# United States 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.

## Medalists

The following American athletes won medals at the games.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Arnold Astrada | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F54 |
| Gold | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Discus F42-44/46 |
| Gold | Shawn Brown | Athletics | Men's Discus F43-44 |
| Gold | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 100 m T33 |
| Gold | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m T52-53 |
| Gold | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's Marathon T52-53 |
| Gold | Larry Hughes | Athletics | Men's Discus F56 |
| Gold | Ellen Hyman | Athletics | Women's Discus F34-35 |
| Gold | David Larson | Athletics | Men's 400 m T32-33 |
| Gold | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 200 m T32-33 |
| Gold | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 400 m T51 |
| Gold | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 800 m T51 |
| Gold | Paul Nitz | Athletics | Men's 100 m T51 |
| Gold | Joseph Parker | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T34-37 |
| Gold | Joseph Parker | Athletics | Men's 800 m T34-36 |
| Gold | Freeman Register | Athletics | Men's 200 m T34-35 |
| Gold | Marla Runyan | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon P10-12 |
| Gold | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 100 m T52 |
| Gold | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 200 m T52 |
| Gold | LeAnn Shannon | Athletics | Women's 400 m T52 |
| Gold | Tony Volpentest | Athletics | Men's 100 m T43-44 |
| Gold | Tony Volpentest | Athletics | Men's 200 m T43-44 |
| Gold | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 3 |
| Gold | Dory Selinger | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC2 |
| Gold | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
| Gold | Vicki Sweigart | Equestrian | Mixed Kur Trot grade II |
| Gold | Kim Brownfield | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
| Gold | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Daniel Butler | Swimming | Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 |
| Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke B1 |
| Gold | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 200 m Medley B1 |
| Gold | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 |
| Gold | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 |
| Gold | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly B3 |
| Gold | James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 |
| Gold | Camille Waddell | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 |
| Gold | Jason Wening | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 |
| Gold | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke B2 |
| Gold | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley B2 |
| Gold | Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
| Gold | Gregory Burns Daniel Butler Martin Parker Aaron Paulson | Swimming | Men's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
| Gold | Karen Norris Diane Straub Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley S7-10 |
| Gold | Jennifer Johnson | Table tennis | Women's Singles 4 |
| Gold | Tahl Leibovitz | Table tennis | Men's Singles 7 |
| 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 |
| Gold | Vance Parmelly Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles |
| Silver | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Javelin F55 |
| Silver | Robert Balk | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P53-57 |
| Silver | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 100 m T53 |
| Silver | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 200 m T53 |
| Silver | Thomas Bourgeois | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P44 |
| Silver | Tico Clawson | Athletics | Men's 200 m MH |
| Silver | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's Marathon T50 |
| Silver | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 5,000 m T52-53 |
| Silver | Marc Fenn | Athletics | Men's Discus F54 |
| Silver | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F51 |
| Silver | Scot Hollonbeck | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T52-53 |
| Silver | Scot Hollonbeck | Athletics | Men's 800 m T53 |
| Silver | Denton Johnson | Athletics | Men's Discus F34/37 |
| Silver | Linda Mastandrea | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
| Silver | Shawn Meredith | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51 |
| Silver | Marla Runyan | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F12T34-37 |
| Silver | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Discus F53-54 |
| Silver | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Javelin F53-54 |
| Silver | Laura Schwanger | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F53-54 |
| Silver | Lincoln Scott | Athletics | Men's 100 m T37 |
| Silver | Leann Shannon | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
| Silver | Jean Waters | Athletics | Women's 400 m T51 |
| Silver | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m T10 |
| Silver | Lincoln Scott Jason Tercey Freeman Register Ryan Blankenship | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T34-37 |
| Silver | Daniel Nicholson | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 3 |
| Silver | Rex Patrick | Cycling | Mixed Omnium LC3 |
| Silver | Julia Haft Tiffany Tretschiok | Cycling | Women's 50/60k Tandem open |
| Silver | Cara Dunne Scott Evans | Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
| Silver | Michael Hopper Kathleen Urschel | Cycling | Mixed Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
| Silver | Kevin Szott | Judo | Men's Over 95 kg |
| Silver | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle S9 |
| Silver | Gregory Burns | Swimming | Men's 100 m Backstroke S6 |
| Silver | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke B1 |
| Silver | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle B1 |
| Silver | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 |
| Silver | Joyce Luncher | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley SM9 |
