 |  Estonia (EST) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 25 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 |  Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (40 entries) | 169 | 167 | 169 | 505 | |
Participating nations edit
Argentina (8)
Australia (30)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (11)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (13)
Chile (1)
China (11)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (14)
Egypt (5)
Estonia (4)
Faroe Islands (1)
Finland (4)
France (16)
Germany (28)
Great Britain (53)
Greece (5)
Hungary (10)
Iceland (8)
Ireland (3)
Israel (7)
Italy (7)
Japan (7)
Kuwait (1)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (19)
New Zealand (7)
Norway (8)
Peru (2)
Poland (8)
Portugal (6)
Russia (10)
Slovakia (5)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (8)
South Korea (2)
Spain (41)
Sweden (17)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (1)
Ukraine (7)
United States (42)
Yugoslavia (1)
Medal summary edit
Men's events edit
Women's events edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Clair, Jill M. Le (2013-09-13). Disability in the Global Sport Arena: A Sporting Chance. Routledge. ISBN 9781135694241.
- Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)