1996 SUMMER PARALYMPICS

'Games of the X Paralympics'
Nations participating	103
Athletes participating	3195 (2415 men, 780 women)
Events	508 in 20 sports
Opening ceremony	August 15
Closing ceremony	August 26
Officially opened by	Vice President Al Gore
Stadium	Centennial Olympic Stadium

See also: 1996 Summer Olympics
The '1996 Paralympic Games' in Atlanta, USA were the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship.

'Rank'	'NPC Name'	'Gold'	'Silver'	'Bronze'	'Total'
1		46	46	65	157
2		42	37	27	106
3		40	58	51	149
4		39	42	41	122
5		39	31	36	106
6		35	29	31	95
7		24	21	24	69
8		17	11	17	45
9		16	13	10	39
10		14	10	12	36
11		13	14	8	35
12		13	2	15	30
13		12	14	10	36
14		11	20	15	46
15		10	8	10	28
16		9	7	11	27
17		9	7	4	20
18		9	6	6	21
19		9	6	3	18
20		9	5	3	17
21		8	11	11	30
22		8	10	7	25
23		8	3	0	11
24		7	17	17	41
25		6	6	10	22
26		6	4	4	14
27	Hong Kong	5	5	5	15
28		5	4	5	14
29		5	2	3	10
30		4	5	4	13
31		3	5	4	12
32		3	4	2	9
33		3	3	7	13
34		3	2	6	11
35		3	2	3	8
36		2	7	1	10
37		2	6	13	21
38		2	5	2	9
39		2	4	5	11
40		2	2	3	7
41		2	2	0	4
42		2	0	0	2
42		2	0	0	2
44		1	4	2	7
45		1	3	6	10
46		1	1	3	5
47		1	1	1	3
48		1	1	0	2
49		1	0	2	3
50		1	0	0	1
50		1	0	0	1
52		0	4	5	9
53		0	2	3	5
54		0	2	0	2
55		0	1	1	2
56		0	1	0	1
57		0	0	2	2
57		0	0	2	2
59		0	0	1	1
59		0	0	1	1