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1996 Summer Paralympics
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1996 edition of the Summer Paralympics
Key facts
- Location
- Atlanta, United States
- Motto
- The Triumph of the Human Spirit
- Athletes
- 3,259
- Events
- 517 in 20 sports
- Opening
- August 15, 1996
- Closing
- August 25, 1996
- Opened by
- Vice President Al Gore
- Closed by
- IPC President Robert Steadward
- Cauldron
- Mark Wellman
- Stadium
- Centennial Olympic Stadium
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Official website
Atlanta 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Followed by
- 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Follows
- 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Location
- Atlanta
- Sport
- parasport
- Official website
- www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996
- Image
- Paralympic flag (2010-2019).svg
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- point in time
- 1996-08-00
- start time
- 1996-08-16
- end time
- 1996-08-25
- edition number
- 10
- Commons category
- 1996 Summer Paralympics
- topic's main category
- Category:1996 Summer Paralympics
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Encyclopedic overview
The 1996 Summer Paralympic in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 15 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million.
It was the first Paralympic Games where International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability athletes were given full medal status.
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