Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Silver medalist Paul Lake in the LC1 omnium event

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	5	5	0	10
2	France (FRA)	5	1	3	9
3	Italy (ITA)	3	2	1	6
4	Canada (CAN)	3	1	3	7
5	United States (USA)	2	5	6	13
6	Spain (ESP)	1	1	3	5
7	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
8	Austria (AUT)	1	0	2	3
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	2	3
10	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
11	Germany (GER)	0	3	1	4
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea ( KOR )	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia ( SVK )	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland ( SUI )	0	1	0	1
16	Norway ( NOR )	0	0	2	0

The following countries also competed:

•  Afghanistan ( AFG )
•  Belarus ( BLR )
•  Brazil ( BRA )
•  Burkina Faso ( BUR )
•  Great Britain ( GBR )
•  Pakistan ( PAK )
•  Singapore ( SIN )

Medal summary

Road cycling

Australian vision impaired cyclist Terri Poole and her pilot Sandra Smith on the medal dais after winning gold in the tandem class on the track at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed 1500 m time trial tricycle CP2	Guy Culot Belgium (BEL)	Andreas Hillers Germany (GER)	Mutsuhiko Ogawa Japan (JPN)
Mixed 5000 m time trial bicycle CP3	Gary Longhi Canada (CAN)	Daniel Nicholson United States (USA)	Shojiro Maeda Japan (JPN)
Mixed 5000 m time trial bicycle CP4	Christopher Scott Australia (AUS)	Peter Homann Australia (AUS)	Lawrence Schultz United States (USA)
Mixed 5000 m time trial tricycle CP2	Mutsuhiko Ogawa Japan (JPN)	Guy Culot Belgium (BEL)	Corey Huntley United States (USA)
Mixed 20k bicycle CP3	Daniel Nicholson United States (USA)	Jong Kil Kim South Korea (KOR)	Gary Longhi Canada (CAN)
Mixed 20k bicycle CP4	Peter Homann Australia (AUS)	Christopher Scott Australia (AUS)	Lawrence Schultz United States (USA)
Mixed 45/55k bicycle LC3	Luc Raoul France (FRA)	Beat Schwarzenbach Switzerland (SUI)	Norbert Zettler Austria (AUT)
Women's 50/60k tandem open	Canada (CAN) Guylaine Larouche Julie Cournoyer	United States (USA) Tiffany Tretschiok Julia Haft	Spain (ESP) Rosa Corral Maria Chaves
Mixed 55/65k bicycle LC2	Patrick Ceria France (FRA)	Lubomir Simovec Czech Republic (CZE)	Patrice Bonneau Canada (CAN)
Mixed 60/70k tandem open	Canada (CAN) Alexandre Cloutier Julie Cournoyer	Spain (ESP) Francisco Lara Belen Perez	Spain (ESP) Jose Santiago Elena Padrones
Mixed 65/75k bicycle LC1	David Mercier France (FRA)	Wolfgang Mahler Germany (GER)	Aage Joensberg Norway (NOR)
Men's 100/120k tandem open	France (FRA) Jean Bertrand Franck Miquard	Italy (ITA) Pasquale Campedelli Giancarlo Galli	Germany (GER) Martin Boesch Frank Hoefle

Track cycling

Australian tandem cyclists Terri Poole (right, vision impaired) and Sandra Smith (left, pilot for Terri) show off the gold medals they won in the 1km time trial and the 3km pursuit at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 200 m sprint tandem open	Italy (ITA) Paolo Botti Giancarlo Galli	Slovakia (SVK) Pavel Takac Miroslav Jambor	France (FRA) Eric Guezo Vincent Mignon
Mixed 200 m sprint tandem open	Australia (AUS) Kerry Golding Kieran Modra	Italy (ITA) Damiano Zanotti Manuela Agnese	United States (USA) Scott Evans Cara Dunne
Men's time trial tandem open	France (FRA) Thierry Gintrand Patrice Senmartin	France (FRA) Eric Guezo Vincent Mignon	Italy (ITA) Giancarlo Galli Paolo Botti
Women's time trial tandem open	Australia (AUS) Sandra Smith Teresa Poole	Germany (GER) Elfriede Ranz Ursula Egner	Canada (CAN) Guylaine Larouche Julie Cournoyer
Mixed time trial tandem open	Italy (ITA) Patrizia Spadaccini Claudio Costa	United States (USA) Scott Evans Cara Dunne	United States (USA) Michael Rosenberg Pamala Fernandes
Men's individual pursuit tandem open	Netherlands (NED) Pascal Schoots Jan Mulder	Australia (AUS) Eddy Hollands Paul Clohessy	France (FRA) Guy Rouchovze Herve Dechamp
Women's individual pursuit tandem open	Australia (AUS) Sandra Smith Teresa Poole	Canada (CAN) Guylaine Larouche Julie Cournoyer	United States (USA) Tiffany Tretschiok Juila Haft
Mixed individual pursuit tandem open	Italy (ITA) Patrizia Spadaccini Claudio Costa	United States (USA) Michael Hopper Kathleen Urschel	Spain (ESP) Belen Perez Francisco Lara
Mixed omnium LC1	Wolfgang Eibeck Austria (AUT)	Matthew Gray Australia (AUS)	Aage Joensberg Norway (NOR)
Mixed omnium LC2	Dory Selinger United States (USA)	Paul Lake Australia (AUS)	Patrick Ceria France (FRA)
Mixed omnium LC3	Miguel Perez Spain (ESP)	Rex Patrick United States (USA)	Norbert Zettler Austria (AUT)

References

1. ^ http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1996PG&sport=

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