See also: 1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship.

Games of the X Paralympics
Nations participating	103
Athletes participating	3195 (2415 men, 780 women)
Events	508 in 20 sports
Opening ceremonies	October 15, 1996
Closing ceremonies	October 26, 1996
Officially opened by	Al Gore

Rank	NPC Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	46	46	65	157
2	Australia	42	37	27	106
3	Germany	40	58	51	149
4	Great Britain	39	42	41	122
5	Spain	39	31	36	106
6	France	35	29	31	95
7	Canada	24	21	24	69
8	Netherlands	17	11	17	45
9	China	16	13	10	39
10	Japan	14	10	12	36
11	Poland	13	2	8	35
12	South Korea	13	2	15	30
13	Sweden	12	14	10	36
14	Italy	11	20	15	46
15	South Africa	10	8	10	28
16	Russia	9	7	11	27
17	Norway	9	7	4	20
18	Switzerland	9	6	6	21
19	New Zealand	9	6	3	18
20	Iran	9	5	3	17
21	Egypt	8	11	11	30
22	Belgium	8	10	7	25
23	Cuba	8	3	0	11
24	Denmark	7	17	17	41
25	Austria	6	6	10	22
26	Portugal	6	4	4	14
27	Hong Kong	5	5	5	15
28	Iceland	5	4	5	14
29	Hungary	5	2	3	10
30	Finland	4	5	4	13
31	Mexico	3	5	4	12
32	Estonia	3	4	2	9
33	Belarus	3	3	7	13
34	Lithuania	3	2	6	11
35	Nigeria	3	2	3	8
36	Czech Republic	2	7	1	10
37	Brazil	2	6	13	21
38	Argentina	2	5	2	9
39	Slovakia	2	4	5	11
40	Algeria	2	2	3	7
41	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	4
42	Côte d'Ivoire	2	0	0	2
42	Panama	2	0	0	2
44	Ukraine	1	4	2	7
45	Ireland	1	3	6	10
46	Greece	1	1	3	5
47	Kuwait	1	1	1	3
48	Kenya	1	1	0	2
49	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
50	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
50	Peru	1	0	0	1
52	Israel	0	4	5	9
53	Slovenia	0	2	3	5
54	Tunisia	0	2	0	2
55	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
56	Jordan	0	1	0	1
57	Moldova	0	0	2	2
57	Thailand	0	0	2	2
59	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
59	Uruguay	0	0	1	1