| Silver | Karen Norris | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke S10 |
| Silver | Julie Wolfe | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle S7 |
| Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 400 m Freestyle B2 |
| Silver | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle B2 |
| Silver | Stephanie Brooks Jill Nelson Camille Waddell Susan Moucha | Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Medley S1-6 |
| Silver | Mandy Sommer Elizabeth Scott Katie Edgar Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley B1-3 |
| Silver | Joyce Luncher Allison Pittman Karen Norris Brenda Levy | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10 |
| Silver | Mitchell Seidenfeld | Table tennis | Men's Singles 8 |
| Silver | Hope Lewellen Nancy Olson | Wheelchair tennis | Women's Doubles |
| Silver | Stephen Welch | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Singles |
| Bronze | Jennifer Barrett | Athletics | Women's Shot Put F42-44/46 |
| Bronze | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 400 m T53 |
| Bronze | Cheri Becerra-Madsen | Athletics | Women's 800 m T53 |
| Bronze | Douglas Collier | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P44 |
| Bronze | Patrick Cottini | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T51 |
| Bronze | Patrick Cottini | Athletics | Men's Marathon T51 |
| Bronze | Ross Davis | Athletics | Men's 400 m T32-33 |
| Bronze | Jerry Deets | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon P53-57 |
| Bronze | Jerry Deets | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F53 |
| Bronze | Gabriel Diaz de Leon | Athletics | Men's Discus F52 |
| Bronze | Bart Dodson | Athletics | Men's 800 m T50 |
| Bronze | Jean Driscoll | Athletics | Women's 1,500 m T52-53 |
| Bronze | Wardell Gadson | Athletics | Men's Long Jump MH |
| Bronze | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Discus F51 |
| Bronze | Douglas Heir | Athletics | Men's Javelin F51 |
| Bronze | Asa Ison | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F43-44 |
| Bronze | David Larson | Athletics | Men's 100 m T33 |
| Bronze | Arthur Lewis | Athletics | Men's 200 m T12 |
| Bronze | Aaron Little | Athletics | Men's Club Throw F50 |
| Bronze | Sheila O'Neil | Athletics | Women's 100 m T32-33 |
| Bronze | Matthew Parry | Athletics | Men's 100 m T52 |
| Bronze | Bradley Ramage | Athletics | Men's 200 m T51 |
| Bronze | Freeman Register | Athletics | Men's 100 m T35 |
| Bronze | Richard Ruffalo | Athletics | Men's Javelin F10 |
| Bronze | Todd Schaffhauser | Athletics | Men's 100 m T42 |
| Bronze | Deanna Sodoma | Athletics | Women's Marathon T52-53 |
| Bronze | Ann Walters | Athletics | Women's 800 m T52 |
| Bronze | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 1,500 m T10 |
| Bronze | Henry Willis | Athletics | Men's 5,000 m T10 |
| Bronze | Winford Haynes Andre Asbury Marvin Campbell Arthur Lewis | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T10-12 |
| Bronze | Matthew Bulow Thomas Bourgeois Dennis Oehler Douglas Collier | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46 |
| Bronze | Edward Munro Kelvin Hogans Winford Haynes Craig Mallinckrodt | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m Relay T10-12 |
| Bronze | Steven Thompson | Boccia | Mixed Individual C1 |
| Bronze | Corey Huntley | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Tricycle CP Div 2 |
| Bronze | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 20k Bicycle CP Div 4 |
| Bronze | Lawrence Schultz | Cycling | Mixed 5,000 m Time Trial Bicycle CP Div 4 |
| Bronze | Juila Haft Tiffany Tretschiok | Cycling | Women's Individual Pursuit Tandem open |
| Bronze | Pamala Fernandes Michael Rosenberg | Cycling | Mixed Kilo Tandem open |
| Bronze | Cara Dunne Scott Evans | Cycling | Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open |
| Bronze | Lauren McDevitt | Equestrian | Mixed Dressage grade II |
| 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 |
| Bronze | Marlon Lopez | Judo | Men's Up To 65 kg |
| Bronze | James Mastro | Judo | Men's Up To 95 kg |
| Bronze | Stephan Moore | Judo | Men's Up To 71 kg |
| Bronze | Pernell Cooper | Powerlifting | Men's Over 100 kg |
| Bronze | Luis Alicea | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle S9 |
| Bronze | Aimee Bruder | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S4 |
| Bronze | Aimee Bruder | Swimming | Women's 200 m Freestyle S4 |
| Bronze | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 100 m Butterfly B2 |
| Bronze | Daniel Kelly | Swimming | Men's 50 m Freestyle B1 |
| Bronze | Craig Laufenberg | Swimming | Men's 50 m Backstroke S4 |
| Bronze | Brenda Levy | Swimming | Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 |
| Bronze | Aaron Paulson | Swimming | Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB5 |
| Bronze | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Backstroke B3 |
| Bronze | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke B3 |
| Bronze | Elizabeth Scott | Swimming | Women's 200 m Medley B3 |
| Bronze | James Thompson | Swimming | Men's 200 m Freestyle S4 |
| Bronze | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Camille Waddell Sandra Hanebrink Aimee Bruder Stephanie Brooks | Swimming | Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1-6 |
| Bronze | Elizabeth Scott Dawn Duffy Mandy Sommer Trischa Zorn | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle B1-3 |
| Bronze | Jennifer Johnson Jacqueline di Lorenzo Terese Terranova | Table tennis | Women's Teams 3-5 |
| Bronze | Tahl Leibovitz Mitchell Seidenfeld | Table tennis | Men's Teams 6-8 |
| Bronze | United States men's national wheelchair basketball team Reginald ColtonChuck GillTrooper JohnsonMelvin Sean JuetteTimothy KazeeRoberto KnightJames MillerMike SchlappiMark ShepherdCraig ShewmakeRandy SnowDarryl Waller | Wheelchair basketball | Men's competition |
| Bronze | United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Jamie DanskinPamela FontaineSusan HagelSharon HerbstRonda JarvisJosie JohnsonKimberly MartinRuth NunezMargaret StranJana StumpTiana TozerRenee Tyree-Gross | Wheelchair basketball | Women's competition |