Location | Atlanta, United States |
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Motto | The Triumph of the Human Spirit |
Nations | 104 |
Athletes | 3,259 |
Events | 517 in 20 sports |
Opening | August 16 |
Closing | August 25 |
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Stadium | Centennial Olympic Stadium |
Summer Winter
1996 Summer Olympics |
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1996 Summer Paralympics |
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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]