1996 Summer Paralympics

X Paralympic Games
LocationAtlanta, United States
MottoThe Triumph of the Human Spirit
Nations104
Athletes3,259
Events517 in 20 sports
OpeningAugust 16
ClosingAugust 25
Opened by
Cauldron
StadiumCentennial Olympic Stadium
Summer
Winter
1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship,[1] and had a budget of USD $81 million.[2]

It was the first Paralympic Games where International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability athletes were given full medal status.[3]

  1. ^ "Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Ian Brittain (2009). The Paralympic Games Explained. Taylor & Francis. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-415-47658-4.
  3. ^ Robert Daniel Steadward; Elizabeth Jane Watkinson; Garry David Wheeler (2003). Adapted physical activity. University of Alberta. p. 577. ISBN 0-88864-375-6.